Yes, I forgot he still smoked. Danny and I met up a couple of times and we played at Sherman Oaks. He was living in a friend's guest house if I recall.
Ron, the guy that worked there forever died? Last I saw him 6 or 7 years ago he didn't look well. I think he even worked there when it was Mother's. I hung around there sometimes when Buffalo, Mark Jacobs and Little Jeff were all there. It was a good place to learn and get cheap games. Did you know those guys?
I don't know Dave but beating Danny and Lorrie in one tournament is quite an accomplishment. I consider them to both be great shortstops. I played Lorrie at Hard Times and lost 7 - 1, then we played in the Swanee a month later and he didn't even remember me. I beat him hill/hill in the Swanee at Hollywood, then he remembered me LOL.
Danny was always positive somehow. I hope this doesn't sound bad but realistically he gave up a life, his marriage, everything he had to play pool. That's all he wanted to do. He was a hardcore pool player. He knew all the top Filipino players and spoke to them on the phone all the time. I played Danny a lot, held my own but rarely came out on top. He was very talented. I learned the Filipino moves from him.
Yes, I forgot he still smoked. Danny and I met up a couple of times and we played at Sherman Oaks. He was living in a friend's guest house if I recall.
Ron, the guy that worked there forever died? Last I saw him 6 or 7 years ago he didn't look well. I think he even worked there when it was Mother's. I hung around there sometimes when Buffalo, Mark Jacobs and Little Jeff were all there. It was a good place to learn and get cheap games. Did you know those guys?
I was pretty tight with Buffalo. Whatever happened to him? I suspect he did okay. He was a pretty smart guy.
I forgot, one year Danny won the USPPA big tournament and bonus, think it was in Reno - Tony Annigoni refused to pay him because he was accused of rigging the finals match to get a larger payout, if I recall correctly.
Danny and Tony Chohan made it to the final. There was a $6000 bonus if Danny won (you had to have played a certain number of tournaments to qualify and Danny qualified but Tony didn't). So, of course, they made a deal that Danny would win and they would split all their winnings (I think about 99% of pool players would make that deal to get the extra $6000).
The problem was they didn't try to disguise it and it was obvious that it was a dump and that was why the bonus was never paid.
(Fortunately, for me, they carried the $6000 bonus over to the next tournament 6 months later and I won it + the $4000 first prize. The $10,000 was the most I ever won in a pool tournament.)