RIP Jimmy Mataya 🔥 His Pool Game, Personality, Gambling & Colorful Commentary 💯 LEGENDARY

[@Germancito141]

R.I.P Mr. Mataya, thank you for sharing those stories Mr. Wiley.

[@nylasdaddy3197]

Didn't know Jimmy passed away. I'm a rather young pool player but found out about Mataya through the video "Secrets of Pool Hustling". It's a rather funny video I think many would enjoy. Thanks for shining light on the news CJ. RIP Jimmy.

[@wombra8314]

haha cheers! i was late to the party as well... that video (secrets of pool hustling LMAO :) ..... i just posted about it above, and then began reading the comments. i need to find it now, but maybe you'll have luck.. just a couple years ago? (time flies D: ) jimmy got in the commentary box during a POV pool live stream. he was 'in mode' and screaming RIDE THE 9!! like every rack, scanning for a quick win. hahahha it was SO FUNNY. blesses to you :)

[@danielw2120]

I had the pleasure of seeing him in his element at the Derby back in the early 00's trying to get action. Never forget him yelling at a guy to "Carry some cash it aint fu@*in heavy!" It was great he had some of the best one-liners ever!

[@jumpingjackflash1214]

Another great player gone but not forgotten. I still have several old VHS tapes with several of the greats playing and giving advice. Unfortunately i can't watch them because i gave my vhs/dvd player to my 90 year old neighbors because they had a bunch of old westerns on vhs and no vhs player. Lol

[@PostUp_Time]

THANK YOU MENTIONING OR MEMORIALIZING JIMMY MATAYA. I HOPE THE POOL MAGAZINES OR OTHER PODCASTS PUT TOGETHER A MEMORIAL PROGRAM FOR JIMMY. JIMMY IS WEL DESERVING OF RECOGNITION FOR HIS LIFE IN POOL AND BEING ONE COOL DUDE, ONE PRETTY BOY, FLOYD DO YOU KNOW HOW JIMMY GOT THE NAME PRETTY BOY FLOYD? TODAY NO ONE IS MASCULINE ENOUGH TO CARRY A NAME BEING CALLED PRETTY BOY FLOYD.

[@john-dz6wk]

C.j.! Good to see you, and hear your wisdom ,humor and stories .jjf.west of west phila.pa.***

[@mikescorpio13]

R.I.P. to a distant mentor giving the best advice : let them think you were lucky and that they could have beat you.

[@MrADVANCEDTEK]

R.I.P. Jimmy. Same I started some good friendships with money sets lol. Funny how you have that with those close as family type friends. Some you have to walk away from but I think they were still a better friend til they weren't.

[@EricPetersen2922]

Jimmy was a fun guy. One of a kind. Good memories. Glad I was there to see him in the 80’s. I didn’t know him personally, he was a character. Edit: Mike’s gonna crush that kid. Always bet the business not the sport. All things considered Mike winning is a bigger benefit to everyone than the kid.

[@cjwiley1541]

Yes it was an exhibition, or what we call a humiliation ritual - what I said about getting jarred in your food or drink was aimed at pool players, not boxers....the fight was a good example of what could happen if Mike was Not on their A list - since he is now I won't believe much of what he says, once they are on the other side we are targets for propaganda psyops - the hustling game is unlike anyone can imagine, usually the Truth is what people won't believe and they will climb a tree to hear the lies.....it's been this way since the dawn of time. The Game is the Teacher

[@jaywall6305]

R.I.P. Jim! What a LEGEND 💪✝️

[@nono4805]

Sad to hear, I remember him an his older brother playing at Woody's poolhall in Lansing Mi around 1960.

[@KS-ud8pg]

Did not know Jimmy passed. RIP. Great video CJ. Big money, Crooks involved!

[@Zigarius1123]

Thanks for sharing CJ. I hope to catch you in Central Florida sometime. I had a friend who passed away as well his name was Robert Lane and he had actually talked to you about lessons about 2 years ago. I was hoping to meet you then. I'll probably reach out to you sometime in the near future myself and see when you're down this way for some lessons. I'm near Capone's in spring Hill. Mike segel lives down this way.

