im playing online,
Probably the same bar where David Matlock hung out at back in the 80's. That was one of the best gambling spots in America then. Lots, lots, lots and lots of oil field money. All the best players came there to play David. He destroyed almost all of them. Crazy all that was happening in a small town bar in the middle of nowhere.
I play some mean pocket pool.
Yep. Danny Dysert owned it back then. A tour player himself. Danny lost the bar on a pool bet. He bought a dozen tables and went around the country putting on pool tourney's.
He runs the Midwest 9 ball tour with his wife Evelyn. She's one on the best tournament directors in the country. They hold tournaments all over the Midwest. I've played in a lot of their events. Both of them are super nice people.
When I knew Dave Matlock back in the day he was the bar box world champion and was claiming Bartlesville as his home back then but would always be hanging out at Tulsa Billiards Palace, that was from early to mid 90s. We partied with him on occasion. Jim McDermott, a local Pawhuska legend way back in the late 60s and early 70s was running the Palace back then but some years after they closed the Palace and moved over to Magoos he got robbed at home and shot and eventually got out of the business I think. Met alot of cool people there and some of the best big time greats came thru there during their tourneys- Buddy Hall, Ewa, Jeanette Lee, etc.
I quit playing for money just shoot for fun now. I used to but after 2 bar fights I said not again. I will pay a handsome entry fee for a good tournament though.
