▁L ister ' s ▁Pool ▁Room ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁and ▁once ▁more ▁pool ▁sh ark ▁J esse ▁Card iff ▁( Jack ▁Kl ug man ) ▁is ▁alone , ▁pol ishing ▁his ▁game . ▁J esse ▁bitter ly ▁mus es ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁considered ▁the ▁greatest ▁pool ▁player ▁of ▁all ▁time , ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁not ▁for ▁the ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁James ▁Howard ▁" F ats " ▁Brown ▁( J on athan ▁Winter s ) ▁over shadow ing ▁him . ▁He ▁says ▁he ▁would ▁give ▁anything ▁to ▁play ▁one ▁game ▁against ▁F ats , ▁prompt ing ▁F ats ▁himself ▁to ▁we arily ▁rise ▁from ▁a ▁pool ▁table ▁in ▁the ▁after life ▁to ▁respond ▁to ▁J esse ' s ▁imp lied ▁challenge . ▁J esse ▁is ▁then ▁st unn ed ▁to ▁find ▁F ats ▁himself ▁standing ▁in ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁room . ▁Even ▁though ▁F ats ▁has ▁been ▁dead ▁for ▁ 1 5 ▁years , ▁he ▁has ▁returned ▁from ▁the ▁after life ▁to ▁grant ▁J esse ' s ▁request ▁and ▁offer ▁a ▁bet . ▁If ▁J esse ▁wins , ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁acknowled ged ▁as ▁the ▁greatest ▁pool ▁player ▁ever ; ▁if ▁he ▁los es , ▁he ▁for fe its ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁J esse ▁accepts ▁the ▁bet ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁begin ▁to ▁play . ▁Through out ▁the ▁game , ▁F ats ▁l aments ▁that ▁J esse ▁has ▁done ▁nothing ▁with ▁his ▁life ▁but ▁play ▁pool , ▁explaining ▁that ▁he ▁himself ▁lived ▁a ▁full ▁life ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁becoming ▁a ▁great