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Samm DiepMike Fieldhammer

8-Ball: You don’t have to get out now, just get out.

Pattern Play Puzzle: Quick Improvement by

Playing Smarter© 2010 Mike Fieldhammer, BilliardCoach.com

When I practice, I do it at home and usually alone. My routine on my 9 foot Diamond Pro Am with Simonis 860 cloth is mainly straight pool. I always encourage people to try adding some 14.1 into their training. The benefits are many-fold.

• Learn to build runs of many balls• Learn the importance of finesse and

fine position accuracy• Learn to minimize cue ball movement• Learn ultra focus on seemingly simple

shots• Learn to pocket the object ball and trust

the cue ball to take care of the rest of its job

• Many more to be added here from reader suggestions All of these things that can be worked on by practicing straight pool will build p a t t e r n knowledge that can be applied to any game. I see so many players who can pocket balls well and have a decent stroke get into all kinds of trouble by shooting the balls off in the wrong order. What order would you shoot these balls off to leave yourself a good break shot for a chance to continue your run? Examine the puzzle and leave your answer in the comment section of my blog at http://bit.ly/cW9JC2 and see what others have thought. The balls from left to right are 4, 14, 7, 13, 1, 10, and 12. Learning pattern play through 14.1 practice can be priceless. It also happens to be a great game that challenges players of any ability.

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Pattern Play Puzzle: Quick Improvement by Playing Smarter

© 2010 Mike Fieldhammer, BilliardCoach.com

When I practice, I do it at home and usually alone. My routine on my 9 foot Diamond Pro Am with Simonis 860 cloth is mainly straight pool. I always encourage people to try adding some 14.1 into their training. The benefits are many-fold.

Learn to build runs of many balls Learn the importance of finesse and fine position accuracy Learn to minimize cue ball movement Learn ultra focus on seemingly simple shots Learn to pocket the object ball and trust the cue ball to take care of the rest of its job Many more to be added here from reader suggestions

All of these things that can be worked on by practicing straight pool will build pattern knowledge that can be applied to any game. I see so many players who can pocket balls well and have a decent stroke get into all kinds of trouble by shooting the balls off in the wrong order.

What order would you shoot these balls off to leave yourself a good break shot for a chance to continue your run? Examine the puzzle and leave your answer in the comment section of my blog at http://bit.ly/cW9JC2 and see what others have thought.

The balls from left to right are 4, 14, 7, 13, 1, 10, and 12.

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As our pool game improves, so does our game plan. We discover how much more enjoyable it is when we win. We learn to shoot defensive shots. We realize that sometimes the first one to attempt the run out may not always be the one who wins the game.

Eventually, we appreciate that in order to win more games, patience trumps pride. Sure, it feels great to break and run, but oftentimes tables are just not very run-friendly. We just have to accept that we don’t need to get out in this inning. It’s now that we ask ourselves, “Is it more important to win

this game or to be the hero?” You may have three shots in front of you that you can make, but if none of them help you break out that trouble ball, then QUIT RUNNING! Basic 8-ball strategy tells us when we have one or more balls tied up, it is to our advantage to keep more traffic on the table. If you don’t have a plan to get your guys out of jail, keep as many soldiers around as possible. League or team play environments do not necessarily encourage to the smartest, game-winning decisions. Far too often, during a team scenario, I’ve witnessed players go for the run out when it’s nearly impossible. It’s stuck in their mind that they must be the “hero.” They don’t want to let their teammates down. They must get the “points” and they must try to run out whenever they get to the table. In many leagues, the more balls your opponent has left on the table, the higher you can score for that win. This scoring system only promotes super aggressive play. Instead of thinking, “How can I win this game?” their objective shifts to “How can I win this game now?” Many times, this mentality can backfire on them. When they force a run out that isn’t there, true, sometimes they can get lucky, but very often they just clear all their balls out of the way and leave their opponents a back door run out. That’s the worst thing they can do. It’s critical to analyze the table. Take a good look at where the balls are lying. Do you have more than one cluster to deal with? Do you have a way to address

each of them? Are you confident you will make the shot that you’re facing? Are you certain you’ll have something to shoot at after your break out(s)? If you answered “no” or you’re unsure of any of these questions, then you may want to consider ducking for now and running out later. Think about lagging a ball in front of a pocket and blocking it from your opponent. If you can’t get out, make your opponent have to work for it. Play a safety where you can also bank one of your balls down by the trouble. Position your balls on the table so they are in your favor. Get them ready for you to take advantage later. Lock up safeties that can get you ball in hand are much easier to play when you have more balls on the table to hide behind. Remember, if you can’t get out now, don’t. If you can’t run out now, position your balls and run out later. A win is a win whether it happens now or later.

