"Maybe pool's just not your game, Mary... - 11-13-2009, 12:10 PM
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I know! Let's have a spelling contest!"
Last Friday, a friend of mine told me he had spoken to The Mary Avina the night before about my request to play. He said she told him she was in the process of getting backers together. She also told him she wanted to change the games from 8-ball, 9-ball, and 10-ball to 14.1, one-pocket, and snooker. She also emphasized that she would NOT play on a live broadcast.
I waited a few days for a favorable response. Since I did not receive one, I went in search of it. A friend and I found some free time and we headed to Shooters in Riverside, the room The Mary Avina had told us was her base of operations. I had some friends there and I asked them to let her and her friends know I was coming down to negotiate a game.
When we arrived, The Mary Avina was not there. We decided to wait for her and entered in the weekly handicapped 9-ball tournament they were having. While we were playing, the regulars asked us what we were doing in their neck of the woods. Since I have a preference for directness, I said, "I've come here to find Mary Avina. She came to my pool room and told us she was a famous pool player with lots of backers and that she plays for money. She's also begun to market herself on the internet. I've come here to see if we can work out a game."
Here is a summary of what I was told by the regulars (including pool room employees) regarding The Mary Avina:
- She is a pathological liar.
- She is known to talk a lot of shit that she can't back up.
- She has never been known to gamble, due mostly to the fact that she doesn't usually have money.
- She does not have backers that they know of, and no one in that room is willing to back her.
- She has difficulty running three balls.
- She would need at least the 6 and the breaks from 90% of the people in the room.
- She likes to bring in casual players that are terrible at the game to make herself look better.
- She doesn't live in Riverside anymore and most people seem to agree that she moved to Oregon and comes back to visit for weeks at a time.
- When she returned from Oregon this time, she told them she was now the best snooker player in Oregon.
There were far more entertaining stories about The Mary Avina, but I am only putting down the ones relevant to pool.
Before we left, we sat down at the bar to have a drink. The lady behind the counter asked us what we were doing in town. I told her I had come to find The Mary Avina because she had portrayed herself to be a great player and this was her room. The lady immediately said, "Please do not associate us with Mary Avina. She, in no way, represents this room at all. We do not want anyone to think she is associated with Shooters in any way."
So, there you have it. My curiosity is satisfied and I hope yours is, too.
Mary Avina: you are a fraud and for putting down players everywhere (especially women players) while lying to the world, I hope Karma finds you and gives you what you deserve.
hugs
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I know! Let's have a spelling contest!"
Last Friday, a friend of mine told me he had spoken to The Mary Avina the night before about my request to play. He said she told him she was in the process of getting backers together. She also told him she wanted to change the games from 8-ball, 9-ball, and 10-ball to 14.1, one-pocket, and snooker. She also emphasized that she would NOT play on a live broadcast.
I waited a few days for a favorable response. Since I did not receive one, I went in search of it. A friend and I found some free time and we headed to Shooters in Riverside, the room The Mary Avina had told us was her base of operations. I had some friends there and I asked them to let her and her friends know I was coming down to negotiate a game.
When we arrived, The Mary Avina was not there. We decided to wait for her and entered in the weekly handicapped 9-ball tournament they were having. While we were playing, the regulars asked us what we were doing in their neck of the woods. Since I have a preference for directness, I said, "I've come here to find Mary Avina. She came to my pool room and told us she was a famous pool player with lots of backers and that she plays for money. She's also begun to market herself on the internet. I've come here to see if we can work out a game."
Here is a summary of what I was told by the regulars (including pool room employees) regarding The Mary Avina:
- She is a pathological liar.
- She is known to talk a lot of shit that she can't back up.
- She has never been known to gamble, due mostly to the fact that she doesn't usually have money.
- She does not have backers that they know of, and no one in that room is willing to back her.
- She has difficulty running three balls.
- She would need at least the 6 and the breaks from 90% of the people in the room.
- She likes to bring in casual players that are terrible at the game to make herself look better.
- She doesn't live in Riverside anymore and most people seem to agree that she moved to Oregon and comes back to visit for weeks at a time.
- When she returned from Oregon this time, she told them she was now the best snooker player in Oregon.
There were far more entertaining stories about The Mary Avina, but I am only putting down the ones relevant to pool.
Before we left, we sat down at the bar to have a drink. The lady behind the counter asked us what we were doing in town. I told her I had come to find The Mary Avina because she had portrayed herself to be a great player and this was her room. The lady immediately said, "Please do not associate us with Mary Avina. She, in no way, represents this room at all. We do not want anyone to think she is associated with Shooters in any way."
So, there you have it. My curiosity is satisfied and I hope yours is, too.
Mary Avina: you are a fraud and for putting down players everywhere (especially women players) while lying to the world, I hope Karma finds you and gives you what you deserve.
hugs
