The guy I play with on Sundays will try to pull every move in the book on you, if you give him a chance and don't pay attention.
He is one of the luckiest guys in the world and he also shoots pretty well...he is rated as an "A" player in the tournaments. Every time I try to get him to play call shot or call safe, he refuses to play that way. He'd rather play slop counts, so that is what we play.
Today, we were playing 10-ball and I was winning 2 or 3 games to his one for a couple hours. I got tired of playing that and suggested that we play one pocket, but he wouldn't play that because I beat him at it about 9 out of 10 games last week.
He suggested we play 8-ball, so I countered with "make it last pocket". We played several games and I think I was averaging about 2 games to his one when, all of a sudden, during one game he shot hard and lucked a ball in. After he made the ball, he realized he was hooked on his last object ball and he went to his chair and sat down. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "he made the ball in the wrong pocket...not the pocket he was meaning to make it in".
I told him that "slop counts" and he had taken every ball he had lucked in, up to that point, and he was insistent that it was my shot. I could have probably gotten out from where he left me, but I made him shoot and he missed his object ball and I had ball in hand and ran out.
I've never seen a guy who tries to pull as many moves on people as this guy does. He hangs out at the bowling alley and recreation centers during the week and gets his thrills beating up on the young guys and less experienced players. When he plays somebody who plays equal to, or better, than him, he starts his moves.
The only reason I play him is that he is the only "A" rated player that is in the pool hall on Sunday mornings when I play.
Do any of you guys play people who are always trying to put a "move" on you?
He is one of the luckiest guys in the world and he also shoots pretty well...he is rated as an "A" player in the tournaments. Every time I try to get him to play call shot or call safe, he refuses to play that way. He'd rather play slop counts, so that is what we play.
Today, we were playing 10-ball and I was winning 2 or 3 games to his one for a couple hours. I got tired of playing that and suggested that we play one pocket, but he wouldn't play that because I beat him at it about 9 out of 10 games last week.
He suggested we play 8-ball, so I countered with "make it last pocket". We played several games and I think I was averaging about 2 games to his one when, all of a sudden, during one game he shot hard and lucked a ball in. After he made the ball, he realized he was hooked on his last object ball and he went to his chair and sat down. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "he made the ball in the wrong pocket...not the pocket he was meaning to make it in".
I told him that "slop counts" and he had taken every ball he had lucked in, up to that point, and he was insistent that it was my shot. I could have probably gotten out from where he left me, but I made him shoot and he missed his object ball and I had ball in hand and ran out.
I've never seen a guy who tries to pull as many moves on people as this guy does. He hangs out at the bowling alley and recreation centers during the week and gets his thrills beating up on the young guys and less experienced players. When he plays somebody who plays equal to, or better, than him, he starts his moves.
The only reason I play him is that he is the only "A" rated player that is in the pool hall on Sunday mornings when I play.
Do any of you guys play people who are always trying to put a "move" on you?
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) OOPS, I digressed. When traveling to other bars for tourneys I'm not one to partner up with any confrontational player. I like to be accepted back next tourney on good terms.
