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Since it was getting late and restaurants were no longer open, Bosel, Ceulemans, and Werner Bayer (former billiards club president) decided to go to Bosel's home, where Bosel's wife cooked for the guests. Midnight was approaching, it was Bosel's birthday and a bottle of champagne was opened, as the
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three sat together and talked about the future of three band billiards. Ceulemans said, much to the Bayer's amazement, that he still needed to work "properly " to make ends meet. Thus the idea was born to professionalize and market three-cushion billiards.
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Das Blaue Karree, The Blue Square - Fascination
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461:Kelly pool
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