There was a famous match at Hard Times many years ago between Bob Hunter and Ernesto Dominguez. They both posted 6k on the light and started playing an eight ahead session of 9-Ball. The table was the first one by the front door to Hard Times. There must have been thirty people watching the match when about an hour in a black guy walked in, waved a big gun around, jumped on the table, grabbed the money off the light, jumped down and ran out the door to a waiting Caddy, which burned rubber out of there and onto the nearby 91 freeway and disappeared forever. The whole thing didn't take more than thirty seconds and everyone just sat there in shock at what they were watching.
I have no doubt it was an inside job with someone tipping off the gangsters what was going on and where. I'm pretty sure this guy would have shot anyone trying to intercede, but no one did fortunately. There was maybe thirty minutes of knashing around about what to do, but no one could do anything now. The money was gone! I told them both they could have put the money in the safe upstairs but I guess they thought on the light was good enough. They finally decided to continue the match and raised another 4K each and we put that in the safe. I think Hunter won, but of that I'm not certain. I just remember the robbery part. :sorry:
