Any Action stories from Reno?
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I will not mention any numbers and I know there was a lot more than just what I saw.
Schmidt beat Chohan playing 9-ball 4 ahead midweek and then Chohan won his money back playing full rack bank pool with an unknown player later in the week.
I did hear that Mike Davis lost a little money (very little when you consider his $12,000 payout for the tourney) playing one pocket. I guess Mike is not the most experiences one pocket player in the world and it was a shortstop that beat him out of the money.
Mike
Schmidt beat Chohan playing 9-ball 4 ahead midweek and then Chohan won his money back playing full rack bank pool with an unknown player later in the week.
I did hear that Mike Davis lost a little money (very little when you consider his $12,000 payout for the tourney) playing one pocket. I guess Mike is not the most experiences one pocket player in the world and it was a shortstop that beat him out of the money.
Mike
One thing that turned me off about the Reno tourney is that the staff at the Sands was not interested in keeping the room open to after hours match ups. Also they were charging exorbitant table rates that really upset some players. I guess they were more interested in getting the players down to the casino. One year when lot of the Filipino players were there (Efren, Busta, Parica, Santos, Alex, etc) they closed down the room so they all went down to the casino and dropped a lot of cash on the tables. Would have loved to see them in pool action.
As far as I know, the room was open until close to 6AM every night. It is not up to the Sands how much is charged for tables. That is handled by the guys that set up the tables.
Mike
Mike
The explanation I heard was that Mike was doing ok when he played someone who would let him shoot at balls. When someone specifically concentrated on locking him up, he got frustrated and ran out of patience. I personally have never gambled at one pocket, but I would think that this would be common of young 9-ball players.
Mike
Mike
One hole is a game for people who have all the time in the world. it a timely game but i've play it just work on my banks and safety.But on the other hand i love 14.1 and i'll play anybody in that.
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Hey cardiac kid. Dont have a heart attack. I travel across the country too. Im just saying what some of the players were expressing and when Ive been there there has been no after hours action in the main room. I was disappointed that so many good filipino players were there that time that I was disappointed that they did not play in any action games. My loss. I think that at that time they might have had some overzealous young employees who did not know who some of the pros were and did not give them the proper respect. All in all I love Reno and it is a true OPEN tournament. Where if you have the upfront fee any one can play.