Francisco Galindo

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Hi Everyone.

Greatly pleased to be apart of the forum. An amazing amount of pool knowledge on here.

That said, I'm wondering if Francisco Galindo still plays.

I live a few blocks away from a room he used to own here in San Bernardino, called "Gold Ball Billards."

About 12 years ago, I was privileged to watch him play a high stakes money game against Keith McCready. A great event for a pool obsessed 15year old to see.

Would love to hear any stories about him as well.

Thanks.
 
Yes, I know he at least still plays at HardTimes. I know he doesn't play as strong as used to play, so I'd be interested in hearing some stories too.
 
He still plays ring games against Morro, Lori and company at HT once in a while.
He sold his room and rumor has it he made a killing.
 
I remember when I read "Playing off the Rail" his name was briefly mentioned when Tony A. went to LA.

Guess Francisco used to run with Morro and Ernesto. So I'm sure there's a wealth of good high-stakes pool shooting stories out there.

Danny K. might have some?
 
JoeyInCali said:
He still plays ring games against Morro, Lori and company at HT once in a while.
He sold his room and rumor has it he made a killing.
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Thanks Joey.

Are you talking of Gold Ball? Or did he own another room in LA at some point?
 
midnightpulp said:
Thanks Joey.

Are you talking of Gold Ball? Or did he own another room in LA at some point?
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Gold Ball, sold it as a club. Pool wasn't making him money in that place. The music and dancing was.
I believe he and Keith hooked-up at Danny K's and he busted Keith .
 
F. G. can be seen playing/Gambling at the Hardtimes in Bellflower still. He played in the qualifiers for the IPT and won a spot before it went down. I don''t think that Ernesto ran with Morro and Francisco - different strokes or no stroke for Francisco.

He and Morro don't travel to tourneys as much like Ernesto who with Oscar are at the Open.

I remember when Tang beat Francisco for the first time at the Hardtimes years ago, Tang was in awe and told F. G. that he was a God to him - Tang went on to accomplish more than F. G. Tang's not at the Open either.

The times they are a changing.
 
JoeyInCali said:
Gold Ball, sold it as a club. Pool wasn't making him money in that place. The music and dancing was.
I believe he and Keith hooked-up at Danny K's and he busted Keith .
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Yeah. It's called Benny's Billards now.

More of a hang-out than a pool hall. The gold crowns look like they haven't been recovered since Francisco sold it. Felt is loose, faded, etc...

Shame. Pool is dead in San Bernardino. That was the only place in town where people actually knew how to play.
 
midnightpulp said:
Yeah. It's called Benny's Billards now.

More of a hang-out than a pool hall. The gold crowns look like they haven't been recovered since Francisco sold it. Felt is loose, faded, etc...

Shame. Pool is dead in San Bernardino. That was the only place in town where people actually knew how to play.
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Drive a little to little Alex's place in Rancho called Stix.
Pretty damn nice place. :)
 
LAMas said:
F. G. can be seen playing/Gambling at the Hardtimes in Bellflower still. He played in the qualifiers for the IPT and won a spot before it went down. I don''t think that Ernesto ran with Morro and Francisco - different strokes or no stroke for Francisco.

He and Morro don't travel to tourneys as much like Ernesto who with Oscar are at the Open.

I remember when Tang beat Francisco for the first time at the Hardtimes years ago, Tang was in awe and told F. G. that he was a God to him - Tang went on to accomplish more than F. G. Tang's not at the Open either.

The times they are a changing.
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Tang Hoa.

I remember when I was a teenager in the mid-90s, reading the mag. (the name escapes me) that covers SoCal pool, Tang Hoa was the hottest player. Dominating all the local tournies.

Ron Rosas was dominate too.
 
Francisco, Morro and Ernesto were all friends, but would play an occasional ring game (10 ball or 9 ball) with each other that would begin at 50 a game and sometimes go up to 150 a a game. I believe Ernesto might have won overall, but who knows? Pretty heavy ring game, though.
I'm not sure they were all close friends, but associated a lot with each other.

I watched Francisco playing Billy Incardona at Hard Times in about 1990, 10 ahead for, I think $5,000 (Billy can correct me on this). Billy was up three or four games and shot at a ball and missed it completely. When Francisco got to the table, he obviously had not seen the foul, so he was going to play the table as it lay. One of Francisco's backers right away said "ball in hand" and so Francisco picked up the cue ball. Needless to say, Incadona was livid with the spectator, who will remain nameless, and he quit the set three games ahead, figuring he was upset to the point that it might effect his game.

Francisco must have been playing pretty well to have been staked in that game.

I think it was a toss-up as to who was the best of all the Latinos back then. They all played well.

Danny
 
midnightpulp said:
Hi Everyone.

Greatly pleased to be apart of the forum. An amazing amount of pool knowledge on here.

That said, I'm wondering if Francisco Galindo still plays.

I live a few blocks away from a room he used to own here in San Bernardino, called "Gold Ball Billards."

About 12 years ago, I was privileged to watch him play a high stakes money game against Keith McCready. A great event for a pool obsessed 15year old to see.

Would love to hear any stories about him as well.

Thanks.
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In 90/91 we were playing liability snooker on the 6 x 12 at Hard Times in Bellflower on a regular basis. Francisco was in most of the games along with Morro, Little Al, Ernesto and a number of players who would come through and take a shot at the game. The game often got up to $50 a point and he played snooker just like his pool game - not flashy but solid and few mistakes. I think he was probably a big winner in the game over a long period of time.
 
Danny Kuykendal said:
I think it was a toss-up as to who was the best of all the Latinos back then. They all played well.

Danny
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I remember in those SoCal pool mags, where your room was advertised ;) (always wanted to go there.) Ernesto was winning everything.

I was sad to seem him get skunked.

Does he play at the same speed as in those days?
 
midnightpulp said:
I remember in those SoCal pool mags, where your room was advertised ;) (always wanted to go there.) Ernesto was winning everything.

I was sad to seem him get skunked.

Does he play at the same speed as in those days?
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I don't think Ernesto plays quite as good now as he did then, but he is still the most consistent top player in SoCal in my opinion.
 
Ernesto, I believe plays as good as ever. I think he's gotten even better than he played in the 80s and 90s. I believe he's a notch above them all now.

Danny
 
Galindo's game is not up to what it was in the early nineties. IMO he was the best player in LA for that time period. He was not flashy but always got the job done. His concentration was as solid as a rock.

Ernesto's game has withstood the test of time and Oscar may become the best of all someday.
 
dabarbr said:
Galindo's game is not up to what it was in the early nineties. IMO he was the best player in LA for that time period. He was not flashy but always got the job done. His concentration was as solid as a rock.

Ernesto's game has withstood the test of time and Oscar may become the best of all someday.
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Francisco was always one of my favorite players. Solid player and very nice guy. Morro, Ernesto, and Francisco are all great guys and were very tough to beat 10-15 years ago. They busted many champions who came to L.A. looking for action back then.
Wasn't it Francisco who was playing in a high stakes game at Hard Times when they got robbed at gunpoint for the money posted up on the light? I can't remember for sure, but for some reason I think that was Francisco.
 
thebigdog said:
Francisco was always one of my favorite players. Solid player and very nice guy. Morro, Ernesto, and Francisco are all great guys and were very tough to beat 10-15 years ago. They busted many champions who came to L.A. looking for action back then.
Wasn't it Francisco who was playing in a high stakes game at Hard Times when they got robbed at gunpoint for the money posted up on the light? I can't remember for sure, but for some reason I think that was Francisco.
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I believe it was Ernesto and Bobby Hunter. They put more $$ on the light and kept on playing. John
 
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