I tried to play Vernon in chattanooga, he had a backer and wouldnt play me on a bar table.
He beat me a few games playing banks in Louisville. Vernon was a good guy but preferred playing suckers, but didn't we all hahahaha !
He would have TAKEN the "7 Ball" and won, and maybe even with the "Wild 8"....but not with anything less on the bar table playing "Shoot Out'......they didn't play "one foul ball-in-hand" for money.
Cotton's right, Vern liked to play suckers, and he snuck up on a ton of them. That's why they called him "The Faceless Man"......even after seeing him you would forget what he looked like.