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    Nicknames for pool players and how they earned it!!

    Over the last 46 years of playing pool, players come and go. I know for myself the way I kept them straight is to refer to them by their nickname. Here are some of the names and how they got their handle in the poolrooms. 1. Scarecrow John- his laugh and his build reminds of the scarecrow...
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    Pool hall in Honolulu..?

    Peer, Pay my way there and I will protect you....lol You will definitely not blend in.....
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    Which cuemakers worked for a top cuemaker?

    Bert Schrager mentored by Harvey Martin
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    Very dissapointed in lee brett. Should be ashamed

    Its not Jay
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    Very dissapointed in lee brett. Should be ashamed

    I recall a time when my friend staked a well known player to play in a large tournament in the Phillipines. Gave him money for travel, food and lodging for the duration of the tournament. Turns out that the player did not even play (participate) in the tournament. My friend found out from...
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    Who is Jimmy Wise?

    I think Jimmy Wise was Dorothy Wise husband. Dorothy Wise is in the womens hall of fame. They owned a poolroom in Northern California back in the 60's. I knew Dorothy but never met her husband Jimmy. Heard he taught Dorothy though.
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    Names from the past

    8,000 in todays money lol
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    Names from the past

    I remember Billy Ray when he was young and lived in San Jose. Played shortstop speed. One time beat Keith out of 8k and lost it all while sleeping with a hooker that night. Was arrested when kicked out of a cowboy nightclub and tried to run over one of the bouncers in the parking lot. Heard he...
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    Meet the New Owner of "The Jointed Cue" - Sacramento ...

    Hello Mike Murphy and welcome. Although most of my memories of the Joint was over 30 years ago, I occasionally stop by when I am in town to show my "newbie" pool players in tow, what a real poolroom looked like. The tournament atmosphere at the Joint back then was like a electric circus. So...
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    Jointed Cue in Sacramento has been sold

    more old pics from the Joint [URL="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=411082238942812&set=a.411082085609494.75188104.251703138214057&type=1&theater"]
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    Jointed Cue in Sacramento has been sold

    Remembering way back in the '70's the cooks name was Hoss and a skinny asian kid named Timmy I think. Kathy Miao, Big Red, wasn't the Monk there for a while too? Remember watching Jack Madden, Keith, Annigoni, Buddy Dennis, Cornbread Red. Gawd I'm old...lol
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    Jointed Cue in Sacramento has been sold

    And what about Master Ted Ito, certified giant killer at the Joint. Use to call him Uncle Ted, what a kind gentleman. Think he is still playing there?
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    Jointed Cue in Sacramento has been sold

    I year I was playing one of the Cano brothers in the back room during a big tournament. Everytime I made a good shot or won a game I would hear this loud cheering from the theatre seats up above. "Yeah Eric, good shot BANZAI!!" ' After the third time, I decided to look upward into the dark...
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    Jointed Cue in Sacramento has been sold

    Back in the '70's remembers $50.00 entry getting over 100 players, including a lot of top players, room kept open all night for action, getting there early in the morning and having breakfast at the counter before the tournament started, great cheeseburgers, Terry yelling out to the players...
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    Jointed Cue in Sacramento has been sold

    One of my fondest memories in pool during my life was the Jointed Cue tournaments in Sacramento then owned by the late Terry Stonier. I remember back then being able to watch and play against many of the legends of pool in a $50 entry tournament. Luther Lassiter, UJ Puckett, Davenport (when he...
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