Bar rules and Bar fights on Friday night!!!

Apocalypse2017

Apocalypse2017

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OK, I know this has been beaten to death on here, but I thought I would vent a little.

I went to the bar on Friday and met my friend there to play some pool. He was playing someone and then they wanted to play partners. So he picked me as a partner because I am awesome;)

So he breaks and everyone shoots a few times, with a few balls locked up. I come to the table with 1 ball left and they had two balls (8 ball). I have no shot and play a sweet safety. Then sh!t hits the fan, meanwhile this guy is sooo drunk he was shooting without a tip and didn't even know it! and he flips out saying "what a F-in grease ball move" and I say " I thought that was a great safety;)

So he blasts the balls and sh!ts one of his balls in and continues shooting (no problem bar rules?) gets his other stripe in and leaves himself a hard 8ball. Totally misses the 8 and scratches, game over, I'm happy:)

He is talking mad sh!t and I tell him rack em big guy! All the while he is ranting how I'm better than that blah blah blah. So we play another game and I almost run out and rattle my last solid. :angry: He did well and ran out all of his balls got great on the 8ball and dogged it bad, and threw his stick on the table. So I hit a great rail shot, then called the 8 and won the game!

I know your all gonna say "don't play in bars etc." but this kid really wanted to fight over a pool game. I tried to explain defense to him, but he was too drunk and stupid to listen...sometimes I wonder why I even bother anymore:banghead:

comments and storys welcome :)
 
Apocalypse2012 said:
OK, I know this has been beaten to death on here, but I thought I would vent a little.

I went to the bar on Friday and met my friend there to play some pool. He was playing someone and then they wanted to play partners. So he picked me as a partner because I am awesome;)

So he breaks and everyone shoots a few times, with a few balls locked up. I come to the table with 1 ball left and they had two balls (8 ball). I have no shot and play a sweet safety. Then sh!t hits the fan, meanwhile this guy is sooo drunk he was shooting without a tip and didn't even know it! and he flips out saying "what a F-in grease ball move" and I say " I thought that was a great safety;)

So he blasts the balls and sh!ts one of his balls in and continues shooting (no problem bar rules?) gets his other stripe in and leaves himself a hard 8ball. Totally misses the 8 and scratches, game over, I'm happy:)

He is talking mad sh!t and I tell him rack em big guy! All the while he is ranting how I'm better than that blah blah blah. So we play another game and I almost run out and rattle my last solid. :angry: He did well and ran out all of his balls got great on the 8ball and dogged it bad, and threw his stick on the table. So I hit a great rail shot, then called the 8 and won the game!

I know your all gonna say "don't play in bars etc." but this kid really wanted to fight over a pool game. I tried to explain defense to him, but he was too drunk and stupid to listen...sometimes I wonder why I even bother anymore:banghead:

comments and storys welcome :)
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My #1 rule never play someone who is shit faced, have seen more fights over whose quarter it is than anything. Most bar players don't believe in safety play.
 
Play in bars. But be aware. Don't play with drunks or fools in a strange bar. Especially look out for guys who play with out a tip on their stick. You might say," no tip is a good tip." :rotflmao1: ( at my own jokes)
 
Sounds like you just got your bar pool cherry popped...

What youre s'posed to do is to call a shot, while playing safe with the CB. You can't just bunt the OB. For example, call a bank but play it way short or way long, and playing the CB safe the whole time.

Also, keep a knife in your pocket.


Eric >and, have fun
 
at least he didn't call it N- pool

safety play and bar rules often don't mix .
at least he only called it a "grease-ball move" , and there were only words .
when I used to play in the northeast , they'd have called that N_GG_R pool and it may well have started a bar fight . :mad:
But of course , that was years ago , in less enlightened times.
 
When in Rome..........

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

Those people that know the difference between WSA/BCA rules and bar rules have a huge advantage over those that only play bar rules.

When I go to the bar, I'm going to be playing bar rules unless I'm playing someone I know and then we just default to BCA rules.

First thing, if you don't miss you don't have to worry about what rule set you're playing. (just don't sink additional balls in one shot)

Except for the 8 ball, there are no consequences other than losing your turn for fouling of any kind. So use this, if you have no shot, call something outlandish(or just a shot, that seems to work with the bar crowd) and move your balls to a better position, hit his balls first if you have to, then leave him in jail.

If it's a crappy layout don't run all your balls and be put in a situation where you give the guy a win because you can't hit the 8.
 
