Wow. What a lineup. 1985 tournament

Billiardbills · Aug 9, 2016

That's all. Just wish I could have been there!!!

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Duane Remick · Aug 9, 2016

Billiardbills said:
That's all. Just wish I could have been there!!!

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" I think this is the tourney,
where Mike approached Keith and asked if He wanted to split"
"KEITH SUPPOSEDLY SAID...
"LETS PLAY FOR IT ALL "

poolguy4u · Aug 9, 2016

:thumbup:

Yep...that's the pool league I used to play in.

:yes:

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GideonF · Aug 9, 2016

I'm confused by the original article. It says Keith went undefeated through the event, but then says he beat Davenport twice. How do you play someone twice on the A side? It says Lebron beat Crane twice, which makes sense - once to send Crane to the B side and once in the B side final.

Am I missing something?

FordSVTCobra · Aug 9, 2016

What a field of killers and the prize money for that time was very good. Thanks for posting.

Tooler · Aug 9, 2016

Wow .... Irving, and Swanee.....and The Lassiter.

bdorman · Aug 9, 2016

FordSVTCobra said:
What a field of killers and the prize money for that time was very good. Thanks for posting.

$56,003.25 in today's dollars.

boogeyman · Aug 9, 2016

Billiardbills said:
That's all. Just wish I could have been there!!!

And don't bad mouth me about my post... (you may or may not know)
that writing and speaking the English language are important to me.
Hell, someone has to pay attention to OUR language.
_____________________
It figures....there was bad punctuation back then as well.
(Should read ".940s" instead of ".940's")
I won't even get into the article itself.
Why am I not surprised.

Other than that, great names in a great tournament!

AtLarge · Aug 9, 2016

GideonF said:
I'm confused by the original article. It says Keith went undefeated through the event, but then says he beat Davenport twice. How do you play someone twice on the A side? It says Lebron beat Crane twice, which makes sense - once to send Crane to the B side and once in the B side final.

Am I missing something?

Notice that 3rd and 4th were tied, as with a single-elimination format. But below 4th place, all the positions are grouped as with a double-elimination format.

So it looks like they used a hybrid format, playing double-elimination down to the final two on the winners' and losers' sides, and then playing single-elimination for the final four.

So McCready could have knocked Davenport to the losers' side and then played him again in one of the semifinal matches.

nick serdula · Aug 9, 2016

Gary Pinkowski put that on

He won a spot on the Miller Team beating Steve Mezerak on ABC's Wide World of Sports. He called and woke up the house at 3AM to announce he just won saying Steve couldn't make the ball for the cash but he did! I think they were in Reno or Lost Wages.
He took that money and partnered with the B.C. Golf tourney and lived on that for years.
Man that was another time. He also did an annual event for Jerry's kids.

No one could out laugh Gary. He could steal your cash and be your buddy all while talking to his buddies in Checkoslovician!
Absolute blast to be hustling with,
Nick

RIP old bean

wahcheck · Aug 9, 2016

Such a lineup, indeed

Wow; Buddy and Efren must've been up all night drinking before the tournament, seeing where they finished...........

Thecoats · Aug 9, 2016

Thanks for sharing seeing Charlie Brinson's name brought a smile to my face. A friend told me he picked him up once for a tournament and he asked him where is clothes were and Charlie said "I am wearing them, it's only a three day tournament".

westcoast · Aug 9, 2016

Great players! Sad thing is that it is 31 years later and the payouts for most tournaments are worse than this now

JAM · Aug 10, 2016

Here's Keith getting the fat check from Gary!

After the tournament, Keith bought everybody in the house drinks. There was a golf tournament going on simultaneously as well. Everyone partied until they dropped.:grin:

Bob Jewett · Aug 10, 2016

Billiardbills said:
That's all. Just wish I could have been there!!!
....

For other tournaments from that era, check out the Accu-Stats magazine. All the issues are available here:

http://www.sfbilliards.com/accustats/index.html

including Vol. 1 No. 6 which contains the page shown. Unfortunately, that's all the info available about that particular tournament.

erhino41 · Aug 10, 2016

Eh... never heard of them.

Billiardbills · Aug 10, 2016

I just happened to find this on FB and decided to share it.

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billy bones · Aug 27, 2016

I recognize most all of those names. That was my era, 70's & 80's

JAM · Aug 27, 2016

The most notable happening at that tournament was the party afterwards. There was a golf tournament going on at the same time as the pool tournament, and the party that ensued in the bar was epic. Keith picked up the tab. :grin-square:

greyghost · Aug 27, 2016

were all those players famous or something?

Wow. What a lineup. 1985 tournament

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