poolplayer jesse bowman

Is this a joke?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that 98.2% of the people on here know that Jesse Bowman is a monster player and is a threat to win any bar table tournament he enters. That being said, I don't know if you'll ever see him on tour. I don't know him personally, but he might post on here and be able to tell you.
 
is this a joke

no not a joke will probaly never meet jesse personaly so i just wanted to know if he ever tryed to go pro whith all that talent.
 
Some guys desire to stay under the radar as far as becoming a "pro" is concerned. As Chad Vilmont put it to me, a guy can go win every barbox tourney in the nation without ever being considered a pro, which means he can continue to play in amateur events. If he wins the wrong tournament on a big table, however, he may become ineligible for those events and the revenue stream associated with them.

Aaron
 
Black-Balled said:
nope! And if I hear he is coming then I am gonna stay home!
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He came to Super Billiards Expo one year. Subject to check, I think it was 2004. Could have been 2005. Anyway, Keith recognized him and knew that not many people at the action table would know who he is. ;)

So, when Jesse got on the action table, I bet on him each time, whether he was racking or breaking. Keith didn't get on the action table when Jesse was on it, allowing him to make a few bucks, I guess. Jesse Bowman was a long way from home. Keith was surprised to see him there in PA. :cool:

We came home with five figures that year. Great tournament, but it was greater action table win for Team McCready. :p

FWIW, Keith said Jesse Bowman, in his opinion, was the best bar box player, at that time, and that speaks volumes about how strong Jesse was hitting 'em back in 2005.

Last I heard, he was playing poker in Vegas and gave up hitting balls for a spell. Not sure what he's doing today.
 
Matt...Jesse didn't "open" anything. He just took over his dad's bar/poolroom and renamed it. It's still open, and Jesse will play anybody who wants to come there and match up. For a little history...Jesse and his brother were groomed to be poolplayers from the time they were old enough to stand at the table. Both became very good players at a young age. Their dad used to take them to the BCA Jr. Nationals, and take them out to the poolrooms in Vegas at night and have them playing fairly high dollar sets at 10 yrs old ($200-$300). I can vividly remember seeing the dad completely berating Jesse, in front of everybody, after losing a gambling match, putting the kid in tears. I have to say it made me sick to my stomach. Jesse's brother became burned out on pool years ago (small wonder), and I don't believe plays anymore. As mentioned, Jesse is a nationally known barbox player, and a threat to win any time. I know he has played in at least a couple of the White Diamonds tournaments, down in Lafayette LA recently.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

Spimp13 said:
They opened up a Bar...not sure if it is still up and going. He occasionally posts on here and yes, monster bar box player and fun to watch for the cash.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=185496&highlight=bowman
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He topped at the High Roller event in Beloit, Wi a couple weeks ago. I, as many other people, enjoy watching him do his thing at the table. Arguably the best barbox player in the nation as a master on the amateur/semi pro level. I only say semi pro level due to his Jacoby sponsorship. I would expect to find more video on him playing but I only found one YouTube video. He runs a rack in literally one minute. He is impressive when he is in the zone.
 
Don't underestimate his onepocket game either couple of years ago was the last time I seen him he was hanging out with Gigabit (darrel Dickens) and pre internet poker ban if you could match up right with Jesse you could win a ton problem was he matches up very well and plays great
 
Jesse

and his brother and Chad Vilmont came several years in a row to Shooter's
Thanksgiving weekend tournament (128 players, $2,000 added). He won it a few times. It is a handicapped tournament. I never had the pleasure to play him in the tournament, but I did play Chad Vilmont, and he beat me 8-7.

I don't know why some of these strong regional players don't turn pro. Are they afraid they couldn't win at the top level? Chris Compton and Joey Gray are two others that are winning everything around the Midwest, and could turn pro if they wanted to.
 
I really don't understand what some of your definitions of pro is. Most of the players in this thread make most of their living playing pool. There isn't a pro tour anymore. And when the money in the pro-am regional tourny's is not that far behind the main events with a lot less competition and a fraction of the travel cost, its easy to understand why they opt for the closer tourny's.

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I watched Jesse play in the IOMA Master's team event in Waterloo, IA about four or five years back. His team was coming from the loser's side and I caught the tail end of the last match on the loser's side before the championship match. I didn't know who he was. I just noticed that he kept running out every rack so I kept watching him in the championship match as well. His team double dipped Jamie Fenton's team in quick fashion to take down the team tournament.

I think the 15 racks I watched Jesse shoot he ran 13 of them. He got ran out one of those racks and lost a safety game in the other. Watching him made me strive to be a better player. I demanded more out of my game because Jesse showed me there was a whole other plateau you could be on. I started to take practice seriously and devoted a lot of time to learn as much as I could from where ever I could. I'll probably never be as good as Jesse, but I am not going to stop trying :thumbup:
 
I've watched video of him a few times. He plays strong. But what I always think of when I hear his name, is him (or someone in his crew) jarring Danny Basavich in Danny's book. Sucks to be remembered for that by anybody.
 
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