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Getting to the bottom of this whole thing ... Well, If I can track her down, I'll stop by the Cue Club too. Heck, I'm just hanging out in Vegas just goofing around, so why not? What did she look like?Either way, I don't think Lou is out anything since the day rate was not in force. Still...

Best Billiards closing?? I didn't hear anything about this. All I heard was that Emmano wanted to sell the room. I'll be going back there tomorrow and find out what the story is and report back.

Cue Club visit I've been coming to the Cue Club on many occasions that brought me to town. I was there today, in fact. As a players room, I've always liked it. Best Billiards is also one of my favorite stops but on this recent visit, I was a little bummed. I was having dinner with a couple of...

Well, that made my day! Rep to you, Lenny.

I know what you mean about people using pool terminology in everyday life. It didn't bother me years ago but now it drives me crazy. For some reason I can't fade that action anymore.

If I was betting (which I'm not), I'd say Billy is favored over Bernie (his next opponent).

Brandon Shuff and Scott Frost invaded Butera's Billiards (Moorpark) yesterday. Sal and Brandon played for a bit and other games likely started up after I left.

Mostly known as Billy the Kid. He was one of many top shooters from the Bay Area. Last I heard, he was selling condos.

I was never a big Grady fan but he did have one line I really liked and use once in awhile. Grady was commenting on a One-Pocket match and the shooter jumps up on his stroke. Grady says, "That shot had about as much commitment as most first marriages".

Road trip to So Cal? If any AZ'ers show up in Los Angeles, they can run into DogsPlayingPool, poolhustler, TATE, Jay Helfert, MexPoolPlyr and yours truly, to name a few. Edit to add dabarbr (how could I forget him???) All my contacts with posters of this forum have been great. Because of this...

Now I don't know if any of this is true but, from what I heard, Billy Ray bolted from Californa because some fellas were after his azz. It sounded like Billy might have stiffed these boys pretty good. Shortly after he left, there were some pretty wild rumors about what exactly happened. I don't...

I hung out with Jimmy Harris while he was in Southern California back around 1986. He among many who came from back east to cash in on the local folks. He soon found out it was tough action out here. I took him several local tournaments and many pool halls. Turned out Johnny Katella, Cotton and...

This is an excellent idea, capturing first-hand accounts of the great players from our past. I wanted to do something like this before Fred Whalen passed. He would've been a wonderful source of information dating back to Greenleaf, Taberski and others of that era. We missed a golden opportunity.

The stories about Denny are legendary. Someone described his stroke as so smooth it would make your mouth water. Too bad I didn't see much of his game at his peak.

Someting I heard from a reliable source - While in Las Vegas a few years back, Evgeny Stalev offers the 7 ball to Amar Kang playing 9-ball. Amar loudly barks, "The 7 ball??? YOU CAN BUST ME ALL DAY LONG GIVING ME THE 7 BALL!!!" The race is agreed on and the bets get posted. Amar jumps out to a...

My local pool room operator recently asked me if I knew which was the longest running pool room in California. I said it would have to be Joe Jost's in Long Beach. To my surprise, he thought it was Carpinteria Billiards (now called Carp & Linden Pub). I've since asked several Carpinteria locals...

Carla Johnson ... Do you mean Jerry's wife? Out of the Washington state area?

Although these fellas are kinda cute, I have to give a slight edge to Borana and Shanelle in the hot pool player department.

Those other guys that were mentioned ... I noticed some familiar names mentioned on that forum. "Swannie" was, of course, Jay Swanson. There was also Al "the plumber" Winchenbaugh. "Little Buddy" (or "San Jose Buddy") brought back a lot of memories. This kid would've set the pool world on...

Your dad could move real good, I remember. He hid his top speed as good as anyone.