Best Bar Box Player in the World?

[huckster]

also that game with the ghost and linning i understand the no ball in hand but what if he scratches or doesnt pocket a ball on the break. and thank u so much for not bringing that game through mississippi b/c i go straight tapioca betting there. by the way one more thing what was this game played on and where if u dont mind. very impressive win by the way which side were u betting on huck.

If he didn't make a ball on the break or scratch he lost. We were a little apprehensive when the game was made, but Antonio told us he could beat the game and we were pumped up so it didn't matter. it was played on a bar box at a pool room in Atlanta.

 

[Ktown D]

There's a bar table tournament which occurs every year in Asheville (I think), North Carolina. Last year, I know they filled up well ahead of time.

I am unable to locate one advertisement for this tournament. Yet, it seems all the players know about it, most likely by word of mouth. It's an annual event which attracts some of the best bar table players from all over.

Does anybody know the name of the venue or any further info about this
event?

Thanks in advance!

JAM

P.S. My favorite bar table player used to wear a T-shirt which said "The World's Got the 8." I never saw "Keither with the Ether" or "Evil" when he was on top of his game, but I have been told by others that top players came from all over the country to California trying to get a piece of his action, and they left town with empty pockets. It's only hearsay on my part, but I've collected quite a few action stories from the '70s and '80s era which makes me believe that at one moment in time in the history of pool, Keith McCready was at least one of the "BEST BAR TABLE PLAYERS IN THE WORLD." Of course, I'm a little prejudiced, too!

I think the tourney you are talking about is the Smoky Mtn 9 ball Classic in Waynesville, NC. It's toward the end of April usually. Spots fill up weeks in advance and you have to prepay. Gulyassy has been the director for years. You might e-mail him for info.

 

[JJLING]

unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

If he didn't make a ball on the break or scratch he lost. We were a little apprehensive when the game was made, but Antonio told us he could beat the game and we were pumped up so it didn't matter. it was played on a bar box at a pool room in Atlanta.

that is absolutely awesome not that it is that hard to make a ball on the break but setting whitie down that many time with no bad bumps or scratches is well @#%$%#@^$%#%$@#$ unbelievable have u heard of any one else wanting to try this game post back and let me know.

 

[onepocketchump]

With the Big Cueball it is, was and probably still is David Matlock. With a regular cueball it is a toss-up between Buddy Hall and Keith McReady. The young guns still have to earn their stripes to be talked about with the amount of ledgendary awe these three players still inspire.

That said I firmly believe that Jesse Bowman is in line to assume the title. We need a king-of-the hill type of chart showing who-played-who for what amount and a way to decipher to determine the best.

I have the "honor" of losing so bad to Jesse that in the second set I looked at my partner and said, "my arm feels like Jello. I can't make a ball." I started to feel like nothing I did mattered, that he would get out from everywhere and lock me up like a drum when he had no shot. Unreal. Btw...I was getting the last four.

Of course he didn't want to give that weight with the breaks. I don't know that I would have won with the breaks.

John

 

[henho]

I agree with Mike that J.R. Gay is a force to be reckoned with, but here is a story of his from his road days when he ran into David Matlock after playing at a biker bar with his road companion Brad:

[JR] recalled going into a biker bar in Phoenix. Brad didn't want to go there, but JR knew there was action there. "I ended up winning like $2,000 at the bar over the period of a few days." On one particular night, he was forced to call Brad for help. He told Brad, "I'm winning about $800 and these guys keep bumping into me. They're getting really nasty." When Brad arrived, they had JR next to the alley door, just "talking " to him. JR spotted Brad and said "Oh hey there's my buddy, excuse me I'll be right back," and whoosh, out the door they went, followed by the group of bikers. They managed to get to the van and decided to spend a week in Tucson.

When they arrived back in Phoenix, JR says "drop me off at that bar, they got some more money I'll bet by now." He ends up winning another $2,000 and rationalized "that's the last thing they are going to expect is for me to come back." They end up flying a guy in to play JR. It turned out to be David Matlock, the famous bar table player. "He's got me for like $300 and he shoots a four ball combination and when the balls stop rolling he is like dead straight in on the next ball. I just paid him and said that's enough. Anybody who can do that I don't need to play them."