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I watched the event Friday and Saturday. Liked the format. The problem with ring games is they kept it at $100 per game forever. In my opinion they should have raised the bet sooner and kept raising it instead of at the end playing for so much per game when one or two lucky breaks beats you...

over the hill Grady won the match and the tournament.

Was at the tournament. Grady and Jose was matched up in a race to five for $$$$$ in side action. Jose won the first set, Grady won the second and then Jose won the next two sets. I had went up to eat when they got into it so I didn't see what happened. It wasn't much of a fight as Grady hit...

Ike Runnels came out of the one loss side to beat James Walden in the one pocket tournament.

Was in Dallas when CJ's was having their one pocket tournament several years ago and watched Effren and Amarilla Slim match up one hole for 40 dimes with a ton on the side.

1978, St. Louis Missouri. Me and a buddy went to my first bigtime pool tournament. All the top players in the country were there playing. That night after the tournament play was over for the day the Kid from California showed up (Keith McCready). He couldn't have been much older than 16 or...

over the hill Was at Olathe on Friday night. Finals of one pocket Brian Jones from Oklahoma won. Jesse Bowman was playing Jimmy Wetch one pocket with it going back and forth. When I left Jimmy Wetch was one game up. Was back Sunday night and Brian Jones defeated James Baraks in the bar...