Who's the best player you've beaten?
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in 1997 i came runner-up to shawn putnum at a viking amateur tour tournament at mr. pockets pool & pub in pittsburgh. he beat me in the final match. after we played a race to 7 for $50 or something and i beat him 5 to 3. i think he went pro after that and i gave up the game for 12 years. man how things have changed. he isrunner-up in the u.s. open and im a mediocre player in a 9-ball league.hahaha
Define beaten ? Might have won a few ..don't think I could have beaten them..when I make someone quit..that's a beating
I beat ez-e 2 games once, but we were racing to 3.
Lol, too funny!
Billy Palmer even up race to 5. I won 5-4 and never made a mistake. I either ran-out or locked him up and it was barely enough 
Traded racks with:
Raj Hundal
Max Eberle
Bobby Chamberlain
Manny Chau
The people listed above was during warm-up at tournaments but winning a game against a top pro is winning a game and like the title says..... We were trading racks
Traded racks with:
Raj Hundal
Max Eberle
Bobby Chamberlain
Manny Chau
The people listed above was during warm-up at tournaments but winning a game against a top pro is winning a game and like the title says..... We were trading racks
Gary Spaeth
I beat Gary Spaeth in the bank tourney at one of the first DCC's. It was also before his health got bad......I didn't just beat him, I skunked him!!!!! Needless to say, he was very mad and before I ever made it back to Cincinnati they were calling me "the potato masher" LOL.....True story....
I beat Gary Spaeth in the bank tourney at one of the first DCC's. It was also before his health got bad......I didn't just beat him, I skunked him!!!!! Needless to say, he was very mad and before I ever made it back to Cincinnati they were calling me "the potato masher" LOL.....True story....
lol!.sorry, typo. it was a race to 5.
Bustamante
I beat Bustamante, at a Camel Pro Tour Event back in 1998 or 1999. He was ranked number one in the world at the time.
It was a side challenge event where you registered to play one game of 8-ball against a pro on a barbox. I got lucky and drew Busty. I broke and ran out.
Even won me an xxl t-shirt - I wear a medium - lol!
Steve H.
I beat Bustamante, at a Camel Pro Tour Event back in 1998 or 1999. He was ranked number one in the world at the time.
It was a side challenge event where you registered to play one game of 8-ball against a pro on a barbox. I got lucky and drew Busty. I broke and ran out.
Even won me an xxl t-shirt - I wear a medium - lol!
Steve H.
well just once
Jesse Cardiff
Jesse Cardiff
Brandon Shuff, race to 5 even 9ball.
Kinda made me wanna quit the game.
-Andrew
Kinda made me wanna quit the game.
-Andrew
I think my old pool partner Mark Berry has the nuts on this… Unfortunately this happened during one of my breaks from pool otherwise I might have been able to share in this as well…
Mark played in a scotch doubles tourney sponsored by Canadian Club whiskey I believe, and Jeanette Lee was sponsored by them as well at the time. There were 6 local qualifying tourneys, winners got $1000 and paid trip to Vegas. Winners of that tournament won $20,000 for the team, pretty nice sum of money.
But here's the kicker - the winning team also got a chance to play Jeanette race to 2 in 8-ball. And if they won, they won $500,000! And on top of that, if they won they got a chance to break an 8-ball rack and try and make the 8 on the break for another $500,000! It was billed as the $1,000,000 tourney.
Long story short, Mark and his partner (who also played in the league with Mark and I on another team) won the qualifier, went to Vegas and won the tourney, and broke and ran the first rack against Jeanette then almost ran the second but messed up, and somehow Jeanette messed up late in the rack herself leaving a 2 ball out for the cash. They narrowly missed the 8 on the break. So they won $10,500 each for the tourneys, got a trip to Vegas, and $250,000 each for the challenge, paid out in an annuity over 20 years. Not a bad haul for amateur (albeit strong amateur) players.
Never did understand the premise of the tourney, someone didn't understand the odds for these things to happen somehow, either that or the insurance policy was really cheap…
Scott
Mark played in a scotch doubles tourney sponsored by Canadian Club whiskey I believe, and Jeanette Lee was sponsored by them as well at the time. There were 6 local qualifying tourneys, winners got $1000 and paid trip to Vegas. Winners of that tournament won $20,000 for the team, pretty nice sum of money.
But here's the kicker - the winning team also got a chance to play Jeanette race to 2 in 8-ball. And if they won, they won $500,000! And on top of that, if they won they got a chance to break an 8-ball rack and try and make the 8 on the break for another $500,000! It was billed as the $1,000,000 tourney.
Long story short, Mark and his partner (who also played in the league with Mark and I on another team) won the qualifier, went to Vegas and won the tourney, and broke and ran the first rack against Jeanette then almost ran the second but messed up, and somehow Jeanette messed up late in the rack herself leaving a 2 ball out for the cash. They narrowly missed the 8 on the break. So they won $10,500 each for the tourneys, got a trip to Vegas, and $250,000 each for the challenge, paid out in an annuity over 20 years. Not a bad haul for amateur (albeit strong amateur) players.
Never did understand the premise of the tourney, someone didn't understand the odds for these things to happen somehow, either that or the insurance policy was really cheap…
Scott
HAHA!!! I guffawed so hard I spilled my tea all over my lap.
I sent James Walden to the loser's side a few days ago in a non-handicapped barbox 9 ball tourney...and went on to lose in the finals against some cowboy. :angry:
I assume Canadian Club never heard of the concept of dumping and splitting..not saying that's what happend, but that's a lot faith in your horse.