Southern Classic Tournament

Arrived at the RV park for Harrah's Casino near Tunica, MS Thursday evening.  Here all week to watch the pros play pool and may even participate in one of the amateur events.  One thing I like about these events is I don't have to watch the best players in the world with binoculars from the cheap seats.  Just milling around the tournament room I have already been listening in as "Toupee Jay" Helfert and Freddy "The Beard" were telling stories about incredible shots they had seen Ronnie Allen, "Jersey Red", and Efren "The Magician" make in earlier years.  Last night Earl "The Pearl" Strickland was lecturing me and anyone else standing nearby about defective measle cue balls and the disastrous affect humidity has on the playing conditions of the pool tables.  If only they would get the tables dry his game would be unbeatable.  He was appalled when someone reminded him he was standing on a boat with water just below him.  While he was talking he was attempting what I thought was an impossible stroke shot on one of the 10' tables (he made it on the 5th try).  He finally announced that we were all too dumb to comprehend his brilliant observations and gave up trying to convince us. 

If you are not a pool player you won't understand any of the above, if you are you will realize this is the place to be for the next week.  Will post some pictures soon.