by Jason Christopher Hunt
The Universal Law of Heart Well sports fans, it’s the fourth installment of Sneaky Pete Mafia Magazine and what a ride it’s been! Since the last issue, my brother Steve and I have moved to Reno, Nevada and with the help of my family we have purchased Diamond Billiards, which is the oldest and largest most respectful pool hall in all of Reno. I have since built it into a five star pool room with an adjoining Ultra Lounge and a high-end club atmosphere. We have actually lowered the prices since the previous owners and refinished the four tables to make them look brand new! With daily action and four tournaments a week it is a true players room with living legends sleeping in their assigned chairs! acquire Heart as their journey continues over (Yes I am talking about Monk!) time. It can also be deliberately grown from the I’m not trying to plug my poolroom (Buffalo’s will to become a warrior. Those people just may Silver Cue Billiards and Ultra Lounge), it’s just have more credit coming to them. a perfect lead into what I am writing this piece about in my fourth submission for “Buffalo Winning doesn’t come so easy for some people. Unleashed.” Which is? DUH DUNNAANAAA! Many have to work a lot harder to get where they are than others that are naturally gifted or have Heart! Heart! the perfect conditions that some players seem to Heart is a word that is thrown around to describe have. many things from the will to win to the amount of gamble a player has. For a player to “Have Heart” In my humble uneducated opinion we are all is a compliment. You don’t have to be a “World born with some degree of Heart, whether it’s just Beater” to have Heart. It transcends all levels a little or immense. But one thing is for sure, of players and brings us all together through a Heart can be grown. That which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger and that is where we acquire bond of warrior-ship (if that’s even a word). our most Heart from--just being in the heart of I have not ever been the best of players, but I battle all of the time! had a ton of heart in my life in pool. I have made comebacks against some very good players being Getting into strange tournaments, gambling with down 9-0 in a race to 10 and coming back to friends and strangers for amounts that won’t win--from nowhere. Now that is Heart. Do you hurt your life and responsibilities, watching have the will to win? Is it something we can other players who are killers on the table and practice or are some people just born with it and mimicking them and being around other warriors others not? This is an age old debate. I tend to in battle. Immerse yourself in anything. If we believe it’s both. Some people are born with a ton want something bad enough and it is hard to of it naturally. Some may have very little in the attain, if we struggle day after day to achieve our beginning of their journey in this game but can goals and never give up we can finally achieve Heart. And it’s a hell of a drug! Heart comes from the confidence that is obtained by being in battle, whether you win or lose. ~continued top of next page Sneaky Pete Mafia Magazine - September 2014
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