When I was hanging out with Cornflakes he had a bankroll of around 12 million now he is sitting on broke street great pool/poker player but has way too much gamble in him but thats what it takes to play in the biggest games in the world. He is one of the best 7 stub players alive imo. Poker is a lot like pool lifestyle beats you up wears you down and way too many sucumb to temptations. I know dozens of poker players who have won millions only to lose it pit games.
Player's who quit pool early
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When I was hanging out with Cornflakes he had a bankroll of around 12 million now he is sitting on broke street great pool/poker player but has way too much gamble in him but thats what it takes to play in the biggest games in the world. He is one of the best 7 stub players alive imo. Poker is a lot like pool lifestyle beats you up wears you down and way too many sucumb to temptations. I know dozens of poker players who have won millions only to lose it pit games.
Did you only read the first sentence of my post about personal freedom and setting your own schedule? Take that sentence out and read the rest of it. The IRS does consider you self-employed if you claim poker winnings on your return. I know this from experience.
Your similarities are so general they can be applied to almost anything.
Another early quitter:
I was thinking the same thing as Huckster about how many really talented players quit at a young age. There was a player from lower Michigan named Mark Beilfus that played really good. That was probably over 30 years ago about the same time as Bobby Hunter was playing in Michigan.
Curly
I was thinking the same thing as Huckster about how many really talented players quit at a young age. There was a player from lower Michigan named Mark Beilfus that played really good. That was probably over 30 years ago about the same time as Bobby Hunter was playing in Michigan.
Curly
LOL. Tell me how many football, basketball, baseball, or soccer players don't have to stay in shape and can smoke and drink while they play.
A plug for a kid from pasadena...
Let's not forget Keith Thompson...AKA "Pasadena Squirell". Went to Johnston City to watch. Entered, beat Irving Crane using a house cue, ran 70 and out on Ronnie Allen, when he didn't even play straight pool, won the all around and hung it up to work at the refinery.
Now, he's finacially comfortable and thinking about getting back in the game. I hope he does.
Then, we have yours truely, who really did have pool as my profession for twenty years...and, tortured many who got in my path. I hung it up because my good fortune only came from someone's misfortune. How was my game? That was my secret.
It's one thing to be a tournament pro. If it makes you a living, hold your head up high. But, road hustlers like myself were misery peddlers. It's enough to make a guy want to write a book.
Keep it nice. Alfie
Let's not forget Keith Thompson...AKA "Pasadena Squirell". Went to Johnston City to watch. Entered, beat Irving Crane using a house cue, ran 70 and out on Ronnie Allen, when he didn't even play straight pool, won the all around and hung it up to work at the refinery.
Now, he's finacially comfortable and thinking about getting back in the game. I hope he does.
Then, we have yours truely, who really did have pool as my profession for twenty years...and, tortured many who got in my path. I hung it up because my good fortune only came from someone's misfortune. How was my game? That was my secret.
It's one thing to be a tournament pro. If it makes you a living, hold your head up high. But, road hustlers like myself were misery peddlers. It's enough to make a guy want to write a book.
Keep it nice. Alfie
John Daly, Mickey Mantle, Lawrence Taylor, David Wells, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester chicken and beer at end of season, players that chew tobacco, use steroids, back in the day baseball players taking speed pills, Darryl Strawberry.......and on and on
We will have to agree to disagree. You mentioned a golfer which wasn't even listed and the baseball players doing steroids keeps them in shape. Then you mention chicken and beer at end of season implying he doesn't do that all season long.
The fact is you can be a top pro pool player and still have trouble making ends meet. Most of the players originally listed probably did the best thing by not putting so much time and energy into something that would not be best for their future. They don't owe anything to us by continuing to play pool. We think it is a waste of talent and wonder how good they could have been. I know several world class players who are always broke trying to get someone to back them. It is sad but that is just the way it is.
Most players would be better off getting a job with some stability and then playing pool when they have time. Steve Mizerak did it. Donnie Mills and Oscar Dominguez are other examples. Pool should be a part of your life, but not the driving force and something that consumes you.
I hope the Master Baiter doesn't Blow that Job.
John,
You can visit him at Good Timez in Las Vegas. He's part owner! His poker dealing paid off.
Lyn
Every name on that list, and any that's not, made a much better choice than those that didn't! You can count on 2 hands the one's that stayed the course and have very much to show for it. You can also count on 2 hands (maybe 1) the one's that did it honestly.
Nature of the beast.
Nature of the beast.