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My Lucky Day

Andrew Monstis

Lucky continues on page 11

Lucky Part III - “Lucky In The Big Game” So now what? I had come here planning to buy my friend breakfast and shoot the breeze in the peace and quiet of this quaint place, and hopefully find out how I could help him with his … problems. That picture was fading fast. The picture before me was electric with question marks and unknowns. What had happened to Lucky to bring him to this, all that he abhorred and abandoned years ago? I could only stand here, suspended in the crowd, and watch, and wait, and wonder, what’s next? The score was 5 – 5, the clothes rack was holding his own, and Lucky finally had to visit the washroom -- that’s what they call it around here. This would be a good opportunity to catch his attention. He saw me as he came by and stopped, a look of pleased surprise on his face. “Hey, Drew! A friendly face in a crowd of vultures!” He leaned over and whispered in my ear, “I’m in action again. Most everyone here thinks I’m Big Johnson from Canada. No one has asked me who I am. That’s just great! A lot of people have called around to find out the line on me.” “Won’t they find out you’re not him?” I asked, thinking Lucky looked thinner and kind of worn out, or maybe I just hadn’t noticed it before, since he’d had a beard then. “No, probably not. But Roosevelt Johnson and I used to play 30 years ago. He was a big action gambler. Hey, I’ll be right back -- have to go to the washroom.” I could see people looking intently at me as Lucky walked away. Like they thought I knew who he was, and I did, sort of. One guy asked me. “Who is that, anyway?” “He’s Lucky,” I shrugged. The guy said, “Yeah right, buddy, but what’s his name?” with a look like he didn’t appreciate my answer. What could I do? It was the truth. I didn’t know Lucky’s name either. Pretty much the same look I got back home when people asked me about the story I wrote about him. Lucky returned, and stopped again. “How did this circus start?” I asked. “I’ll tell you the whole story later, but this started three days ago when I played a guy and won all his cash. Instead of leaving, he called out for more money. You know me - I didn’t care. When the money came so did a bunch of people. See that guy over there with the beard? I think he’s in disguise.” “Which one?” “The one next to the jukebox – looks like he’s asleep. All I know is he’s good. He’ll want to play at some point. Right now he’s just waiting. He’ll want to bet high - I know he will.” Lucky didn’t even blink when I told him who he was. “I don’t know if I’ll get to play him.” Why not, I was thinking. “I’ve already played seven players in three days.” “What does the town think about all this?” I wondered. “Some of them have seen this before. For the most part it helps the local economy. But I know that people do like the laid back nature of this place, and I’m as ready as they probably are for a good break. When I’m done here let’s go to the ranch.” Lucky walked back to the table and I heard him say, “Your rack.” And before you knew it, Clothes Rack

was on his way out the door. “Last set.” “Race to 11 for a thousand.” “Ok,” I didn’t have to wait long before Lucky finished off another player. Yet another approached, but Lucky turned him down, saying he’d play tomorrow - right now he was done for the day. About eight people who were just sweating the action got up to play. They agreed to a $50 dollar ring game. I watched a little bit while Lucky collected his stuff. There were some very good players, and I kind of wanted to stay and watch, but I was tired and needed to rest. The guy sitting next to the jukebox, I’ll call him the Sleeper, did not get in the game, but stayed where he was, legs stretched out, arms crossed, eyes kind of half-shut like he was snoozing. Lucky and I walked out of the lounge, and I started to head for my car. Lucky veered me across the street instead, and into the old frontier era hotel, where he proceeded to check in. “What’re you doing?” I asked. “Aren’t we going out to your ranch?” “Yep,” he grinned, “I just don’t want any of them back there thinking I live here. Besides, there’s a couple of guys hanging around there I wouldn’t trust with my dirty laundry.” I followed Lucky through a door in the back of the lobby, threaded through a stockroom crowded with old furniture and to Lucky’s wagon, parked over on a side street. We drove away from town on old country roads full of ruts and holes. Lucky asked me how was I doing and what was I doing here and we exchanged idle talk for a while. It was apparent he was tired, too. I was going to ask him about the problems he had mentioned in his letters, but I could tell he didn’t want to talk about it. But I did finally get around to telling him that it was bothering me that now that we were becoming friends I felt like I should know his real name. Lucky looked over at me as we rattled along and said, “Drew, you don’t really want to know that,” just as we arrived the front gate of his spread. The gate crest, carved from a big oak tree slab, read “LUCKY Q RANCH”. After he unlocked and swung

