Gentlemen Moves

Play on your on money and heart, or if being backed put up what you can afford to lose and have the backer match it. This will make you respect your game and in turn everyone will respect you for it. I promise you will never have a problem get a little help if low on funds.
 
Stop with the "Oh man, what a lucky roll" crap. It happens, deal with it.

If you only have an hour or so to play, let that be known upfront.
 
Drew said:
When you ask for weight, make sure you mention your blindness and old tired back.

The easiest way to get yourself out of a bad bet is to call, "Foul," and accuse your opponent of cheating. Then gather all the other old men to back you up.

If you can't beat him on the pool table, you can always ask if he plays that golf game.

When you get a table, you are entitled to the 4 other surrounding tables. If someone else decides to play on a neighboring table, you can always cry about it and give him dirty looks. After all, you paid money for that coffee and you deserve some respect.


Hmm...at least that's what the old guys have taught me.
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Best thing I've read all day!
 
8-Ball

This goes back to keeping quiet while your opponent is shooting but in 8-ball, I absolutely hate it when someone asks me, "WHICH POCKET?!" while I'm stroking. It's hanging the corner pocket, so I don't see why I'm going to call one of the other 5 pockets!

I'll admit, sometimes when I'm in the zone I won't say which pocket verbally, but I'll always point to the pocket with my cue and they'll have the nerve to argue that I didn't call the pocket and therefore I lost. Now I make sure my opponent knows and I verbally tell them.

Just my 2 cents. :rolleyes:
 
A nice, polite, "GOOD SHOT", after a difficult shot is a great way to get a player thinking about the past and forgetting about the present. Yes, it distracts your opponent and it is a gentlemen's(?) "MOVE".

You could just as easily wait until the game is over to tell him that particular shot was a good shot or better yet, wait until the match is over. :cool:
 
SirNoobs said:
This goes back to keeping quiet while your opponent is shooting but in 8-ball, I absolutely hate it when someone asks me, "WHICH POCKET?!" while I'm stroking. It's hanging the corner pocket, so I don't see why I'm going to call one of the other 5 pockets!

I'll admit, sometimes when I'm in the zone I won't say which pocket verbally, but I'll always point to the pocket with my cue and they'll have the nerve to argue that I didn't call the pocket and therefore I lost. Now I make sure my opponent knows and I verbally tell them.

Just my 2 cents. :rolleyes:
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The flip side of this is that if you're gonna insist on verbally calling every pocket, make damned sure your near the table and listening to what your oppononet says when he is shooting, as opposed to being off to the side talking with someone. THEN having the nerve to say "you didn't make sure I heard what you called."

(I'm still steaming over one of those from last summer.)
 
clearly call heads or tails.

I have had players call taeds or he-ails. lol. (they always win the flip) :shocked:

Ray
(maybe I'm just going deaf)
 
btoneill said:
I hate when people leave the chalk upside down. But, I've been known to do it on purpose when playing some folks that I'm really good friends with when we're just messing around :)

Brian
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Plus it allows the spit to run out, lol.

If you choose to use hand chalk dont go overboard. nothing worse than white handprints on the table. i even saw a guy use so much that when he racked the 8 ball turned gray.

Mike
 
JoeyA said:
A nice, polite, "GOOD SHOT", after a difficult shot is a great way to get a player thinking about the past and forgetting about the present. Yes, it distracts your opponent and it is a gentlemen's(?) "MOVE".

You could just as easily wait until the game is over to tell him that particular shot was a good shot or better yet, wait until the match is over. :cool:
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Saying "shot" at the end of an inning is a compliment for the entire inning, even if it's one shot. This is proper. Saying it in the middle of an inning is a "move".

Ray
 
Finger snapping / clicking, instead of "nice shot!"

btoneill said:
Except as was previously mentioned, if the room has carpet, it doesn't work very well. Also, if you're playing in leagues, even with a hard floor, being able to hear that over the sounds of all the people on all the teams playing is pretty hard.

I myself save the "good shot" saying for when it was a really good shot, ie. something they normally wouldn't have made. I say it to my teammates especially to give them a confidence boost. They won't get that boost if they can't hear me tapping my cue on carpet while 20 people within hearing distance are all talking. :)

Brian
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The "good shot" saying is like a two-way shot -- it also has an evil side. As mentioned, you can use this to keep your opponent thinking about the past, rather than staying up to date with the present. That is, have him/her thinking back and admiring the job he/she did on that difficult shot, rather than focusing on the shot in front of him/her.

