Buffalo Billiards, 40K match last night. The worlds pool hall!

[JoeyA]

I havent been to Buff's since I moved from Metairie in Nov '06. But I for one can easily say it is the best poolhall Ive ever had the privilege of going too!!!!!

Hell I would go just to watch and listen to Eddie brown make a damn fool of himself


See ya next month Joey. Bring your AAA game


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Nothing's changed. :grin:

 

[cajunbarboxplyr]

Just crossed ronnie wiseman walking out the poker room at Harrahs lookin mighty upset!!


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[ENGLISH!]

I agree. Sometimes -- and I am *not* speaking about anyone in this thread -- I feel as though when people try to single out another poster, ridiculing their posts, they in essence are only trying to garner attention for themselves, to boost their own ego.

There's a lot of ego-bashing on this forum and in the pool world in general. In fact, I think that's why pool has one tire in the sand. Nobody wants to work together. Rather, it's every man/woman for themselves.

JAM,

Well said.

Put downs only splinter the community & those of a multiple, repetative vigilanty type, much more often than not, will bring 'defensive' catch back 'put downs'. Then it's a 'death spiral' from which no good can come.

Confidence is a good thing. Ego is a slippery slope.

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[david(tx)]

The big dough is deposited in the safety deposity box at the local bank.

I like the idea of the house holding. If the states would issue permits to rooms to do such they could take their rake and issue receipts of money won so the player could do his taxes , even deduct for his losses.Wouldn't be anybody scrambling for the money on the light after disagreements , the house would be the arbitor.

Or , forget the taxes but still have the room as the arbitor of rules and money holder.I think Buffalo must be the World's poolroom , i never hear of high stakes pool being played anymore , just talk of yesteryear.20,000 wagered is just 5,000 less than what the US Open paid for 1st.

 

[JoeyA]

I like the idea of the house holding. If the states would issue permits to rooms to do such they could take their rake and issue receipts of money won so the player could do his taxes , even deduct for his losses.Wouldn't be anybody scrambling for the money on the light after disagreements , the house would be the arbitor.

Or , forget the taxes but still have the room as the arbitor of rules and money holder.I think Buffalo must be the World's poolroom , i never hear of high stakes pool being played anymore , just talk of yesteryear.20,000 wagered is just 5,000 less than what the US Open paid for 1st.

I'm not an attorney but I have heard them questioning a jury. Don't take what I am about to say as law. But................in Louisiana, I think that if the room were allowed to rake, then it would be considered gambling by the poolroom and the law would come down on the poolroom, Hard and Fast to protect the interests of the gambling casinos, the video poker industry etc.

If the players had to do taxes on gambling winnings, the IRS would have to spend a fortune trying to collect taxes on net winnings that seldom if ever occur.

The scrambling for the cash on the lights is a seldom phenomena although it does exist. How do you think IRS would like it if both players were claiming a loss on a match?:grin:

Furthermore, it would be an IRS nightmare to try and prove who was partners in the corporation that got the big money match together. Even worse for IRS, would be an endless line of gamblers swearing that they were in on the big match loss. :smile:

Buffalo Billiards has its share of gamblers but like any pool room, there is more posturing than outsiders could ever imagine.

There are some pool players who like to toss out the big numbers about how how they will gamble with you and once agreement is made for the match, they have to go sell the match to a wary consortium.:grin: