When a road player comes to town.........

Keith Bennett said:
If the road player wants to come back through fayetteville nc he can get played. I'll entertain him
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Nice first post, Keith. :smile: I'll be sure to pass that offer on, and would like to come watch if anyone takes you up on it.
 
Baby Keith isn't scared for sure..... And if he comes to your town don't worry, errrrybody gonna know he's there! No need for call aheads.... True gunslinger.

Around here, when someone does come to town most of the pool detectives give the road guy a map of how all of the locals with gamble play. Some people just don't move very good.....
 
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Keith Bennett said:
If the road player wants to come back through fayetteville nc he can get played. I'll entertain him
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i will tell him for sure, he is a 14-1,player but will play 9 & 10 ball he will be a regular at Brass TAP Billiards and loves a good gin game and poker too,
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JoeyA said:
When a road player comes to town, does your pool room owner make every effort to see that the road player gets action? I'm not talking about the room owner making sure that the road player gets paid for showing up at his pool room. I'm talking about making sure that the road player gets played.....

A not so well known player recently showed up in North Carolina and it was like pulling teeth for him to get action, even small action. I'm not putting North Carolina on the spot but that's the story I heard and as we all know, there's more than one side to a story.....

I was just wondering if your pool room gives the road player the cold shoulder or actually tries to see if they can find him some action.

Buffalo Billiards in Metairie, LA makes a big effort to see that road players are played. That doesn't mean that the road players get played even.....just sayin. Maybe that's why road players stop at Buffalo Billiards when they are on the road.

I know a lot more road players could get played if they called IN ADVANCE. Don't bother with the BS phone calls. That's old jokes and is just wasting the bartender's time.

Personally, I think road players would do better by simply calling ahead to any pool room and letting the owner of the pool room know that they will be visiting on such and such day at such and such time. This gives the pool room owner a little time to get some of the local players to the room for some action....

How does your pool room owner handle visiting players?
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My home pool hall owner goes out of his way to get a road played action! He is Buffalo at Buffalo's Billiards, The worlds pool hall. Their are also some heavy hitters that this is the home pool hall for! Several of them, and I won't go into names. Buffalo will make phone calls to other players to get action for the road player. He is also good at matching them up with other players. I think he is the best match up guy in the pool world!!! Good thread JoeyA.
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
I'm in NC an guy came in Sunday night. My first look I thought it was Earl anyway within 30-45 min he was playing some cheap sets an later he played Tony Watson getting the 6 for $500 a set. It was pretty dead in there compared to normal. The 9 ball tourney on Sunday nights was having 60+ players but last little bit it's only been 20-30.


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We had a unknown road player walk in about a year ago and the first player he got into action with was Chip Compton in an even banks game. Then he walks into an even One Pocket game with Joey Gray. He showed up in the late afternoon and they were the only two there and apparently he didn't do his homework because they introduced themselves and he still went on to get tortured. After dropping a little dough he said you guys play too good around here and he took off. We've never seen him since.

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catpool9 said:
15 or 20 years ago most players at a poolroom would break a leg trying to get to the table to play an out of town player, at least me and my brother and a few others at our poolroom in Texarkana would.

These days people want the mortal nuts, the first thing that comes out of their mouths is 7,8 & 9 , odds on the money and games on the wire!...sheese!

Games came way more easily before cell phones and the internet, you just got up and played, no spots were asked for much unless the game was totaly out of line, and the room owners usually accommodated the out of towner's quite well.

I would even offer players to stay at my place for a week or so, and made good scores doing it, not that way any more, I sure do miss those days!, sure there were some thugs in the bunch, but even they had a little pride about themselves.

I would kick one to the curb quick if they didn't do right, but most were on the up and up and they created action for the poolroom and the owners & customers appreacited it.

It just ain't like it used to be for the most part, but I still think some owners and players like the action if your good action and don't mind showing some hospitality to out of town players.