open the metal gate, he had me drive through, and he hopped in the passenger side. The road from the gate was asphalted for the next 150 yards, smooth and quiet after those rough roads. He started to talk about his ranch, further avoiding my question very artfully. The big house, he said, was Ponderosa style, built by a rancher in the early 20’s, and he hadn’t had to change much of anything except some of the electrical and plumbing. The timing was awkward for me to keep at him about his name, so I had to be content to wait, and enjoy the place. We walked past an old broke down farm wagon still lying off to the side of the house and through a huge 8-foot pine door into a spacious boot room slash foyer. The house was solid, functional, and felt like the kind of home you’d want to come home to. He tossed my coat on a chair and took me into his den. On a long wall opposite a tree-sized fireplace were family pictures. He pointed out himself as a kid with his parents – he seemed to be the only child in most of the pictures. The other walls were covered with pictures of pool players. “Many of these pictures were taken when I was a boy,” Lucky pointed out. I looked closer and saw that he had pictures of himself playing most of these hall-of-famers. There was Willie Hoppe and him, and Ralph Greenleaf with Lucky standing next to the table with a cue in his hands, and pictures with Jimmy Caras, and Willie Mosconi in action, playing Lucky. All were signed. He had at least a hundred photos. In one he looked about five years old. He said he was standing next to the pool table they had had at home. “My father taught me the love of billiards. He was a machinist back then, and he made me a little cue. I was only six years old when I scored 29 consecutive billiards and ran 254 balls in straight pool. I had to carry a stool around to stand on for every shot. When I was five I ran 1,550 straight rail billiards and 978 balls in straight pool before I missed. Pop was kind of in a state because we were at the local pool hall where he had to pay the time. But he wanted me to do well. My memory is vague on this but that’s how my pop recalls it. I do remember the locals called me The Whiz Kid. “We lived in a small town kind of like this one -- maybe that’s why I was drawn to this place. Pop was very protective and careful. He made sure I did normal kid things. I was always wanting to go and play pool, but he’d most often say, ‘No, son, school will always come first.’ I was going to be in the first grade and that was the most important thing to him. But then that same year he took me on weekends to different towns we could drive to and he’d put me up against the local hotshots for money. We’d go into the pool halls and he’d find the players and then bet on me. I always got a spot because of my age. And I always won. He justified it because it brought in money we needed.” Lucky excused himself for a minute and came back with a pile of cold fried chicken and some potato salad and Pepsis. “See, Pop had polio in his left arm and he


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and ran to tie the score at 6-6. The excitement and pressure was growing as the final game became a battle of strategic safeties, a waiting game of who would make a mistake first. With just the 7-8-9 left, Lisa made a tough 7-ball in the corner but the cue ball rolled within an inch of the 8-ball, appearing to end her chances of the potential run-out. She deliberated as to what she was going to do, committed to the shot, then made a precise 8-ball shot in the side pocket and was left a long thin cut on the 9 to force the second set. Unfortunately, she missed the 9-ball giving Amanda a clear shot to pocket the 9 in the corner for her 2nd tour win. Congrats to both Lisa and Amanda for the crowd pleasing, superb match play all weekend. Join us November 13th & 14th at our Championship Stop of 2010 on at Casper’s Billiards in San Leon, Texas. OB Cues Ladies Tour – Good Pool, Good Friends, Good Times Check us out at www.obcuestour.com

