Would not doubt his scores one bit. I've heard of shortstops playing for stupid money. Jew Paul and the other denizens would just put you in the box without tellin' you the bet. Just win and get paid later. Can you imagine? Pool fantasy land.
Who won the most $$$?
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So, you don’t think anyone came out ahead on their pool playing only? Or were you just talking about Detroit....can’t figure out what you were saying about Detroit.
I am guessing there are a lot of players who are up in their pool playing career....whether they blew it elsewhere or didn’t make enough to live comfortably is another story.
Think about it- if the action is REAL big and you are the player able to make $10K without risking a dime of your money and the backer can lose ALL of his money- 10% in BIG action games is a no lose situation for the player being backed- I would take that all day as the player!
Amen, brother. A f'im' men.
Well, like I said, 10K sounds nice. But, the lowest split I ever heard of ( for any sizable chunk of cheddar ) was 70/30. I don't recall ever hearing of 10%. But, I know there's a ton of stuff I never heard of.
What about Corn Bread Red? Where does he fit into this? He was a regular at The Rack.
I’ll guess Jack Cooney.
ok so a few hustlers saved money for a pool hall or a car lot. more work then.. i'm pretty sure i heard of efren monitarily supporting a small village in his home island. anyone else heard that?
And you're probably realllyyy close, if not right, Freddie.
Cornbread was awesome....he didn’t need backers to highroll, if he had it....
..but he was generous to a fault...if he took a big win, he spent a lot of it on friends.
People were quick to back him when he needed one...he was alway in action........a guy named Harold asked him for 10-6...set for $500...said he had a stakehorse..............
Red says “I’ll give you $500 for his phone number...if he’ll bet $500 on you...
...he’ll bet $50,000 on me.”
:yeah: :rotflmao1:
Yes, and that reminds me that Buddy Hall made wads of cash in Shreveport, Louisiana back in the 1970's and early 1980's, much of it on the barbox.
I know a guy that couldn't run 3 balls consistently, that won half a million in cash , how strong is that? In fact, the first day of his win streak, I beat him out of his last 30 dollars at 10 a game and he cashed in some beer cans for the pool room owner and made 10 bucks, and that night he had 7 thousand and never looked back.
How many low B players, you think ever won half a million lol.
How many low B players, you think ever won half a million lol.
there are a few. its not how good you are its how high you will bet. you only hear of the top players making big scores because those are the ones who have followers.
its the sucker that lose the big bucks. and most if had a choice would play someone their own speed for the big money.
its the sucker that lose the big bucks. and most if had a choice would play someone their own speed for the big money.
Plenty of them, just not at pool.
I won a lot of beer! That count? lol
I'd like to hear the "rest of the story" on this one!
If you won a beer company.....that would be impressive.
True that! He quietly paid to replace about 15 homes that were destroyed in his neighborhood after a major typhoon came through. He never bragged about it or even mentioned it to anyone. I found out from someone else who was close to Efren. He still supports his entire extended family, who live rent free in homes he owns. Granted these are not big homes or expensive by our standards but they are very acceptable living spaces in the Philippines.