Pools Greatest Biters
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Goose is a character. I was taking in a match-up several years ago between him and Fargo. Goose was down and Fargo was walking out to get some rest. Goose says, hey, you got the last two. LOL They went at it again. I went home.
Earlier, Goose caught me off guard. He was walking by where I was sitting, stopped, looked, and said, "same bet?" LOL Quite the kidder.
Earlier, Goose caught me off guard. He was walking by where I was sitting, stopped, looked, and said, "same bet?" LOL Quite the kidder.
hemicudas said:
I sweated that entire match. It was one of the most amazing things I ever saw. It ain't like Louie played badly, he just couldn't get a shot. Buddy ran out, ran out, and ran out.
After 26 hours of play they took a break. Buddy came over and handed me $20 bill and told me I was the best sweater he had ever seen. I thought I had hit the bigtime.
Stones said:
One trick I learned owning poolrooms, was how to get rid of an undesirable individual. I just loaned him some money, and then I would never see him again. Worked a few times.
I looked at loaning money this way, and I'm in for thousands myself. I'd rather be on my end of it, then theirs. It never hurt me to loan a 20, a 50 or a 100. So I guess I'm fortunate that way. Much more fortunate than the guy who was constantly "on the bite", and permanently broke.
hemicudas said:
Except Buddy! I gave Louie $1,000 once to play Buddy with the 7 Ball. I stayed out of the poolroom because I didn't want Buddy to know I was betting against him. I layed in a motel room all day and night. Louie called me once and told me he "had 'em". I asked him how many games we were up and he said he was only stuck four games, at 50 a pop. Go figure.
Anyway, Louie finally drags in about 2 AM, and I ask him how we did. He says Buddy just did the impossible again. He outran the nuts one more time. He actually wanted me to give him another thousand to go back and play Buddy the next day. This was the third time Louie had lost at this game, according to him. He did finally beat Buddy once, because he called me at 4 AM in California to tell me he had beaten Buddy. He sounded drunk, and told me he would wire me some money soon. Well, soon never came.
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oncepkt said:
That's a classic Benny "The Goose" Conway line. He would make the most off the wall remarks with a straight face, and have you shaking your head in wonder. How could you not like a guy like that.
Last time I talked to Benny on the phone (maybe ten years ago), somehow he got me to wire him $135, and made me feel like I owed it to him for something or other, which I have completely forgotten now.
jay helfert said:
That's Benny for sure, Jay. Like virtually all of us in the 70s, Benny made his fair share of Doctors, trying to stay slim and trim. You could always tell within the first sentence when Benny walked in the door that he had just been to the Dr.s office. He would walk in, lay the funniest line you've ever heard on you roll that cigar to the other side of his mouth and never crack a smile. He might smile if you said something funny but he always had the best lines and always kept a straight face.
Jerry Forsyth
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Louie Roberts
Another 'cue collateral' story from Louie. In Nashville one year he went up to a sweater and 'sold' him his cue for $300 so that he could get a motel room for the week. Told the guy that he would get the cue as soon as he was out of the tournament. Then he sold the cue for another $300 to another guy so that he would have food money. Finally, he sold the cue again, this time for $500, to another guy so he would have some 'walking around' money.
All three were in the stands to watch Louie in the finals and to collect their cue afterward. In the final game (which he won) Louie intentionaly 'missed' a bank shot (that was actually a safety) and as he screamed his disgust at missing the shot he slammed the cue down on the rail, snapping the cue in half. All three men knew they were out the cue, of course, but the best part is they all forgave him the debt, saying they understood how he must have felt at missing that shot. And none of them ever knew about the other two guys.
Also, in our book "Road Player", Danny Diliberto and I relate the story of how Louie once helped Danny out and drove one of his cars to Las Vegas for him, with Danny leading the way. When Danny went into the restroom at a truck stop Louie drove off in the car. Took Danny two weeks to find him and the car.
Since I have gone to most of the major tournies around the world for the last fifteen years I have many times had players try to bite me when their luck went south. But I have never been bitten. All I carry to events is $50 in cash and I put everything else on a credit card. I also do not even have a PIN number so I cannot use the card to get cash. When asked for money I take my wallet out and show how little cash I have and the bite is always withdrawn.
One year at the BCA Open I was standing with a group of 7 or 8 guys when Ronnie Allen walked in the room. One of the guys says: "There's Ronnie, he owes me $1500." Then another one said: "He owes me $800". Each guy spoke up in turn and Ronnie owed every one of them at least $250. None of them got any cash that day.
Another 'cue collateral' story from Louie. In Nashville one year he went up to a sweater and 'sold' him his cue for $300 so that he could get a motel room for the week. Told the guy that he would get the cue as soon as he was out of the tournament. Then he sold the cue for another $300 to another guy so that he would have food money. Finally, he sold the cue again, this time for $500, to another guy so he would have some 'walking around' money.
