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GabeOwen

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My former sponsorship contract recently expired. I am interested in speaking with potential sponsors that may be interested in becoming my new sponsor and discuss what we may be able to do for each other.

I am currently ranked 5th on the BCA Power List as well as hold other credentials that many of you are aware of.

If you are interested, please PM me.


Gabe Owen
 
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When are you coming down to H-town?

I wanna see that sweet swing of yours on the golf course. I still need three a side cause I know your in dead punch.
 
Gabe, if you can make it out here for the One Pocket tourney this coming weekend, I will see what I can do for you.
 
July 4th Weekend - One Pocket at Hollywood Billiards

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The "Hollywood Jack" Open One Pocket Tournament
July 4, Mini Tourney - $30 Entry, $500 Added, Single Elimination
July 5-6, Main Event - $75 Entry, $2,500 Added, Double Elimination
Info: Contact Jay Helfert (310)370-3994, jayhelfert@yahoo.com

This is the tournament your talking about I hope Jay.
 
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GabeOwen said:
My former sponsorship contract recently expired. I am interested in speaking with potential sponsors that may be interested in becoming my new sponsor and discuss what we may be able to do for each other.

I am currently ranked 5th on the BCA Power List as well as hold other credentials that many of you are aware of.

If you are interested, please PM me.


Gabe Owen
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Forget pool Gabe and have Joe write another script and make another movie. LOL!!

Lewis
 
These are interesting times on AzBilliards forum. Gabe Owen, the 2004 U.S. Open Champion, currently on top of his game and very worthy of sponsorship, is seeking a new sponsor. Mike Davis comes to the forum looking for sponsorship to the $1-million Allen Hopkins event, another good opportunity for a sponsor, as Mike usually fares well in tournament play.

Hey, this forum helped John Schmidt during the lean times, and what happened to him at the U.S. Open with Purdman staking him is the stuff that pool movies are made of.

Wishing you all the best, Gabe. I was watching you play on the TAR live broadcast yesterday and the day before. The girl viewers said you were handsome and cute! :grin:

Good things happen to good people, and I have a feeling there will be good times for you up ahead. :smile:

JAM
 
Johnnyt said:
July 4th Weekend - One Pocket at Hollywood Billiards

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The "Hollywood Jack" Open One Pocket Tournament
July 4, Mini Tourney - $30 Entry, $500 Added, Single Elimination
July 5-6, Main Event - $75 Entry, $2,500 Added, Double Elimination
Info: Contact Jay Helfert (310)370-3994, jayhelfert@yahoo.com

This is the tournament your talking about I hope Jay.
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Thanks Johnny. That's it!

The Best Of The West Shootout is the following weekend, with a chance to win an entry into Hopkin's Million dollar event for $500. I don't think they have a full field.
 
jay helfert said:
Hopkin's Million dollar event. I don't think they have a full field.
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Jay,

Where's all the info about this event quoted above at? The million dollar event.. I'm interested... I read a little about it a while back but then have not heard nothing more on it. Thanks..
 
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Nine Ball said:
Jay,

Where's all the info about this event quoted above at? I'm interested... I read a little about it a while back but then have not heard nothing more on it. Thanks..
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ETA: Wrong link.
 
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kentw said:
thank you sir.so its 5k at the door in valley forge.
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I put up the wrong link, Kent. I thought they were referring to Hopkins' tournament in August, which is $5,000 entry fee.

Jay's tournament:

The "Hollywood Jack" Open One Pocket Tournament
July 4, Mini Tourney - $30 Entry, $500 Added, Single Elimination
July 5-6, Main Event - $75 Entry, $2,500 Added, Double Elimination
Info: Contact Jay Helfert (310)370-3994, jayhelfert@yahoo.com

Sorry for any confusion! :o

JAM
 
JAM said:
I put up the wrong link, Kent. I thought they were referring to Hopkins' tournament in August, which is $5,000 entry fee.

Jay's tournament:

The "Hollywood Jack" Open One Pocket Tournament
July 4, Mini Tourney - $30 Entry, $500 Added, Single Elimination
July 5-6, Main Event - $75 Entry, $2,500 Added, Double Elimination
Info: Contact Jay Helfert (310)370-3994, jayhelfert@yahoo.com

Sorry for any confusion! :o

JAM
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Contrary to what you may have heard, KEITH MacCREADY IS NOT BARRED! :wink:
 
Gabe is meeting with a TV sports broadcaster today for a feature session on him. If I can find out when it will air, I will tell him to post it here (or I'll do it).

