Hello John,
Scotty, Freddy and Tom all taught me as well. But it was the Pool room down the street in Bladensburg that all would meet occasionally
But like Tom said 'Guys and Dolls' and 'Jack and Jill' were the main rooms in the DC area because of their being open 24 hours
Welcome to the site. Lots of good info and peeps here ...
Bill
Yes Bill, The Golden Cue on Bladensburg road was a great local room. I worked in that room for about five years and Ed Sharp, the owner, fired me five times for gambling while every table was going. Each time he did, he would call me back a couple days later asking me to come back to work. Each time he would politely ask me not to play with a full house and each time I told him I would try to ablige. This turned out to be wishful thinking on both our parts because it would happen again and again. I couldn't help myself. The action was too sweet I guess.
I had explained to him that I never started out playing when the room was going, but I'd get the guy I was playing stuck pretty good by then and I didn't want to quit him winners, especially since I was winning so much more than I could possible make on the job.
It was a dilemma. I never had a problem running the joint with all fourteen tables going. We didn't sell sandwiches, just snacks and sodas. This was an easy job, so what's the problem? Well, he couldn't do it, so he didn't like it when I could. It was his place, so there you go.
Anyway, this room had plenty of action. None of it was high dollar, but it was great for pumping up for when I got off work and headed for Jack and Jill's or Guy's and Doll's. Those were the action spots, where the real action ran 24/7.
Freddy played most every night in this room. Scotty did too. Bill Morton, known as "the Mailman" played there too. He was really something. I learned so much from watching that man play One hole. I saw him a few years ago when he was probably about 80 and he still played jam-up. Those were great times for pool. I'd still be playing regularly if the action was like that now, but it's not. Those days appear to be over.
Thanks for giving me a chance to reminisce.
Tom