Maybe this is peculiar to NY, but even though we still have wooden floors in a lot of our traditional pool rooms (I'm not talking the new trendy "sportsbar-ish" ones) that the butt of a cue can tap-tap-tap on, we use finger snapping / finger clicking to indicate appreciation for a nice shot. It translates well to the new sportsbar-ish trendy billiard clubs as well, which have carpeting. Three finger clicks do the trick. It's just overt enough that your opponent hears it and knows you expressed appreciation for his/her shot, but not excessively so (like "nice shot!") that could be exploited in a devious way. You do the "nice shot!" routine too much in any of the NY clubs here, and you'll get a swift talking-to, at the very least. In fact, the Latinos here use "nice shot!" (in English no less, not the Spanish translation) to actively shark opponents. That's how recognizable it is.

Buyer beware.
-Sean
 
Bigtruck said:
clearly call heads or tails.

I have had players call taeds or he-ails. lol. (they always win the flip) :shocked:

Ray
(maybe I'm just going deaf)
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Or saying "heads I win, tails you lose." :p

-Sean <-- never liked flipping anyway; I sometimes land on my own head. :p
 
Drew said:
When you ask for weight, make sure you mention your blindness and old tired back.

The easiest way to get yourself out of a bad bet is to call, "Foul," and accuse your opponent of cheating. Then gather all the other old men to back you up.

If you can't beat him on the pool table, you can always ask if he plays that golf game.

When you get a table, you are entitled to the 4 other surrounding tables. If someone else decides to play on a neighboring table, you can always cry about it and give him dirty looks. After all, you paid money for that coffee and you deserve some respect.


Hmm...at least that's what the old guys have taught me.
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If you are being serious, find some where else to play.:rolleyes:
 
sfleinen said:
The "good shot" saying is like a two-way shot -- it also has an evil side. As mentioned, you can use this to keep your opponent thinking about the past, rather than staying up to date with the present. That is, have him/her thinking back and admiring the job he/she did on that difficult shot, rather than focusing on the shot in front of him/her.
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I was more of mentioning it in response to players on my own team, not their opponent. I think when you're playing on a team encouraging your teammates in that way helps the team, especially when you're encouraging a new/weak player. I pay attention to the mode that the player is in as well. If they are focused and going to shot to shot without thinking I'm not going to interrupt it. Part of it definitely is dependent on the shooter.

For the opponents I tend to wait until they are done and say it when they walk away from the table, and that tends to be more of "nice run".

Brian
 
Putting the chalk "right side up" is not only the right thing to do but it keeps the spit from running out.:grin::sorry::p
 
I think the 3 things I always try and do whether matching up or in tournament play are:

1) A handshake before play begins... Kind of bugs me when people don't do this...

2) Some sort of acknowledgement to my opponent when I get obviously lucky... A hand wave or something...

3) A handshake after play is done... I am shocked how many people refuse to shake hands after a match is over...

Interestingly enough, the handshake issue came up in the very first tournament of Bigtruck's I ever played in in Waco where one of the locals refused to shake my hand after I won the match...
 
WoodyJ said:
- If you foul call it on yourself. Don't make your opponent have to make the call.

- If you scratch/foul, retrieve the cueball and literally give your opponent ball in hand.

- For tables without a ball return: Help retrieve the balls from the pockets.
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nothing makes me angrier than some guy screaming foul right as i'm calling it on myself. or as i'm sliding the CB to him with my cue
 
In the old days of pool rooms, tapping the butt of a cue on the floor meant you wanted the rack man(boy/girl). Anyone that can't handle an earnest comment of "Good shot" has mental issues and should be committed. :grin:

Chalk is left where it is left. This right side up stuff is nice but has never been practiced ANYWHERE I have ever played.

Sharking is part of the game and always will be. Learn to handle it. Grotesquely stupid sharking (bobbing and weaving in front of a pocket) should be called for just that and the other person should be chastised severely, especially if they can do no better.

Be angry at yourself if you must be angry... it's better to just shake the dust off, pay off any bets, and rack the balls. Otherwise, go home before you lose it.
 
Hello fellas!

Been lurking here for a few weeks and this thread made finally make an account.

Been playing seriously for about 9-12 months now.

One of my pet peeves is when people get in the line of my sight or where I'm intend to sink the 8 ball.

I've tried explaining this to friends that play occasionally that it's a big no-no but they don't seem to understand the harm in it.

I'm reminded of a few months ago when I was playing at a local bar. I was down to the 8-ball and the other guy still had a few balls left. His buddy which knew how to play pool not only stood at my desired pocket but went as far as marking an "X" in front of the pocket with his fingers to jinx me. Not once, not twice, but atleast 3 times. The fourth time it was my turn to shoot, I purposely sank the cue ball straight into a pocket. I told him, if it means that much to you, you can have the damn game. In between that I went off on him and his girl friends told him to chill but he went back at it. I was f'n pissed! I didn't care that I lost the game but just the amount of disrespect that he displayed. He knew damn well what he was doing. If I was a fighter, I would've definitely started one.
 
The finger snapping has been a tradition for quite some time here in Finland and across Europe as well (as far as I know...). It's a nice way to acknowledge a good shot without too much of an interference...
 
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