:01:02
The cue was part of his arm,
and the balls had eyes.
:01:06
And the thing that made him so good...
:01:09
was he thought he could never miss.
:01:12
I know...
:01:13
'cause that kid was me.
:01:16
What they're doing
is forming this new league...
:01:19
kind of like what they have
for golf and tennis...
:01:21
but for pool.
:01:23
They scouted all the best players
in the country...
:01:26
for 50 spots on this new pro tour.
:01:28
Then they made their selections.
:01:30
Last summer, I was in Memphis
playing Bucktooth for that Chevy.
:01:33
The tournament director himself
was in the room watching me play.
:01:37
A guy by the name of Toupee Jay.
:01:40
Anyway, after playing Bucktooth...
:01:42
this guy Jay comes up to me...
:01:44
and he says even though
all 50 spots in the tour are filled...
:01:47
after watching me play, they'd have to make
an exception in my case to carry 51.
:01:53
Can you believe that? They want me.
:01:56
He even told Joe
he'd send the invitation himself.
:01:59
Man, when I was out there playing...
:02:01
we had no professionals.
All we had was hustlers.
:02:05
I don't wanna be a hustler, Rags.
:02:08
I want to be a professional,
and I'm gonna be.
:02:10
I'm just waiting for my invitation.
:02:14
What's going on here?
:02:16
-We were just--
-We were just what?
:02:20
You know who this is?
This is Rags, and he's a hustler.
:02:23
Probably one of the best.
What'd you do? Make him win the first set?
:02:26
-He's up $20.
-He's $20 up. Right, $20 up.
:02:30
Then you'd be $50 up, then $100,
then you'd be broke.
:02:33
Come on, Joe, let me play.
I can beat this guy.
:02:35
Maybe you can and maybe you can't.
:02:37
But we don't deal with maybes, do we?
:02:39
You don't know all the angles yet,
but I do, all right?
:02:42
He's bad news.
Even if you win, you can't win.
:02:44
What do you mean, even if I win,
I can't win? I don't understand.
:02:48
You don't have to understand.
Just listen to me.
:02:51
If the kid wants to play...
:02:52
why don't you let him play?
He may learn something.
:02:55
The only thing he'll learn from you
is how to lose.
:02:58
I'm trying to do something here.
I'm trying to educate this kid, all right?