Keith Mcready and gambling stories...

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Ryan The Salmon Arm Lynn
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Ok, I'm sick of looking for great real life stories on the net. I'm sure ive found them all. I have even recently started buying these 'stories' (videos of big gambling matches) off Ebay. Keith, did you know that there are a tonne of people selling home videos of your gambling matches on ebay? Anyways, the point of this post is to ask all you old great, mostly 'former', pool hustlers to type up a few of you more interesting gambling situations and post 'em here under this thread. I know 'Fast' Larry has to have some, i know Blackjack David Sapolis has some, Keith how about a few little snippets from your book to wet our appetite while we wait for its release? Earl, I know you havent got the time but a few little experiences from you would be awesome! I'm hoping that you guys might be able to keep this going for a few days at least.

Thanks,
RL
 
I saw Keith playing a guy in Atlanta giving him the 7 and the last 3 on a bar box for $500 a set. Keith won 3 or 4 sets and the guy quit and Keith told him he had the same game for a $1000 a set and Keith would play left-handed. Well the guy went for it only to lose 2 more sets. It was amazing, the only difference I saw in his right and left-handed game was his break.

That my friends is a license to steal!!!!!!

I have more "Keith stories' but I will wait.
 
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Blud told me about a one pocket game where his shirt touched a ball and his opponant called a foul. Blud let him go on and shoot and he missed. Blud got up to shoot again, took his cue and pushed all the balls over to his pocket and said, "Thats another foul". I thought it was funny caus I know players like that too.:D
 
I got one about George Breedlove....................He came in the poolroom one after noon. He had a Meucci 2 point cue with a velour velcro case. He started bangin balls around on the bar box askin about a game. I eased one and asked what he wanted to do. With a quickness he said.....Races to 3 fer a Hundred! Hummmm.....Not really wantin to play a race to 3 on a bar box, I went and got my road partner who played a ball better than I did. Told him about this guy, and he headed over. They decided to play races to 5 for 100 on the 9 footers. George won the flip.....Broke! made three balls....ran out. Break and 3 balls again, out! Break....run! Break ....run! Break......run......Set over! Craig my roadie quit.......and asked him what he said his name was. George! he said............then Craig sound Breedlove right? They laughed cause Craig had seen him years before and just didn't recognize him. So then George said well what do you need to play some more. Craig laughed and said.....Dam dude I coulda had the 5 ball that set and it wouldn't have help. you shoulda stahled a little. Georges responce was.............I quit stallin 2 years ago. I am wide open from now on!
 
One time I was up 6-5 on a race to seven against a guy I could never seem to beat, He broke, ran to the eight and ended up wobbling it, I went to shoot it in real soft because that would have left me perfect on the 9, but the damn 8 fell before my cue ball reached it and I scratched, everybody saw it and thought it was the worst luck, that put us hill-hill, he didnt make anything on the break and and I ended up running to the nine, I had a pefect straight in shot on the 9 in the side, relieved that I had the match i hit the 9 in a little harder than I should, somehow it caught a little air, bounced off the back of the pocket back onto the table and hit the cue clean into the opposite side. Sometimes you just arnt meant to win
 
pooltablemech??

What ever happened to Craig?
He was hitting them good last I saw him.
That was way back though.
frank
 
You know Craig? Rineman?I haven't seen him in a LONG time. He went back home up north.....around MD I think. Me and Craig played close back then but he seemed to play a ball better for the cash. But I believe that was part of his game. He always played just good enough to get there, never anymore. He could take the heat of a hill hill match pretty good.
 
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Donald A. Purdy said:
Blud told me about a one pocket game where his shirt touched a ball and his opponant called a foul. Blud let him go on and shoot and he missed. Blud got up to shoot again, took his cue and pushed all the balls over to his pocket and said, "Thats another foul". I thought it was funny caus I know players like that too.:D
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That sounds suspiciously similar to a story about two older generation players (I can't remember who it was, but it was two of the greats from their era). As the story goes, one of them accidently tapped a ball with his cue and the other jumped up and called a foul and said "you owe one!" They bickered back and forth for a while, then the guy who had "fouled" finally gave up and let the other guy shoot. On his very next shot, the guy who had "fouled" raked the entire rack over to his pocket with his cue and said, "I owe two".
 
