Pros who drink and play

[NINEBALLART]

Im pretty sure the year was 2002, that Pickle won the BCA Amateur Open division.

Back in those years, you had a bunch of "pro" level guys that snuck in i.e. Chris Melling, Jason Kirkwood, Justin Bergman, et al.


Eric

Your probably right about both...Several did sneak in...Pickle and other pro level players sneaking in...

 

[DaveK]

I know the OP asked about current pros, and I assume the game was pool of some type, but as a Canadian I cannot pass up this opportunity to mention Bill Werbeniuk. Bill was famous not only for his snooker skills but also for his medicinal beer consumption ... a pint a frame is what I've heard. Consider that he would "warm up" for his long 17/19/21 frame matches and you have a lot of beer !

Here is an interesting frame, a 143 total clearance from the 1985 World Championships. Of particular note are his shots at 92 (about 12:00 into the video) where he stands up twice due to applause for the adjacent table (and takes a short swig too) :grin-square: and at 118 with the long rest/cue that are part of the table equipment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl_x4CXmO18

This was also the high break that year and earned Bill 6,000 pounds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Werbeniuk

RIP Bill

Dave

 

[houmatroy]

The main problem besides coordination declining when drunk is that you have to urinate so often especially if one is drinking beer- it becomes a big distraction!

The reason everybody thinks they play better after few drinks is because they actually do.... Scientific reason is alcohol thins your blood and you can concentrate better with thinner blood...but if u have to many it becomes counter productive !

 

[Pete]

yes originally . Been living in Shreveport for quite some time now

Thanx.

Been out of the game for 9 years with a few revisits to pool (just back in October). And the name sounded familiar (the Dragon comes to mind for some reason).

 

[garczar]

I expect Hennessee got his nickname for a reason

No, its just that nothing quite rhymes with asshole. He's from Tennessee.

 

[T-dog]

I watched kirkwood drink budlights ,i forget if they both had to drink one per game,or maybe every 5-10 minutes,against bobby pickle playing even on the bartable. I don,t know if pickle had EVER been beaten at that game,but kirkwood drank and played STRoNG lol(bud lights if i remember correctly,executive west at the derby around 2006-2007) the bet was high TOO lol,i just don,t remember how much,but kirkwood really ,really,played lights out on the barbox and actually got better after about 12 beers. I saw them each drink AT LEAST 24(case) each before i moved on to other action. I remember seeing jason a few hours later and I PROMISE you,he was gonna be hurting the next day. But,YES, he might be the strongest drinker/player out there.(Please don,t forget the late,great ,scotty townsend when it came to this either.

Only year I went to the Derby (2006). I remember them stacking up cans in a pyramid. It was a sight to see, fo sho.

 

[nine_ball6970]

I watched kirkwood drink budlights ,i forget if they both had to drink one per game,or maybe every 5-10 minutes,against bobby pickle playing even on the bartable. I don,t know if pickle had EVER been beaten at that game,but kirkwood drank and played STRoNG lol(bud lights if i remember correctly,executive west at the derby around 2006-2007) the bet was high TOO lol,i just don,t remember how much,but kirkwood really ,really,played lights out on the barbox and actually got better after about 12 beers. I saw them each drink AT LEAST 24(case) each before i moved on to other action. I remember seeing jason a few hours later and I PROMISE you,he was gonna be hurting the next day. But,YES, he might be the strongest drinker/player out there.(Please don,t forget the late,great ,scotty townsend when it came to this either.

I would have watched that match until someone passed out.

 

[jasonlaus]

I would have watched that match until someone passed out.

You'd still be there.
Jason

 

[Black-Balled]

You'd still be there.
Jason

Yeah...I went to a party that only had lite beer and I drank a case in a day.

One can do that with water.

 

[houmatroy]

Thanx.

Been out of the game for 9 years with a few revisits to pool (just back in October). And the name sounded familiar (the Dragon comes to mind for some reason).

anytime...been out the game myself for a good while...Never heard of him being called the dragon..maybe camel jockey lol

 

[Tooler]

The main problem besides coordination declining when drunk is that you have to urinate so often especially if one is drinking beer- it becomes a big distraction!

This is never a problem wearing depends.........:thumbup:

piss away..