Preferred Name: Fatboy
MySpace: dont have a page
Location: LA or Vegas or Europe, sometimes Africa-soon as my back is better I will be there alot.
Occupation: uncertain at this time 4/26/08 & Landlord in Vegas
Business Website: dont have one, I dont even have business cards either.
Game of Choice: 8-ball recently(9-ball before that), Snooker(my #1 favourite cue sport), and ring games(i love them even if I have the worst of it-they are just fun for me)
Playing Since: 1981 but not in pool rooms seriously until 85. I took a few years off here and there but never quite.
Favourite Player: Efren.
Favorite Player I know as a friend: Jay Helfert
Playing Cue: Barry Szamboti
Break Cue: playing cue
Jump Cue: dont use one
Case: depends on if i'm travelling or going to local pool room or at home.
Other favorite sports: MotoGP is fun to watch, Tennis(the girls because they have longer vollys-no not to check them out),
Other favorite sports I like to do: Bodybuilding as much as pool-but cant because of health problems, and tennis on slow Astro-Turf(I cant play on a hard court) I suck at tennis but its fun sometimes. Also sports cars-but I'm now totally burned out with them, I still have 6 Lambos but sold my Enzo. we were doing runs in SoCA 2 times a month for the past 4 years-I dropped out of that scene-to many stuck up people nowdays it changed alot in the past year. And the rush of driving 170-180 just is gone.
Favorite Food: Sushi-traditional Japanese-not california rolls, white truffels, and fusion cuisine-think Wolfgang Puck(a casual friend of mine). And Tacos over a trash can at a 24 hour Taco truck in Hollywood at 3am after a good session of pool. It dosent have to fancy to be good, and BBQ. no candle light dinners for me. and Hambugers at the Jointed Cue in Sac-til you go ya just dont know how good that is....
A few other things about me, I have a crippling back problem and cant play much, I havent played good since last summer even then I was just a B player-with alot of experience-I move good, i might not ever play like I did before, I was a weak A at one point years ago. I hold up real good for the $$$ no matter how much, but get nervious in tournments. Also I dont rattle playing champions at all(I just rack
), I did at first but over came that-it took along time, I'm a mentally tough player, when I want to be, there are a few people I just cant play like CrownCityCory he is my friend and I cant catch a gear playing him EVER he just has my number-he beats me worse that Archer does-go figure. I wasnt born with a lick of talent to become a great player, I have done the road alone and with top players and one champion, we awalys did good, alone I could just cover costs and never get ahead-this was all 20 years ago-I went out many times and still have my VW van I used for those trips, unless I was the passanger, today I dont know how I would do-not so good would be my gusee, because i'm out of the loop a bit and sick, if I spent more time around pool and ould play I might be ok, but that desire is gone, the desire to play isnt. I can talk openly about this stuff because I have nothing to hide and nothing to lose by doing so. I dont stake players either, but will bet on the rail.
I'm not a tournment player-never won a tournment in my life of the 15 or so I have played in-I rattle. I'm not a gambler but I do like to gamble on pool, or flip a coin, tails. I'm not to fat 230 and I'm just under 6'2", Was into body building for 13 years, I like to eat healthy, dont smoke, hardly drink and dont do drugs(except pain meds now cause of back disease).
The name "Fatboy" came from a friend of mine about 20 years ago, before I got into bodybuilding and weighed 250, I was fat then, my back was bad so I started going to the gym to help it, it worked and I semi retired from pool, it helped my back til 3 years ago when I was 38, I have been in bad shape since, I'm not so fat anymore but the name was cool, so when I waas in Germany after a operation I found AZ and needed a screen name, so luckily it was avaliable, almost 4000 posts later the rest is history, when i'm healthy again(I hope) I will be here but not near as much, but Fatboy will be forever present in pool.
I'm liked by most, hated by some, and known by all....
Feel free to PM me even if you dont know me, i respond to 95% of them sometimes I'm late getting to them but I do.
Good luck...