Apocalypse2012 said:
OK, I know this has been beaten to death on here, but I thought I would vent a little.

I went to the bar on Friday and met my friend there to play some pool. He was playing someone and then they wanted to play partners. So he picked me as a partner because I am awesome;)

So he breaks and everyone shoots a few times, with a few balls locked up. I come to the table with 1 ball left and they had two balls (8 ball). I have no shot and play a sweet safety. Then sh!t hits the fan, meanwhile this guy is sooo drunk he was shooting without a tip and didn't even know it! and he flips out saying "what a F-in grease ball move" and I say " I thought that was a great safety;)

So he blasts the balls and sh!ts one of his balls in and continues shooting (no problem bar rules?) gets his other stripe in and leaves himself a hard 8ball. Totally misses the 8 and scratches, game over, I'm happy:)

He is talking mad sh!t and I tell him rack em big guy! All the while he is ranting how I'm better than that blah blah blah. So we play another game and I almost run out and rattle my last solid. :angry: He did well and ran out all of his balls got great on the 8ball and dogged it bad, and threw his stick on the table. So I hit a great rail shot, then called the 8 and won the game!

I know your all gonna say "don't play in bars etc." but this kid really wanted to fight over a pool game. I tried to explain defense to him, but he was too drunk and stupid to listen...sometimes I wonder why I even bother anymore:banghead:

comments and storys welcome :)
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When in that situation, it is best to make the safety look as if you $hit your way into it. If the guy you're playing is drunk and stupid, it's a good bet that he'll come to the table telling you how you should have played the shot.

If he's really drunk and stupid he'll give you a mini-lecture on how you could improve your whole game by listening to what he has to say.

You should practice making it look like an accident.

Always remember, you should never argue with the fish. Make their distinct personality traits work against them, and never forget who is reeling in who.
 
In a situation like that it is better to play a safe that looks like a missed shot instead of an obvious safe. Adapt to your surroundings.
 
Blackjack said:
When in that situation, it is best to make the safety look as if you $hit your way into it. If the guy you're playing is drunk and stupid, it's a good bet that he'll come to the table telling you how you should have played the shot.

If he's really drunk and stupid he'll give you a mini-lecture on how you could improve your whole game by listening to what he has to say.

You should practice making it look like an accident.

Always remember, you should never argue with the fish. Make their distinct personality traits work against them, and never forget who is reeling in who.
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To add to this a little, you are trying to take this slob anyway. one of the best stalls there is, is to never play safe on a sucker like this. What are the odds of this guy getting out if you open every door in the building. Almost every shot they have is about 50/50!
After all you are th one Hustliing, act like it!!
 
ironman said:
To add to this a little, you are trying to take this slob anyway. one of the best stalls there is, is to never play safe on a sucker like this. What are the odds of this guy getting out if you open every door in the building. Almost every shot they have is about 50/50!
After all you are th one Hustliing, act like it!!
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Lewis, you and I are the sum result of all of our bad influences.

:lol:
 
Apocalypse2012 said:
OK, I know this has been beaten to death on here, but I thought I would vent a little.

I went to the bar on Friday and met my friend there to play some pool. He was playing someone and then they wanted to play partners. So he picked me as a partner because I am awesome;)

So he breaks and everyone shoots a few times, with a few balls locked up. I come to the table with 1 ball left and they had two balls (8 ball). I have no shot and play a sweet safety. Then sh!t hits the fan, meanwhile this guy is sooo drunk he was shooting without a tip and didn't even know it! and he flips out saying "what a F-in grease ball move" and I say " I thought that was a great safety;)

So he blasts the balls and sh!ts one of his balls in and continues shooting (no problem bar rules?) gets his other stripe in and leaves himself a hard 8ball. Totally misses the 8 and scratches, game over, I'm happy:)

He is talking mad sh!t and I tell him rack em big guy! All the while he is ranting how I'm better than that blah blah blah. So we play another game and I almost run out and rattle my last solid. :angry: He did well and ran out all of his balls got great on the 8ball and dogged it bad, and threw his stick on the table. So I hit a great rail shot, then called the 8 and won the game!

I know your all gonna say "don't play in bars etc." but this kid really wanted to fight over a pool game. I tried to explain defense to him, but he was too drunk and stupid to listen...sometimes I wonder why I even bother anymore:banghead:

comments and storys welcome :)
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Wow! Takes balls to play safe your first shot of the night at a bar. I normally try to get a feel for things and always, always go for a shot for a while. If I lose a few games early, that's not a bad thing as many times folks will want to play for money. And by then I know their game well enough that I can beat them without ever playing an obvious safety.

