To all his friends in the pool world. His three year battle with a deadly disease came to an end last night. As Pat told us, the medical profession gave him weeks to live. He demanded and took nearly three years. He fished and played pool to near the very end. Pat posted here many times. Some of you might remember him as poolshark52. Pat's Pool Shark Fishing Charters were very popular. Many top players visited Rochester to fish with him before he "retired" to Florida.
Pat was one of my mentors. His knowledge of 14.1 was surpassed locally perhaps only by Mike Sigel and Irving Crane. He ran multiple hundreds many times on me. I understood his high run was over three hundred. Of the compliments I heard about Pat's game, one stood out. Mike Sigel told him his patterns were the best he'd seen. High praise indeed! Perhaps another poster knows more about Pat's tournament / gambling life. It's a very sad day for me.
Lyn
Pat was one of my mentors. His knowledge of 14.1 was surpassed locally perhaps only by Mike Sigel and Irving Crane. He ran multiple hundreds many times on me. I understood his high run was over three hundred. Of the compliments I heard about Pat's game, one stood out. Mike Sigel told him his patterns were the best he'd seen. High praise indeed! Perhaps another poster knows more about Pat's tournament / gambling life. It's a very sad day for me.
Lyn