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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Starving Korean orphan watches an American unwrap a hot dog. The American has the hot dog, pool cue, and all the balls. It's a metaphor for US-Korean relations.
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LOL! Sorry about the poor cell phone pic. Not many details can be seen...but the "hot dog" could very well be a bit of cash.
The "korean" is a Phillipino, Alex "the lion" Pagulayan...one of the world's best pool players. The American is SVB, Shane Van Boening, also one of the world's best. This was last night..in Vegas.
Each brought $20,000 to the table. They played 10 ball...first one to win 40 games took the "cheese".
A man who gambles on matches once said: "Never bet against SVB, unless he's playing a pinoy (phillipino). Then don't bet, just sit back & enjoy the show."
This pool junkie stayed up wayyy too late last night, reading posts on a billiards site made by those who were watching the action.
Shane was reported to have been in a slump because of recent tournament results. He doesn't use backers when playing money matches...the money bet is all his own. According to those who were there, he was a "beast"...winning the match, 40 games to 20.
Not bad for a night's work, eh? Ahhhh, but poor Alex worked all night and lost $20,000. Whether his or if he was backed, I dunno.
Here's a list of tourney money won so far in 2011. Some use this as a way to rank the world's players...I'm not so sure it's an accurate measuring stick. It definitely isn't as far as annual income goes. Money is made through endorsements, instructional DVD's & books, money matches, etc. How good do you have to be to make this list? Oh...about as good in pool as an F-1 driver is at what they do. Pool doesn't pay that much, so I'd tell a kid to stick to baseball. The odds of reaching the top are about the same.
http://www.azbilliards.com/thepros/2000thepros.php