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Grady

Posted in General on Sep 27th, 2007 No Comments »

For all of you looking for the phone number at Grady’s, here tis:
803-957-POOL (7665)
And John….Could you post it on the website?  Thanks

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Nov.

Posted in Exhibitions on Sep 25th, 2007 4 Comments »

The tournament went very smoothly, although the air conditioning wasn’t working in our big room. All in all, we’re quite happy with our first effort. The Diamond tables played to perfection.
I have some notes, bills if you will, due in late fall; so I’m working the early part of Nov. I have to be in Louisville […]

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Hey,

Posted in General on Sep 18th, 2007 No Comments »

Just read your comment, Bill, about Grady’s misspelling of names. People spell his name incorrectly all the time and he just chalks it up as a mistake. Get over yourself. When Grady types something, he’s often in a hurry and doesn’t read over what he wrote. That’s a mistake. If he doesn’t spell someone’s name […]

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Odds

Posted in Tales from the Road on Sep 17th, 2007 5 Comments »

Thanks, Kathy, for your comments about Jack. Perhaps later I’ll tell more stories about this fascinating man, who might have been the greatest pool hustler ever.
I just left South Dakota, where Billy and I did commentary on a race to a 100 games of 10 Ball between Corey Deuel and Shane Van Boening. I had […]

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More

Posted in General on Sep 11th, 2007 No Comments »

Thanks so much for the nice words from everyone. Maybe at some later date I’ll go back to AZ.
Look, I can take criticism. I have learned a lot and made improvements in my life from quality in-put. But those critiques were fair. I’ve tried to respond to what people have said on AZ that was […]

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Why

Posted in General on Sep 10th, 2007 8 Comments »

I used to post on a site I liked but can’t remember the name of it. Joey Aguzar and Smorg were regulars there. This fruitcake posted that he had it on good authority that a gambling match I set up at the DCC between Rachel Abink and John Mataya was a “dump.” That’s ludicrous because […]

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The

Posted in General on Sep 2nd, 2007 3 Comments »

“Just Mike” asks about the Monk and recalls a time in the early eighties when I beat Warren for $4,000 at $200 a game. Mike didn’t mention that I was giving him 9 to 7. That’s about where I’d put the Monk in the whole history of One Pocket, maybe 25% under the best players […]

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