I agree. We have no room for people like that here. Its guys like him that have ruined the action.
Why are certain parts of the country better for action than others?
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I agree. We have no room for people like that here. Its guys like him that have ruined the action.
I got half of all winning action.
You got that right, Jay. Head down to "SportsmansParadise", as their car tags say, and get your gamble on. The boys in La. don't mess around. The calcutta and side-action $$ down there is incredible. Food ain't too bad either.Different parts of the country have different cultures. If you really want to gamble at Pool just head South. You'll get all the action you want and then some. Take a look at how big their Calcutta's are. 20K for first is not unusual. When you hit Louisiana hold onto your wallet. If you only want to play for $100 there, you will be the nit!
You also get an education in a poolroom that you cannot get anywhere else. My room has guys that have been on undeserved disabilty all of their lives. One guy is a successful business owner that trades one late model exotic for a different exotic every year. In my room there are salespeople, actuaries, lawyers, accountants, teachers, prison guards, mechanics, retired military and full time gamblers. Every color religion and race is represented there. A young person can get a good education about life just by interacting and speaking with the players in my room. Formal education is great and high on my list for young people but so is real life education.
I agree about the casino's, and I like action. I just get tired of loud mouth action talkers! Shane was a league player, if misspent youth would GET UP he can get played.
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.
Always different ways at looking at things.
Call me a nit if you like, but I play for recreation. If it's action you want, look elsewhere.
I spent decades of my 73 years working, investing, saving, slowly building a modest portfolio for these, my retirement years.
I'm not about to throw that away for the non thrill of "action".
Call me a nit if you like, but I play for recreation. If it's action you want, look elsewhere.
I spent decades of my 73 years working, investing, saving, slowly building a modest portfolio for these, my retirement years.
I'm not about to throw that away for the non thrill of "action".
My thoughts exactly. I didn't do well playing for money when I was at my peak because I didn't want the other guy's money as much as wanting to keep mine.
I get enjoyment out of playing a local player for 1,000 pts a set. Points don't mean anything, and we don't keep track, but I don't want to lose anyways.
Best description of 99% of people who call themselves "gamblers" in any type of action.
Be it Pool, Poker, Horse Racing, Coin Flip.
If you "have to have it", it's an addiction.
Be it Pool, Poker, Horse Racing, Coin Flip.
If you "have to have it", it's an addiction.
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This is true. Most guys that bet big at pool also gamble at either cards, golf, dice, or horses. It is much more about personality types than anything else. I have no problem gambling at pool. I know what I can afford and I have taken a few "lessons" in my time. Sometimes I do like to challenge myself and play for some cash playing even against a better player. As another poster said earlier, I have worked and saved and invested all my life living on a budget and I am responsible with my money.
Just me but put me down for someone who likes to play pool, likes to watch pool and likes to talk about pool. Also someone who could care less about gambling on pool, not interested at all.
You got that right! The best education I ever got was hanging around the poolrooms. It cost me a little money but saved me big money in the long term. I can spot a scam artist a mile away! I've been propositioned for all kinds of things in my life, but when they start talking about a 50% return in 90 days I begin to laugh inside. I guess they find a sucker once in a while.
You got that right! The best education I ever got was hanging around the poolrooms. It cost me a little money but saved me big money in the long term. I can spot a scam artist a mile away! I've been propositioned for all kinds of things in my life, but when they start talking about a 50% return in 90 days I begin to laugh inside. I guess they find a sucker once in a while.
"Bet the farm on Liston. This Clay kid doesn't have a chance."
Those were the days. Life seem simpler back then somehow.
If it really turned you off as you say it did, then why did you keep on doing it (back in your young bar hopping days)....???
Come on man, get real.. the fact of the matter is you enjoyed getting the easy money.
And there was absolutely nothing 'wrong' with getting that easy money as long as you weren't cheating and you played on the square.
Did you give any of it back with grief filled apologies for being so good at pool shooting...???
That kind of stuff reminds me of when old George Bush sent back all those checks for tax cuts and my ditzy brother-in-law whined about it 'wrecking the country's economy'.............but he didn't send the check back to the government. He spent every dime.
Sorry pardner, I'm not buying into it . (but as always, what you choose to do personally is something for me not to preach about it. Just making an opinion and nothing more)
Keep on truckin' :thumbup:
I'd like to see the support evidence for that "99% stuff".
Addiction is when things are taken to the extreme.
Wagering an amount of value on one's sense of judgment about the outcome of an event is not an addiction.
That kind of talk reminds me of a minister I knew when I was a youth and he always preached on the evils of gambling at poker games and betting on horses and dogs at the tracks.
Yet, he made a small fortune in the stock market. If that's not gambling, I'd like to know exactly what it is.
Keep on truckin' :thumbup:
Yes, Playing to win over your opponent.