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It all came down to the slow roll of an 8-ball, which broke out of the match's 28th rack, bounced off a long rail, meandered its way to the opposite side pocket through a flurry of other balls and just did drop in. Eight balls later, Darren Appleton of Pontefract, England, completed a run of nine straight matches to go undefeated through a field of 256 on hand for the 35th Annual US Open-9 Ball Championships. He became the first British citizen to win the title. The $50,000-added event was once again, for the 14th straight year, held at the Chesapeake Convention Center from October 17-23. Appleton’s trail to the finals began on Sunday, October 17th with an 11-5 victory over Ronald Tutein. Over the course of the event’s six days, he would play a total of 154 games, winning almost 60% of them (91). He gave up, on average, only seven racks per match. His nine-match winning streak included two wins over Deuel, as well as victories over Israeli champion Zion Zvi (11-8), Ronnie Alcano (11-7), Efren Reyes (11-5), and David Alcaide (11-8). In the battle for the hot seat, he defeated two-time defending champion, Mika Immonen 11-9. Deuel came into the finals having won five matches in both brackets, defeating, among others, Keith Bennett(11-5), Shane Van Boening (11-8), Rodney Morris (11-9), Jason Klatt (11-1), and in the semifinals, Mika Immonen 11-3. He defeated Warren Kiamco twice, once in each bracket. He defeated him in a double hill battle in the fifth round on the winners’ side and defeated him with the event’s new ‘win by two’ rules in the quarterfinals. It was Appleton who sent him to the one-loss side in the sixth round 11-8, and Appleton who denied him his second US Open title with a thrilling 14-12 victory in the finals. “It all came down to the breaks,” said Deuel at the conclusion of the match. “I broke twice to keep it alive, and on his last break, the 8-ball just rolled in there.

“I made a few outs to keep myself in it,” he added, “but hats off to him.” “I have a lot of respect for (Deuel’s) game,” Appleton said, “and I knew that if I was to going win it, I was going to have to pot a few balls. “It was a great event,” he added. “I wanted it badly, and I stayed patient.” Reflecting Deuel’s assessment of the match, between the two of them, the match featured seven break-and-runs; four by Deuel. Deuel, though, was also on the ‘winning’ side of a dubious honor; of the seven times they broke dry, Deuel recorded seven of those. The two battled back and forth to a 4-4 tie, at which point, Appleton strung together four in a row to take what was looking to be a commanding lead at 8-4. Deuel came back to win two, including a break-and-run rack that made it 8-6. One of Deuel’s dry breaks then gave Appleton the opportunity to go up by three again. In the 16th rack, the pace slowed a bit, as the two of them played safe, seven times with the 1-ball, before Appleton broke the string of safeties. He got all the way to the 5-ball, and then

scratched, to give Deuel ball in hand. Deuel ran out to narrow Appleton’s lead to two at 9-7. Appleton committed one of his six unforced errors in the match in game 17, Deuel ran out and it was a single game lead for Appleton. Appleton won, Deuel responded, and it was 10-9. Appleton won the 20th game for an 11-9 lead, but Deuel took advantage of another unforced error by Appleton to make it 11-10 and then broke and ran to tie the score for the first time since the eighth game. He took the lead in the next rack, for the first time since the seventh game, with his second straight break and run. Another dry break for Deuel knotted things at 12, and with a break and run of his own, Appleton won the game that would normally have ended the contest. But with the ‘ahead by two’ rule in play, Deuel got a chance at redemption and took advantage to

tie the match at 13-13. Deuel then recorded his second scratch of the match; this one on the break, and it was ‘advantage’ Appleton, 14-13, moving into the 28th game. It came down, in that final game, to that slow-rolling 8-ball. With the table layout at hand, had it stayed out, Deuel would likely have run the table and tied the match at 14. But that 8-ball did drop and Appleton ran the table to complete his undefeated week at the US Open. Deuel ended up sinking 133 of the 218 balls he shot at, giving him a higher shot percentage (60%) than Appleton, who’d sunk 91 of the 154 balls he’d shot at and ended up with 59%. Amidst great fanfare at the Accu-Stat broadcast table, founder and promoter Barry Behrman handed Appleton his mock oversize check for $40,000, the event trophy and a gold Delta-13 rack. Deuel pocketed $15,000 for his second place finish, while Mika Immonen took home $10,000 for third place. Champagne was passed around, and Behrman invited one and all to the traditional post-US Open party at his Q Master Billiards location in VA Beach.

