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Allen Hopkins was born November 18, 1951, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He is a powerful American professional pocket billiards (pool) player, professional billiards color commentator and BCA Hall of Fame inductee. He promotes numerous annual pool occasions and continue to play being a qualified contender. At seven years old, after viewing many tournaments on tv, Allen commenced to play pool on a small table his mom and dad bought for him. As an amateur, during the age of twelve, Hopkins ran a prodigious 110 balls and even took this skill to experiment with against developed men. By age 17, he proceeded to go professional and went on fifth place in the 1969 US Open Nine-ball Championship.

Around 2002, Hopkins triumphed in the Denver Ten-ball Open, defeating Earl Strickland, Filipino champion Jose Parica, Corey Deuel, David Matlock, and faced Shannon Daulton in a very thrilling double-hill finals. In 2008, he was inducted to the BCA Hall of Fame via the Billiard Congress of America.

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Who would not know Danny Basavich? Also known as Kid Delicious, he remains to be one of the biggest names in the pool industry today. But believe it or not, he did not start that way. He actually went through a tough childhood and even got depressed most of the time.

It was the game of pool that set him back right on track. Together with his friend Bristol Bob, they came to a decision to earn a living through hustling. In this book, he retold the story of all the lows and highs of the hustling life and how he made it to be a legitimate and formal pool player.

Danny was able to get his aka nickname of Kid Delicious after he defeated another player called Kid Vicious. There are rumors that this book will soon turn out to be a film. You can get this book via Amazon for only around $9.23.

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