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    Buffalo's Billiards Pro One Pocket Classic 2024 May 21-26 New Orleans

    The tourny side is no smoking . The other part , the old side , smoke city I forgot to mention the Omaha game I watched .Probably $20.000 pots . maybe more. More gambling there than anywhere I 've been
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    Buffalo's Billiards Pro One Pocket Classic 2024 May 21-26 New Orleans

    I was there last year , & it's as advertised . 1st 3 blinds totaled about $115,000 .Side action so thick there wasn't enough tables to accommodate all of them. I don't think they ever close; Side bets not only allowed but encouraged .Carl Bolm is expected .Won a set for $122,000 last year .If...
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    Mount Rushmore of pool?

    I watched Buddy play at a big tourny back in the early 70's I think down in Baton Rouge . Buddy Hall was offering 2-1 on the money that if he made a ball on the break , he would run out. He beat Jim Brock out of $10,000 @ $1000 a game. Brock didn't do too bad. He won the tournament . Shortly...
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    Mount Rushmore of pool?

    I went to college in the mid 60's, in a town about 50 or 60 miles away from Shreveport. I would go to Shreveport on the weekends to watch Buddy Hall play. I don't think anybody could have beat him in 9 ball then , at least any American . I can tell you practically all the road players just...
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    Who is Jack Hines?

    I was at Players in Beaumont back in the day & he tried to enter the tournament under another name ( not that uncommon back in those days) .It didn't float . After the tourny he was immediately in actin. I can't remember who he was playing , but when i left that nite Jack was getting the 8...
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    Who is Jack Hines?

    Can be found at Buffalos as we speak
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    2023 Scotty Townsend Memorial-April 25-30th-Arena Billiards West Monroe, Louisiana

    Josh Hoff is who you need to talk to. He's on Facebook .
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    2023 Derby City Classic Action Room-January 20-28-Live on Pay-Per-View

    So i have wasted my time expecting to see daylight matches ?
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    Carbon Fiber Shafts should be Banned

    And every one of them play w/a cue anywhere from $500-$2500 .
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    Carbon Fiber Shafts should be Banned

    My bad . I thought we were talking pool.
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    Tournaments with the largest first place prizes in the 1980s

    Check out the Arena in West Monroe.
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    Carbon Fiber Shafts should be Banned

    It's obvious everyone else doesn't play your speed . I know league players who have been playing at least 10 years & have never run a rack of fucking 8 ball. On 7' tables.
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    Tournaments with the largest first place prizes in the 1980s

    The highest known calcutta amounts for say the last 10 years would be interesting .
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    Bluegrass vanished during transportation (USPS)

    You got this one dead on the head.
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    Carbon Fiber Shafts should be Banned

    you are wrong. How many tables have you recovered ?
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