Encyclopedia of Pool Hustlers

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Recover

Recover

I just learned about the "cloud" from my son in law, yesterday. I will do all of it from now on.

Beard

'Dropbox' is a good cloud service to use. You get 2.5 GB of free space to start and can buy or earn more if you need it. It's painless to use and works. I use it all the time to transfer big files to trusted confederates.

Jimmy and Lou's suggestion about using a flash drive to back up the book as it proceeds is good advice. Flash drives aren't very expensive and you just drag the file to it when it (the flash drive) shows up as an icon on your desktop. No need to burn discs.

If you think you have accidentally trashed something important in the future, if possible don't do anything else on the computer until somebody with an external drive with recovery software and enough of the system to boot your computer up can get to it. When you empty the trash the files are still on your hard drive. You only erase the markers that point to them, the actual files will be there until you overwrite them (the reason for not doing anything else on the computer until recovery software rides in). I keep an external drive with all kinds of utilities and recovery software on it and have used it a few times to recover things I'd trashed and didn't have backed up. Easier to just back it up to a flash drive or the cloud as you go though.

If all that fails, just contact me. I know all the stuff about all the pool hustlers. Almost anyway.

I'm looking forward to getting a copy of the book when you get it done.

 

[fred bentivegna]

This is an excerpt that I just had to post. I am leaving his name out of the post. If you want to learn his name you will have to buy the book as he will be officially named in the book.

David the Spaceman [/B]

South Carolina – Short-stop and greatest pool player dope-fiend

David had his throat cut by David Sizemore, another pool player, who himself was later murdered. He survived the throat cutting.
David sometimes went off on big dope benders and once devised the most creative apparatus to get high that I had ever heard of. He had made a nice piece of money dealing, and took his profits and bought a kilo of cocaine. Standard price back then was about $50,000. He had a specially prepared fish tank that he dumped the whole kilo into, filled it up with water and dissolved the whole “ki.” He had already figured out the exact proportion of coke to water needed to get the best “hit.” He had an intravenous injection pump on a timer, just like they use in hospitals, hooked up to a needle in his arm that would dispense a controlled dose every so many minutes. He even had it fitted with an extra long cord that would allow him to get up and go to the bathroom. He had someone bring his meals in to him so he never had to leave his bedroom. This particular bender lasted several months.
Needless to say he soon developed a very paranoid personality, so on ordinary benders in motel rooms; he would keep the bathtub filled to the brim so he could quickly dump the contraband in case the room got raided. Then becoming even more careful, he flooded the floor around the tub to gather up any granules that might make it to the floor. These precautions while good in theory, proved impractical because he slipped on the floor and busted his head. A few stitches later and he was good as new.


Beard

 

[lll]

Freddy
the book should be a great read (insert thumbs up icon here)
put me down for a copy

 

[wgcp]

As always

As always

the Beards stories are great... I look forward to the book...

B

 

[usblues]

The bathub....

The bathub....

.....reminds me of the time in 75 I came back from Nepal and we heated the oil on the stove in a pyrex beaker to pour it into vials.My brother knocked it over one day and all down into the stove.We saved a little but most stayed so when we ran out months later we would scrap down into the stove and swab it on a cigarette or paper.Did that for weeks and then he had to move and when his friend rented the place he charged him 1500$ or he was going to take the stove with him......at that time fresh Nepalese oil was 40$ or so a gram if you could find it..

 

[Don Smith]

Jay on the Beard

Jay on the Beard

"Ha Ha! I'll never forget when I took you and Augie to the ghetto in L.A. cause you were looking for some Bank Pool and One Pocket action. Augie was the 9-Ball specialist on your team and Little Frankie was there to take off any unbelieving shortstops (Frankie was the best playing and gambling 13-14 year old I ever saw!). Okay, maybe Keith was his equal at a similar age.

I took you to the most notorious joints where we were the only white guys in there. Those places were full of the most dangerous outlaws in the city; drug dealers, pimps and killers! You took on the best of 'em; The Iceman, Black Nate, Rush Out Red, California Shorty, etc. I don't think any of them could beat you playing Banks, so they gave up on that quick, then it was on to One Pocket. You held your own before Ice got the best of you by a few games. He was the best in L.A. after Marvin. I'm pretty sure you knew better than to tangle with magnificent Marv!

All the time you were the life of the party, telling jokes and keeping everyone in stitches. We laughed the whole night and all the "brothers" were having just as much fun. The game almost became secondary. You played pretty good in a spot that most hustlers were afraid to visit. After that, whenever I would run into any of the black players, they would ask me about you. They loved you in L.A., that's all I know. Win or lose, you were one of them"

 

[fred bentivegna]

"Ha Ha! I'll never forget when I took you and Augie to the ghetto in L.A. cause you were looking for some Bank Pool and One Pocket action. Augie was the 9-Ball specialist on your team and Little Frankie was there to take off any unbelieving shortstops (Frankie was the best playing and gambling 13-14 year old I ever saw!). Okay, maybe Keith was his equal at a similar age.

I took you to the most notorious joints where we were the only white guys in there. Those places were full of the most dangerous outlaws in the city; drug dealers, pimps and killers! You took on the best of 'em; The Iceman, Black Nate, Rush Out Red, California Shorty, etc. I don't think any of them could beat you playing Banks, so they gave up on that quick, then it was on to One Pocket. You held your own before Ice got the best of you by a few games. He was the best in L.A. after Marvin. I'm pretty sure you knew better than to tangle with magnificent Marv!

