Untold Stories: Billiards History: Coffee with the Duchess: A conversation with Allison Fisher at the Derby City Classic

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What does the woman who best exemplifies all that’s classy about pool think about the carousing, the late-night gambling, and all these men behaving ever so badly? I caught up with The Duchess midway through the 2008 Derby City Classic (that American tournament that most embodies pool’s reckless side) and asked her about all manner of things very un-Allison.RD: So, what do you think about the tournament so far? RD: Why do you say it’s better than you thought it would be?Fisher: Because of the reputation it has had — And the thing I don’t like about gambling is that a lot of the time it’s about who can stay awake the longest. You might not always be playing the player. It’s not really an environment for a women to be in, if you have to watch your back.RD: In any other sport, if you’re caught gambling you can get banned for life, but it’s very different here. …RD: But soccer players are not supposed to be gambling on soccer games?Allison: How would anyone know if they are if somebody put some money on for them? you don’t know, do you, where the money comes from.But there were some players on snooker who … and I guess the players had to decide if they were going to make more money if they dump. They were working that, and so they went to jail for it.RD: You’ve got this action that’s very exciting here at Derby City, but you’ve also got the finest players in the world playing in the tournament. You know, I don’t play one-pocket and I don’t play banks. I’ve played it maybe five times in my life, something like that. But I would say that my confidence probably wasn’t where it should be, because it is the beginning of the year and I haven’t played since our nationals, which was a month and half ago. Allison: No.RD: You haven’t set foot in the action room?Allison: I think the first day when we were navigating around, I stuck my head in for five minutes.RD: You don’t plan on sticking your head in again?Allison: Not really. I’ve been playing a lot and when I haven’t been playing, I have been resting. So I bet we’re going play in some other little events in advance. I know that Karen (Corr) plays a lot of events during the year besides the WPBA tour, and I (also) think I want to start improving my game by playing some more matches.
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