Maybe we all put a little of ourselves into these postings.
I look at pool as an 'art form' when I am doing drills over and over and rehearsing for matches. Similar to batting practice (in the stone ages) when you got a pitcher to throw you nothing but sliders low and away.
I want to be left alone in rehearsals and drills so I can enjoy the art form.
But, in a match, I see no need in wasting the enjoyment of my rehearsal time in playing for 'funsies'. Or standing there doing nothing watching while the other guy shoots. To me, that is not fun.
To me, there just has to be some kind of stakes or prize....even if it is only a crummy 5 bucks, loser pays the table time, a hug or a smooch from the pretty girl over there, lunch, a blast of Crown Royal, a car wash, whatever....but SOMETHING of value.
Just my opinion.
Keep on truckin' :thumbup:
Well you are certainly entitled to your opinion but it seems to me you dont enjoy playing pool for the pure enjoyment of challenging yourself .
Your comments regarding you just have to play for something reminds me of my younger bar hopping days.
Always the same scenario.
I win a match. The challenger comes up and says. what are you playing for ?
Me.. Nothing.
Him...how boy for a beer ?
Me...heck I will buy you a beer.
Him...lets just play for 2.00 ...i gotta pls for something to make it interesting.
Me....well ok.
After a few games here comes the obligatory
Him..lets raise it to 5.00. We aint gettin nowhere at 2.00 a game.
Me...well ok .
After a few games
Him . Lets go to 10.00....5.00 aint nothing.
Me ...sure why not ? Me thinking to myself ...i am playing with his money anyway.
Then comes the dreaded .
him...lets double it. I gotta try and get my money back.
Me....you can win I back the same way I won it.
Him. ...well I have lost 100.00 so far ...lets play double or nothing for that 100.00 I am in the hole .
Me...ok. Thinking to myself the worse I could do is break even after playing all night.
After one last match.
Him...you fvckin hustler !!! you been hustling me all night!.
Me....you are the one that insisted on playing for money from the get go. You are the one that kept raising the bet. You are the one that was trying to hustle me but couldn't get it done lays the bar cue down and walks out before shit gets deep..
Cant tell you how many times that scene played out in my younger days . It really turned me off. Stuff like that really turned me off from gambling. I never needed to try to win some one else's money and did not like giving mine away. I just want to play pool for the pure enjoyment of it.