All three were in the stands to watch Louie in the finals and to collect their cue afterward. In the final game (which he won) Louie intentionaly 'missed' a bank shot (that was actually a safety) and as he screamed his disgust at missing the shot he slammed the cue down on the rail, snapping the cue in half. All three men knew they were out the cue, of course, but the best part is they all forgave him the debt, saying they understood how he must have felt at missing that shot. And none of them ever knew about the other two guys.
Also, in our book "Road Player", Danny Diliberto and I relate the story of how Louie once helped Danny out and drove one of his cars to Las Vegas for him, with Danny leading the way. When Danny went into the restroom at a truck stop Louie drove off in the car. Took Danny two weeks to find him and the car.
Since I have gone to most of the major tournies around the world for the last fifteen years I have many times had players try to bite me when their luck went south. But I have never been bitten. All I carry to events is $50 in cash and I put everything else on a credit card. I also do not even have a PIN number so I cannot use the card to get cash. When asked for money I take my wallet out and show how little cash I have and the bite is always withdrawn.
One year at the BCA Open I was standing with a group of 7 or 8 guys when Ronnie Allen walked in the room. One of the guys says: "There's Ronnie, he owes me $1500." Then another one said: "He owes me $800". Each guy spoke up in turn and Ronnie owed every one of them at least $250. None of them got any cash that day.
I got an opposite bite
I was in Atlanta and one of the pro players playing in the tourney was there from Kansas City.
He was broke and no way home, he asked for enough money to get a one way flight home.
I gave him 200 and thought I had just kissed it goodbye. I go to the next tourneyment some months later and he sees me from across the room and comes and gives me 100.
I see him again couple months later, he gives me another 100.
I see him in Louisville and sure enough he hands me another 100, and tells me that he will have the other 100 in a few months. I honestly think I could have continued to get 100 for the rest of my life.
I did tell him that he didnt owe me anything and had settled up long ago. But I did have him buy me a beer and called it even.
LOL
Ken
I was in Atlanta and one of the pro players playing in the tourney was there from Kansas City.
He was broke and no way home, he asked for enough money to get a one way flight home.
I gave him 200 and thought I had just kissed it goodbye. I go to the next tourneyment some months later and he sees me from across the room and comes and gives me 100.
I see him again couple months later, he gives me another 100.
I see him in Louisville and sure enough he hands me another 100, and tells me that he will have the other 100 in a few months. I honestly think I could have continued to get 100 for the rest of my life.
I did tell him that he didnt owe me anything and had settled up long ago. But I did have him buy me a beer and called it even.
LOL
Ken
cueman said:
YES, miracles do happen! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Jerry Forsyth said:
Jerry, you are what we like to call "Bite Proof".
Ken_4fun said:
Ken,
Sounds like you came out a 100 ahead. Not a bad deal.
They sure do. But on this one he is back up to his old tricks. He was supposed to show up to work on some doors for me today. He didn't show, but at least he called hours after he should have already been here, to let me know he wouldn't be here. I guess it must be hard to make himself work when he has money in his pocket. Says he will be here tomorrow.jay helfert said:
I need some help here with this story
Jerry Forsyth's story of Ronnie Allen "jarred" (no pun intended) part of my memory but I can't remember which two players were involved in this. I THINK it was Cornbread Red & Fatty, but it MAY have been Jersey Red and / or RA as well. I hope that either Jerry, Freddie, Grady, Jay or the like can step in and clarify. As "best I can remember" the story....
One night after a match up in Johnson City, Cornbread Red and Fatty were going outside to the parking lot. Two or three masked robbers accosted them in the parking lot, saying "Give us all your money!" Fats asked one of the robbers if he could first say something. The robber said "Make it quick!" Fatty turns to Red and says "Do you remember the $1,200 I owe you?" Red says "Yea, you do owe me $1,200." Fatty then pulls out his wallet and peels off $1,200 and gives it to Red, saying "There, I paid ya. We're all squared now." He then gave the robber his wallet and what money was left in it. The robbers also robbed Red and then left.
Anybody else remember that story?
Jerry Forsyth's story of Ronnie Allen "jarred" (no pun intended) part of my memory but I can't remember which two players were involved in this. I THINK it was Cornbread Red & Fatty, but it MAY have been Jersey Red and / or RA as well. I hope that either Jerry, Freddie, Grady, Jay or the like can step in and clarify. As "best I can remember" the story....
One night after a match up in Johnson City, Cornbread Red and Fatty were going outside to the parking lot. Two or three masked robbers accosted them in the parking lot, saying "Give us all your money!" Fats asked one of the robbers if he could first say something. The robber said "Make it quick!" Fatty turns to Red and says "Do you remember the $1,200 I owe you?" Red says "Yea, you do owe me $1,200." Fatty then pulls out his wallet and peels off $1,200 and gives it to Red, saying "There, I paid ya. We're all squared now." He then gave the robber his wallet and what money was left in it. The robbers also robbed Red and then left.
Anybody else remember that story?