Pool hustlers championship johnston city il
1 title: Joe Russo was the straight pool champion. Stardust Open results are at the bottom of this page. The notes and results below are for the Johnston City tournament. The legendary Johnston City Pool Hustler Tournaments were held at the Janscos' Showbar in Johnston City, Illinois, from to After the FBI.
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Above: Dick Kay interviews the legendary "Minnesota Fats" (Rudolph Wanderone ) in October, during the course of the Johnston City, Illinois pool hustler's tournament. Between and , the Johnston City event (organized by the Jansco brothers, George and Paulie) was one of the most significant gatherings in.
15 Jun The tournaments were noteworthy for many reasons, not the least of which was their elevation of nine-ball as the official tournament game of pool and Gary Carlson writes that in or he piled into a Chevy Impala with a friend and the two drove down from Decatur, Illinois to Johnston City.
Description:Surfer Rod was in the audience and yelled out, "well, at least you made one! They might read the funny papers, and just talk. Here was the relentless life that gambling men crave. It gave me more time to watch the real masters work. I've also drawn details from previous research for my book "Hustler Days" although I've tried to steer clear of material already covered in the book. Nobody ever matched up better than him and that is what he taught me it was all about. It was an unusual event on several fronts; one being the unlikely location for a major national pool tournament, deep in rural southern Illinois.
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