who have you played

measureman

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I have a rather modest list
Willie Mosconi
Neptune Joe Frady
Sam one poke Fauver
Grady Mathews
Jimmy Fusco
Joe Russo
Gus Szamboti
Hawaiian Brian
Ernie Lager
Rodney Morris
Richie Hansen
Fast Eddie Sontag
Cuebuddy

And probably some road players I forgot.
Back in the '80's in N.J. if a stranger came in the room I played them.
Beat a few,got crushed by a few.
 
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measureman

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RONNIE aLLEN

ST LOUIE LOUIE

BILLY INCARDONA
Jack Potter
harry platis
greg"the train"
Tim Scruggs
Arkansas Calvin
Handsome Danny Jones
James Walden
Cowboy Woffard, I saw him rope a chicken from horseback'
i think he won a world series of poker ring. I think his name was byron

He was very talented ,but not at pool,however he did gamble high on rare occasion

Some Harley Race Team Rider who I won a couple of new motorcycles from

Slip Stroke Jr Howard
Roy West,

Moses Brooks the best golf hustler I ever met,he could shoot par with only one hand,"thewing" from the frontf tees

here is another guy who almost always lost with me as a partner. who can figure things like this?


Titanic Thompson the well know gambler. I met him at the Cotton Bowling Palace, I caddied for him and drove him around,someimes getting to play crazy proposition bets that he devised. I beat him at onepocket'he was never a decent pool player.At my age then his golf was not so hot either,i could beat him,but his short game was exceptional. i knew him befriendedhis son tommy ,but he was too sharp .
John Barton
Paul Mottey
Jerry Franklin
George Mc Gan...againBilly might tell us about this Dixie Mafia character.

Tommy Rey

There were quite a few others ,but to tell the truth I didn't get out much

Baltimore Danny
Eddie Kelly
Buddy Dennis
Eddie Taylor
Norman Hitchcock
Mark Griffin
Dick Lane
Lauri franklin

Bob Vanover
Don Owen

Bob Owen
Mike Massey

Tex Watsn of the manson family fame,I played him when he was ivy League kap sig fraternity at North texas

Cliff Joyner
John Hager Sr.. here was a tough guy to beat

john Jr
played better ,but much nicer to know,good guy

Jack Cooney
Little Al Mason
Steve Smith,the Lizard
Paul Gurney
Mark Tad
Rex King
Shannon Dalton
cannonball
black sam
bob dickerson
willie mosconi
minnesota fats

evil knevil
yahoo mc daniel
ben hogan


billy stroud,, the pool hustler
jake hulcy
jerry franklin

vince tedesco
don williams ,of poker fame

stu unger of the same
johnny moss

Archie in Las Vgas

johnny cash,we both had wife named June

nick varner
jr norris
jackie gleason
dick weaver
goose tatum

randy white the basket ball player

meadow lark lemon
suit case dave
wimpy
louie harper
tommy blanton
reymond turner

don furr the owner of baby dolls next to rustys

sugar ray ,the boxer
Phil Sears
Jimmy Welch
Anthony the pimp and his side kick

Jimmy the car dealer
john Baldauf
Bob Mapes
The Legend

Steve Glenn

Arnold Salinas

a guy representing himself as Ben Crenshaw, I won his golf clubs one daya
nd pool cue a week later

Benny Binion
RD Matthews

Billy T Dyre

Pete Genn the all American best pool hustler to ever live
and his son Denny the collector

Jimmy Powell, a truly great golfer,he won a senior and super senior golf tournament PGA on the same day

He could shoot par standing on one leg

The Mouse, who later became a good friend and shared a very nice card score only to watch me lose every dime missing a short putt

Gina cue Ernie didn't actually play,but he held the stakes when I played Harry Platis in Reno
while Buddy Hall,Nick, Mottey, and tons of good players crowded the table
Flyboy Jimmy spears
Verl Horn
Fat Randy
Chip or Joey, only one but I had never seen them before
both matched up I may have played both

Bob Owen

Bo Didley

UJ Pucket

The college player from the 50s,sold insurance,lived in Ft worth

Joe Salazar
Dave P..his road pal

The sqiurrel
Parica
Jean Balukas
Mickey Stone
Max Yberra, who almost kept the city alive by himself withtime contribution

and later busted joe Salazar who was the greatest living bar player alive

I grew to love Joe but we never did anything but lose together. i don't think he takes my calls

he is afraid I will start out with "this time I really do have the nuts"


what was the guys name Billy Johnson, well that was one of his names
and Dianne his wife
Vernon Litton

