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He has been in Las Vegas for awhile. He and his wife have taken over the Mezz West Tour now that Oscar and Desiree have purchased Hard Times. Vilmos just won the tournament here last weekend that had 120+ players.

Oscar and Desiree live in Sacramento. They are the new owners of Hard Times Billiards.

I would put Oscar on top and Chris a close 2nd. With Oscar now the new owner and operator of Hard Times in Sacramento, his game might suffer some. Chris is only 21 years old and rising rapidly. Dennis and Tony don’t spend much time in CA anymore. Tony is an action guy and that means living in...

Mezz West Tour uses Fargo ratings for it tournaments and is very successful drawing over 100 players most of the time. Pros go to 9, semi pros go to 8, then someone like me (636) goes to 7, and there is a lower level that goes to 6. Amateur (Fargo Rating -551) - Race to 6 Veteran (Fargo...

They are both probably getting some of the streaming revenue, so it will be promoted to get as many fans as possible watching.

A player who is not in CA anymore was an awful shark when he was a younger player in CA. Playing one pocket he would lay the chalk down in your line of vision when you were ready to deliver the final stroke on your break or another key shot when he was in the line of sight. We had a nickname for...

Sad news indeed, I know you were good friends. I first played Brian some 9 ball at Five Points Bowl in El Monte, CA when he just got here in the 60’s or early 70’s. The $100 I won cost me many times that over the years. It did not matter what kind of spot I got or what game, he almost always...

Get well soon Dean. I met Dean at one of the Senior’s tournaments at Bogies in Houston. He did not play but seemed like a smart old pool scuff who had been around the block a few times. I just made it to 80 Dean, never leaving any pizza on the table and doing what I love to do.

Hi Keith, good to see you on here. I see Al a couple times a week and will tell him you mentioned him. He is still making cues and in action often enough to stay in pretty good stroke for someone his age. John Henderson

Tony gets in Shane’s head. I was commentating the finals between Shane and T-Rex at CA Billiards and Tony asked Shane if he wanted to bet on the finals. Shane said no and Tony said ‘How about if I give you a ball?’ Shane said no, played under his normal game and Tony won. I do agree Shane can...

Thanks Ramin, I see Al a few times a week since he moved his shop up here. He still hits em pretty good. We have played many times over the years. All we need is a snooker table.

Four point cocobola into highly figured Birdseye. 30” WX700 low deflection shaft with LePro medium tip. Includes Mezz wood extension and special bumper. Butt has a ding shown in picture. This has been my player for two years. I am playing more three cushion now and playing with a shorter cue...

I did play there a time or two. It was a quick trip down the 10 Fwy in those days. It was the slowest 6 x 12 I ever played on and they used regular pool balls when I was there because it also had big pockets for a snooker table. A guy that used to steer me around a bit called me one day and...

Thanks, Denver is certainly on the list. I will have to see my old friend Dave Gross and Bill Meacham wants me to pick him up in Colorado Springs to come along. You will know it when we get there!:grin-square:

His game did go up with the new shaft. He is very creative and with his new shot making confidence, he is hard to handle. He is very fair when it comes to matching up, so this old man can probably get a little weight in one pocket.

You used to be able to crawl on Big Bertha when it was at Verne Peterson’s Billiard Palace. They did not even have a long cue for it back then. I was probably 40lbs lighter then too.:grin:

When I started playing at different rooms around SoCal in the 60’s, there were snooker tables everywhere. Most of the bowling alleys had pool rooms in them and many were 24 hours, so naturally there was after hours action. The golf ring games were usually day games. The thought process and...

I have been to Chris’ a couple times. The only golf game I saw was the onepocket.org group when we had our annual tournament there a couple years ago. I was there last October to play a long session with Ghost (Bruce). Sorry to hear about Buddy passing. He revived the pool room when he took it...

Thanks, Looks like an interesting room. I will check it out when in Las Vegas.

I have played on that table Matt. I practiced on it last year on my way to LA to play at James Boch’s house to play a little tournament on his 5 x 10. The pockets on the 5 x 10 there are brutally tight like the table in Bellflower. Changes the strategy of the game quite a bit. Chris Cruz has...