Pool Wars by Jay Helfert

Dave Nelson said:
Hey Lad, I'm fine, how are you.

Were we at Johnny and Earls pool school in Sturtevant together?

Dave
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Exactly, and if I remember right you helped us getting the word out for the school. I can't wait to come back to Sturtevant, We really enjoyed ourselves there. A great crowd for the exhibition too. Hopefully September we will be back. Say hi to everyone for us and tell JR at Boomers to save his pennies as I will be calling him before too long :)
 
I just got done reading it. I don't have the patience to read many books, but I couldn't put this one down.

I had no idea that basically Jay spent his entire life in the pool scene one way or another, either staking, playing, owning pool rooms, or promoting. What a pool bio. He was there for everything, from the Color of Money to Earl's million dollar run of 11 racks.

Wow, Jay - damn, that was a fun read. Reading about Brooklyn Butch and Crazy Bruce brought back a lot of old memories. Butch is still arouund - I ran into him a few years ago at the Plush Pocket, a little more mellow but still Butch!

Chris
 
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thanks chris for being at our friend's final resting place...:crying:
 
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half way done.

i knew little of Jay. i heard of him here and on TAR.I didnt knw he was so bog on the pool world. Amazing book so far.

Pat
 
Hey Jay, I just wanted to tell you a friend bought Ronnie Barber a copy of your book. Ronnie is still schooling people in the fine art of squeezing at 1-P up here in Petaluma, CA.

Chris Mcdonald probably has seen your book and the section about him by now too I'd guess.
 
jay helfert said:
Your books are on the way via Priority Mail. It's a new concept! Look out your door today and tell me what you see. :thumbup:
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Great:One for me, one for my son Ken, one for my arch rival Half-fast Larry and one for the public library if they will promose to catalog it.

Dave
 
bud green said:
Hey Jay, I just wanted to tell you a friend bought Ronnie Barber a copy of your book. Ronnie is still schooling people in the fine art of squeezing at 1-P up here in Petaluma, CA.

Chris Mcdonald probably has seen your book and the section about him by now too I'd guess.
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It's nice to see a few of us "old" guys who can still make a ball or two. :)
 
Hey Jay
no. 444 arrived in the morning and started to read 10 sides.Great:thumbup:,can't wait to read the rest.
Thanks for a fast oversea
best regards
 
Curses upon you Jay Helfert. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits, eyesbrows, even up unto your anus. I am an old man and need my rest. My normal bedtime is 6:30, but today the poney express rider delivered unto me your book. Naturally, as is my bent when presented with a book, I sat down and read it. All of it. It is now way past my bedtime and who knows if I will be able to sleep with visions of pool balls and stacks of $100.00 bills running through my tortured brain.

Dave Nelson
 
Jay, I just finished reading your book and it is definitely a winner. You are one of the few who has made a successful life in the world of pool and I congratulate you! Oh, the pics were great! :thumbup:
 
BillPorter said:
Jay, I just finished reading your book and it is definitely a winner. You are one of the few who has made a successful life in the world of pool and I congratulate you! Oh, the pics were great! :thumbup:
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Many of the photos in Pool Wars came from the archives of Bill P. and Mike Haines. Thanks again guys!
 
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