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THE KEYS TO SUCCESS QUALITY AND SERVICE HAVE MADE BOYNTON BILLIARDS SOUTH FLORIDA’S LEADING BILLIARD AND GAME ROOM DEALER By Anthony Stoeckert Debbie Corvey didn’t possess a whole lot of knowledge about pool when she and her late husband, John, got into the business in 1990, but that hasn’t stopped her from making Boynton Billiards the premier billiard and game room destination in South Florida and beyond. That’s not to say making the store a success was easy. In fact, it took a lot of hard work, dedication, and smart thinking. 30 | BCA INSIDER • HOLIDAY ISSUE 2020
It all started in 1990, when John retired from his career with IBM. The couple was thinking about opening a different kind of shop when a friend told them he was looking to sell the small pool hall he owned with seven tables. “When my husband left IBM, he had thought he was going to open up a remote-control hobby shop, and when the little pool hall became for sale, he thought that sounded like fun, so we bought this
pool hall,” Corvey says. “Well, it didn’t take more than three months for me to realize we were never going to make any money in the pool hall business.”
STARTING A NEW CHAPTER They bought the pool hall in February of 1991 and they attended their first
