Ismael Paez

That was true that Earl gave Morro the 8 and won 20k in Vegas. But not long after that Morro went back to go fire a 2nd Barrel the same way and won. I don't think they played again to my knowledge except in tournament play. Earl is suppose to give Paez the 8 back then he was the best 9 ball player in the world in his prime. My whole thing with Paez is I dont think I've ever seen anyone fight as hard as he does at the table. He has the biggest heart in the business and even though his mechanics aren't text book. He got the maximum out of his ability. That's what I appreciated
 
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The 8 even sometimes the 7 can sometimes hardly come into play when 2 great players are in battle...when both players have a great stroke...then the outcome will 99% always come down to the break..Got to leave at least 1% to the luck factor..lol
 
Agreed Houmatroy, What I was always told is if you match up with a philipino make sure you get them to give up the break because the ball spot wont show up. If you get the break they can only win 1 in a row :=), no stringin'..........................
 
bumpypickle said:
So I guess nobody has a negative story about this guy? I've got a good one about his character but if I write about it then everyone will throw a little fit.
Speak ill of no man. Nobody is perfect, so I have found it's best to focus on the positive. He is a fierce competitor for sure, but he's also a very nice person.
 
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Big C said:
Speak ill of no man. Nobody is perfect, so I have found it's best to focus on the positive. He is a fierce competitor for sure, but he's also a very nice person.

Speak ill of no man and speak ALL the good of everyone! Dale Carnegie was on to something. Good post Chris!

We all get a little bumpy every now and again. LOL.

Thanks!

Ray
(except Terry Ardeno, that guy is awesome all the time!)
 
thebigdog said:
That story about Morro and Earl is true. Earl gave Morro the 8 when Earl was playing 9-ball better than anyone. Earl went 10 ahead in about an hour and a half. I know that story to be true, I also heard that Morro went straight to one of the casino's on the strip right after that and won something like 50K in the casino playing at the tables.

What year was this that Morro and Earl locked horns?
 
Free passes.

thebigdog said:
You're right you wouldn't come out looking good. You don't look to good for even saying that. Some things are better left unsaid. I practically grew up in a pool hall, my dad owned one, and I have hundreds of negative stories I could tell about hundreds of pool players, but the fact is, I would be the one looking bad in the end. And I have some really good stories about well known players, some I'm still pissed about, but this isn't the proper way to tell some stories.
Why is it better left unsaid? Ever wonder why the sport we all love gets no real coverage? Look no further than the fact that so many of the top players are shady in some way and are protected by the rest of the herd. It seems like the more of a drunk, thief, convict, drug user/dealer, etc. the more cool they are and everyone writes about what a good guy they are.
 
The saddest moment in the Camel pool life of Morro had to be the Camel stop in Charlotte NC that Ginky won, Morro was playing Shannon to get back to Ginky and jawed an eight ball to win the match. Morro raked the eight and nine and Shannon said Scott ain't that the match, Morro had put SD on the hill with the rake and the one game penalty cost him the win. SD lost to Ralf who lost to Ginky as far as I can remember. I came away a big winner since my wife said lets split 20 bucks for raffle tickets and 2 minutes later pulled our ticket for a Viking signed and played with by most of the pros in attendence including the late Mizerack, Tony Ellin and Greg Hatch.--Leonard

PS the poster above spelled his name wrong it should be Bumpy*****le
 
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bumpypickle said:
Why is it better left unsaid? Ever wonder why the sport we all love gets no real coverage? Look no further than the fact that so many of the top players are shady in some way and are protected by the rest of the herd. It seems like the more of a drunk, thief, convict, drug user/dealer, etc. the more cool they are and everyone writes about what a good guy they are.

If you really want to know why, go ahead and tell your story. You'll find out.
 
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bumpypickle said:
Why is it better left unsaid? Ever wonder why the sport we all love gets no real coverage? Look no further than the fact that so many of the top players are shady in some way and are protected by the rest of the herd. It seems like the more of a drunk, thief, convict, drug user/dealer, etc. the more cool they are and everyone writes about what a good guy they are.

There was only one man that ever lived that had the right to throw the first stone. Everyone else will get the wrath of the RED SQUADRON! LOL

Ray
(just ask Charlie Williams aka KoreanDragon, Roland Garcia aka Wild West,Steve aka Steve and a few others)

IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT***
 

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bumpypickle said:
Now I am being threatened because I have a different opinion about one of your so called professionals.

