Great unknown roadies
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I am surprised that nobody has picked Nick Vlahos from Mass. Back in the early to mid 70's Nick played everybody from the east coast to texas. His nickname was "the Indian". One of the magazines did an article on him that was titled. He robbed Texas without a gun. He used to drive around in an older blue chevy that had a lawn chair bolted down for a front seat and played with his own house cue. He could not believe it when i reminded him about the lawn chair. Also 1 of the BEST safe players you would ever come across. Smartest gambler you would ever know. Always kept only so much money on him. everything he won over that amount was sent home and his brother banked for him. I believe it took Nick 3 years or so to make it to California. When he called his brother he was told he had to come home cuz of his father being sick. Unfortunately Nick passed at an early age from cancer. but with all the money he made on the road he bought some properties at public auction and rehabbed them and rented them out. All were in the Salem/Peabody Mass. area R.I.P. my friend................Mike
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cueball1950 said:
In 1992 I ran into Nick at Billiard cafe in providence,Rhode Island
in the ocean state championship or some thing like that.He was a great player.He asked me whether I was a high school drop out.I told him that I was lucky amd graduated from high school.
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Jedi V Man said:
I seen Chicken George get the 6,7,8 from Cracker Jack Hynes in Akron in the mid ninties for 20 a game jack won about 300. George told everyone he would have lost everything he had if Jack would have had more money. Anyone that knows George knows that it is hard to seperate him from his dough.
huckster said:
Speaking of Jack Hynes he is one of the best unkown 9 rocket players that is undercover. I seen him win the following games
1. Tony Ellin even Akron around 92
2. Tony Chohan giving him the 8 ball on an 8' table a couple years ago
3. Charlie Brinson giving him the 7 ball than the 6 ball around 1995
4. Ronnie Wiseman giving him the 8 around 1997
5. Cisco Diaz giving the last two in his home room in Detroit
6. Morro Paez even largest set I backed him for 10 ahead for 10k
7. Double J even before we knew who Jeremy was.
8. Getting the 7 from Effie Jack asked for the snap instead
9. Matlock even on the box 300 dollar sets Jack won two of three sets
10. Giving Shrimpboat the last 2 in his prime Worse game I made backing Jack we got no action after winning 1500
i saw roger griffis turn down an even game with jon hager jr. roger wanted a two games on the wire goin to 11 for 2500, jon offered one game and they never played. he told me that sambajon attempted to give him the call 7 and he walked away with about 5g of little santos money. this man really does play top notch pool. he could beat ANYBODY on any given day. he offered to play cj wiley even one pocket but cj wanted 9 ball. cj can string racks like theres no tommorrow so to my knowledge they never played.
daytonajoe
Deceased
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When you see frankie ask him how much HE actually made???
From what I hear although he won the sets he ended up a little short in the $$ dept. But I want to make it clear it was no fault of Will or his horse...
Smorgass Bored said:
When you see frankie ask him how much HE actually made???
From what I hear although he won the sets he ended up a little short in the $$ dept. But I want to make it clear it was no fault of Will or his horse...
I'd nominate Tommy Sanders from Beaumont, TX. He doesn't play anymore from what I hear, but he's beaten more than his fair share of champions. Even John Hager Jr, who everyone keeps praising in this thread, has utmost respect for Tommy's game. One of Tommy's most notable victims for the cash was perhaps one of the three or four greatest 9-ball players of the past two decades -- Earl Strickland.
I'd also nomiate Henry Busheer, aka "Patch Eye", from Philadelphia. No one who sees this old, decrepit-looking 70-something black guy with one eye would think that he can play. Well, even Grady said that he couldn't give him more than a ball or two at one pocket back in Patch Eye's prime, and he can still play -- he was third or fourth at DCC One Pocket in 2000.
I'd also nomiate Henry Busheer, aka "Patch Eye", from Philadelphia. No one who sees this old, decrepit-looking 70-something black guy with one eye would think that he can play. Well, even Grady said that he couldn't give him more than a ball or two at one pocket back in Patch Eye's prime, and he can still play -- he was third or fourth at DCC One Pocket in 2000.
Mike McClain, in my mind, was never unbelievable. He did play very strong, and he still plays decent.
billb, check your pm's
billb, check your pm's
Jr. Goff
You said of all time, right. How about a little old man from way down south. In my home, Lewis Alexander Goff, Jr. (aka: Junior, Lefty, the Florida Kid) was and still is, a real legend. Billiards Digest called him "the consumate gambler". Even in his early 80's now, he is one heck of a one pocket player.
Jr's 3 rules of gambling:
1. Get the money
2. Get the money
3. Get ALL the money
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You said of all time, right. How about a little old man from way down south. In my home, Lewis Alexander Goff, Jr. (aka: Junior, Lefty, the Florida Kid) was and still is, a real legend. Billiards Digest called him "the consumate gambler". Even in his early 80's now, he is one heck of a one pocket player.
Jr's 3 rules of gambling:
1. Get the money
2. Get the money
3. Get ALL the money
Probably larry blackburn,Opie said:
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billb said:
McClain used to run with some other guy from Uniontown.( Jerry Elliot)
I ran into them at our local VFW & knew to stay away from
the other guy. I thought McClain was just the lead-in guy.
I was going to skin him & quit when the other guy got up.
Big mistake!
Mike Shaver is a hell of of a player but everybody tells me
he's real nitty and wants the lock. Plus, I heard he's pretty sick
lately.
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vagabond said:
I never met Nick but knew some people who knew him... some of the stories are just too funny...One of his funniest has to be he used to stop mid match and go into the bathroom and brush his teeth....The story goes his mother told him he could go to the pool room only if he brushed his teeth