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October 28-31, 2010Rugby, NDby: Don “Cheese” Akerlow

This year’s tournament was held approximately six weeks earlier than last year. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Rugby and businesses throughout the community. There was food and drink provided at the Rugby Armory for spectators and pool players alike. The live streaming was provided by OTBnTV.com both in the 9-Ball and the 8-Ball Divisions.The 9-Ball started Thursday the 28th at 6 pm. A field of 30 players braved the weather through the earlier part of the week with 50mph winds, fog, icy roads and 30 degree weather. While last it was only 20 degrees below zero! On our way home from Rugby it was 63 degrees, a difference from last year of 83 degrees! The first match up on the TV table was Stan Tourangeau and Tom Kaminski. Stan is one of the best players throughout the region. Big Tom originally from Rugby, now living in Minot, beat Stan in a hill-hill match.In the second match Thursday night we had Chad Sylvester from Kalispell, MT who is working in the Northwest oil fields in North Dakota vs. Jesse Engel, the 18 year old phenom, who placed 17th at his first U S Open. While there Jesse beat Earl Strickland in a hill match and destroyed Mike Segel 11-1. Jesse had Chad down 5-1 and 6-3 before winning 7-5. Chad won more games off Jesse than any other match before the finals. He then took down “the billiard coach” 7-3, Mark Oelslager, last year’s defending champion the same 7-3. We then caught up with Jesse for an interview in the OTBnTV booth. You can watch Jesse’s interview at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10487708 Jesse was again on the TV table playing Robert Pulver. Robert lost 7-3. OTBnTV then switched TV tables to watch Dean Flanders win 7-4 against Brent Hanson. That was the last match of Thursday night. The TV table was up and running again on Friday early afternoon to watch Stan Tourangeau working his way through the B side in a match against Brent Hanson. In the hill match it was Dean Flanders out of Fargo, ND against Jesse Engel from Minnesota. Jesse won a tight match. Dean then played Stan Tourangeau for 3rd place. The TV table had great action all afternoon especially in the finals of the 9-Ball. Dean would now face Jesse in the finals.

The first set went to Dean Flanders 7-3. The second set and the rubber match went hill-hill with Jesse Engel coming out on top 7-6.OTBnTV was giving out T-shirts during the tournament as well as to viewers who were logged into the chat. There were 7 T-shirts given out online and 8 given out

at the tournament. The 9-Ball tournament ended about 7 pm and the 8-Ball started within a half hour and was a race to 5. OTBnTV filmed until approximately midnight. We were scheduled to come back and start broadcasting again at 3:30 pm on Saturday. The tournament had one round scheduled Saturday at 11 am which would have left half of the 64 player field left to play. The tournament then shuts down for the redraw of the final 32 and a Calcutta. This was being held at Jester’s Lounge in downtown Rugby. There were approximately two hours that the players had off before starting again. The OTBnTV table had matches from two former champions Felix Beardy, who lost to Stan Tourangeau 6-5. The next match Chad Sylvester beat the 2009 second place winner Carey Hafner 6-2. Demetrius Jelatis beat Tyler Perry 6-1, Jesse Engel beat Chris Halkyard 6-1 and the final match of the night was Jerod Spence from Winnipeg beating Tom Kaminski 6-1.

10-31-10 SundayThe first match was Stan Tourangeau and Jerod Spence in a hill-hill match. Jerod came out ahead. Stan went to play Jesse Engel and lost 6-5 taking 3rd


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Jesse Engel

Jeri Bouvette

Congratulations Jerod Spence, Jeri Bouvette Jesse Engel

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The first set went to Dean Flanders 7-3. The second set and the rubber match went hill-hill with Jesse Engel coming out on top 7-6.OTBnTV was giving out T-shirts during the tournament as well as to viewers who were logged into the chat. There were 7 T-shirts given out online and 8 given out

at the tournament. The 9-Ball tournament ended about 7 pm and the 8-Ball started within a half hour and was a race to 5. OTBnTV filmed until approximately midnight. We were scheduled to come back and start broadcasting again at 3:30 pm on Saturday. The tournament had one round scheduled Saturday at 11 am which would have left half of the 64 player field left to play. The tournament then shuts down for the redraw of the final 32 and a Calcutta. This was being held at Jester’s Lounge in downtown Rugby. There were approximately two hours that the players had off before starting again. The OTBnTV table had matches from two former champions Felix Beardy, who lost to Stan Tourangeau 6-5. The next match Chad Sylvester beat the 2009 second place winner Carey Hafner 6-2. Demetrius Jelatis beat Tyler Perry 6-1, Jesse Engel beat Chris Halkyard 6-1 and the final match of the night was Jerod Spence from Winnipeg beating Tom Kaminski 6-1.