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> This story about Earl was relayed to me by a player/room owner in Memphis that saw it first hand. Louie Roberts had steered Earl to a few places,back when the Pearl still gambled. Louie had told Earl not to get too far out of line with a local player named Lou Jones. Lou was a SOLID player,and had a rep for even more solid play with cash on the line to boot. Louie came in and Earl was giving him the 4,5,6 the break and the first shot! Lou broke and ran the first 12 racks with this huge spot,and Earl proceeded to hold the game at a virtual standstill for the next 10 hours. Either during or after the game,Louie was furious. He told Earl that he wasn't supposed to give Lou a bunch of weight,and Earl's reply was "you didn't tell me Lou Jones had a mustache!". Perhaps Earl can shed a little light on this. Tommy D.
 
A few years ago at the Hartimes in Bellflower, CA a couple of shooters were gambling (with backers) and they put their cash/bet (thousands) on the top of the light box . When the bet was large enough a couple of observers pulled out their guns and took the money and left - telling the crowd to stay calm. The backers presented more money which was then held and the gambling resumed.
 
LAMas said:
A few years ago at the Hartimes in Bellflower, CA a couple of shooters were gambling (with backers) and they put their cash/bet (thousands) on the top of the light box . When the bet was large enough a couple of observers pulled out their guns and took the money and left - telling the crowd to stay calm. The backers presented more money which was then held and the gambling resumed.
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The two playing were Ernesto Dominguez and Bob Hunter. I don't think anyone was backing Ernesto, but he is the one who really got hurt becase he lost and had to pay again!
 
This is another story about Keith and this one involves the "Great Painter". It happened at a tournament at Starcade back in the early 90's. Keith was traveling with Johnny and Jerry Bentos, well to make a long story short Johnny finished in like 5th place, and Bentos and McCready play for 1st and 2nd with Jerry winning(good thing I had some inside info cuz' I was going to bet on Keith) and so they split 1st, 2nd and 5th, probably around $1500 or so. After the tourney Keith was trying to match up with every1, well he run into Painter and they started throwing quarters for $20, and as most of you know Painter was a hard !@#$% to beat throwing quarters back then. After it was all over with Keith had lost all he had won and all he could borrow.

The moral of this story???????????

DONT THROW QUARTERS WITH A MAN WHO CAN KNOCK YOUR QUARTER OFF OF THE SPOT!!!!!
 
I WAS THERE! LOL.......I remember Bento matched up on the front side, On the bar tables with somebody. I think. I might have played in the tourney. Wasn't Dirty Danny Danny Jones there? Maybe..........I have been to just about all the Starcade big tournies.
 
LAMas said:
A few years ago at the Hartimes in Bellflower, CA a couple of shooters were gambling (with backers) and they put their cash/bet (thousands) on the top of the light box . When the bet was large enough a couple of observers pulled out their guns and took the money and left - telling the crowd to stay calm. The backers presented more money which was then held and the gambling resumed.
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It was Hunter and Dominguez. They were playing for six large 8 ahead. Hunter won the first set. Then in the second set with Hunter up six games(?) and the the 12 large posted in the light, masked gunmen robbed them of the cheese. After the robbers left, Dominguez started to break his cue down, assuming it was over since the money was gone. Hunter said he was up, and you gotta repost and keep playing. So they did, and Hunter won. How brutal is it to lose two sets, and be stuck three. For Dominguez it was a reality. That's gotta be one of the most brutal losses ever!
 
Hey Ted I saw your buddy Rick Howard trap a guy. The guy Told Rick he played to good.....The guy told Rick he wanted a big spot. I think the 6 and the last 4. Something like that........Rick said I will take that from you and play one handed. The guy said he would do that..........For 400 a set 5 ahead. I think thats what the cash was......Rick would know better. But any way.......Rick proceeded to play better than the other guy was 2 handed. It was a stone cold STEAL! Rick won a bunch a sets 6 maybe......Then they played 9 balls bank pool on a bar table. Which surprisingly they went back and forth. Rick mighta pulled out a few sets finally but the guy could play some bank pool....Cause he hung with Rick for awhile!
 
