Jimbo
09-30-2002, 12:23 PM
Although I haven't been in over a decade some of the best action of the year could be found at the annual BCA amateur championships. It is often held in Las Vegas but moves around the continental US. In 85 or 86 it was held in Denver, Co. and I made the trek with 2 friends in a private plane (the only way to fly /forums/images/icons/smile.gif ).
All the side action took place in the evenings and night after the days matches had been concluded. About halfway through the week near midnight I was matched up against this kid from Kentucky playing 8 ball. I had won 10 in a row when he asked to switch to bank pool. Aha, I thought, from the frying pan into the fire. Well that night I learned that a man from Kentucky who could not pocket three balls in a row in 8 ball could run 5 and out in a nine ball rack of bank pool.
As I was trying to extricate myself from this predicament I saw Donnie Folks asleep under a bar table near ours. Guess he had been there for sometime but had just begun to snore. Now Donnie had a bit of a drinking problem but that was part of his charm. He could drink many people under the table and still shoot lights out, looks like this time he drank himself under. I told the Kentucky Kid that although I could not fade any more of his bank pool action I would back the drunk under the table since he could do no worse than me. Well we tripled the stakes, I woke Donnie up and he agreed to play for half the action and all the Budweiser he could drink. I had to raise the game stakes to afford this but Kentucky Kid readily agreed enjoying this set of circumstances even better, temporarily that is.
When the dust cleared at dawn Donnie had finished off a case of Bud and Kentuckys' bankroll. The kid just shook his head and said " I should have let that sleeping dog lie". Perhaps you had to be there but it was a priceless moment! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
Jimbo
All the side action took place in the evenings and night after the days matches had been concluded. About halfway through the week near midnight I was matched up against this kid from Kentucky playing 8 ball. I had won 10 in a row when he asked to switch to bank pool. Aha, I thought, from the frying pan into the fire. Well that night I learned that a man from Kentucky who could not pocket three balls in a row in 8 ball could run 5 and out in a nine ball rack of bank pool.
As I was trying to extricate myself from this predicament I saw Donnie Folks asleep under a bar table near ours. Guess he had been there for sometime but had just begun to snore. Now Donnie had a bit of a drinking problem but that was part of his charm. He could drink many people under the table and still shoot lights out, looks like this time he drank himself under. I told the Kentucky Kid that although I could not fade any more of his bank pool action I would back the drunk under the table since he could do no worse than me. Well we tripled the stakes, I woke Donnie up and he agreed to play for half the action and all the Budweiser he could drink. I had to raise the game stakes to afford this but Kentucky Kid readily agreed enjoying this set of circumstances even better, temporarily that is.
When the dust cleared at dawn Donnie had finished off a case of Bud and Kentuckys' bankroll. The kid just shook his head and said " I should have let that sleeping dog lie". Perhaps you had to be there but it was a priceless moment! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
Jimbo