The Please Be Nice tournament at 4100 Bar in Silver Lake was created as an antidote to the prickly, male-dominated world of dive bar pool.

Embarrassed by the notoriety, Jody Haggerty shut down the pool for good ahead of the 2007 tournament. He died in 2016 without another March bet placed in the pub.

Embarrassed by the notoriety, Jody Haggerty shut down the pool for good ahead of the 2007 tournament. Jody Haggerty died in 2016 without another March bet placed in the pub.

Local bar, Leisure Time Billiards, used to host an annual tournament for some of the country's top pool players. Now, 15 years after their last one, its returned.