When is it ok to quit as a winner?

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When is it ok to quit a winner?

  • You agree to a certain time lenght

    Votes: 80 61.5%

  • You agree to so many sets

    Votes: 74 56.9%

  • It is never ok to quit as a winner

    Votes: 4 3.1%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 19 14.6%
  • Total voters
    130
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For those of you who do play sets/games for money, is it ever ok to quit when you are winning? For example, if you decided to play someone and they made it clear that they have to leave at a specific time before you even began, it is ok to quit ahead? Also, is it ok if you agree to play so many sets and that is all you play, is it ok to quit after you reached your original agreement?
 
nobody likes to see someone quit winning, but hey sometimes thats just how it goes. If i have to leave at a certain time and someone wants to gamble with me ill just tell them "hey i have to leave by 10 (or whenever it is)"....if they choose to gamble with me then they know and its on them if i quit winner
 
I think that either of the top two are valid reasons to quit a gambling session.

Say I tell an opponent that I have to be at work at 4:00, so I need to leave the poolroom by 3:30. He knows that going in, so it's his option wheter he wants to play or not. Sometimes it's a tough pill to swallow if you are loser at 3:30, but you knew going in what the arrangement was.

It's the same (to me) if you say that you can only play 3 sets because of gout, or old age, or whatever reason you give. Again the opponent has the option to play or not to play, but he knows going in that it's likely that only 3 sets are going to be played.

Mike
 
Why would you quit winner anyway? You have nothing to lose. I say bustem til they say uncle.=) But to answer your question i say it is never good to quit winner. The goal is to make them quit loser;)
 
I picked undecided
if the guy is a nice guy and is being a good sport about losing then you should give him a little more leeway

if the guy is being a ***** then it's time to snap it off
 
bigskyjake said:
I picked undecided
if the guy is a nice guy and is being a good sport about losing then you should give him a little more leeway

if the guy is being a ***** then it's time to snap it off
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Yeah this is a tough one for me because a lot of times I may be playing a guy that is pretty cool and after a few hundred dollars I tend to ease up or feel guilty taking his money.
 
This has always bugged the crap out of me...... What are you supposed to do??? Wait till you break even, or better yet lose some money to your opponent??
IMO quit when you want. Gambling ettiqutte such as "you cant quit winners" came from people who lose alot of the time and like to make excuses and nitty rules to try and even the odds in their favor. Ive been on both ends and would much rather someone quit me with them winning and me still having money in my pocket, than to bust me and give me the opportunity to realize I should have quit them earlier.
Chuck
 
If there is no agreed set time or number of sets to be played---quit any time you want. The question is "When is it ok to quit as a winner?" If the question is directed at me, then I answer it as expressing my opinion and quiting as a winner is best for me. Gambling until you lose is for losers. Since there is some confusion about this in general, I let it be known that I will quit when I want before we start.

Think of it this way. If my job pays $20/hr. and after working all week, tonight I'm out to play pool. Some one I don't know comes into the pool hall and wants to play 9ball. We agree to a race to 7 for $100. After we start playing, it is obvious that I am hopelessly outclassed but with some luck of several lucky leaves and a couple 9's on the break---I win the hill/hill set. I know that if we play another set its over for me and I will have won nothing. I am not as good as the other player, I have no confidence, and $100 is important to me. I also know that there is no cure for stupid. What would you do???
 
Tennesseejoe said:
If there is no agreed set time or number of sets to be played---quit any time you want. The question is "When is it ok to quit as a winner?" If the question is directed at me, then I answer it as expressing my opinion and quiting as a winner is best for me. Gambling until you lose is for losers. Since there is some confusion about this in general, I let it be known that I will quit when I want before we start.

Think of it this way. If my job pays $20/hr. and after working all week, tonight I'm out to play pool. Some one I don't know comes into the pool hall and wants to play 9ball. We agree to a race to 7 for $100. After we start playing, it is obvious that I am hopelessly outclassed but with some luck of several lucky leaves and a couple 9's on the break---I win the hill/hill set. I know that if we play another set its over for me and I will have won nothing. I am not as good as the other player, I have no confidence, and $100 is important to me. I also know that there is no cure for stupid. What would you do???
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Unwritten pool etiquette dictates that you give the guy another set at 100 to win his money back. If you win you can quit because then you can say you did give him a chance and he didn't capitalize on it. Plus you just one another 100 bucks. If you lose then so what? You didn't lose any money on it and you can say you broke even with a better player. It's a win win.

If you take a lopsided game then you were expecting to lose anyway...
 
Quiting a winner

How about Fast Eddie when he was still winning in "THe Color of Money"??

Should he have quit when he was winning?


Guess you have to define what a winner is - everyone has their own goals when they might consider they are a winner.
 
a_susie_cue said:
For those of you who do play sets/games for money, is it ever ok to quit when you are winning? For example, if you decided to play someone and they made it clear that they have to leave at a specific time before you even began, it is ok to quit ahead? Also, is it ok if you agree to play so many sets and that is all you play, is it ok to quit after you reached your original agreement?
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1. Two players agree to play a set and the set ends, then you can agree to play another set. If you come to an agreement to play another set then you play another set, if you don't come to an agreement to play another set then you don't play: nobody quit. EVEN IF THE LOSER OF THAT SET SAYS THAT YOU QUIT!

2. Two players agree to play a race or play until 1 am or play 7 sets or freeze out $500 or even agree to play just one set, then it's not right for any one of the two players to quit until you played until the agreement is finished.
 
It's over when, by prior agreeement, the time limit or other limit has been reached. In that case it's not "quitting as winner" as it's usually thought of. The match is just over.
 
I can't add that to the poll otherwise I would

bsmutz said:
I like the omitted option of quit whenever it suits you.
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That would have been another good poll option, but it is too late to add it.

Thanks for your input.
 
i like to say something like "this is gonna be my last set" the only time that should be a problem is when you have agreed to play a certain number of sets or until a certain time.

i been playing for a # of years and had some weak excuses handed me in my time "my wife called said she's going into labor, i own a liquor store the manager said its in the processes of being robbed, I think I'm having a heart attack, I've been struck blind" 1 guy even fell over and we called 911 and was taken out in the ambulance - gone for 6 weeks - said he had a heart transplant (still won't bet nothing) never happens when they are winning!

get in touch with Ribdoner - he has some kind of device he developed that can detect weird behavior in advance and he has it cleverly designed so you can wear it any poolroom - everytime I wear mine I get easy action - people jump up to play me! They never quit me either.

I hope this helps!
 
6 Pocket Mike said:
Unwritten pool etiquette dictates that you give the guy another set at 100 to win his money back.
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Man, I cringe every time I read this sentence. If I win the first set, then it's NOT his money anymore, it's my money now. So I wouldn't be giving him a chance to win his money back, I'd be giving him a chance to win my money. Now, if you're a gambler, you're always giving people a chance to win your money, but it should be on your terms.

If you want to win my money from me, and I don't think I want to put it at risk, then nobody should have anything to say about it. I'll do with my money as I damn well please. If you wanted it so bad, you shouldn't have given ME a shot at it. Any whining and moaning about me quitting winner only makes you a bad loser, and only proves that a fool and his money are soon a whiner and somebody else's money.

-Andrew
 
I’m amazed anyone thinks its ok to quit up.

In the room I came up in this shi*t would not have been tolerated. If you don’t set a time to quit then you play until the loser quits, plain and simple. I find it real hard to believe that you can quit up and still get games.
 
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