I used to live a couple of blocks from Jose "Amang" Parica's house. His dad was a policeman, and they did ran a pool house back in the days. I was just a kid when Jose, a teenager then took on all comers. He'll play anybody, except for some old timers like Boy Bicol and Jr. Quiapo, and that is out of respect, and not for anything. The odd thing is, he doesn't play on his own turf most of the time, but in and around the other pool houses from the other streets. Yes, you can find a pool house in almost every street back in the late 60s/ early 70s. Amang loves to gamble on horse racing, cockfights and mahjong, and most often than not, all his winnings that he got from pool are donated to these other gambling outlet of his...