Who is Jack Hines?

What a great read this thread was/is. Took awhile, but I read it start to finish.

My Jumpin' Jack Hynes story is pretty tame compared to some in this thread, but I'll tell it.

I was at JOB's in Murfreesboro, Tn. in October of 2001 just watching 2 guys that I didn't know gamble. One turned out to be Jack. He played great and the other guy had no chance, even though he was a good local player. There was a big guy there also and he was backing Jack. The big guy was getting pissed about Jack's behaviour. Everytime it wasn't Jack's turn at the table, he would just lay down flat on the floor while the other guy was shooting. He seamed to be doing it to be a jerk and to toy with the other player. When it was his turn, he'd mouth off, run ball after ball after ball, and just act like a smart ass the whole time. He just kept repeating this process over and over. What stood out the most to me was just laying flat on the floor time after time and knowing that it was getting under the skin of his opponent.This went on for several hours and Jack seamed high or drunk, maybe both. I do remember that he was drinking beer. And the only reason I new who he was is that the backer started talking to me on the side for a while and told me who Jack was. He was really frustrated with Jack's attitude and antics, he pretty much made that clear to me as we talked while the games were being played.

I saw the youtube video of Jack and Earl about 10 years later. Jack played really well that night at JOB's, but from the stories in this thread and the Earl match, it's apparent that he new this guy couldn't win and was just clowning around and being an ass all night. I guess you had to be there, because it was pretty damn funny and entertaining to watch Jack's antics. I did hate it for the other player though, because he wasn't doing anything to deserve this lack of respect.
 
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JACK HINES BEST said:
Hi!

Welcome to AZB KSI! Thank you for replying to my post here. I'm also new here and this was great you told you were that girl from Toledo who went with Jack on the road. It would be great to hear some stories from you from the time you spent with Jack on the road. Did he had these iguanas still with him when you traveled with him? Those iguanas are the craziest thing I have read from this thread and the stories in general on this thread about Jack Hines are CRAZY! So people who know some great stories about Jack keep em coming because I love to drink my morning coffee reading stories about Jack just before going to pool hall :groucho:

Thanks everybody and you KSI especially :)
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These are both my profiles (KSI and KellyOH)

Unfortunately most of my Jack stories are so bad Im not sure I want to put them publicly out there considering I was with him.. He was not traveling with the Iguanas anymore he had a weiner dog he had named "red dog".... He loved that dog more then life itself. The dog had a sister in Ft Smith Arkansas which we eventually picked up along the way.. They were a handful. All that dog did was hump my leg. The worst part about it was these dogs were not potty trained and would just do their deed in my car whenever they pleased. They would also ruin hotel rooms which we had to smuggle them into so Ive been kicked out of more then one of them.

I can tell this story... Jack was a absolute CRAZY driver.. i mean crazy. We were getting on the turnpike and he realized we were getting on the wrong ramp. He sticks the car in reverse and slams on the gas. Now we are flying backwards at record speed, he loses control of the car and we go flying over the median.... the tire is flat so we end up going back to where we were staying very slowly... sparks are flying from driving on the rim.. when we got out to grab our luggage we realized half our luggage was missing.. the trunk was wide open. Needless to say everything flew out all over the turnpike and we had to wait for the sherriff to deliver. I had to convice the guy it was me driving because Jack was drunk, lol....

He also always thought people were following us everywhere we went. He would make me write down licence plate numbers of all the cars around us on the highway.. Sometimes i would wake up and we would be in someomes yard or even the woods and he would just be waiting to catch these guys.. I couldnt ever talk about where we were or where we were going because he was convinced the car was bugged.. Jack was comletely sober while acting like this.

Ill try to think of some other stories i would be willing to share but most, like i said above, are so bad i dont want to be associated with them....

I will say this. He was one of those guys who was brilliant at anything he did. Too smart for his own good. Chess, backgammon, bowling, golf, pool... anything.... He would make me sit at the golf course from dusk till dawn while he shot the same shot over and over. He had to chip it in the hold so many times before we could leave. His goal was to be on the golf senior tour when he was of age.
 
JACK HINES BEST said:
So nice that my little awakening to this thread made another nice story to this great thread. Hah Jack lying on the floor while another player shoots, how funny and strange is that :thumbup:
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Who are you and why the interest in Jack Hines?
 
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I am wondering who Mr. Jiblaumie is....


Don't know where I heard it....


but I think his first name is Haywood
 
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JACK HINES BEST said:
I'm a good hearted guy who wants to be like Jack Hines and I'm not only talking about he's great cue wheeling ability, but also his bad behaviour and reckless lifestyle. But I can't because I'm too good hearted. Well maybe sometimes I can be quite an asshole but only if someone is even more asshole than me. :angel:
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It is my opinion Jack Hines got the way he is by messing his brain up with drugs and destroyed what could have been a high profile career in pool. That's not something I would recommend.
 
JACK HINES BEST said:
I'm a good hearted guy who wants to be like Jack Hines and I'm not only talking about he's great cue wheeling ability, but also his bad behaviour and reckless lifestyle. But I can't because I'm too good hearted. Well maybe sometimes I can be quite an asshole but only if someone is even more asshole than me. :angel:
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It's good to have goals.
 
alstl said:
It is my opinion Jack Hines got the way he is by messing his brain up with drugs and destroyed what could have been a high profile career in pool. That's not something I would recommend.
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Its so sad isnt it? Someone with such brilliance distoying their life. I really do hope he finds his way.
 
I have had some run in with him when I was a kid and I can remember the pool room owner in New Orleans evicting him out of his cue locker because he was afraid there was drugs in it.

Jack Hines.. " I would have missed that ball if I wasn't on dope".

It is very hard to kill a crack head..
 
JACK HINES BEST said:
Winners don't use drugs, except Jack Hines :groucho: :nono:
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I guess if jack is your measure of 'winner' than you are right. You'd be a member of a small club that thinks that though.

Wonder what your fascination is with him, why you find him so attractive?

As many have said here, he is a complete snake. Sure, I'd love to play pool as well as he, but I would never consider life's cost to be worth the trade off, if it took that.

Are you jack? Can jack spell or use the internet?
 
Black-Balled said:
I guess if jack is your measure of 'winner' than you are right. You'd be a member of a small club that thinks that though.

Wonder what your fascination is with him, why you find him so attractive?

As many have said here, he is a complete snake. Sure, I'd love to play pool as well as he, but I would never consider life's cost to be worth the trade off, if it took that.

Are you jack? Can jack spell or use the internet?
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My first thought when I read his posts.
 
amazing stories. this sounds like an american version of snooker player alex higgins (r.i.p.) of whom the book "eye of the hurricane" is written. i've heard many people who saw alex play say that even if you seen him on TV winning world championships you haven't seen half of his skill and ability.

this jack hines is really movie material, not only the pool stuff. if hes still broke he should write a book and have a movie made about him.
 
KSI said:
That girl would be me, lol
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Oh my, ladies and gentlemen! KSI has found our little pool hideaway. And, she is NOT kidding, she was the girl with Jack. And she still plays pool and is a very hot MARRIED lady! :dance:
 
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