You won't have to go far there's plenty of one pocket player in your area that will even play cheap:smile:
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Well. I just finished fourth in the Steinway Wednesday open tournament behind Strickland and Jayson Shaw.
So I think I will keep playing.
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How did you get fourth? That looks like you lost to Earl in the quarter finals to me?
Dear Mr. TATE
I do not believe I know you. So, would you kindly remove you nosey, sanctimonious nose from my wallet.
The money I invested in this match was a long forgotten thought soon after I committed to the match. My backer for the rest of the bet could have easily lost his investment many times over and slept like a baby the same night. And while I cannot speak for John, he is a grown man, a successful businessman, and a passionate pool player who, as we all know, likes to bet it up. Neither he or his wife struck me as people who would get in over their heads financially, nor ever do the slightest thing to jeopardize the welfare and future of their family.
Get over it.
Perhaps $10K is big change for you, but my wife and I fly first class to Europe every couple of years and blow more than that just hopping the Greek islands, or driving though Tuscany sampling Brunellos, Chiantis, and Super Tuscans. We spend money to have fun and do cool things. And though my fun level on the match fluctuated wildly, it was a very cool thing to do as far as I am concerned.
And oh by the way. That rep. Really? Does that crap mean so much to you that you would actually screen shot it, lol?!
How "Glee."
Lou Figueroa
Double-elimination, Tim. Look over in the 1-loss (left, or "top" since the pic is rotated) side of the brackets. John lost the quarter-finals match to Earl, yes, but he kept doing damage over on the 1-loss side.
-Sean
Lou
Congrats on your match.
I thought Tate showed his rep screen as a means of illustrating that he wasn't alone in his opinion ( which at the time some posters were claiming).
I could be wrong.
Why did you think he did it? I'm confused by your comment and the reference.
Thanks
Kevin
Double elimin always confuses me. I should be grateful our comps attract about 3 players.
Do you enter these comps, Sean?
And oh by the way. That rep. Really? Does that crap mean so much to you that you would actually screen shot it, lol?!
How "Glee."
Why would I, or John, care if people agree with him? The perspective expressed is baseless. Unless you are someone's banker, or financial advisor, or tax preparer *no one* here has any business worrying about the bets anyone here makes.
Perhaps, if someone had a reputation here for making scandalous, profligate bets, whose wife was coming on the forum to bemoan their pool loses because the family was near bankruptcy, or eviction, or had to pull their mom out of assisted living, or their kids out of school because they lost the money for tuition playing pool, THEN maybe the opinion expressed in this thread would have some merit.
Lou Figueroa
....This match and OMGWTF/CubC were, for me, far more engaging matches to watch than most (if not all) of the top-flite matches I've watched in the past.
Pool has a lot of trouble attracting an audience, and take a look at the interest generated here in a match between 2, what? B players?
Kevin
I have no idea why or if you should care. Like I said, it looked to me that Tate was illustrating his support in feedback as a way of refuting those who were saying he was alone in his opinion.
You seemed to think something else and I was asking what is was.
ditto!
and i HATE one-pocket! till now. but i was also invested in BOTH AZBers. and we would have PAID to see this stream.... KK9 suggested this type format last JUL to TAR, as an "ündercard match".
thanks again to JB, LF, & Pat, et al!
I have not read the 11 pages, but is there a video of this match?
I challenge TATE or any one of those people who gave him green in approval or agreement to come forward with any evidence to support either of us having jeopardized our family's welfare in any way with this bet.
Lou Figueroa
Why would I, or John, or anyone else care if people agree with him? The perspective expressed is baseless. Unless you are someone's banker, or financial advisor, or tax preparer *no one* here has any business worrying about the bets anyone here makes.
Perhaps, if someone had a reputation here for making scandalous, profligate bets, whose wife was coming on the forum to bemoan their pool loses because the family was near bankruptcy, or eviction, or had to pull their mom out of assisted living, or their kids out of school because they lost the money for tuition playing pool, THEN maybe the opinion expressed in this thread would have some merit.
Lou Figueroa