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  1. jay helfert

    Searing.

    In years gone by if I had such a problem I always felt it best to deal with it face to face. Sometimes that took me hundreds of miles but nearly always I got the desired results without any trouble taking place. Only on one occasion did a well timed slap to the face bring a thief to his senses...
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    Searing.

    The most artistic response I've ever seen on this site. Bravo!
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    Where to buy famous player posters / prints?

    Check jayhelfert.com. I've got lots of cool posters.
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    The good olde days

    I never played Liability on the snooker table. I believe it's like golf on the snooker table, but if you sell out to the next player you have to pay him/her for any pocket they make.
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    Buddy Hall

    A lot! Poker that is.
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    Buddy Hall

    I backed Tang in that U.S. Open. When the smoke cleared we walked away with 18.5K! Tang does quite well playing poker in L.A. He's stacked up good these days. Rarely plays pool, or needs to.
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    Question for old timers@

    In the early days (1960's and 70's) just about everybody was using Elk Masters. They were cheap and they were good. Champion tips were coveted back then and I had two boxes of them that I used to sell for $5 each. Good money in those days.
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    The good olde days

    Freddy ran around with Baby Huey and I played him several times. He was a sourpuss pretty much all the time, but a pretty decent player as well. I was in Marina Billiards many times to watch the money games, especially the daily twenty a man ring ten ball game. All strong players in that game...
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    How good was Jimmy Mataya in his prime? Should he be in the HOF?

    I loved Jimmy Mataya! One of my best friends in the entire pool world. He had a great personality, was honorable and truthful always, and played a damn good game of pool. Jimmy was right there with the top players, sometimes winning, sometimes losing. He was a contender and frequently went deep...
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    Reflections on the Life of a Hustler

    Me too! I'm learning a lot more here, thanks to Billy, about someone who I only knew as a legendary money player from Chicago. I do know about some of his outrageous gambling escapades in Vegas, second only to Archie in money won....and lost. What a life he lived!
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    Mezz SoCal Cup

    I've been invited to do commentary for the Mezz SoCal Cup, a Mosconi Cup format pitting a team from Los Angeles versus a team from San Diego. It starts today shortly after 10 AM PST and there will be ten matches (all Races to Five) played today. I plan to be there around 1 PM to work on the...
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    The Reyes Cup

    Thanks Bob. I've made this same point several times to the powers that be at one or two prominent networks. I flat out told them I could do the job better. Alas, I never got the job, lol. That's one reason why Accu-Stats videos are so popular. The director (Pat Fleming) knows Pool!
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    The Reyes Cup

    Scott might finally have a chance since Efren is 70 now.
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    The Reyes Cup

    Surely there were better choices for Europe than Krause at 786.
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    The Reyes Cup

    And Efren made it with ease, backpack and all. He never fails to amaze us.
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    The Reyes Cup

    Director/producer in the truck that know little about pool. It happens all the time. Years ago SkySports hired me to sit in the truch behind the producer/director to "explain" things to them.
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    WPA Bans 245 Players

    MR went through all this over 25 years ago when they put on competing World 9-Ball Championships with the WPA in the same year. The winner of the MR World Championship (Efren?) won $100,000 and the winner of the WPA World Championship (Nick Varner) won $15,000. That's when MR got the rights to...
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    1993 LA Open 9 ball finals.....Mark Tadd vs Dennis Hatch

    I think the last Bicycle Club tournament was in 1994 or 95. It was never associated with the MC in any way as far as I know.
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    Arrested for Ivory sale

    Looks like a special order Gina
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