Rack & Roll
The metro east is the corner pocket for some of the nation's top pool sharks. Bring it on, ESPN!
"I've always had money since I was little," he says, "because in pool they can pay you [whatever your age]. Whenever you're older, it's one of the worst-paying jobs."
This attitude worries Wilson: "He's been playing thousand-dollar games for years. The excellence of the sport and becoming a world champion has lost some of the luster."
Bergman readily admits he'd rather win money than trophies. "[When] you beat somebody out of money, you can win a lot of money, and nobody really knows about it except for the people that were there."
The pool world, he adds, is rife with suckers, which bodes well for Bergman. "A lot of people think they can play," he says. "That's what's good -- that a lot of them can't."
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