Players making a living at pool?

[eazyace]

wouldn't a better question be who plays pool everyday or almost everyday and does not have a job and is able to sleep "somewhere and eat something"?

In the pool world wouldnt, that be the I made it mark, at least in the pool world?

 

[Maniac]

wouldn't a better question be who plays pool everyday or almost everyday and does not have a job and is able to sleep "somewhere and eat something"?

Well hell, I could do THAT and I'm a low B player on a good day. So....maybe NOT a better question.

Maniac

 

[Nostroke]

wouldn't a better question be who plays pool everyday or almost everyday and does not have a job and is able to sleep "somewhere and eat something"?

In the pool world wouldnt, that be the I made it mark, at least in the pool world?

Lots of players have girlfriends including one I know who everyone respects and thinks is the greatest but without a GF he would have been sleeping in train stations years ago.

 

[ChrisinNC]

Many other players found success owning poolrooms. Jimmy Wetch and Reed Pierce are two that come to mind first, but I'm sure there are many others. Gary Nolan and Frank Tullos are two more. Mike Gulyassy has done pretty well with his cues and Pat Fleming has owned and operated Accu-Stats for over thirty years now. Pete Tascarella is a top cue maker and so was Billy Stroud. I'm guessing there are literally dozens of former pool players who did well either owning rooms or making cues and equipment. How about Greg Sullivan with Diamond? Or Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart who started the APA. All multi millionaires now. The list goes on and on. The truth is that there are many players who found ways to make a living off Pool besides making balls.

The days of numerous pro pool players and former pro players owning / managing poolrooms as an additional or main source of income I'm guessing has pretty much ended. Poolrooms are having a very hard time making ends meet these days. You're lucky to just break even and that is only if you have a really good F&B operation.

 

[ShortBusRuss]

Jose!

I pretty much already understood that the Philippine players probably never held down a job once they came to the U.S.

Maniac

Also, Jose told me a few years ago in Denver that he gets a stipend from his wife, who is independently wealthy, so this is another income stream for Jose.. This is probably one of the reasons that Jose only tries real hard in spurts, mostly when he hears a few of the younger Filipinos start talking about him like he is over the hill..

Short Bus Russ