Bruce Christopher "SuperStroke", what a flake!

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mrpool06

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Did anyone read that article (what a waste of pages) in Billiards Digest a few months ago, about that Bruce Cristopher "SuperStroke" character?? At one point, claimed to be the world's leading pool player, rubbed shoulders with Ali & other athletes......but sounded overall like he was just a self-promoter who was full of hot air.

Way before my time though; anyone ever hear of this flake??
 
mrpool06 said:
Did anyone read that article (what a waste of pages) in Billiards Digest a few months ago, about that Bruce Cristopher "SuperStroke" character?? At one point, claimed to be the world's leading pool player, rubbed shoulders with Ali & other athletes......but sounded overall like he was just a self-promoter who was full of hot air.

Way before my time though; anyone ever hear of this flake??
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He use to run a ad in the billiard magazines telling anyone who could put up a million could play him a set. Im sure it was the same guy
 
mrpool06 said:
... Way before my time though; anyone ever hear of (him)
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Yes. I met him at the Asbury Park 14.1 tournament in 1976. Nice enough guy in person.
 
He had some of the qualities that are sorely needed to promote a professional image in our sport, ie., clean cut, well dressed, articulate, and knew how to act in public. To bad he wasn't a great player.
 
Superstroke lives in his home town .......bellville ontario........see him at the casino , but never the pool hall............hey joe.....you know a guy named brad morton??
 
mrpool06 said:
Did anyone read that article (what a waste of pages) in Billiards Digest a few months ago, about that Bruce Cristopher "SuperStroke" character?? At one point, claimed to be the world's leading pool player, rubbed shoulders with Ali & other athletes......but sounded overall like he was just a self-promoter who was full of hot air.

Way before my time though; anyone ever hear of this flake??
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The only "Superstroke" I knew about was a spectator who used to come to big events like Rak'm-Up at the Columbia Hilton in South Carolina. As I recall he was a balding man, wore huge nerdy glasses, & had a rather large toothy & somewhat goofy grin. He was a bit on the flaky side too though he seemed harmless enough from what I little I observed of him. Would this be the person you're referring to?
 
vader93490 said:
The only "Superstroke" I knew about was a spectator who used to come to big events like Rak'm-Up at the Columbia Hilton in South Carolina. As I recall he was a balding man, wore huge nerdy glasses, & had a rather large toothy & somewhat goofy grin. He was a bit on the flaky side too though he seemed harmless enough from what I little I observed of him. Would this be the person you're referring to?
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I know exactly who you're talking about & no, that's not him. The guy you're talking about is named Steve and he lives/lived in TX. Steve was more of a small time bookie back then. I remember him having a little notebook with all the lines at the '91 Rak'm-up classic & then used to see him in the pool room quite a bit when I moved to TX the following yr. I thought I would never see him again and then ran into at the DCC in Jan.... hasn't changed a bit... from looks to personality.
 
RoblinRebel said:
Superstroke lives in his home town .......bellville ontario........see him at the casino , but never the pool hall............hey joe.....you know a guy named brad morton??
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The name does not ring a bell. Where is he from? I'm originally from Akron, Ohio area. They used to call me Ohio Joe but when they shortened it to OJ, I started to go by Tennessee Joe.
 
vader93490 said:
The only "Superstroke" I knew about was a spectator who used to come to big events like Rak'm-Up at the Columbia Hilton in South Carolina. As I recall he was a balding man, wore huge nerdy glasses, & had a rather large toothy & somewhat goofy grin. He was a bit on the flaky side too though he seemed harmless enough from what I little I observed of him. Would this be the person you're referring to?
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Definitely not. Bruce was handome, polished, and knew how to promote himself.
 
how about every pool player we know post up like 50$ and we back efren or sometone to apoleay thi s guy!!!! lol idgnore me r'v e drinkin like a fithe of rum lol it was relly good th ough. Captiaon morgain privatye stocke is very gud!!! plese dont send me and y bad messages ok I dont wanna reed them,~~!
 
Timberly said:
I know exactly who you're talking about & no, that's not him. The guy you're talking about is named Steve and he lives/lived in TX. Steve was more of a small time bookie back then. I remember him having a little notebook with all the lines at the '91 Rak'm-up classic & then used to see him in the pool room quite a bit when I moved to TX the following yr. I thought I would never see him again and then ran into at the DCC in Jan.... hasn't changed a bit... from looks to personality.
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I see, thanks for the clarification Timberly. I really don't recall ever catching a first or last name about him, just that he was known as "Superstroke" or "The Superstroke" depending on who was talking about him. Like I said before, he seemed harmless enough & liked observing the matches at events like Rak-m 'Up.
 
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