First set was race to 5 for 100. I was up 4-1 but couldn't close it out. It went hill-hill, and the backer asked "back up double up?" I jumped and said yes. Second and final set was race to 8 for 200. I won 8-5.
We could have probably played 4 9 ball sets in the time it took to play these two sets. I don't understand how anyone that can make 1 in a row likes this game.
The backer was sitting next to me for a while and busting my balls at how slow the game was going. haha.
BTW, in the very first post of the thread I wrote:
Two of my buddies that I used to gamble with daily about 20 years ago are in the mid 500's, with approx 400 and 600 robustness. They are the only players in my area I played even with at any time in my life that are in the system. However, none of us have the pool "bug" like we did when we were coming up, as we are in our mid 40's now. Based on this, I think I will end up at 565 if I ever get to a few hundred games. I'll update if I get more games in the system.
The two buddies were the backer and the player.
May 2023:
Backer 564/413
Player 554/631
Me 0/0
Today Sep 2026:
Backer 585/2788
Player 583 1682
Me 572/2191
