Snappy Comeback Comments
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So I had this guy (we will call him Tim) come up to me at a tournament wanting to action up. I never really enjoyed being around Tim so I said no. Tim was constantly pestering me throughout the day asking to play, and I always declined because he was a much better player and I really just didn't enjoy being around him.
So at the end of the tournament me and another player that plays just as well as Tim were going to play cheap sets for like $20, well Tim comes running up to the table and starts getting into our business. I guess he thought I was his fish.
I got a little bit upset and with attitude asked Tim "Do you want to play a race to 7 for $200", Tim starts smiling and was like "yeah", so I turn to my opponent, "Do you want to play a race to 7 for $200" and he starts smiling and says "yeah". As soon as I hear that I start snickering, picked up my cue and started walking away while saying, "Well it looks like you two have a game, good luck".
Needless to say, they didn't play each other, I guess they just wanted easy money.
So at the end of the tournament me and another player that plays just as well as Tim were going to play cheap sets for like $20, well Tim comes running up to the table and starts getting into our business. I guess he thought I was his fish.
I got a little bit upset and with attitude asked Tim "Do you want to play a race to 7 for $200", Tim starts smiling and was like "yeah", so I turn to my opponent, "Do you want to play a race to 7 for $200" and he starts smiling and says "yeah". As soon as I hear that I start snickering, picked up my cue and started walking away while saying, "Well it looks like you two have a game, good luck".
Needless to say, they didn't play each other, I guess they just wanted easy money.
This past weekend, (9 Ball tourney) there was some guy that kept calling the pool hall, looking for a fish. He is well known and even the A players didn't want anything to do with him. Sunday, after the 9 ball finals were over, one of the staff came over and mentioned that the guy was on the phone again. No one was interested. I told him to tell the guy that Cliff Thorburn was still here and to bring 1000 with him. I guess he didn't want to play that bad as he was a no show.
Funny how that works.
Funny how that works.
Red's retort
The Rack...Detroit...late 70's
A guy named Harold said to Cornbread Red "If you give me 11-5
and the breaks,I got a backer for $500."
Red said "I'll give you $500 for his name and phone number...
..if he'll bet $500 on you ,he'll bet FIVE MILLION on me!"
The Rack...Detroit...late 70's
A guy named Harold said to Cornbread Red "If you give me 11-5
and the breaks,I got a backer for $500."
Red said "I'll give you $500 for his name and phone number...
..if he'll bet $500 on you ,he'll bet FIVE MILLION on me!"
Ever play at a place called Peacock Billiards in Victoria? It was Billiards Digest new pool room of the year a few years ago. It turns out that the owner, David, is on my wife's side of the family. I just met him for the first time at a wedding a few months ago.
Chris
That's funny.
I knew a guy who always complained that his brother in law screwed him out of $500 20 years ago. He complained about it and complained about it.
I decided to say something positive about it. I thought and thought about what I could say to cheer him up. Finally I said "well, look at the bright side. You got something to gripe about the rest of your life, and it only cost you $500!"
Kind of reminds me of the schoolyard line: "Wanna fight me, buddy?"...."Well, there's me buddy!"
zombiewoff
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Quick comebacks
Bryce Avila (AA++ player) was trying to match up with this guy who wanted no part of him.. Bryce say's "come on, we'll figure something out. I'll give you some weight".
Guy says "Buddy, you'd have to give me so much weight, it'll take you 10 minutes just to explain it to me!"
Bryce Avila (AA++ player) was trying to match up with this guy who wanted no part of him.. Bryce say's "come on, we'll figure something out. I'll give you some weight".
Guy says "Buddy, you'd have to give me so much weight, it'll take you 10 minutes just to explain it to me!"
That is funny.
I Bryce still playing? I played him in a tournamant at least five years ago.
Chris
This is a story I heard.
Some crazy guys from LA were on the road, Buffalo Bill and a card and pool player named Jeff Mervis, a couple of real characters. Buffalo Bill was playing an old guy and had him stuck. The guy collapsed on the floor unconcious, apparently dead. Buffalo was running around saying "what should I do? what shoud I do?"
Mervis looked at him calmly and said "make him post next time because I think you just got stiffed."
Wow...cold.
Chirs
Some crazy guys from LA were on the road, Buffalo Bill and a card and pool player named Jeff Mervis, a couple of real characters. Buffalo Bill was playing an old guy and had him stuck. The guy collapsed on the floor unconcious, apparently dead. Buffalo was running around saying "what should I do? what shoud I do?"
Mervis looked at him calmly and said "make him post next time because I think you just got stiffed."
Wow...cold.
