I was at the Carolinas Open one year, and two Florida players were feeling no pain, drinking their brewskies and gambling it up. Sugar Shane, Pookie, and a bunch of other well-known action men were also in the house. It was kind of fun listening to all the matching up before the games began.
Anyway, the two Florida players got mouthy with the person they were gambling with and said a negative remark about the owner of the pool room, which happened to be a well-respected pool man named Gene Hooker.
Two of the pool room "regulars," I guess you could say, instructed the two mouthy Florida players to leave. They were a little drunk, anyway, so it was probably best they did exit the premises.
What happened later was horrible. The two Florida players got mouthy with the "regulars," and they were taken outside and beaten up very badly. I will never forget it. I didn't like seeing it, either. :sorry:
Alcohol and gambling don't mix sometimes. There are some folks who can drink and hold their liquor okay, but there are some folks who can't hold their alcohol, and their personalities change drastically. :angry:
I quit drinking alcohol in 1978. :grin-square:
