barber23...Isn't Dennis Haar is from Indiana? You might have heard of the South Dakota Kid...Shane somebody! LOL
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anybody know Mike (Chewy) Chewakin?
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I was trying to think of this guy's name just the other day. I remember playing him in a league state 8-ball tournament in Bismarck, ND back in around 1988/89. He was quite a colorful (and mouthy) character...not to mention a good pool player.
I put him into the loser's bracket the first day and his head about exploded. I think he may have only shot once or twice during our short race and his mouth was running a mile a minute the whole time.
Afterward, he was talking to himself in the bathroom when my friend was in there and he kept saying, "I got to beat the guy with the hat on".
I wound up playing him again the next day and it went hill-hill and I had him beat with a hanger in the hole and the 8-ball right inside a pocket, but he slammed a ball around and missed it and it accidentally kissed off the cueball and went into the side pocket. Had that not happened, I would have knocked him completely out of the tournament.
My ONLY loss before that was a match with somebody where it went hill-hill and I called the 8-ball and pocket but didn't put the patch beside the pocket where I shot it. The guy calls the ref and I wound up losing on a rule violation.
I wound up taking 3rd and just a few hundred bucks, but I made several hundred more than that playing 9-ball the night before the final. I stayed up for two days straight, drinking beer the WHOLE time (not that I'm touting that as a GOOD QUALITY to admire or to use while playing in tournaments for the money) and played anybody who wanted to play for money.
That night actually turned out quite comical...it would have made for a good movie sceen. The venue was in a hotel and there were many rooms with balconies overlooking the playing room. Me and my partner were raising hell and I was playing any and everybody for money (with him betting on the side too) and people were hanging over their balconies to shout $hit and make side bets. One dude was drunker than we were and grabbed a drapery of some sort and climbed down the balcony from his room (2nd or 3rd floor up) all while talking about how he would play. We were laughing our asses off and yelling, "Spiderman, bring your happy ass down here and we'll take all your money too, if you don't fall off the F^&&ing balcony and kill yourself in the process. But, don't worry, if you DO, we'll rob your ass anyway". Luckily he made it down alive, but we still took all of the money he was willing to lose before he quit too.
All in all, it was an enjoyable time. I went there and had a good time, drank plenty of beer, took 3rd place and won and took home more money that I began the trip with...to include my expenses.
I put him into the loser's bracket the first day and his head about exploded. I think he may have only shot once or twice during our short race and his mouth was running a mile a minute the whole time.
Afterward, he was talking to himself in the bathroom when my friend was in there and he kept saying, "I got to beat the guy with the hat on".
I wound up playing him again the next day and it went hill-hill and I had him beat with a hanger in the hole and the 8-ball right inside a pocket, but he slammed a ball around and missed it and it accidentally kissed off the cueball and went into the side pocket. Had that not happened, I would have knocked him completely out of the tournament.
My ONLY loss before that was a match with somebody where it went hill-hill and I called the 8-ball and pocket but didn't put the patch beside the pocket where I shot it. The guy calls the ref and I wound up losing on a rule violation.
I wound up taking 3rd and just a few hundred bucks, but I made several hundred more than that playing 9-ball the night before the final. I stayed up for two days straight, drinking beer the WHOLE time (not that I'm touting that as a GOOD QUALITY to admire or to use while playing in tournaments for the money) and played anybody who wanted to play for money.
That night actually turned out quite comical...it would have made for a good movie sceen. The venue was in a hotel and there were many rooms with balconies overlooking the playing room. Me and my partner were raising hell and I was playing any and everybody for money (with him betting on the side too) and people were hanging over their balconies to shout $hit and make side bets. One dude was drunker than we were and grabbed a drapery of some sort and climbed down the balcony from his room (2nd or 3rd floor up) all while talking about how he would play. We were laughing our asses off and yelling, "Spiderman, bring your happy ass down here and we'll take all your money too, if you don't fall off the F^&&ing balcony and kill yourself in the process. But, don't worry, if you DO, we'll rob your ass anyway". Luckily he made it down alive, but we still took all of the money he was willing to lose before he quit too.
All in all, it was an enjoyable time. I went there and had a good time, drank plenty of beer, took 3rd place and won and took home more money that I began the trip with...to include my expenses.
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Chewy is a heck of a guy
20 years ago he was the best in 4 state region, him and Cole. He doesn't play much at all anymore but he still can step up and beat anyone that walks into the room.
20 years ago he was the best in 4 state region, him and Cole. He doesn't play much at all anymore but he still can step up and beat anyone that walks into the room.
Chewy plays every Monday night in the 9 ball tourney at Fargo Billiards, and plays league on Thursday. Always stops by helps me and shows some trick shots.
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God I miss those tournaments up there. My stories are similar with the free flowing action up there but much tamer. Yours sounds like it was AWESOME.