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Every year, there is a pool tournament in Louisville, called "The Derby City Classic". This event lasts 9 days, the best players in the world congregate for the high tournament prizes in all of the various pool games. 9 ball, 8 ball, one pocket, etc. You name the game, it's played for a high prize money amount.

But that's not the whole story of the "classic"...there is other action, and ego clashes...enough to write a book about. Hint to Jack Olsen...a script writer keeping his eyes & ears open at the DCC could write a movie that would top "the color of money".

Anyway...the following account is a cut & paste from Azbilliards.com

Originally Posted by SpiderWebComm
All I know is we saw the Tooth enter the action room, so I was like... Cornerman, go grab him. He went over and invited him into the booth, and we actually had a pretty good interview. Of course, I instigated... got it going, asked the Tooth where Fatboy was. He went on to say he was there and Fatboy wasn't, etc... and if Fatboy said he'd show up tomorrow then it would be the day after tomorrow, and then the day after that, etc.

Here's the deal, because I was sitting about a foot from the tooth holding the mic: Bucktooth had so much money on him, I was literally scared to death. He said all of his pockets were stuffed tight.... and they were. He looked like the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz... stuffed with $100 bills. He emptied his right pocket and there must've been 40 large. While he was talking, I looked at his other pockets and the man was sitting tough. I gotta admit, I was loving his barking and his knots the size of grapefruits.

While I asked Tooth a question, DerekDisco whispered in my ear: "Spidey... don't say anything, Fatboy is standing behind Bucktooth."

Before you know it, there was total mayhem...Eric (Fatboy) whipped out a bag of CASH. Honestly, I don't know how much he had, but he had ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL of Bucktooth's pockets covered and THEN some. Eric looked a little crazed, and without missing a beat told Bucktooth to flip for it. Bucktooth was rattled and said he didn't have that much money and then Eric said "Let's flip for whatever you have."

The next thing I know, Bucktooth was out the door. When Eric made Bucktooth leave (by now the entire action room at the DCC was staring at the "SCENE"), Eric says: "The whole room can flip for $10k if you want, step up, I'm here."

Everyone just stared at him. Nobody made a chirp. If the camera was on the crowd of 200 of the nation's biggest pool gamblers, it would appear as though they were watching a deer die. He shut up the entire action room. That's what I witnessed. People can say Fatboy wouldn't have REALLY flipped for it. Dude, it was in his eyes... and his money was posted.... all someone had to say was bet, and they didn't.

Fatboy for the Louie Roberts award. That's all I have to say.

-Spider