You're right about how it works ... but still... I'm over it now but still .... (lol)
Upstate AL's SBE Brackets
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You're right about how it works ... but still... I'm over it now but still .... (lol)
Well look atcha, mr helms.
If/when Shane snaps this one off, his kill streak will be off the charts.
He's playing really well. He won his first one 4-0, the last one was 4-1, and he's up 3-0 right now. I wouldn't be too surprised if he took the whole thing down. He's definitely got his A game out this weekend.
And Rick Glasscock (I'm assuming if you're from my area and know Paul, you probably know Rick, too) finished 17-32nd in the open amateur 9 ball. Brandon cashed in the 10 ball, too. It's a good weekend for the Northern Virginia boys this year.
Nice...I do know Rick.a fine feller.
Current updates:
Earl advances, knocks out Kiamco.
Women's: Alison Fisher defeats Junko Tsuchiya. Karen Corr defeats Dawn Hopkins. Women's event is single elimination.
One pocket: Joey Gray sends John Schmidt to the loser's side. Chip Compton knocks Sean Morgan out.
I'll post the brackets again as they finish the rounds.
Earl advances, knocks out Kiamco.
Women's: Alison Fisher defeats Junko Tsuchiya. Karen Corr defeats Dawn Hopkins. Women's event is single elimination.
One pocket: Joey Gray sends John Schmidt to the loser's side. Chip Compton knocks Sean Morgan out.
I'll post the brackets again as they finish the rounds.
Thank you sir --- copied and pasted elsewhere :thumbup:
Well here's mine =67 ......... hence my bad
Shame on you Bob stop acting your age ! :smile:
I know huh!!!!
He turned 49 last month (if the AzB database is correct).
You're good man, Johnny! Thanks for taking the time to explain your thoughts.
I just wanted to add something to the discussion. InsidePOOL is not on everybody's birthday cake list. When I first started going on the pro tournament trail in New England, in particular, there were hard feelings with InsidePOOL, which I never understood. J.R. and Sally have been nothing but kind and nice to me and mine, but I think it has more to do with business than personalities. Pool is so small in many respects that it is quite competitive.
Here's a cute story about me and InsidePOOL. Keith and I went on the road for 2 weeks straight. I can't believe I neglected my business that long for pool, but I did. We went to a Joss tournament at Snooker's in Providence, RI and then traveled on up to Maine for a Joss Season Finale. Back then, all the pros went to these Joss season finales, much like they do today at Turning Stone.
InsidePOOL and I had a good rapport, and they asked me if I would provide them updates on each day of the event for the website, to which I agreed, no problem. I'm there, and it would be my pleasure.
The first day of the Maine Joss Season Finale, it was packed with pros from every which where. They were all there for this tournament -- Alex, Hillbilly, Rodney, Earl, Kid Delicious, Karen Corr, Jarrod Clowery, Tony Ruberto, Ryan McCreesh, Danny Hewett, Grady, et cetera, et cetera.:wink2:
Back then, Diana Hoppe also followed the pro tournament trail and took many cool pool photos for her company Poolpics by Hoppe. She was well known for her professional photography, and she would work for various pool entities while on site, to include AzBilliards, sending in photos for each day of the event and updates.
Now, Diana and I became good friends, seeing each other so often at these tournaments. We'd hang out on the rail and giggle and laugh. We always had a good time. At that time, she and Earl were best buddies. :grin-square:
The second day of the tournament begins, and Diana, Earl, and myself went outside to get some fresh air and catch a smoke. You couldn't smoke inside the venue. It was a little breezy, so we all climbed in Earl's silver Porsche. I'll never know what he saw in that car. It was cramped, and you had to sit very low on the ground like a go-cart, and your legs went straight out, like you're sitting inside an ice cream cone. Most uncomfortable car I've been in.
So Diana says, "You know, InsidePOOL has a somebody up here giving updates ahead of mine, and I'm going to find out who it is. I'm going to say there's call for InsidePOOL on the loud speaker to see who it is." I turned to Diana with that deer-in-headlights look and said, "Diana, it's me." There was a pregnant pause. Then Diana and I both erupted in laughter. She knew Keith was providing monthly pool articles to InsidePOOL, and it was all good.
I share this story just to say pool does have its politics, where one entity may not like the other entity for business reasons, of course. :yes:
That was a cool tournament, Keith got in action with Grady, race to three for a nickel, right after they got knocked out of the event. I remember how angry I was that Keith wanted to gamble with our little winnings. So he went out and got himself a backers committee. I kept our dough in my purse to cover expenses. After all, we'd been on the road for 2 weeks. During the set, Grady got pissed off because Keith went outside to smoke and broke up the rhythm. Grady didn't smoke, of course. :embarrassed2:
Keith and Shawn WIlkie got in a little two-on-one action with Kid Delicious who was on fire at that time, winning everything. Shawn was just strating to find his game, and the Keith-and-Shawn partnership was successful.
Hillbilly and Keith got into a mini barkfest out front while smoking, but it didn't amount to much, except that I got this really cool photo of them barking at each other, where Diana pops her head up right at the second I snapped the photo. Hillbilly pulled out his cabbage which got Keith's nostrils wide open. LOL
I had to drag Keith out of the joint to get me some lobster. There was no way I was leaving Maine without having me some lobster, and, man, it was ambrosial. I hope I get to do it again someday. I loved that.
It's nice to remember the good times shooting pool on the pro tournament trail. For me, this was one of the good times. We made money gambling, cashed in the tourmaments, and came home just about even steven after expenses.
k:The pool world is a little bit better with people like Allen Hopkins and Mike Zuglan, two of my favorite pool peeps in the entire world.
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