So you have the distinction of saying you've beaten Shane every time you've played him for money.
"He can't beat me."
"He can't beat me."
No doubt. This dude was brutal in his approach and tried everything from being sweet to making fun of me. It just so happened that I had plenty of loot with me when I went through the door, even more when I left.
Cuebuddy>>>>Glad it was a short race.
Not really. There have been so many glorious moments, usually coz i put myself in those positions.Thanks for the reply.
What about the initial questions, could you give me your answers please?
We can lock this thread now. Beating SVB in anything is impossible to top for the rest of us mortals.
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Now it's time to share my second greatest moment.
It was the night I became part of the answer to one of pool's more difficult trivia questions. The question is "During the Week of the US Open 14.1 Tournament, who were the only two players to beat Mike Sigel?" Yes, it's a bit of a trick question, for some of you will correctly recall that Sigel won the event undefeated, highlighted by his 150 and out vs Zuglan.
The night before the event began, there was a benefit event for the National Leukemia Society. The formal event took place at Rusty Staub's restaurant, practically on the doorstep of the Roosevelt Hotel where the US Open would be contested. It began with a short nine ball exhibition match between Mike Sigel and the 24-year old Johnny Archer, who was an unknown to most of the attendees. Archer beat Mike in that one.
I then beat Mike in a nine ball race to two. There had been an auction to see who'd play him and I was the highest bidder. It was a great thrill for me when I beat him that night, even though it cost me some serious money to play him. Of course, that money went to a very worthy cause. I played in my business suit and he played in his tuxedo.
... so the only two players who beat Sigel that week were Archer and SJM.
Now it's time to share my second greatest moment.
It was the night I became part of the answer to one of pool's more difficult trivia questions. The question is "During the Week of the US Open 14.1 Tournament, who were the only two players to beat Mike Sigel?" Yes, it's a bit of a trick question, for some of you will correctly recall that Sigel won the event undefeated, highlighted by his 150 and out vs Zuglan.
The night before the event began, there was a benefit event for the National Leukemia Society. The formal event took place at Rusty Staub's restaurant, practically on the doorstep of the Roosevelt Hotel where the US Open would be contested. It began with a short nine ball exhibition match between Mike Sigel and the 24-year old Johnny Archer, who was an unknown to most of the attendees. Archer beat Mike in that one.
I then beat Mike in a nine ball race to two. There had been an auction to see who'd play him and I was the highest bidder. It was a great thrill for me when I beat him that night, even though it cost me some serious money to play him. Of course, that money went to a very worthy cause. I played in my business suit and he played in his tuxedo.
... so the only two players who beat Sigel that week were Archer and SJM.
I was playing this well known NYC 'A' even. We were going to go to Cardiff for the WPC the following week, the qualifiers and the tournament itself .He is supposed to give me the 6 and win. We aren't playing a race but after 6 games or so, he hasn't won one and i've run about 5 of the 6 games.
I break again and it's a slug rack. Most of the balls are clustered around the spot but somehow i made a ball and the CB is behind the headstring . It's a complete mess. He says to me if you run those out , I'm putting up $500 for you to enter the WPC qualifiers next week. I had a 3/4 table shot to start with which Florian Kohler would never attempt-No one would.
I had to do a masse with the curve starting about 2 foot away from the spot, maneuver through a gap less than 3.5 inches hit the ball softly and make the one in the corner and break up one of the clusters. It was about a 500/1000-1 shot and i made it to everyone's shock. There was still a mess on the table with multiple break-outs required which i was about 60-1 on but somehow i ran out. He offered the 500 but i refused as that whole night was just one of those monkeys writing the best books night. We had a great time in Cardiff. It was the year Mika won.
This was my most recent greatest/favorite shots. I miscued but made my last shot leaving me the 8-ball. I went 3 rails around just missing the 13 ball. I went around the 15 and came very close to the 10 ball but was able to cut the 8 ball in the corner pocket.
The reason it is special to me is because it was against a guy from another city who came to our room and had been taking money all day. I rolled in right at tournament time and didn't play him. He was very cocky. We met for the hot seat match and I beat him with this shot. He came back through the B side and I beat him again.
One of the best memories I've had was playing with Pat Morita for a few hours one night. I didn't bring up Happy Days or the Karate Kid. He bought my drinks, I bought his drinks and in the end, the manager of the place picked up both of our tabs. Just had a good time