Tony Chohan signs with Meucci.................

JAM said:
Nobody utters a peep about the person who set Tony up so he would not have to go through what Tony went through.

What I find kind of brutal about the whole Tony saga is that nobody gave a damn about while he was going through the punishment. He mentioned he was struggling to get through the multi-year time dump and was quite often blue. I can count on one hand how many in the pool community kept in touch with him during this time. I told him then that you know who you friends are when you go broke, get sick, or go to jail. And he found out the hard way.

Fast forward four of five years, Tony became 'da man, winning one-pocket tournaments, and everybody wanted to bet a part of his orbit. His Facebook friend count went from 300 to the limit, 5,000. I hope Tony remains humble, and I think he will. As an aside, he has always been so very polite to me and always took time out to share a few words, online and in person.

My other half knew Tony from California since he was a pup. I met him in 2002 at the Open. Here's a few early pics. I have many.

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Tony was wearing this grill thingie on his teeth. I guess that was the style in 2002.

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At the Derby.

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My favorite Tony pic at the Super Billiards Expo.

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Set-up or not he still got busted in Ohio with over 60lbs of weed(not legal then), a lb. of blow, some X and a wad of cash. He did his bit, paid his debt and moved on. No one's perfect and when you're flat-broke you can do things you normally wouldn't. Tony's ok by me.
 
It would be super cool for us old school pre dot shaft meucci lovers if meucci would design some signature cues like they did with approximately 1/2 dozen pros in the eighties!
meucci company owners? Are you out there?
 
make a cue made by hand after the artist selects all the parts himself. then the buyer can be proud of what he bought.

but if its mass produced or just all made by machine with little personal input it is just another production cue .
might play very well and be effective. but that's not my point.
 
Sometimes I wonder if even these super human players can adjust to new equipment.

I believe the history of sports is littered with champions who changed sponsors and equipment and were never the same.

Lou Figueroa
 
most of them dont use the same one you buy. they have their thing customized to their specs. may only look similar to what you get with your money..
 
maha said:
most of them dont use the same one you buy. they have their thing customized to their specs. may only look similar to what you get with your money..
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I am well aware of that -- yet the fact remains, sometimes they're never the same.

Lou Figueroa
how poetic
 
I'm glad he's doing alright from afar. I don't watch 1p but hear his name thrown around and good to see him competing. California players have to stick together. I knew Amar and he was a nice guy. I refer to them as the Mezz State guys and have played the pros and semis. Oscar and his dad are good peeps too.

Out of all the Meucci models, he had to choose that. LOL
 
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