[@anthonyvella2787]

Man u guys sound like me, hustling pool, gambling, hitting on flight attendants !!! Maybe one day I can get the chance to meet you !!!

[@PostUp_Time]

there is a video, 3 parts on youtube where jimmy is interviewed and some commentary. he talks about his life. it is very interesting. his first cue was a Balabushka, until it started falling apart. But said it felt like an extension of his arm, which many have said about Bushkas. check it out...its a vegas poolroom

[@RoeVenturesLLC]

Well, that’s another one from The Color of Money gone. Several gone from the 1986 movie rip Pretty Boy Floyd. Minnesota Fats gave him that moniker✌🏻 🎱

[@terrysmith4440]

god bless JIMMY!

[@wombra8314]

thank you for this post. jimmy produced one of my favorite of all pool vids :D "the secrets of pool hustling" !!!,,,.,.,blesses and rest in peace player! RIDE THE 9!!!!!!!!!! \o/ (more jimmy stories please, @CJ wiley, as they will probably start flooding in :) and very sorry for your, and those close to jimmy's loss.

[@cjwiley1541]

I agree 💯 - we are doing exactly what you described, I've won major tournaments on ESPN but NOBODY has ever ask what that was like but the LOVE the hustling/gambling road player stories - it's the unique history of the game, I left pool in 99 because the majority of players wanted to "stop the gambling image" which is the opposite of what I wanted to do....we also have to use the Two Shot Shootout type rules, the one foul, rack your own, jump cue game is boring and monotonous with an entertainment level of 15% of what it could be by adding some of the things you mentioned. The Game is the Teacher

[@williamburdon6993]

I was lucky enough to be raised in a pool room where nothing was on the square. It was full of some of the best card and dice men, boosters, con men, in the country, none anybody ever heard of, they had pinball machines , you could bet somebody at anything from pool to fighting to a foot race, and everything in between. If you came in there, and weren't action or a way to make money, you got mickeyed ,so you never came back, it was there that I learned to never believe anything I heard, and even if I saw it, it probably wasn't real either, lol. A couple of the old guys in that place telling me something , actually saved my life at least 2 times when I got caught off base. I knew how to avoid the run down and lived to tell the tale.

[@cjwiley1541]

Yes indeed, it's a different world that few know exist and fewer will ever see and it's hidden in front of their faces - Jimmy and all professional gamblers have to understand the hustles to be successful....I call it a PHD (Pool Hall Degree).

[@jeffb321]

Im not a gambler, but you're spot on. Wherever there's big money, there's big inside shit going on! The worst version of it is politics.

[@JohnS-il1dr]

Agreed. Every politician leaves a dozen time richer than when they started. Nobody goes into office for a measley 160k a year paycheck when they spent an average 3 million or more on their campaigns to get that job.

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks CJ

[@cjwiley1541]

You're certainly welcome.

[@tylertkelley6779]

'Is doing the buisness synonimous w/ 'The fix is in'; tweaking bets w/ insider knowledge aforethought? Anyway, Mataya was extremely articulate, and could have sold caviar to a bridge-troll! Was/were his antics designed to take a young feller out of his head space, or was he on something? And did you get him back later for boux coup wampam? As an aside played 2 shot roll-out, top cushion(back rail) and had a lot of fun, may have found my game! 9 in the 1 or 2 hole etc.

[@michaelnewman5625]

R.i.p You can’t take trophies to heaven buddy !

[@stephenstewart-g8h]

Enjoyed Seeing Video Of White Diamond Lafayette 10 Years Ago, Overheard An Old Friend Scotty Townsend Being Called To A Table, I'm Sure You Remember Him

[@cjwiley1541]

Yes I remember Scotty there....and Bobby Pickle was passing out between shots and still running out!

