Alcohol, the bankroll assassin.

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Alcohol is known for not being good to mix with this game so many of us love. It affects vision and judgement. Both are a neccessity to playing at a competetive level. However, alcohol is sold in a high percentage of the places you would find a pool table. Anyone who likes a drink now and then is gonna have a couple, two more, and too many sometimes.
I am one of the ones to have been born with a party bone. I have over the years matured enough where I don't feel I have a drinking problem, but I do have a problem when drinking. The problem is I feel as if money does not make the world go round sober and its way worse when I'm tipsy. I get an itch to gamble, party, buy drinks for everybody etc. I have fun but I end up busted after doing this too often.
This isn't just for me either. Most that drink fall into the same pattern when under the influence. Its amazing how alcohol will completely lift worry of being broke for the next week for the thrill of having a care free 4 or more hrs.
This isn't a complaint just an observation of myself and others who have fallen into the charms of alcohol and the pain the idiot finds the next day whether it be an empty wallet, purse,insufficient funds, or loose rubberband. I've made more halarious stories than I can remember. So I guess the extra payment was for the future story someone tells of me of what i did that I don't remember but get to laugh and enjoy with them.
Just thinking.
 
A night of pool at Backstreet Billiards in Idaho ends in bloodshed.

The 29-year-old Boise man who was killed outside a pool hall early Saturday morning while reportedly breaking up a fight was shot five times, according to Ada County Coroner’s reports.

Those five shots, which hit Ahmed Cepalo on his side and back, caused fatal internal bleeding which led to his death in a parking lot, Ada County Coroner Erwin Sonnenberg said Monday.

Shooting suspect Jeremy J. Hobbs, 27, told Boise police the shooting was done in self-defense, according to court testimony Monday

Hobbs is being held in the Ada County Jail on a $1 million bond for charges of second degree murder and using a gun in the commission of a felony.

Witnesses told police Cepalo was shot by Hobbs about 2 a.m. — a short time after Hobbs and another man started arguing inside Southwest Boise's Backstreet Billiards, which is on Overland Road near the Five Mile Road intersection.

That argument continued into the parking lot, where Cepalo, who knew both men, tried to calm them down, police said.

Once that was over, witnesses told police a shoving match broke out between Hobbs and Cepalo when Hobbs pulled out a small revolver and shot him.

Boise police officials said Monday they were still trying to piece together exactly what happened but did say witnesses all say Cepalo appeared to be trying to break up the fight when he was shot.

Officers arrived at the pool hall moments after getting a 911 call and found that Hobbs had put his gun away. He was arrested without incident.

Boise police and Ada County Sheriff’s officials say Hobbs had a valid concealed weapons permit at the time of the shooting.

Police also say Cepalo had called his wife to ask for a ride home just before the incident.

His wife arrived at the bar shortly after the shooting, while police officers were securing the perimeter around the parking lot. A Boise police victim-witness advocate and detectives told her what happened.

If found guilty of second degree murder, Hobbs could be sent to prison for life.

While witnesses told police Cepalo was trying to calm down an argument Saturday morning, he was arrested at the same pool hall in November and charged with misdemeanor battery after being accused of attacking a patron over issues about his ethnicity.

That man told police that Cepalo, who is from Bosnia, attacked him at Southwest Boise's Backstreet Billiards after a verbal altercation turned violent. That man told police Cepalo first pushed him and then punched him with a closed fist several times.

Cepalo told police he was shoved first before hitting the other man, according to police reports. Only Cepalo was charged in that fight. Cepalo was scheduled to begin a jury trial on the misdemeanor charge of battery in May.

Witnesses on scene tell police Cepalo didn't provoke Hobbs and no one knew why he was shot. The judge in court didn't want Hobbs to enter a plea but wanted to know if he understood the charges being brought against him and later asked the state to recommend bond which was set at one million dollars.

Hobbs now faces a charge of 2nd degree murder and is expected back in court on March 30th.

Ahmen Cepalo, a murdered father and family man, pictured with his son pictured below.

A good example of why alcohol and pool sometimes don't mix. :frown:
 

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I'm guilty of almost always drinking while playing for money. Who knows how good I could have been w/o the booze while playing? Maybe I could have reached "A" or higher, maybe the same "B+" player, or maybe I would have plated worse w/o the booze in me. I'll never forget what Buddy Hall said about me to a group of sweaters that were watching me play. "He'd be hard to beat on a bar box if he didn't always celebrate before the end of the match". Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
I'm guilty of almost always drinking while playing for money. Who knows how good I could have been w/o the booze while playing? Maybe I could have reached "A" or higher, maybe the same "B+" player, or maybe I would have plated worse w/o the booze in me. I'll never forget what Buddy Hall said about me to a group of sweaters that were watching me play. "He'd be hard to beat on a bar box if he didn't always celebrate before the end of the match". Johnnyt
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Amen John.
To me playing without a drink (or 6) would be like playing funsie pool.
Fortunately, I was never a bad drunk, I love everybody when I drink.
I cannot make a ball until a few "eyeopeners".


Dick <--- Born with the curse (or the blessing ?) of the Irish.

PS. Unfortunately, there have been times I loved my opponent too much
and gave him all my $$$$. :eek:
 
SJDinPHX said:
Amen John.
To me playing without a drink (or 6) would be like playing funsie pool.
Fortunately, I was never a bad drunk, I love everybody when I drink.
I cannot make a ball until a few "eyeopeners".


Dick <--- Born with the curse (or the blessing ?) of the Irish.

PS. Unfortunately, there have been times I loved my opponent too much
and gave him all my $$$$. :eek:
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Yes, that sounds very familier to me. Oh well, I had good times doing it though. Johnnyt
 
Drinking and pool

In my honest opinion...do not mix. Alcohol and drugs are used too often in this sport as a crutch. Personally, I know that I do not shoot better when I have been drinking. I tend to play too wide open and I tend to be a little off on those more difficult shots or leaves that require a finesse stroke.

Not to mention...it clouds your judgement and I have learned my lesson the hard way that I cannot beat everyone and I cannot win every bet. Catch me drunk though and I have my lil cape on! Thus, I no longer play pool while drinking. When I started this practice it was amazing how much my win percentage shot up and how much more money I kept in my pocket!!!!!!
 
Reminds me of a story

45 years ago I was hanging out at Cotton Bowling Palace in Dallas, TX when I guy comes in, already tipsy, and takes a drink from a bottle in his coat pocket. I recognize him as I have seen him maybe 6-8 times, always a bit drunk or fully drunk, and always losing his cash to one of the regulars. So, just as every time before, he matches up with a shortstop and proceeds to go busted.

Now this guy can play a little and I find myself wondering how much better he might play without the booze. After he shoots his last barrel, I go over to him and chat a bit. I finally ask him whether he ever considered coming over to play pool when he is stone sober. His answer, which he gave with no hesitation, has stayed in my memory all these years. He said, "If I were sober, I'd never come in here!"

So it's kind of a catch-22 with some people - they don't gamble well when they drink, but they won't gamble at all when they don't drink.
 
I thought it was just me? I SUCK when I drink, I lose probably 1 ball speed per drink! So many people say they play great after a few, I guess I"m in the minority?
 
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