Chirs
I love those guys with monster-ego 
In the 90 s i went into a pool-hall with a good friend just wanting to have a coffee and perhaps play against each other-
Soon 2 guys were talking to us that their *friend* would like to have action. I said no, not really (that was workin in a pub til 7 o clock in the morning and it was about 4 o clock in the afternoon), just wanna have some fun.
They offered anyway for a set of 9-ball to 7 for 250 D-Mark (long ago)
Me again: Mates, first-i know your friend very good (was european 8-ball champion that time), 2nd part- i really wanna just have some coffee and a bit fun with my friend here.
Them: typical blahblah- and then offered that i would need just 5 games on a race to 7...
Me again: Nah, you re boring me (was really a bit gettin angry...didn t sleep long and well ....)
A few minutes later they came over again, and started again in offering- i turned around and went to the toilet. ....
i came back, and my friend said- get your cue- you re playing this hero-
asked him if he s crazy or dumb- then he told me that i just would need 3 games in a race to 7.
Don t know how he *fixed* this deal- but he *booked* 10 sets to 7 for 500- and he gave me 4 to 7 .....-so i just needed to win 3 games in a race to 7.......rofl- think there are not many ppl who would have a chance to win against somebody with this handicap
So we started playing. The guy wond the first 2 sets- he played really amazingly- but from then i begun to play on my level and won each set for about 8-1o hours.......before we ended (the last sets i d to win 5 and he 7).
At the end all the guys were hollering at us- we would be unsporty, blabla, we would have to play withotu handicap ....i hate those crying guys.
i just asked why i should do that. The guy is better than me (on a longer distance for sure)- and if someone wanna give me his money-and really is begging for that....i ll help him. And i really wanna have just the best of him....his money
..don t know why, we never came together again to have some action
I often remember this day- 4 to 7 still would sound good to me
Egomaniacs are better than finding money^^
lg
ingo
In the 90 s i went into a pool-hall with a good friend just wanting to have a coffee and perhaps play against each other-
Soon 2 guys were talking to us that their *friend* would like to have action. I said no, not really (that was workin in a pub til 7 o clock in the morning and it was about 4 o clock in the afternoon), just wanna have some fun.
They offered anyway for a set of 9-ball to 7 for 250 D-Mark (long ago
)Me again: Mates, first-i know your friend very good (was european 8-ball champion that time), 2nd part- i really wanna just have some coffee and a bit fun with my friend here.
Them: typical blahblah- and then offered that i would need just 5 games on a race to 7...
Me again: Nah, you re boring me (was really a bit gettin angry...didn t sleep long and well ....)
A few minutes later they came over again, and started again in offering- i turned around and went to the toilet. ....
i came back, and my friend said- get your cue- you re playing this hero-
asked him if he s crazy or dumb- then he told me that i just would need 3 games in a race to 7.
Don t know how he *fixed* this deal- but he *booked* 10 sets to 7 for 500- and he gave me 4 to 7 .....-so i just needed to win 3 games in a race to 7.......rofl- think there are not many ppl who would have a chance to win against somebody with this handicap
So we started playing. The guy wond the first 2 sets- he played really amazingly- but from then i begun to play on my level and won each set for about 8-1o hours.......before we ended (the last sets i d to win 5 and he 7).
At the end all the guys were hollering at us- we would be unsporty, blabla, we would have to play withotu handicap ....i hate those crying guys.
i just asked why i should do that. The guy is better than me (on a longer distance for sure)- and if someone wanna give me his money-and really is begging for that....i ll help him. And i really wanna have just the best of him....his money
..don t know why, we never came together again to have some action
I often remember this day- 4 to 7 still would sound good to me
Egomaniacs are better than finding money^^
lg
ingo
I recall a story about Mosconi (maybe even read it here) where he was having lunch with Andrew Ponzi and some guy with a backer started woofing at them. The guy got so obnoxious that Mosconi, not normally a gambler, obliged him to play some 9 Ball.
After Willie ran the first dozen racks, the guy's backer had seen enough and said to him "I'm done, you can't beat him."
The guy said back to his stakehorse' "You don't know that, you haven't seen me play yet!"
After Willie ran the first dozen racks, the guy's backer had seen enough and said to him "I'm done, you can't beat him."
The guy said back to his stakehorse' "You don't know that, you haven't seen me play yet!"
ROTFL- that s the kind of egomaniac each player loves
They never give up....very brave guy ...LOL
close and the real funny part is what is said next ....Ponzi says "Youre right and we never will get to see you shoot if you keep playing that kid"
BTW for historical accuracy the tables were ten foot in those days.
For further historical accuracy, that same story has been told a thousand times with different protagonists. :grin::grin::grin: