“Red” Fisher played in Dallas, TX

And the reason I called him RED is because I felt more people would recognize him by his nickname than his real name. I just want to hear some funny, crazy, bad beats, and any other story that involved my father. The last couple of months of his life he would tell me stories all the time and some sounded out of this world and hard to believe. So I was just wanting to hear some more from a different side of view.

Thanks for the condolences and yes Red might have been a REAL A-hole in his poker and pool playing days, but he was a great father to me and ALWAYS looked to teach me to be a better man than he was. And to cherish the little things in life and to ALWAYS have a job or bringing in money in no matter what.
 
Jfisher1977 said:
Oh sorry... yes I am and I was just wanting to hear a couple of stories regarding my father since I’ve been missing him a lot lately! He was my best friend, poker playing partner, and many more things important in my life.
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Hang in there buddy. I recently lost my dad as well. I hear it gets easier but I am having my doubts about that:frown:
 
couple of stories

Did your dad tell you about the time he beat this guy that owned the shoe
store. The store sold these ugly cheap ass shoes. Well Red busted him
and won a trunk full of these shoes. He pulled into theTimes Square pool
room parking lot, open his trunk, and started selling those shoes for $5 a pair
$7 for patent leather, $3 for mixed sizes. Half of east Dallas were wearing
RED FISHER shoes.
We were in Ft.Worth and Red was playing San Jose Dick.Carol his girl, my
wife and I were there, and I was in with Red. Red is getting beat and after
a while I say this is no good, quit. No he says, so I tell I'm out. He goes bust
borrows what money I have left, blows that, blows, his cue, blows his pistol
then he goes over to where Carol and my wife are sitting and starts talking
and then she starts screaming at him my wife is screaming at him as he is
tugging on her finger trying to get her diamond engagement ring off.Finally
he gives up. She is bawling my wife is glaring at him, he walks shrugs and
says well I guess we're done. He looks at me and says "Can you believe
her,I would have payed him what owed him on it and got it back for Christ
sakes.
jack.
 
jackpot said:
Did your dad tell you about the time he beat this guy that owned the shoe
store. The store sold these ugly cheap ass shoes. Well Red busted him
and won a trunk full of these shoes. He pulled into theTimes Square pool
room parking lot, open his trunk, and started selling those shoes for $5 a pair
$7 for patent leather, $3 for mixed sizes. Half of east Dallas were wearing
RED FISHER shoes.
We were in Ft.Worth and Red was playing San Jose Dick.Carol his girl, my
wife and I were there, and I was in with Red. Red is getting beat and after
a while I say this is no good, quit. No he says, so I tell I'm out. He goes bust
borrows what money I have left, blows that, blows, his cue, blows his pistol
then he goes over to where Carol and my wife are sitting and starts talking
and then she starts screaming at him my wife is screaming at him as he is
tugging on her finger trying to get her diamond engagement ring off.Finally
he gives up. She is bawling my wife is glaring at him, he walks shrugs and
says well I guess we're done. He looks at me and says "Can you believe
her,I would have payed him what owed him on it and got it back for Christ
sakes.
jack.
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I never heard of Red, but thanks for sharing that story. I loved it! ha ha :grin-square::grin-square::grin-square:

ps, did he try to take his GF's engagement ring, or your wife's engagement ring?
 
No I never heard that story but it sounds like my Pops!! He would never quit when he felt like he could win. I loved the story though. He did tell me stories about Carol and how she was alittle crazy but in this instance I think my Pops was the crazy one!! Lmao.
 
Jfisher1977 said:
Oh sorry... yes I am and I was just wanting to hear a couple of stories regarding my father since I’ve been missing him a lot lately! He was my best friend, poker playing partner, and many more things important in my life.
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Well, that's about as beautiful as things get around here. I hope we can fill a small part of that hole for you.

I've got no input, but I am a son.

Best wishes to you, man.
 
Dead Money said:
There is a whole lot of Barney Fifery in this thread:thumbup:
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Well, my father did tell me a story about him playing a guy who he played in this guys bar and won all the guys money, cues, jewelry, karmigia(?) car, and his bar. But the guy said,” you can take all this stuff, but if you try to take my bar I’ll kill you!!” So, my Pops drove off with all this guys stuff and drove away in his brand new car! He said he drove from California driving faster than the speed of light back to dallas. Don’t know if it was true, but what a crazy ass story!

I do know this is a true story!! I was 14 and begging him for a GMC S-15 for my 15th birthday which was a couple of weeks away. And he kept telling me no. Then one morning around 5 am he came home and shook me awake. He said,” Get dressed and meet me out back, now!” So, I was scared I did something wrong or I was in HUGE trouble for something. I got dressed and went out back and he was sitting in his truck. He told me to get in and that he wanted to take me to breakfast. We ate breakfast and proceeded to go the opposite way from home and ended up at this dealership. We got out and walked around and then he stopped me and said,” how do you like your new truck!” I was standing in front of a brand new GMC S-15!! He told me he had been playing pool all night, and won enough money to buy this truck for my birthday!! He let me drive it after a couple of days practicing with him. One week later, I flipped it trying to be a show off to my girlfriend. He made me drive that truck for a month like that to teach me a lesson and then he fixed it for me!! Lmao
 
Jfisher1977 said:
Well, my father did tell me a story about him playing a guy who he played in this guys bar and won all the guys money, cues, jewelry, karmigia(?) car, and his bar. But the guy said,” you can take all this stuff, but if you try to take my bar I’ll kill you!!” So, my Pops drove off with all this guys stuff and drove away in his brand new car! He said he drove from California driving faster than the speed of light back to dallas. Don’t know if it was true, but what a crazy ass story!

I do know this is a true story!! I was 14 and begging him for a GMC S-15 for my 15th birthday which was a couple of weeks away. And he kept telling me no. Then one morning around 5 am he came home and shook me awake. He said,” Get dressed and meet me out back, now!” So, I was scared I did something wrong or I was in HUGE trouble for something. I got dressed and went out back and he was sitting in his truck. He told me to get in and that he wanted to take me to breakfast. We ate breakfast and proceeded to go the opposite way from home and ended up at this dealership. We got out and walked around and then he stopped me and said,” how do you like your new truck!” I was standing in front of a brand new GMC S-15!! He told me he had been playing pool all night, and won enough money to buy this truck for my birthday!! He let me drive it after a couple of days practicing with him. One week later, I flipped it trying to be a show off to my girlfriend. He made me drive that truck for a month like that to teach me a lesson and then he fixed it for me!! Lmao
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The Karmann Ghia was a model of VW. https://www.google.com/search?q=karmann+ghia&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=ue3bEX
 
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