10-31-10 SundayThe first match was Stan Tourangeau and Jerod Spence in a hill-hill match. Jerod came out ahead. Stan went to play Jesse Engel and lost 6-5 taking 3rd

place. With Jerod Spence on the hill, Jesse Engel had to win twice in order to take his second crown of the tournament. Jesse came out smokin’ to show his mastery of the table and won 6-0. Never letting Jerod get into his rhythm. In the final set both players had their

share of mistakes and misses. And as all good matches do it went hill-hill with Jerod winning 6-5. I am purposely not going to explain any parts of this match so you can go watch it for yourself and enjoy it by going to http://www.otbntv.com. It will be on our home page as the “Featured Video” just click the viewer to watch.We at OTBnTV would like to thank the Rugby Chamber of Commerce and Mark Hamilton for having us back again this year. John Stich for a well run tournament and for commentary during the final match. The Rugby Day Care who generously provided the food which was awesome. Our sponsors Tiger Products, Delta-13, Simonis and Crown Cues. And last but not least all the pool players and enthusiast both at the tournament and online who made the Northern Lights Shootout a great success.9-Ball Division1st $1,000 Jesse Engel2nd $500 Dean Flanders3rd $200 Stan Tourangeau4th $100 Ryan Sollveld5/6 $50 Brent Hanson, Robert Pulver9-Ball Consolation1st $100 Matt Sherman2nd $100 Mike Fieldhammer3rd $40 Kyle OpstedalWomen’s Division1st $250 Jeri Bouvette2nd $150 Rachel Wentz3rd $100 Lisa Hunt4th $50 Val Wilhelmi8-Ball Division1st $2200 Jerod Spence2nd $1300 Jesse Engel3rd $900 Stan Tourangeau4th $600 Felix Beardy

5/6 $400 Demi Jelatis, Tom Kaminski7/8 $300 Marc Oelschlager, Matt Sherman9-12 $200 Josh Burbul, Brent Donahue, Chad Sylvester, Chris Halkyard13-16 $150 Kyle Opstedahl, Jeff Clare, Nathan Kleespie, Jon Stich8-Ball Consolation1st $100 Jim Williams2nd $75 Ryan Spence3rd $50 Dan Fisher4th $40 Clive HjonBoth Jerod Spence and Jeri Bouvette have placed in the money of the Northern Lights Shootout. Jerod won the 8-Ball Division in 2006 and Jeri placed 4th in the Women’s 8-Ball Division in 2007, 2nd in 2006 and 2nd again in 1999. This was Jeri’s first win. It was also Jesse Engel’s first win.


My Lucky Daycontinued from page 5

finally had to stop working. We didn’t have much money and our family survived on my pool winnings through the war. My mother got a full-time job in the last year of the war and that helped.” As I munched on chicken and washed it down with Pepsi, I listened to Lucky reminiscing. “I wanted to play in World Straight Pool and Billiard Championships. I knew I’d do well.” “But you didn’t?” “Nope,” Lucky replied, through a mouthful of salad. “Pop insisted that there was more to life than straight pool and cushion billiards. I was very good at pool but not so good at other things yet and my father knew I couldn’t survive on pool alone.” (As Lucky said this I thought how wrong his father was about Lucky surviving on pool.) “But because I played for the money and had to win for my family I learned to play harder. Looking at the pictures, I asked, “Who was the best?” “I would say these five,” he pointed to Caras, DeOro, Greenleaf, Mosconi, and Sigel. “I played the Spanish Champion Alfredo DeOro in Chicago. I was 8 in ’45 -- right after the war. Pop knew DeOro. They played an exhibition in ‘30 when my father played pool. DeOro was an old man when I played him, but he was great. Even at his age he was one of the best players I ever played.” I smiled to myself, thinking about Lucky now. “I played Greenleaf the same year in New York. It was at an exhibition at an Elks Lodge. I made a few balls on him in front of the crowd but I let him win. He was impressed and invited me and Pop back to his personal pool table. Right away Pop asked him to play me for money. He kind of looked down his nose at me and then he laughed, like he thought that was pretty funny. Then he said, ‘ok kid, take it easy on me.’ Well, I ran 150 balls twice in two games of straight pool. He laughed while he paid my father, but I could tell he wasn’t real happy about it. That was the only time we played. He died shortly after that.” We were quiet for a while, just eating and thinking about life. Then Lucky continued, “I was thirteen in 1949. The first time I played Mosconi and the Greek Caras, Caras beat Mosconi that year for the World Championship. I watched that tournament. Afterwards, my father got Mosconi aside and challenged him to a match with me for some pretty good cash. He said yes -- I guess he figured it would help make up for what he lost getting second. We went to the to the local pool hall and I beat him. The place was mostly empty. He got mad and stormed out. On his way out, Jimmy Caras came in. Mosconi said, ‘Play the kid.’ I beat Caras, too. But Caras was intrigued about my skills.

