hemicudas said:
Floyd Baxter, now there is a name I haven't heard in a while, Tommy-D. I use to do some things with, Floyd. While he didn't play, Buddy's, speed he might have made as much money as, Buddy, did. Floyd laid it down with the, Utley J. Pucketts, of the world. None did it better. Floyd, would beat, Ned The Primmer, 11-10. Just enough that he would get another set or two out of the guy. Winning them 11-10. I have witnessed, Floyd, trap a guy's backer who swore he could beat, Floyd, because he played so bad. Thought his player was just un-lucky. Floyd, was a good person too. Allways counted the money perfectly. If you were in with, Floyd, you could count on everything being on the up-n-up.
When I first starting to play okay pool I used to go into Atl to Mr. Cues
around lunchtime and play. If you got a burger pool was free.
Well somehow me and Floyd get into a game for 3 a rack playing 9 ball.
I knew him but could not place exactly who it was. I figured 3 per rack was
okay anyway even if I got killed.
I started off nervous and he won the first 7 games. He then stopped and
said he would give me the 8 because it looked like he was better and I was
missing some EASY shots. He then said he was just in for lunch and
was not a hustler looking for the kill.
Well I thought about it and thought it was nice but then got mad that
just because I knew the guy was supposed to be good I was doggin it.
Also the remark about not being good stung because I knew him but not
really.
I came back and got it back to 2 games down and the spot came away.
We played for about 3 more hours only raising the bet to 5 per rack.
I lost 10 bucks when it was all said and done.
He was joking around about how I stopped messing up.
To play that long for that cheap was pretty good for me. He was a good player and actually showed me a few things when we were playing.
He probably just wanted the practice or something but he was nice while
we played.
He actually helped me more than he knew as it give me a little confidence and
I placed in a tournament that weekend. It was the first Regional size event
I had made it to the money.
I had to beat Ronnie Yarborough to get into the money. I had been around him quite a bit over the previous few years and he shook my hand and
said that I surprised him and had gotten alot better.
I then got beat by Grossman 9-1. I can still remember that tourney and
the Grossman match almost shot for shot. That was years and years ago