I saw
King Kong playing a money match in Vegas one year, $2-300 a set. He played well, but what jumped out at me, was the darn contraption he was using as a break cue. I was told, it was a 26 oz, aluminum butt that a machinest had made for him into a maple shaft. The aluminum butt was not smooth all the way up. At a point along the way, it had a bigger diameter like it was 2 sections put together with an overlap or ridge to it.
He broke good with it, almost too good, and had a distinct sound when he broke the balls. I was inbetween matches and didn't have a lot of time to spend watching, but King Kong was definately dominating the set.
As for Morro, I assume you mean the Mexican Champion, a good friend of mine, matched up with him in 1990 in Vegas, playing 9 ball for $80 a game.
It was nick n tuck, until Mark was hooked and made a jump masse shot on a 4 ball, and ran out. Both players were getting out, until Mark made that 4, after that, Morro started showing some weaknesses, and Mark ended up winning $6-700. I made money sidebetting, and they played from 11 pm until 6:15 am the next morning. I had a 7 am match, and just had time to run up to the room, shower quickly, and get to my match. Staying up all night though took its toll on me (and wearing hard contacts did too) about
2 that afternoon, when I hung a 12 ball in the pocket, and got knocked out of the Singles 8 ball tournament. The guy that beat me told me after the match that I was the better player. I took 9th that year (they ranked 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th back then), and the guy that beat me took 2nd.
I have long regretted that night since then, as I feel it might have robbed me of a National Championship, and I was playing good. My friend that beat Morro got 26th in the Singles tournament.