This is a pretty good story and may serve as a warning to anyone out there looking to match up with "Boy George" (Dave Roddin) out here in Northern California.
Several years ago "Boy George" came to Modesto to play in an annual tournament that is held at Kim Davenports Championship Billiards. He didn't do well in the tournament and was matching up with anybody he could make a game with. It wasn't long before someone steered him right into Eddie Sabala, who at the time was touted as the next big thing in central valley pool and had a reputation as a dead nut money player. They were playing for $2,000 a set and had posted the money in a soda cup on top of the light. Predictably Eddie turned his high game on for the cash and just rolled over "Boy George"...It was 8 to 1 in a race to 10 in about 15 minutes or so and it was obvious that Eddie would not be beaten. I was on the next table, playing Golf. I was down on a shot when all of a sudden there was a commotion and I look up to see "Boy George" forcing his way past a couple guys on his way out the door. I heard him yell "I've got a gun mother@#$! and the next thing I know everybody is jumping under the tables because his rep would make you believe he was telling the truth. Long story short he had swiped the $4,000 from the light and just ran out the door, accompanied of course by his large friend!! He went back to Stockton, or Sacramento, or wherever he's from and hasn't been back to Modesto since! As far as I know he completely got away with it! I know this guy still goes to tournaments around the state and I would be very careful when dealing with him, in fact I wouldn't do it at all!
 
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Jimmy M. said:
That sounds suspiciously similar to a story about two older generation players (I can't remember who it was, but it was two of the greats from their era). As the story goes, one of them accidently tapped a ball with his cue and the other jumped up and called a foul and said "you owe one!" They bickered back and forth for a while, then the guy who had "fouled" finally gave up and let the other guy shoot. On his very next shot, the guy who had "fouled" raked the entire rack over to his pocket with his cue and said, "I owe two".
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This is from Winning One Pocket. Jack "Jersey Red" Breit touches a ball and the opponent calls a foul. Jack asks him if he is really going to call it a foul and the opponent says yes. So Red sweeps all the balls to his pocket and says, "I owe two".

John :)
 
marcswisher said:
This is a pretty good story and may serve as a warning to anyone out there looking to match up with "Boy George" (Dave Roddin) out here in Northern California.
Several years ago "Boy George" came to Modesto to play in an annual tournament that is held at Kim Davenports Championship Billiards. He didn't do well in the tournament and was matching up with anybody he could make a game with. It wasn't long before someone steered him right into Eddie Sabala, who at the time was touted as the next big thing in central valley pool and had a reputation as a dead nut money player. They were playing for $2,000 a set and had posted the money in a soda cup on top of the light. Predictably Eddie turned his high game on for the cash and just rolled over "Boy George"...It was 8 to 1 in a race to 10 in about 15 minutes or so and it was obvious that Eddie would not be beaten. I was on the next table, playing Golf. I was down on a shot when all of a sudden there was a commotion and I look up to see "Boy George" forcing his way past a couple guys on his way out the door. I heard him yell "I've got a gun mother@#$! and the next thing I know everybody is jumping under the tables because his rep would make you believe he was telling the truth. Long story short he had swiped the $4,000 from the light and just ran out the door, accompanied of course by his large friend!! He went back to Stockton, or Sacramento, or wherever he's from and hasn't been back to Modesto since! As far as I know he completely got away with it! I know this guy still goes to tournaments around the state and I would be very careful when dealing with him, in fact I wouldn't do it at all!
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I heard Richie Ambrose snatched the cash off of the light one time in Atlanta, but I dont have any details. Can anyone validate this story? Details??????
 
sizl said:
I heard Richie Ambrose snatched the cash off of the light one time in Atlanta, but I dont have any details. Can anyone validate this story? Details??????
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And then what? Nobody ever found him after that?
 
I ran into Eugene Browning after he aired me. I saw him in New Orleans at a tournament..........I walked up and said hey dude you rememeber me......He said yeah u look familiar. I laughed and said yeah I bet I do. He thought for a little bit, then I told him......Yeah I am the guy you aired in Pensacola!!!!!! He gave me a bad look at eased away. After talking to Humphries the guy that owned the pool room.......who said ya better off lettin it go, Cause he is just a piece a S**T, and he has a few friends in the place right now.......I just laughed at Eugene " AIR BARREL" Browning and said I will get ya somewhere.
 
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