Recent content by philly

You don't have to pay attention to him either. You must be into the lore just little bit. I remember the time he bet some guy that he could shoot shoot the cue ball rolling across the concrete floor from one end of the Expo center to the other between the guys legs. Titanic Thompson stuff...

The marketing in the pool world has been certainly evolving. Pretty sure you can buy a $50 tip. Preditor is the king of marketing. You can easily get a custom designed cue of your choice from a cuemaker in a collaboration together for less than some production cues offered at any number of...

You apparently know him, and certainly far better than I. I only met him about 10 years ago. Are you local to the Philly area?

Hard pressed Triangles for me. The guys that are fiddling with their tips all of the time are doing so because they are playing with layered tips. Hard pressed single layers, set em and forget em. Run a Williards over it every once in a while.

Sincerely sorry for your travails. Larger than life characters have been part of the pool world forever. Most pool players by far have different lives than that. 2 In the morning in a pool room looks a lot different than noon in a poolroom. Fact of life.

Nobody runs a better Calcutta than Kenny. He's always on stage. Hate Calcuttas myself. They draw the tournament out longer. Rather just have a pot.

There have been so many books written about guys like Kenny. Ask Jay Helfert or the Beard. Part of the lore. We eat it up but on a personal level people act differently, or the majority of us do.

It's the pool world. This stuff has been part of the lore forever.

I don't know where he finds the time. He's so laid back.

He's good people. Spent about an hour with him there. Just normal conversations. He's very involved in his community, Ephrata, PA. Loved his dog that spent it's days in the shop. Nice pup, bully. Met him twice. Don't remember the pups name but he's since passed and Scott has a new bully. I...

Lore of the hustler, big time pool gambling, you know Minnesota Fats type stuff. People love the lore.

Don't really think Kenny is looking for regular work.

Best ever at running a Calcutta. Always been pleasant to me. Calls me sir, believe it or not. I know a couple of guys that went on the road with him. Lots of stories. He's just a total alpha personality and extremely bright. I guess he sort of got carried away.

I've been there too. Scot is a very amiable person.

I've played Kenny a couple times in Tournaments, once in a finals match. I came up through the one loss side. I lost 7-3, nine ball. Nobody runs a Calcutta like Kenny. He has always been completely respectful with me. He's a very focused person and trust me, he's very smart. He's made bad...