My definition of heart is two fold
1.. Someone with the courage to get up and play
(possibly but not always betting his own money)
2 another definition of heart is someone who holds up for the money.
Someone who usually shows some courage under fire
Not the fella who becomes weak as a kitten
(Even though this happens to us all from timeto time)
3 A third ,but in my opinion false use of the word heart is used
as a term of reproach for an idiot who continues playing
long after he should have quit
ie ..a fella showing poor judgement.This is not heart it is stupidity
I really don't know Lou or anything about him,He may be a boy scout
and a stand up guy,
I am sure he is,I think he said that somewhere in one of his rants,so
it must be so
I would not say that Lou showed a lot of heart ,playing a game with 3
balls the best of it and still couldn't get a stake horse to play a second time
Now I don't know but if I saw this occur where a fella was offered the
nuts and no one would stake the game, I would conclude he had a reputation
as a dog or a dump artist and that would explain
why no one would back him.
Now I am not referring to anyone alive or on planet earth especially not Lou
we know he is a $20 player who rose to the occasion in heroic proportions
,but If someone were to offer Billy Stroud the nuts, I would be rushing to bet on him
Unless he is as senile as I am
When Jack Potter chose to support a family instead of playing and was
forced to keep his bets relatively low and I had an opportunity to put him in the box for $5000
My only concern was beating others to the rail
Since I was not the only one to do so,I conclude that Jack had the heart of
the water buffalo,
also it never occurred to me that he would give anything less than his best
I do remember losing bets like this,but it didn't stop me from trying again
Heart should be a term of endearment,funny how it is used to describe a
stake-horse who keeps firing away after all hope is gone.
It is a lack of heart to either play or stake a game with the idea of quitting if you
lose a game or two and quit as a normal practice
However it might be proper to add,"It is better to win than show a lot of heart"
In my opinion John Barton is the best thing happening in pool today,he works
is successful and loves action,he doesn't ask for the nuts in fact he might even
try to outrun the nuts
I say John has a lot of heart,he might have lost a time or two but that doesn't
make him a loser
He is the kind of guy who just might kick start the dead pool world that we
all see today
He proves you don't need to be a great player to compete
My opinion is if I get the opportunity to play John for a significant amount
,is that everyone in the pool world will travel by air ,car ,or sea to be there
I once played Harry P in Tahoo during the world championship 9 ball
600 or more people crowded around our table watching while 6 people
watched the World Champion 9 ball finals Neither Harry or I played good
,but the action brought forth excitement
it would be the kind of action that breathes life into a dying pool economy
Everyone would like to play the winner,or the loser
Match up or shut up expresses the way I see it
No offense meant.
I actually look forward to criticisms of John Barton,not that they make any sense but
It is a freedom of expression,a whiner should have the right to win ,complain and run
stuff like that is entertaining in its own way
