My small contribution is running a $5 tournament every Friday night for the past 13 years come August. It gives the lower skilled players a chance to mix it up with the better players for just a few $. It's the best way I could figure on how to give back to the local scene that's been so good to...
Side note: Ike is not allowed in the APA I believe now since 08' or so. And if he were to play Henessey say a race to 100 on a bar table, it would be very ugly for Ike. At his age, it's an apples to oranges comparison. IMO.
Question for Jay H: What do you think is the appropriate percentage to be given to the winner by their stakehorses should they win? Also, I would think that number would be a bit smaller than usual due to the toughness of the opponent, yes?
Rich plays awesome and is as quiet and polite as you could ask for. One of the nicest, great players you could ever meet. I had heard that he kind of stepped away from pool for work reasons. Good financial decision I would think but I hope he still plays because he loves the game.
RIP. :frown: Played him many times in many places back in the 90's. Was a complete gentleman at all times with me personally whether tournament or gambling.
Keep practicing and do your best to have fun out there.
It is awfully tough on the 6's+7's in 9 ball with the Brian Parks, Dustin Morris and about 20 others just like that playing in the same bracket. Just do your best and don't sweat the results.
To give a good example of how brutal the Black...