All the time you were the life of the party, telling jokes and keeping everyone in stitches. We laughed the whole night and all the "brothers" were having just as much fun. The game almost became secondary. You played pretty good in a spot that most hustlers were afraid to visit. After that, whenever I would run into any of the black players, they would ask me about you. They loved you in L.A., that's all I know. Win or lose, you were one of them"

Don, that quote from Jay Helfert has already made it into the book, along with many other quotes from other players.

Beard

 

[fred bentivegna]

As I already posted on AZ forums. The first 100 copies will be numbered and signed of course. The numbers will be assigned to whomever pays first and the order of payment.

The problem is I cant take any money yet because I havent determined a price for the book. It keeps getting larger and larger with photos and pages, 400+ for sure. I keep remembering players that I had originally forgot to put in. I'm sure it will be hardcover, but not sure yet about the size.

Beard

 

[fred bentivegna]

I am starting a promo to do a special pre-publication event for my upcoming book, The Encyclopedia of Pool Hustlers. The first prepaid orders to come in will get numbered copies from 1 to 100 and autographed of course. The publishing date is from one to two months away, more likely two. The order I collect the money will determine the number from 1 to 100. Someone from Onepocket.org has already locked up #1. Up to this point I haven't asked for anything from anyone yet so there is no # 2 at the moment. The tentative price is going to probably be $49.95. That is not locked in because the book is going to cost pretty good to publish hard cover, large size, 350-400 glossy pages, etc. But to raise some interest and some money the special pre-pub price is going to be $49.95 including shipping. As the payments come in I will assign the numbers in that order.

All orders will receive a bonus DVD, the OnePocket Hall of Fame Dinner for 2011 or the BCA Hall of Fame Dinner for 2011. Your choice.

Payments can be made to my PayPal acct under my email address, bankingwiththebeard@comcast.net or my home address is
Fred Bentivegna
445 W 27th St
Chicago, IL 60616

Thanks and Merry Christmas

the Beard

There is a duplicate of this offer in AZ forums

 

[Island Drive]

Lids

Lids

1969 Johnston City, had a hard case (guts removed) packed with Jamaican, sold Eddie Bellamore a bag and a few other pros, Eddie forgot every bet he made. Him and Marino were hangin' together at that time. Eddie dressed like the beatles in the late 60.s. Kinda like Toby Sweet with more color in his outfits. Few tho dressed sharper than Liscotti.

 

[fred bentivegna]

New York Gamble

New York Gamble

Excerpt from the NewYork/New Jersey Gamble page:

"Two guys from New York were playing straight pool, 100 points for $5. After the game they both quit at the same time. The guy who lost quit, because he had never went for 2 barrels in his whole life. The guy who won quit, because he would never give anybody a chance to get even."

Beard

 

[wincardona]

1969 Johnston City, had a hard case (guts removed) packed with Jamaican, sold Eddie Bellamore a bag and a few other pros, Eddie forgot every bet he made. Him and Marino were hangin' together at that time. Eddie dressed like the beatles in the late 60.s. Kinda like Toby Sweet with more color in his outfits. Few tho dressed sharper than Liscotti.

Bill, wasn't Eddie the guy who played liars poker? He was a champion playing that game, and he always came prepared to play.:lol

Dr. Bill

 

[Island Drive]

Bill, wasn't Eddie the guy who played liars poker? He was a champion playing that game, and he always came prepared to play.:lol

Dr. Bill

You might be right..... He died young I heard, maybe in his forties, but I remember him having dirty blond hair, and like allot of gamblers, a very upbeat happy demeanor. Only saw em that one time with Marino, and in tournament match play he and Rempe seemed like a pic em with Marino ''maybe'' being one game better than Rempe after 25 games.

 

[fred bentivegna]

Bill, wasn't Eddie the guy who played liars poker? He was a champion playing that game, and he always came prepared to play.:lol

Dr. Bill

Excerpt from the files of the Encyclopedia:

Fast Eddie Bellmore
Waukegan, IL
He was part owner of a big, ultra loud, all night, bar pool action spot in Waukegan, The Mouse Trap. Players like Seattle Joe Salazar and Boston Joey Kiley made camp there and took on all comers. Eddie eventually sold out and moved to the Hollywood Hills.
The next time I ran into Bellmore was in the early 70s. He and another guy were running a wife-swappers club in a big empty mansion in the Hollywood Hills. The membership was limited to couples only, and they had over 200 couples as members, and they would meet twice a week. It was a giant place, with a jillion bedrooms, no furniture, just mattresses laid out all over the place. Since I was a pal of his, in my case he over looked the couples only and membership rule. I was a guest and had virtually my pick of the litter. I know it all sounds great, but the constituents were basically sad and depressing. Kinky and horny as I was then, I could only manage two visits before the thrill wore off. Bellmore usually functioned as the Master of Ceremonies.

(Want more? Buy the book.)

Beard

And yes, Billy, Eddie was a Liars poker hustler

 

[fred bentivegna]

The search is over. I found a pic of Pancho. I had it all the time myself. I knew I had it somewhere and I have been looking for months. I finally came across it. He attended my daughter Catherine's wedding in New Orleans. It was a gala event, a six day party all over the French Quarter. Brooklyn Jimmy attended with his wife and put a g-note in the envelope.

Panch, god love him (somebody needs to), even tho he was holding good at the time, put in an air barrel for his six days of festivities.

Beard

Still need Sugar Shack, Santa Ana Rose and Port Chester Mickey