He paid my father, and said he wanted to play me again sometime. “The next year I got a match at billiards with Hoppe. I had two innings and 50 points. I ran 37 before I missed. I think he only ran 8, and then I ran out to 50. I had beaten him for $500. That was a lot in those days. A few days later he played in a big tournament and won. Later he told me he guessed I’d tuned him up. “So who was the toughest?” I wondered, a little bit dazed by all this. “Of all those players I would say Jimmy Caras played the toughest. I played him the most of the five top players. He really helped my game in a way.” “How come we didn’t hear about you from any of those guys? How come no one knows you?”

“They do -- or did,” Lucky corrected himself. “So how come they didn’t tell anyone? I persisted. “Well, Sigel and Greenleaf never knew who I was. Mosconi was too embarrassed to let any one know he got beat by anyone who wasn’t a known player, especially a little kid. He had too much pride. It was during the height of his career and he probably would have lost his Brunswick sponsorship, my Pop told me. Jimmy the Greek tried to tell people, but no one would believe him. Everyone thought Caras also was pulling people’s legs. He told me all this years later and said he never did convince anyone.” Lucky yawned, and, of course, so did I. “Then there was Hoppe. He was going to do a TV program and wanted me to be on it, too, but Pop said no, and made him promise never to tell people about his pool-playing son. He said I was too young to deal with the adult world. Hoppe understood and honored that. He’d had the experience of playing as a young boy. Hoppe was considered to be the Boy Wonder when he was the same age as me. I’m sure he looked back and realized the problems he had because of it. He was a true mathematician on the table. I learned that from him even though I could beat him at billiards easily. But I beat him only because of my innate abilities. For my 16th birthday, let’s see, that would be ’52, Willie Hoppe invited me and Pop to the World Championship.

Hoppe won that year. Watching the tournament was hard. I wanted to be out there, playing in it. Pop wouldn’t let me, though. He didn’t want me in the limelight. I guess I struggled with his authority some, around that time. That’s when he tried to make me stop playing altogether. He said it was the wrong focus for me. So there for a while I didn’t play at all. Pop died in 1965. I was 28.” More silence followed, and I reflected on the life Lucky and his father had had together. “I quit pool on my own after that, for over 10 years. I worked pretty regular in those years, mostly welding -- my Pop left me all his tools. I even got married, but the wife died of cancer in ’74. Oh, I’d play about once every two years – but it just wasn’t in me to bang the balls around. So when I decided to pick up the stick again, seriously, I discovered everyone was

playing 9-ball, so I started out practicing that. First time out I ran 11 racks. I felt like I hadn’t lost a beat. “I found out through my old friend Hal Mix that Mike Sigel was among the top 9-ball players. I can’t remember how I got to play Sigel -- I think maybe Hal arranged it. But I played him three times -- once in ‘76 and twice in ‘80. I tried to play him another time, but he turned me

