Recent content by patmoran

Yes. Draft Kings and the others are the eventual sponsors but you have to build trust in the game first and the casinos where he tournaments are played is a start.

If the amount you could bet had a limit and the type of bets you could make were difficult to conspire against it could enhance the spectator experience while not worth the money or time to a pool player to cheat. The cheating scandals in baseball and NBA were on some stupid prop bets, like...

I am going to the Arizona Open in August and was thinking how cool it would be to make a variety of different bets and make the experience more enjoyable. If Matchroom approached the casino and convinced them the dumping scandal in 1991 would not happen again it’s an opportunity to gradually...

Jay was there and has mentioned how Efren didn't play very good that match and could have been paying a small price at 10k I believe it was to dump and leave safely considering how he robbed everyone else

Jay, that one pocket.match with James Walden for 100k I believe lasted four days How about that four day one pocket match with James Walden for 100k I believe as an example of the skill and endurance Cooney had to take it down? Walden was another 'non pro" player who didn't play tournaments and...

I watched Matlock play Earl at the BCA in 2005. It was a morning match and Earl had been arguing with the tournament director and barely put any effort into match, which was disappointing because I was there mainly because of him. I didn't leave disappointed though because Matlock impressed me...

The reason Shane and Fedor have more opportunities with sponsorships and tournaments today is because their skills have placed them at the highest level in a pool universe much larger than the 80s. Shane has represented the U.S. better in world competition than any American player and other...

Since it was in the UK, Wales I believe, I can see these spectators.and players used to snooker scratching their heads wondering how Morro can be so accurate pulling his head up so often. He represented Mexico and also HT Bellflower.his home room very well at the highest level of pool.

Morro finished second in the World nine.ball tournament in 2000. Looking at the past winners and runnerups of this tournament that began in 1990 that is quite an accomplishment. Earl has won three, 1990,91and 2002, Archer two and a second place all.in.the nineties. I didn't see any other two...

Keith remained in prime form through the 80s. Color of Money in 85 fueled more drive and confidence to wear the World gets the ,8. The pool world was much smaller then and started to change with the Filipino invasion followed by Europeans, Orientals and others. In watching hundreds of...

The level of play in pool has never been higher and like in all sports the legends of the past whether Jerry West and Elgin Baylor in basketball or Sandy Koufax and Willie Mays in baseball the pool greats from the past would be able to compete today. The rest would have a difficult time. Many of...

I love the fact pool has become international as has the NBA and MLB and can't imagine watching only Americans play pool again or in the NBA and MLB. It has broughtlevel of play has gone up