Re: Fast Eddy
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The Fast Eddie in the Hustler was nicknamed Fast Eddie because he played pool really fast. There's not much more to it than that.
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No, he was called Fast Eddie because he raised the bet for the next set really high, really fast. Fast action. It had nothing to do with his game, unless you refer to the game beneath the game.
And Minnesota Fats was not a real person. Rudolph Wanderone adopted the name long after Tevis wrote his book.
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