Not a threat at all, these kind of things never go over well here, and I think you know it too. That's why you even mentioned it in your initial post. I'm not going to tell you anything else about it, I tried to explaining to you why I thought it is a mistake to make certain types of posts on a forum. I've said enough about it.
 
I can just say from my experience I have never known Morro to be anything less than a gentleman. If you beat him he will shake your hand with total sportsmanship. He never loses his temper and I have never known him to drink or use any drugs. He is just a man with passion for a great game. Any dirt on him I would just have to write off as a bogus rumor. The End.............PS I like your posts Big Dog, your alright with me!
 
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For the most part I agree with you

Neil said:
Bumpypickle: The thing is, I doubt there is a pool player, or anybody on here, that hasn't done some things that they would rather forget. If someone makes a habit of being a scoundrel, then yes, let others know about it so that they can be forewarned. But when someone is generally known as a good guy, don't go bringing up what dirt on him that you do know. It just makes one look like the kid that has to say " I know something you don't know!" It's just makes you look bad in others eyes.
For the most part I agree with you, it depends on how bad the incident was. For example, many people may have thought Blagojevich was a great guy and a great governor. Why bring up one indiscretion; he was just trying to sell a seat?

Again, for the most part I do agree with everyone, one transgression does not make a bad person; however, it depends on how bad that one transgression was...
 
Morro is a class act with a ton of gamble in him. Early this year he and Kim Davenport had several liability games on Big Bertha for 30 & 50 a point!

John, I remember when you were playing Morro at night and Cooney in the afternoons. For a while Morro got the best of you but you knew that the problem was in your head. Finally you got over that mental hump. I also remember a Friday night when you and Keith played 1 Pocket and Keith won. The next week you came into HT and told Jack that you thought that you had learned the basics of the game from Jack but that you had played Keith and "that Keith broke every rule I had learned and beat me!" You were laughing about it and I thought that was pretty cool. One Sunday night, after the tournament, which you won, you matched up with Cliff Joyner with you getting 10/8. I watched Cliff warm up and it was like watching the 1 Pocket God. He was making incredible shots! Then the match started and you could have given Cliff 10/8. Jack taught you well. This was just before Jack went on his "Fairwell Road Trip" and took down more than most players would win in a lifetime--and he was getting the spot!

Morro will still step up but like all of us as we get older he has to adjust to the problems of age. Just recently he was playing partners on Big Bertha and he was wearing a sweater and a jacket as he had a bad cold and they played from early evening until 10 the next morning. His passion for the sport never wanes.
 
Morro is great action. Go to HardTimes and watch him wrangle people to play stirring action wherever he goes. He loves to step up to the plate and play even if he has the worse of it. He?s crazy with his jumping and yelling when he plays, but great for the sport. "Morro Zorro" has been A Okay in my book.
RING GAME!!! haha, those who know him know what Im talking about... :D
 
senor said:
The first time I ever saw Morro he matched up with David G a couple of times. David handled him the first time they played. The second time they played they agreed to quit even.

The second time they played the obvious difference in the match was that David could not make anything on the break, whereas Morro was making a ball on the break the majority of the time. David was studying Morro's rack intently, but could not find anything visibly wrong with it.

After the second match had ended they got in a little woofing match with David calling Morro out on giving him the slug rack. Chicago, Morro's stakehorse, in a hilarious mixture of shock and anger, yelled at David in his spanglish accent "My man is a professional! He don't need to give bad racks to beat you!" It was truly priceless. We laughed about that for days, wondering in Chicago actually believed what had come out of his own mouth.

Later, or maybe the next day, David was still wondering how Morro was slugging the rack. We finally came to the conclusion that it must have been the fried chicken he was eating. He was rubbing the grease that was on his hands on the rack!

For all of you aspiring rack mechanics out there, a little bit of grease or oil on the balls gets them to stick together. So whenever you see someone run their hands through their greasy hair and then rack, they're trying to put the slug on you!

Alas, you have finally outed yourself. I always knew you were cheating me when I couldn't make a ball on your rack. Furthermore, now I know what that "and his hair was perfect" Tom Cruise tomfoolery was all about. When he runs his hand over his hair he's preparing for the slug-o-matic!
 
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