You, are how John got back in the games at Hard Times. I had always thought that John had a route of bars and rooms where he hustled up the money to get back in action with Morro. Several of the guys at Hard Times had such routes and actually traded these routes among themselves when they felt that their action was declining.
John lost a ton to Morro but knew that he had a mental thing about Morro and if he could get over that mental hurdle he would be fine. He finally got over the mental hurdle and from that point on he owned Morro. This was all night time action.
During the days of this same period John was learning 1 Pocket from Jack Cooney. The lessons that he learned were costly in one sense but cheap over all because Jack was on the verge of retiring and he liked John. They were playing for hundreds not thousands. Eventually John got no spot.
Once John had been through this crucible he was pretty darn strong. At one Sunday tournament that John was playing at Hard Times he had Cliff Joyner warming up on table 6.for a 1 Hole match for,I believe, $1500. John was getting 10/8. Cliff while warming up looked unbeatable with some of the shots he was making on a consistent basis. John finally won the Sunday 9 Ball tournament and came up to table 6 and apologized for being late. They commenced to play and the end result was that John could have been giving Cliff Joyner 10/8 and the end result would have been no different.
I saw John rake the balls against One Pocket Richie and it was as one poster pointed out it is Johns not playing to what his expected level and he can't control his frustrations and does something impulsively like raking the balls when he is either close or into the end game comfortably. He is good but he not god until he learns to control his emotions and carve people up. Make smart games or let your stakeHorse make the games. Be cold ,mature and make the other person want to rake the balls.
He came into HT one afternoon for his match up with Cooney and was jokingly telling Cooney that he thought he had learned strategy and moves pretty well but that he had played Keith McCready Friday nigh for 2k and Keith proceeded to break every rule John had learned over the months of learning from Cooney and won the 2K. Cooney proceeded to explain that there players like Keith---not many, but these players were able to turn the world upside down.
John lost a ton to Morro but knew that he had a mental thing about Morro and if he could get over that mental hurdle he would be fine. He finally got over the mental hurdle and from that point on he owned Morro. This was all night time action.
During the days of this same period John was learning 1 Pocket from Jack Cooney. The lessons that he learned were costly in one sense but cheap over all because Jack was on the verge of retiring and he liked John. They were playing for hundreds not thousands. Eventually John got no spot.
Once John had been through this crucible he was pretty darn strong. At one Sunday tournament that John was playing at Hard Times he had Cliff Joyner warming up on table 6.for a 1 Hole match for,I believe, $1500. John was getting 10/8. Cliff while warming up looked unbeatable with some of the shots he was making on a consistent basis. John finally won the Sunday 9 Ball tournament and came up to table 6 and apologized for being late. They commenced to play and the end result was that John could have been giving Cliff Joyner 10/8 and the end result would have been no different.
I saw John rake the balls against One Pocket Richie and it was as one poster pointed out it is Johns not playing to what his expected level and he can't control his frustrations and does something impulsively like raking the balls when he is either close or into the end game comfortably. He is good but he not god until he learns to control his emotions and carve people up. Make smart games or let your stakeHorse make the games. Be cold ,mature and make the other person want to rake the balls.
He came into HT one afternoon for his match up with Cooney and was jokingly telling Cooney that he thought he had learned strategy and moves pretty well but that he had played Keith McCready Friday nigh for 2k and Keith proceeded to break every rule John had learned over the months of learning from Cooney and won the 2K. Cooney proceeded to explain that there players like Keith---not many, but these players were able to turn the world upside down.
