Nick Varner Interview

I’ll never forget it, I was practicing alone on the 9 foot table closest to the entrance in Peoria, IL. A man walked in and stopped next to my table and when I looked up it was Nick Varner. I said “Mr Varner” and he extended his hand asking to speak to the owner. I walked him to the bar and introduced the owner and he setup his display of cues for sale and then hung out the rest of the evening playing everyone that wanted to play. Great guy!
 
lfigueroa said:
Nice interview with Nick on the Legends of Pocket Billiards FB page (audio only).

Of course I knew he was a great player but I was amazed to me to hear of all his achievements:

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Nick has a amazing history of achievements, it’s amazing. I’m not sure in the current state of pool domestic and international one person could achieve in the modern era what Nick did some 30-40 years ago. He’s a super great guy too.

thx Lou,

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When many years ago I visited the Perdue campus with an alumnus, the first thing I did was go to the student union and play on the tables where Nick honed his skills (I assumed, since they were 60s era GCs).
 
tim913 said:
I’ll never forget it, I was practicing alone on the 9 foot table closest to the entrance in Peoria, IL. A man walked in and stopped next to my table and when I looked up it was Nick Varner. I said “Mr Varner” and he extended his hand asking to speak to the owner. I walked him to the bar and introduced the owner and he setup his display of cues for sale and then hung out the rest of the evening playing everyone that wanted to play. Great guy!
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Many years ago Nick would often visit a pool room I played at.

I remember one time he walked in off the street, got a set of balls, set up a 14.1 break shot on the 1pocket money table (the toughest in the house) and proceeded to run 80-something. The owner of the room came in and Varner just put his cue down to go talk to him, the run unfinished.

Lou Figueroa
 
I remember Nick spending a lot of time at Dee Hulse’s Exectutive Billiards in Redwood City California back in the late 80’s or early 90’s., always fun to watch him practice.

I remember one night he matched up with a very good Latino player on a bar box for $300 a game. His opponent had an array of backers In suits (when they walked in I thought there was going to be a rumble) when the night was finished I think Nick won around $1,800 if my memory serves me correctly.
 
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