Diana Hoppe photo Frederick Bentivegna was born November 16, 1940. He died June 18, 2014. He is survived by his daughter Catherine Bentivegna Adami and son Dino. ‘The Beard’ grew up in Chicago, where he first discovered pool as a teenager in a neighborhood bowling alley that had several well-worn pool tables. Later, he started […]

Freddy “The Beard” doing the MC honors OnePocket.org is pleased to announce our One Pocket Hall of Fame honorees for the Class of 2013 to be inducted Tuesday, January 28th during the Derby City Classic. Our featured living inductees this year are Cliff Joyner for One Pocket, and Tony ‘Banks’ Coleman for Bank Pool. These […]

Tom Wirth on his way to winning Strawberry’s 1993 One Pocket tournament Tom Wirth grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC. As a teenager, his next door neighbor introduced him to pool. His neighbor was a pretty good player and he helped Tom with the basics of stance and how to […]