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As anyone out there seen or heard from Howard Ikeda lately? He was well liked in New Orleans and was last living In Las Vegas.
Howard Ikeda
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During Hurricane Katrina Howard had a cue repair shop at Buffalo's Billiards in Chalmette La. Well those of us foolish enough to stay rode the storm out in an apartment on the second floor above the pool hall. Howard stayed down below. The water rushed up so fast Howard didn't have enough time to make it out and up the back stairs .We didn't know where he was but I knew he was an extremely good swimmer.( He was on a 2 ft ledge that ran around the entire pool hall about 12 feet up..). Soon enough he got tired of being up there and dove in -had to twice go under water to unlock the back door and once had to backtrack to go get his flip flop that fell off.---So there we were 8 of us huddled on the stairs as the roof come peeling off and Howard Ikeda emerged out of nowhere from underwater. We were all screaming at him'''''Howie"""". That"s the Howard moment I remember most.....and there were a few good ones. Not to mention him chasing Eddy Brown out the Sport Palace across the street in flip flops waving a pistol....
Buffalo! That is a funny ass story. I remember Howard telling me about sitting in a hotel room, practicing his stroke in a coke bottle for months. He told me once, never play position for the side pocket! Huh? I still don't get it. He gave me a Racketeers jacket right before I got fired (still don't understand that one either).
I was telling my girlfriend yesterday, if I could go back to any particular day in my pool playing career and sweat a match, it would be the day that The Monk (warren constanza) and another road player came through town. Howard and Jim Fish both played the other guy, and Humphrey played Monk. Monk gave Hump a spot, as well as Monk had to play one-handed jacked up playing one-pocket. Humphrey lost and quit after a few games as I recall. That was an awesome day. Fish died soon after.
Buff, do you remember there was this tournament at Racks and the cigarette machine kept jamming. You were so pissed at trying to fix that thing, you got the .357 from behind the bar and... (i seem to recall you shooting that damn thing?)
Those were the days. You've always been the best pool hall guy in the business. Glad you're doing well. Tell my brother Vinnie he's got some Gin action!
I was telling my girlfriend yesterday, if I could go back to any particular day in my pool playing career and sweat a match, it would be the day that The Monk (warren constanza) and another road player came through town. Howard and Jim Fish both played the other guy, and Humphrey played Monk. Monk gave Hump a spot, as well as Monk had to play one-handed jacked up playing one-pocket. Humphrey lost and quit after a few games as I recall. That was an awesome day. Fish died soon after.
Buff, do you remember there was this tournament at Racks and the cigarette machine kept jamming. You were so pissed at trying to fix that thing, you got the .357 from behind the bar and... (i seem to recall you shooting that damn thing?)
Those were the days. You've always been the best pool hall guy in the business. Glad you're doing well. Tell my brother Vinnie he's got some Gin action!