THE GOOD THE ipt HAS DONE~~~~

8-ball bernie · 2006-10-03T19:35:43+00:00

i thought i would take a breath, and stop bashing the ipt, and count the good that has come of it thus far, hmmm, let's see, the good, the good, oh yeah #1-women and men are playing together, now that was a good thing, it answered questions,can they hang with the men, i for one thought they could, it turns out they can't, i was wrong,although if it was 9-ball, it might have been closer,do ya think? or am i wrong again? #2-good dress code, i like the fact pool players look presentable, it makes them seem like it's a sport, and not a pastime. #3-they picked me, hey, i'm not that great, but yet i could play pretty damn good 8-ball, but this proves, i'm not IPT material,hey, neither is 85% of the players,if you know what i mean,i mean you got reyes,manalo,shaw,and about 15 others, the rest,well, what can i say,good luck? #4-the IPT chalk is the best chalk ever, it should be the world standard. #5-the memorys of meeting all different walks of life,and enjoying myself as some sort of semi-nothingness celebrity,it was quite nice sitting in the hotel lounge in nevada,smoking my robusto cigars,and feeling "big" quite nice, completly false, sense of who i really am, hey i'm the first to admit it, i'm a great sales person from new york , who got on through enthusiasm and non stop e-mailing the ipt, however the fact is i got on, enjoyed myself,and basked in my 15 mins. of obscure fame. #6-the green room, oh that green room, man, what a room! food filled with ~~~~ham,turkey,cheese,cole slaw,pickels,soda,real linen napkins,internet access,large plasmas of the matches live beyond the curtain to the green room, large black leather easy boy lounge chairs,complete with a person to massage you! #7-the most efficiant mathmatical team in the billiard world. man o man tons of ipt staff people with months of math stuff and round robin stuff that made my head hurt, incredible boards,of who plays who and why, i mean if your into statistics, the ipt is your bag! #8-classy bags,mugs and shirts for free were given out every tournament including hand stitched embroidedery with your name on it, quite classy. #9-HOPE big huge hope was brought to pool players from all around the world that the IPT would make them rich and famous, i still have hope that this may happen. #10-paying out to last place,hey that's something new,true we still haven't got paid for reno, but we will,and when we do, getting 5 grand for losing, is a good thing. #11-tv exposure,the IPT exposed pool a lot, and i hope the masses tune in. #12-8-ball, good move showing the game that all pool players already play. #13-well, that's it, the only thing i would change, is having Bernie Friend in the commentater booth,he is funny, insightful,has an even voice,and knows his stuff, ok, hope you enjoyed this bit of sunshine,let the comments fly!