Vernon Elliot

Jack Ruby

and a few more,but I can only see the faces but the names escape me

Mary's husband Freddiewhen they ownd the Cutopia
there were a couple of NFL football coaches but

Mike Ditka was betting on the side in a bar while Blood Sweat and Tears played music and I played 9 ball 6 ball sets

several more musiciand Okie from Miskokee Merl Hagard
and another Rock star in Las Vegas/ kinda more country

memory fails me more than saves me these days

The bumper man
The peanut man
Jeremy Jones
Mike the bookie
Richie Frorence

Richie Ambrose

mike siegel
The Bushwaker ,Gary Nolan.. he won by out running the nuts. I own his cue now
Cowboy Jimmy Moore

Jerry Trig, now this guy had a beautiful slip stroke,Ask Jack or Billy Stroud, a beautiful slip stroke

The Fox at the Cotton Bowling Palace

The Creeper , allegedly from the underworld,,ask Billy again

A guy called one hand who ran around with Pucket

Newkirk the Insurance man,good player too,gave me a huge spot

Waco Sam Abnor, the greatest heads up pool player of his time,I grew to love him
like a father, he was a business man and got me set up in the real estate business in order to get me away from the gambling life.

Told me I would never make it gambling,it wasn't any good any more. I said "thanks "I loved that old man He did get me in a few nice spots to help me. but mainly got me out of the life, kinda adopted me.

these are guys i played pool with tat are known to some of the old timers, it wasn'talways gambling,sometimes we just exchanged shots and stories

You can remember all this but can't remember what cue you put in what case and who you sent it to?
 

deanoc

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measureman
i had to edit
i had written what is the bank player fom kentucky

later i thought of verno Litton in Dallas and it made me remember vernon elliot

I forgot john bartons last name and I have been involved on a thread about him, i can't remember "the trains real name now

Now, i didn't play any of these guys in a tournament and only knocked a ball around with some,but othersinvolved action
 

lfigueroa

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Can't begin to remember all of them but off the top o' me head:

Efren
Dallas West
Grady
Cecil Tugwell
Johnny Ervolino
Harry Platis
Frank McGowan
Bustamonte
Parica
Alex
Alcano
Frost
Danny Harriman
Chris Gentile
Mark Jarvis
Raphael Martinez
Gary Spaeth
Orcullo
Nevel
Kiamco
Danny Smith
Justin
Joyner
Leil Gay
Joe Salzar
Danny Medina
Freddy
John Brumback
Jason Miller
Steve Cook
Tony Annigoni
McCready
Mark Wilson
Dorthy Wise
Tom Ferry
Andy Quinn

I know more will come to me when I think about it for awhile.

Lou Figueroa
 
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Robert58

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By train, you mean, Greg Stevens.


measureman
i had to edit
i had written what is the bank player fom kentucky

later i thought of verno Litton in Dallas and it made me remember vernon elliot

I forgot john bartons last name and I have been involved on a thread about him, i can't remember "the trains real name now

Now, i didn't play any of these guys in a tournament and only knocked a ball around with some,but othersinvolved action
 

Cuebuddy

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I have a rather modest list
CUEBUDDY
Willie Mosconi
Neptune Joe Frady
Sam one poke Fauver
Grady Mathews
Jimmy Fusco
Joe Russo
Gus Szamboti
Hawaiian Brian
And probably some road players I forgot.
Back in the '80's in N.J. if a stranger came in the room I played them.
Beat a few,got crushed by a few.

Fixed that for ya.:embarrassed2:
 

TxOnePocket

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I once chucked a nine ball into the 2nd diamond on a straight in corner pocket shot hill/hill race to 7 against Raphael Martinez @ diamonds in Dallas....

Crazy Jack was quite the celebrity
My Viet
The Ballerina of the Barbox Ralph Cortez
Sarg
Joe Salazar
 

ChrisinNC

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I guess it’s kind of interesting to see the level of experience on this forum, but is it just me or has this thread morphed in to being a pissing contest? I now regret having contributed to it myself. Perhaps we could include a little detail as to which of these known players we’ve played stand out for whatever reason, which players provided the most memorable experiences, and which players had the most positive impact on our own pool games from that point that our lives crossed paths?

