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tomatoshooter
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Thanks for uploading these matches!
Thank Pat Fleming for opening up his treasure vault.
Really? I think most would have taken the goat.
that first rack was a hoot
Perhaps you’ll think I cheated. But I am pretty sure I saw the finals match in ‘95 and recalled that Kim was the defending champion. Maybe I was mistaken on both accounts.
I lived in Modesto while Kim was establishing his game. I loved being able to watch him play often.
Where did KD play out there in his early days?
Not in Reno, not a chance. Kim was the favorite. I remember that match. I wasn’t there that particular time but knew the result. Kim had a tremendous record there, Johnny Archer and Segal and Earl did good there as well.
There was 2 tourneys a year, so there’s lots of winners but they dominated it. I payed it a few times. Dead money lol. Was fun tho. First time I went was June 85-I was hooked after that. Changed my life forever, even being dead $.
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Fatboy<———life long degen(loving every minute of it-no regrets)
Ferroni’s Family Billiards in Modesto. But he played in a lot of pool halls in the area, too.
Kim came up in Modesto Ca. I met him in 85, he’d been plying a few years then.
Later I’ll type what I know about his come up. I know Kim, I’ll get it pretty accurate. I was there.
Ina flight and taking off soon
Fatboy
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If you had KD in this match then you were in DEEP sweat mode for quite a while. Helluva shoot-out.
Found a cool old poster:
Info on it: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/can-anyone-id-all-these-players.421299/
Teacher John drew the picture and ID’d everybody later in the thread you provided.
Can anyone ID all these players?
Somebody posted this picture on reddit. I recognize Dr. Spock, Mike Sigel, and a couple others. Does anyone know them all?
forums.azbilliards.com
It was a great pool hall.
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I used to know the guy (John) that drew those every year. His attention to detail was amazing. There would be thjngs on his posters that you would only notice if you were part of the Ferroni scene. Subtle stuff. They are tremendous, I can’t recall his last name. Was a solid player too. Fun times, that was a great room.
When Barry expanded to Blvd Billiards up the street, we had a “better room” but some of the charm and magic of the other room was forever gone, then Barry passed. Bob Wong took over-great guy as well. He passed, I saw him in the Mirage one night as I had left Modesto area and was living in Vegas. That was the last time I saw Bob. Good memories.
Watching Kim was my plan to develop my stroke, I kinda hit the ball like Kim, I am a donkey in speed compared to him, but I did develop a “pretty” stroke and appeared to play better than I ever did-not good for action.
I have lots of Modesto stories, was a great action town. Lots of good players there. More than Stockton which is close by and back then about the same size. Modesto just had stronger players. The gamble level was great in both places. A few nits, but that’s anywhere.
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Fatboy<———landed in Texas
John Coito.I used to know the guy (John) that drew those every year. His attention to detail was amazing. There would be thjngs on his posters that you would only notice if you were part of the Ferroni scene. Subtle stuff. They are tremendous, I can’t recall his last name. Was a solid player too. Fun times, that was a great room.
When Barry expanded to Blvd Billiards up the street, we had a “better room” but some of the charm and magic of the other room was forever gone, then Barry passed. Bob Wong took over-great guy as well. He passed, I saw him in the Mirage one night as I had left Modesto area and was living in Vegas. That was the last time I saw Bob. Good memories.
Watching Kim was my plan to develop my stroke, I kinda hit the ball like Kim, I am a donkey in speed compared to him, but I did develop a “pretty” stroke and appeared to play better than I ever did-not good for action.
I have lots of Modesto stories, was a great action town. Lots of good players there. More than Stockton which is close by and back then about the same size. Modesto just had stronger players. The gamble level was great in both places. A few nits, but that’s anywhere.
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Fatboy<———landed in Texas
Yup that it! Thx, I was going to make a phone call. He was a nice guy, didn’t talk much but was cool and very very talented. His art was something special.