down -- even with a big spot. “Sigel wouldn’t play you?” I said in astonishment. “Nope. I even offered him the 7-ball wild.” Lucky went on. “I played for money. Every time. First with a spot, then I’d give them one. A lot of well-known players paid my salary. They all gambled. Every great player has played for money. Not one champion hasn’t. That’s why they were all great players. Money has a way of making a good player better.” I wanted to hear more stories, but my head was nodding, and Lucky needed to get some rest. I knew I would hear more another time. It dawned on me I still hadn’t found out one single thing about these problems Lucky was supposed to be having. Well, all in good time, I guessed. The guest room was as big as half my house. What a fabulous home, I thought, as I crawled into bed. I tossed for a while, my mind filled with images of all the great players falling under Lucky’s cue. I hadn’t realized he was this phenomenal. Wow. How had he managed to keep such a low profile? Could it be it that absolutely no one really knew who he was? I wasn’t having much luck finding out, either. I sensed Lucky was keeping something from me, too. And this inevitable match coming up with the Sleeper -- was this going to be the Big Game? I nodded off, wondering.

I sensed Lucky was keeping something from me, too. And this inevitable match coming up with the Sleeper -- was this going to be the Big Game?Be sure to read Lucky Part IV next month.


“Slim but mighty” describes the field of 35 who converged on Crazy 8’s Family Pool Hall in Port Arthur, Texas on October 16th-17th. Among the players were Charlie Bryant, Ernesto Bayaua, T.J. Davis, Shane Harvey, and Tony Nguyen who competed in the $1,000 added open division with Teresa Garland, Loretta Lindgren and Bobbie Nguyen who helped make up the field for the $350 added ladies event. Saturday’s action elicited high live stream numbers while players fought to get in the money. Ernesto Bayaua, Billy Boo, Ryan Ellis, and Tony Nguyen remained active Sunday while T.J Davis, Shane Harvey, Charlie Bryant, and John Newsome battled on the east side. Harvey and Newsome were sent west and Bryant secured the

winners’ side over Davis. Bayaua lost his first match of the event 9-7 to Nguyen then defeated Chuck Pham 7-2, Kim White 7-6, Boo 7-1, Harvey 7-4, Newsome 7-5, and Davis 7-4. Unfortunately he was stopped just short of the goal line by Bryant. The ladies event made for an exciting Sunday when Teresa Garland played for the hot seat against Stacy Decker and Marie Chhuon battled April Henley on the west side. Garland defeated Decker 7-2 and Chhuon eliminated Henley 5-1. Chhuon lost her first round match to Decker but ousted her the second time around. This pitted Chhuon v. Garland in the final, and it was intense. The first set of the true double elimination match went to Chhuon 7-6, but Garland fought hard and defeated Chhuon the second set 5-1for her first big tournament win. Congratulations Teresa! LSBT extends many thanks to its sponsors, Poison Cues, Delta-13 Rack, LeagueShirts.com, PoolWebsites.com, and Barnett Ranching. Crazy 8’s Family Pool Hall and owner Tony Nguyen hosted another first class event. Mr. Nguyen’s second room i Crave It Lounge at 6360 Phelan Blvd will be opening soon in Beaumont, Texas. Look for it! *THE HOUSTON CLASSIC is the next event and will be held at Bogies Billiards and Sports Bar in Houston on Halloween Weekend. *ALL PLAYERS MUST WEAR A COLLARED SHIRT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT, NO EXCEPTIONS.

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Mike Segal - 10 time World Champion and Hall of Famer - will be at the Q-spot to conduct a 2 day clinic on November 20th and 21st. Limited space is available. Call or come by for more information.We are currently signing up teams

for the in-house winter BCA league at Q-Spot.Q-Spot may not be 24 hours, but they are open all year, even on major holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Make plans now to bring your family and friends in for some great fun!

In the first week of December, Gene and Renee’ of Crown Cues will drive up to Side Pockets in St. Charles, MO to watch most of the Dr. Cue Classic Artistic Cup IV. They are planning to take a couple of friends from the Tulsa area and will gladly head up a caravan of others who are interested in going, as well. Contact Gene and Renee’ at [email protected] for more information about joining the caravan. This should be an excellent opportunity to see some very talented trick shot artists in a major competition, get some autographs, etc..

Things have been way out of kelter for Crown Cues most of the year, which has caused a slowing down of cue production and repairs. In 2011, Gene is planning to take a breather. Although he still plans to be at the Super Billiards Expo, he will be taking much of the year off from building cues, so he can get some things caught up at home. He will still take orders and sell items he has in stock. However, cue orders could take as long as 2 years to complete. Gene wishes to thank all his customers for being so supportive and understanding when things have been tough.

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