But beforehand, I'm meeting him for lunch. (That only happens a very few times a year).

JAM, love your little 'typer'. I can relate!
 
jay helfert said:
Contrary to what you may have heard, KEITH MacCREADY IS NOT BARRED! :wink:
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I know he'd love to go this event, especially in Hollywood and his old stomping grounds!

Hey, Jay, I notice the tournament is called the Hollywood Jack Open. I must admit I had not heard of him before and did a little research. A worthy candidate for Wikipedia too.

Of course, OnePocket.org, as you might guess, has a whole feature article on him: http://www.onepocket.org/HollywoodJack.htm

Here's a little sneak preview: They just don't make 'em like Jack anymore, big personality, big heart, and a ton of gamble. Hollywood Jack, born Natale Michael Gabriele, was one of those larger than life characters who was always cracking a joke and would insist on giving you the shirt off his back. Unless, that is, if he was gambling with you -- in that case you had a pit bull at your throat for the duration.

Jack was of that generation of pool players who came of age before "The Hustler" and Johnson City. He was born in 1930 of Italian immigrant parents in Providence, Rhode Island, and developed a knack for pool and cards at an early age. Around the age of twenty he got the bug to see the world and stuck out his thumb and spent many months on the road playing pool till he finally reached the sunny climes of Los Angeles, California.

His last ride dropped him off at Hollywood Blvd. and Western Ave. and Jack knew in his bones that this was going to be his new home. (Hollywood & Western was the old home of Hollywood Billiards where Jack was to become owner in a few of years.) In the early 1950s, LA had more Snooker and billiard tables than it did pool tables. Though Jack had never really played those games before, he soon became adept at both of them and Snooker was to eventually become his best game.

Jack took to the sporting life in Los Angeles like a duck to water and soon augmented his pool earnings with cards and occasional stints as a movie extra. Art "Doc" Tripp captured Jack's gambling style best: "Jack had a little of the 'Ronnie Allen' in him. He'd oftentimes give away the nuts, but then beat the spread anyhow. Typical of the seat-of-their-pants gamblers, he was at his best when he was on that 'action' juice."

The rest of the article is a good read. May Hollywood Jack rest in peace: 2/28/30 - 12/10/05.

Picture courtesy of Don Henderson and OnePocket.org. :smile:

JAM
 

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JAM said:
I know he'd love to go this event, especially in Hollywood and his old stomping grounds!

Hey, Jay, I notice the tournament is called the Hollywood Jack Open. I must admit I had not heard of him before and did a little research. A worthy candidate for Wikipedia too.

Of course, OnePocket.org, as you might guess, has a whole feature article on him: http://www.onepocket.org/HollywoodJack.htm

Here's a little sneak preview: They just don't make 'em like Jack anymore, big personality, big heart, and a ton of gamble. Hollywood Jack, born Natale Michael Gabriele, was one of those larger than life characters who was always cracking a joke and would insist on giving you the shirt off his back. Unless, that is, if he was gambling with you -- in that case you had a pit bull at your throat for the duration.

Jack was of that generation of pool players who came of age before "The Hustler" and Johnson City. He was born in 1930 of Italian immigrant parents in Providence, Rhode Island, and developed a knack for pool and cards at an early age. Around the age of twenty he got the bug to see the world and stuck out his thumb and spent many months on the road playing pool till he finally reached the sunny climes of Los Angeles, California.

His last ride dropped him off at Hollywood Blvd. and Western Ave. and Jack knew in his bones that this was going to be his new home. (Hollywood & Western was the old home of Hollywood Billiards where Jack was to become owner in a few of years.) In the early 1950s, LA had more Snooker and billiard tables than it did pool tables. Though Jack had never really played those games before, he soon became adept at both of them and Snooker was to eventually become his best game.

Jack took to the sporting life in Los Angeles like a duck to water and soon augmented his pool earnings with cards and occasional stints as a movie extra. Art "Doc" Tripp captured Jack's gambling style best: "Jack had a little of the 'Ronnie Allen' in him. He'd oftentimes give away the nuts, but then beat the spread anyhow. Typical of the seat-of-their-pants gamblers, he was at his best when he was on that 'action' juice."

The rest of the article is a good read. May Hollywood Jack rest in peace: 2/28/30 - 12/10/05.

Picture courtesy of Don Henderson and OnePocket.org. :smile:

JAM
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Thanks for this Jam! Jack had a great sense of humor and was a friend to all in the poolroom. But get him on the table and he could play lights out.
 
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