I remember one night Steve and I were on the road in Dallas and we had a bad gambling outing at a pool hall - to put it charitably - so we went to a happening night spot type of bar to just play for drinks and relax. They had two tables and live music so we each took one and played all comers for drinks for about three hours. One guy who had tried to beat both of us several times wants to play us doubles for $10/man so we do. He grabs the house man and we start playing. We win a couple of games this way and we're a little toasted (obviously) when Steve grabs me while we're waiting for the houseman to come back and says: "What do you notice about the crowd now?" I looked around at it was all bouncers. Everyone in a black 'STAFF' shirt. Plus, it was about a half hour after the bar closed. I nodded and he said "What do you want to do?". "Lose quick and get out of here before they have a chance to react."

On my next turn and I called a two ball combo bank shot and slammed at it trying to open up the table so they could run out. Instead the ball I called went in! Just like I m* f* called it! Let's just say the shooting room around the table got smaller. The shot had opened up the whole table so I had no choice but to shoot. I made my remaining 2 balls and got to the 8-ball. The only shot I had to lose that wasn't completely obvious was to make the 8-ball and send the cue ball three rails to scratch in the corner. I made the 8-ball and scratched 3 rails just like I needed to. One of the hardest shots I've made under pressure. We tossed our money on the table. We were playing with house cues so we went to put them in the rack and just kept on walking.

We jumped in the car and took off while they were still streaming out of the bar. Luckily we had already learned to park in an 'easy-out' spot. In fact, we knew better than to even park in the parking lot, we had a spot on the street. Apart from some birds and yells we got out of it unscathed. Thank god that POS car of Steve's started ok. :)

Even though we only ended up $20 ahead that was enough. Last thing we wanted was to end up not getting out of there with ANY of our bankroll and bruised up to boot.

~rc
 
Blackjack said:
When in that situation, it is best to make the safety look as if you $hit your way into it. If the guy you're playing is drunk and stupid, it's a good bet that he'll come to the table telling you how you should have played the shot.

If he's really drunk and stupid he'll give you a mini-lecture on how you could improve your whole game by listening to what he has to say.

You should practice making it look like an accident.
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This, never....EVER....play a straight up safety in a bar.....always go the route of the two way shot.....bar players hate it and big guys feel justified over it, and sometimes there are quite a few people in the bar that agree with them.....it's a quick way to get a room of people against you....before you know it, one of them asks you if you are hustling them and it all goes downhill from there....
 
Bars/Fights

Well it could have turned badly, this weekend in Little Rock,Arkansas at the Electric Cowboy a guy punches another guy in the face, he falls back and hits his head on the table and dies right there!

This guy's in jail on murder charges until he can prove other wise, so consider your self very fortunate that you were only irritated!


David Harcrow
 
Gotta love it

You have to love the "old school" bar player. I know I get quite a laugh out of them. My favorite is when they say I don't like that ball in hand crap. I just can't resist the need to explain to them a 2 year old can roll the cue ball behind a ball rather then having to actually hit a rail after contact. Their general response is ohhh I can see what you mean but it's just not real pool. LOL

It is just DIRTY POOL! Well wouldn't it be simple to just call a safe then be stupidly sneaky playing 2 way shots constantly? Their train of thought just don't match that of someone who really "plays the game".

The worst thing about the "bar rules" to me is balls behind the line on a scratch. I mean why the h*** should the incomming player be penalised because the shooter scratches? No dirty pool there!

Yes the true Bar Player. Got to love how stupid some of them actually are. Sometimes it is like putting in quarters for a comedy act. :D
 
When playing people that you don't know in bars for $$, the two-way shot gets my vote. Best to look like you're on offense when you play defense. In my local bar, though, they already know how I play, so I don't hide anything from them. Just friendly bets with fair spots, unless they want to adjust...
 
poolfitkids said:
My #1 rule never play someone who is shit faced, have seen more fights over whose quarter it is than anything. Most bar players don't believe in safety play.
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Which might be why the millions of American bar players don't watch safety pool on tv or at tournaments. One day someone will wake up.
 
Eric. said:
Sounds like you just got your bar pool cherry popped...

What youre s'posed to do is to call a shot, while playing safe with the CB. You can't just bunt the OB. For example, call a bank but play it way short or way long, and playing the CB safe the whole time.

Also, keep a knife in your pocket.


Eric >and, have fun
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The knife is to dig the bullets out in Arizona.
 
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