For me, from the various players listed in my previous thread, it would have to be Allison Fisher. I arranged for Allison to appear in an exhibition / event in our new pool room in 1996. When I asked her if she’d consider playing a male pro player in an exhibition match, she didn’t hesitate. You have to remember she’d only been playing 9-ball for a couple of years at most, following her snooker career in Britain. She absolutely destroyed the poor guy, which confirmed to me that she was even better than I thought she was.
 

PoolBum

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I guess it’s kind of interesting to see the level of experience on this forum, but is it just me or has this thread morphed in to being a pissing contest?

Nah, if it was a pissing contest I would have mentioned that I had beaten every player on my list, except Parica.
 

CSutherland

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I have a rather modest list
Willie Mosconi
Neptune Joe Frady
Sam one poke Fauver
Grady Mathews
Jimmy Fusco
Joe Russo
Gus Szamboti
Hawaiian Brian
And probably some road players I forgot.
Back in the '80's in N.J. if a stranger came in the room I played them.
Beat a few,got crushed by a few.

Joe Russo from Va?
 

jrctherake

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Like others that have a few years on em, I played most of the pros that was in their prime from early 70's through mid 80's. That list is way to long to remember and damn sure can't remember the when/game/$$$.

I didn't pick a stick up from mid 80's till 2016.

Since 2016, Ive played the following in private matches for as little as $50 and for as much as 2k a set (all matches was even/up and took place in either Huntsville/Birmingham Alabama or Nashville Tennessee):

Warren kiamco (9 ball banks and 10 ball)
Josh Roberts (9 ball and 10 ball)
Danny Smith (10 ball)
Casper (10 ball)
Sky (10 ball)
Alex (9 ball banks and last pock 8)
Dennis O (10 ball)
Hennessy (9 ball, 10 ball, last pocket 8)
Superman (9 ball banks, 9 ball and 10 ball)
Tony Chohan (last pocket 8)


I've played several weak to very strong shortstops.....way to many to list.

Jeff <<<<<<< LOVES action with killers......preferably CHEAP action but, action nonetheless:grin-square:

Jeff
 

jrctherake

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D. B. Cooper , paid me in marked money
Caitlyn Jenner in a tournament
Randall Stephens paid me by taking me charter fishing
The Ghost
jack

Pretty impressive list you got Jack.

Thems-some shifty characters for sure...

Jeff
 

jrctherake

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You can remember all this but can't remember what cue you put in what case and who you sent it to?

Lol......I was thinkthe same.

I didn't even bother trying to remember the who/what from decades ago....Heck, I can't remember all of them from 2016....

Jeff
 

ribdoner

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John Abruzzo, Richie Florence, Straightarrow, Bob Haddad, Freddie the banker, Ray King, Jimmie King, Kevin Kehoe, Bill Meachem, Leon leadford, George Walker, Wade Crane, Greg Stevens, Donnie Mullins & his brother, Bill Blake, Dave Webb, Pittsburgh Billy, Swannie, Stevie Moore, John Morrow, Ron Parks, Big Sergio, Joe Salazar, Dave Pioni, Danny Cook, Tony Ferguson, James Christopher, John Archer, Artie (both teenagers), J K Mays (best player no one knew), others are rattling around in my melon, just can't put my finger on em
 

Sealegs50

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Willie Mosconi
Kim Davenport
Jack Colavita
Loree Jon Hasson (Jones at the time)
Billy Thorpe
 

sjm

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I guess it’s kind of interesting to see the level of experience on this forum, but is it just me or has this thread morphed in to being a pissing contest?

It's just you, Chris. This thread has great value. I'm always looking to learn more about various players and about the game's history, and the posts in this thread will help me with determining from whom I can learn more about specific players.

The one negative is that by telling others about who we've played, some of us, like me, are showing our age!
 

rburgoyne

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I have been very fortunate...

Exhibition/Practice
Mike Massey
Tom Rossman
Stefano Pelinga
Rodney Morris
Johnny Archer
Alex Kazakis
Jeffrey Ignacio

Tournament
Mike Davis
Taylor Anderson (RIP)
Skylar Woodward
Eklent Kaci
Omar Alshaheen

Gambling
Alex Pagulayan (one pocket)
James Aranas

Instruction
Ray Martin
Tony Chohan

I feel like I am forgetting a couple and some fall into multiple categories. I have been fortunate enough to befriend some of the people on this list.
 
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