bump for buddy a real teacher
and who you referring to i wonder, grow up old man
bump for buddy a real teacher
Let's see, both were great players and you beat both of them. What does that make you, chopped liver?? :wink:
If there's another dabarbr then I want a TAR matchup to see who's the real dabarbr.
I just saw an EMail about a local 10ball tournament. A guy named Frank is mentioned among the top 4. There must be another dabarbr running around.
Not a bad finish. Real strong locals and that Santos guy.
Good job
3railkick
ps: I enjoyed both you and Jay in the booth at Oscar/Morra at HT
Triple smart pool player. Always was. Please tell him Jay says hello. Buddy could play, right up there with the best hustlers. He won't remember but the first time we met was in a bar. I was beating up the game for a dollar or two a man. Buddy put his quarter up and waited his turn (maybe five or six ahead of him!).
When it got to him, I asked him what he wanted to play for. He said, "I only have tens and twenties in my wallet, is that okay?" I thought I had a real live one here. We played $10 Eight Ball and I won. Pretty quickly everyone else dropped out of the game and I was left with Buddy. He proceeded to beat me four or five games in a row before I got the message. I think he ran out every rack for ten a game. We've been buddies ever since. I even steered him to a few spots.
Sorry to throw a damper, Jay, but he fell short when he matched up with Andam some years ago. It wasn't even close. He got the 7 from Andam but it didn't help him at all. He stayed in his chair looking up at the ceiling while the match was on.
It looked like Andam was practicing during their match. He switched gears during the match to keep Dennis hooked and secured. I don't remember if they even played a second set. They played in a tight Diamond table in Shark's Club in Fairfax, VA.
We got bored watching the match that we left Andam to finish the set while we drinking at the bar.
He got spanked bad, and I mean bad!!
Sorry to throw a damper, Jay, but he fell short when he matched up with Andam some years ago. It wasn't even close. He got the 7 from Andam but it didn't help him at all. He stayed in his chair looking up at the ceiling while the match was on.
It looked like Andam was practicing during their match. He switched gears during the match to keep Dennis hooked and secured. I don't remember if they even played a second set. They played in a tight Diamond table in Shark's Club in Fairfax, VA.
We got bored watching the match that we left Andam to finish the set while we drinking at the bar.
He got spanked bad, and I mean bad!!
I guess you never heard of cigar tom vanover,vanover won 9 straight maryland state championships in the same time frame that buddy was playing in baltimore,tom just told me the other day that him and buddy played 1time for money,vanover beat him like 11 to 2 and buddy said he had to leave,so myself and many other people in baltimore wouldnt agree with you,but i do know that buddy is a great player an a man!I was getting ready to play David Howard 500 a set 9ball getting the 5 and the break when Buddy came in and saw me practicing so we played cheap to get me in stroke. when we got done Buddy said you'll beat him as long as I don't play him on table 1.We started playing on table 8 it had a new cloth and it was a sloppy pocket table, he won the first 4 games playing 5ahead and my nerves calmed dowed and I won 4 straight games feeling great when the owner made us change tables because they had a MD.9 ball tournament schedule to play on that table.I was so confident I would win that I played on table 1,Never made a ball on the break so I had 1 shot and it was a bank shot the 5th game and dogged it so I lost having the nuts. Remember one thing BUDDY told me not to play him on table 1 and I told him just because you have the nuts you doesn't have to win. David Howard won US open twice and nevered missed a ball playing me.Also I beat Buddy 6 or 7 games getting the 8 and the break naturally I didn't take his money.BUDDY was the best 9 BALL player in MD.
just a note on the andam buddy match
andam was in his prime and was spotting very good players the 7 (Buddy) 7 & the break ( cigar tom, randy stock ) the 6 ( Danny Green ) and winning.
Buddy was out of his prime and teaching and running leagues so it was like ali in his prime fighting joe louis...duh
Andam was the #3 player in the world at the time
and ohh...did mention he gave a very good playing Gerry Slivka the 7,8 playing 9 ball and won both sets?
Buddy played every human that would play in his prime . And on the bar table, beat most of them. He had no fear and tons of heart....and he could PLAY!
And yes, he killed his rock as good as anyone and better than anyone on the bar table with the big ball.
GL Buddy
One top player in my pool hall, Richard Pierce, got some instruction from him and handed that instruction down to me.
One of the most basic things I learned was to bridge with your palm on the table instead of up on your fingertips.
From what I understand, Buddy Dennis is someone who has an incredible library of knowledge. I have never met him, but have heard stories about him and were all good.