[@johnoliver3316]

Great story hope your enjoying your self. I've watched alot of your games. Just wondering if you knew a pool player that grew up in my town that went on to be a top player jimmy reid.

[@cjwiley1541]

Yes I knew Jimmy we hung out a few times - he beat me a tournament match but we never matched up any gambling games - he was a world class player and played great for the ca$h!

[@smashndash4598]

R.I.P Pretty Boy Floyd

[@karl69179]

wazzzzzsup C.J love the road trip stories but the verrrrrrrrry best story is wene you and strickland started a new pro league million dollar chalenge yaaa it was run 10 racks in a rowyou win a million this is great ol earl ran 10 fn racks in a rowthe first tournament like impossible but he did it you had to scramble to make sure you had insurance coverage and you went thru hell finally they paid off i think earl got like 850.000 grand fn 10 racks in fn row haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@cjwiley1541]

Yes that was an ordeal, we made a 90 min Documentary about it that's pretty good - the odds of that happening was like getting struck by lightning twice in one day

[@karl69179]

yaaa i used to watch those espn matches from o town on disney property you did do very well in those matches plus you teamedup with some wpba players i gotta no the beutiful girlfreind you had back then they used to show alot are you two together yet dam that was like in the erly 90s

[@SKRUBL0RD]

RIP Jimmy "Pretty Boy Floyd" Mataya 1950 - 2024

[@icheckraise]

CJ can you elaborate more on the money match with Busti?

[@cjwiley1541]

I told the complete story on this channel and people have written articles about it - Google search and you shall find

[@staggs5034]

I miss the characters in pool.Seems to be more great players today and at an earlier age. But they have the personality of a corpse. No emotion and very robotic. I think pool needs to get back to its hustling and gambling roots to get this generation interested. High stakes action. Streamed on social media. Reality type show but like any reality show there needs to be some staging. You need guys that can play but more importantly they’ve got to be characters. Guys that play with emotion. Engage the crowd, talk trash, create drama within a match.

[@PostUp_Time]

*saying Sports have some fixing....WHAT ABOUT POOL? A Sport you are thoroughly familiar with. So is there fixing is Professional Pool Games? What are your thoughts on that?*

[@cjwiley1541]

We are getting ready to help the Game become it's full potential.....www.shootordare.com

[@charleswilliams2547]

UConn or Purdue? Neither loses Saturday right?

[@WildBill312]

One team will lose IMO

[@cjwiley1541]

​@@WildBill312everyone gets a trophy these days - things have changed a lot, especially after we found out there's 35 g€nders😉

[@tyarnold4088]

​@@cjwiley1541very true. Lol

[@ww-jx6bt]

I play craps for a living i make my money off the 7 the paint on the dice is magnetic.. im putting the re-rob on them

[@cjwiley1541]

You remember the Whip it cups?

[@DannyTeurmanDuck]

🏆🖤

[@PostUp_Time]

you cant say the Holyfield and Tyson Fight was fixed. Tyson BIT HIS EAR OFF, thats not fixed. imagine if it was. And when Golotta Quit the fight with Tyson, he quit from pain, Tyson broke his Cheek Bone and another Facial Bone as well as Ribs. Theres no fixing there. Tyson is true Animal in the Ring. With Gorilla Strength

[@cjwiley1541]

Yes I got 1.7 to one on the money and took Holyfield for $3000 - I was in Sedona Arizona when the fight happened and couldn't get in anywhere to watch it - so I watched from my hotel room and worked out ......then they came on and said Tyson had.bit his ear off....I didn't know for sure if I'd won at first......but I did $5100 was a good payday for that $how.

[@myaccount3402]

Earl didnt "run" 11 racks...9 on the break isn't "running" anything...it's luck plain and simple awesome feat to stay at the table for 11 racks but man that's a backoor you should've covered in the fine print

[@cjwiley1541]

According to the rules for that tournament a 9 on the break was the same as running a rack - it was 11 straight racks and it was settled in court with $500,000+ in legal fees - the Lloyd's of London have a powerful legal team! 💪