David Harcrow
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Very good post, Catpool9,
You do not come out unless you come out right!!! How is it going?
Many Regards,
Lock n load.
 
Snapshot9 said:
The room I go to, Stix, the owner usually will greet them, but it is usually up to the road player to make his own games. Glenn Atwell was hanging around for awhile, and he did not get played, noone could agree on a game with him.

More recently, Jeff Melton was in, and he did get played, plus one of the guys with him got played too.
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That's a shame. Glenn is a good player, no doubt. But he isn't exactly undefeated. Too bad none of your locals wanted to play some cheap sets.
 
Any road player that came to RUNNING OUT BILLIARDS in baltimore from the 70s to now got played plenty,Vanover played all of them,and only 1 got the money ,wait a minute 2 got the money,1 was Archer and the other was ANDAM,STRICKLAND AND REMPE played all day and nite to a draw,and all the rest got busted,now for the last 15years i would match up with anyone,i played shuff and Abood ,me getting 9-7,we both spilt ,winning once apiece,like i said i will p[lay anybody that walks through the door,with me getting weight most the time!
 
Road Player Got Action

This has been a while back, probably early 1990's. This road player came to Beaumont, TX, matched up with the owner of one of the local poolrooms first on the barbox, then on a 4 1/2 by 9. I would estimate he won around $300. Then he hung around and played in one of the weekly tournaments and won it. He never would give up any kind of spot or he would have probably gotten a little more action. The poolroom owner was Pat Fox, and he was never scared to try a road player and has beat his share of them.

We didn't know who the road player was until we saw his picture on one of the pool mags after he left. It was Joe 'Tracy Joe' Salazar and the article was about his comeback after hiatus of a few years. It struck me as kind of odd that he refused to give up any kind of weight, but that's his business.
 
There was a unknown road player in Charlotte this weekend that won a little, but I heard that he was set to play Allison and he was nowhere to be found when she got there. But, rumor is rumor. It was also kinda fishy because he was English. And he just somehow ends up in the same town as Allison.

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punter said:
This has been a while back, probably early 1990's. This road player came to Beaumont, TX, matched up with the owner of one of the local poolrooms first on the barbox, then on a 4 1/2 by 9. I would estimate he won around $300. Then he hung around and played in one of the weekly tournaments and won it. He never would give up any kind of spot or he would have probably gotten a little more action. The poolroom owner was Pat Fox, and he was never scared to try a road player and has beat his share of them.

We didn't know who the road player was until we saw his picture on one of the pool mags after he left. It was Joe 'Tracy Joe' Salazar and the article was about his comeback after hiatus of a few years. It struck me as kind of odd that he refused to give up any kind of weight, but that's his business.
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I never saw him play but heard of him. He may have grown tired of the nonsense that comes with working a room or he may have just been warming up for a bigger score elsewhere.

I think he sells cues now.
 
Your Invite

JoeyA said:
Keith Hulin's Emeralds in New Iberia is a GREAT poolroom with an owner who will either gamble himself or put someone in action.

Hope to see you down the road. Come pass a good time.
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Thank You Joey. I have started to get out and around more and more. I am looking forward to coming down to Buffalo's Billiards and partake of the hospitality. Perhaps a warm up sometime before Tunica. You are correct about Emerald Billiards,a great pool room and very nice people. See You Soon

Carl(cajunfats)
 
JoeyA said:
When a road player comes to town, does your pool room owner make every effort to see that the road player gets action? I'm not talking about the room owner making sure that the road player gets paid for showing up at his pool room. I'm talking about making sure that the road player gets played.....

A not so well known player recently showed up in North Carolina and it was like pulling teeth for him to get action, even small action. I'm not putting North Carolina on the spot but that's the story I heard and as we all know, there's more than one side to a story.....


There are a good many money players in NC .. Sounds like he was in the wrong place... I'm pretty sure he can get action in Raleigh or Greensboro on most days
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