This is why I don't like to play for money!!! ...
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I'm no high-roller, but I really do like to put my money out there and always like playing.
That said, I'll quit any time I feel I need to. Some schmuck that I'm gambling with isn't going to pay my rent, isn't going to pay my loans and sure as hell won't be offering me a job if I put my own at risk.
Typically, I'll play until my opponent's done, but there are times when one of us will have to leave for whatever reason. It happens, I'm not going to throw a tantrum over it. If you don't like somebody walking away with your money, you shouldn't lose it.
The problem I have with gambling threads is that they always end up in the 'you can never win' category. Gamblers/pool-players are notorious for having horrible money-management skills, so take these posts on etiquette with that in mind.
That said, I'll quit any time I feel I need to. Some schmuck that I'm gambling with isn't going to pay my rent, isn't going to pay my loans and sure as hell won't be offering me a job if I put my own at risk.
Typically, I'll play until my opponent's done, but there are times when one of us will have to leave for whatever reason. It happens, I'm not going to throw a tantrum over it. If you don't like somebody walking away with your money, you shouldn't lose it.
The problem I have with gambling threads is that they always end up in the 'you can never win' category. Gamblers/pool-players are notorious for having horrible money-management skills, so take these posts on etiquette with that in mind.
JC
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Last time I saw you gamble it didn't seem like Eddie was done yet but you still quit him. Is that because you never got up from your chair in the first set?:sad:
JC
There it is, beginning, middle and end !
Applies to mostly all forms of gambling. Then again, if guys couldnt whine after they lose, 90% of them would never bet in the first place. :smile:
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All lies! I was up every game, because it wasn't rack-your-own. I got 2 shots during the set, too.. once I actually had a shot and blew the leave pretty good. It was Randy's money, though, from the previous set. I was still up the 20 from Carlos on the side-bet, so I fired away the 50 to see what would happen. Still can't believe he refused to give up any more spot and wouldn't play banks either. So, I did quit him, but he had a chance to keep me going.
Next time out, I'm going to be a little tighter with handing out any spots. Seems the games I get are close enough without giving people their money back. I'll make sure to set aside some time for you. Between the 5-hour mini and us going back and forth that one night, we should have a good game.
Just to give some of you an idea where some of us are coming from....we view quitting after one set about the same as playing poker, winning the first hand, and quitting.
Now, if that still doesn't make any sense to you, I don't have a clue how to help you understand it.
Now, if that still doesn't make any sense to you, I don't have a clue how to help you understand it.
That is just the problem with this whole thing. He claims that the set took a long time but we didn't start the set until around midnight maybe even a little after. The set lasted at the most 45 minutes, I mean even tanking games it doesn't take a very long time to play a race to 5 in eight ball.
Yes sir you are correct. Never again will I lose the first set unless the guy just outright beats me down. But it's all good, I mean it was only $50. I was going to spend that sometime that night regardless. This guy is just trying to make me look like a bum for some reason. I just wanted to set the story straight.
You pollute the board with your everyone is an idiot threads, everyone is a non gambler.
Oh, and yes, I want some.
Oh, and yes, I want some.
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This is a pretty good conclusion to a thread in which people say you have to gamble all night, you shouldn't gamble at all, etc etc etc. You were hoping to play more, but ofw. You can get 1-set action any time you come to Portland. :thumbup: If you're buying, I may even play a second. :wink:
most get it Neil, but it doesn't really matter if it's 1 set or 6...the guy who's stuck is usually butt-hurt about it, and will whine if you quit winner. You could play someone from 6 til midnight, and if they're down they will complain that you didn't stay til closing.
Now I know some will say, "why wouldn't you stay til closing if you have the best of it?", because for most folks there are other things in life than playing pool until the wee hours of the morning (screwing up everything for the next day).
All the drama, *****ing, barking, name calling, and all is plain tiresome at times....and this thread is becoming that as well. Quit me after just 1 game of 1P or whatever, I don't care anymore. I win some, I lose some, screw it.
Just make this a standard statement before starting: "Pay when you loose and quit when you want. This is just like a casino."
Question for the masses
Just to see where people stand, what do you do when the set goes hill/hill?
A) Whack it and split table time
B) Play out the set to decide a winner.
C) Whack that set and double the bet for the next set
If you answer is C you are the kind of player I want to match up with.
I played a guy once who wanted to quit a $100 race to 7 at 6-6, my break. I politely said no and ran them out for the cash. He wouldn't play another set even with a bigger spot, he had the 8 ball and I was willing to play him 7 games to 6 with him getting the called 8. He couldn't get beyond thinking he could lose $200. If he kept playing he may have left winner. Quitting just ensured that he would lose.
Just to see where people stand, what do you do when the set goes hill/hill?
A) Whack it and split table time
B) Play out the set to decide a winner.
C) Whack that set and double the bet for the next set
If you answer is C you are the kind of player I want to match up with.
I played a guy once who wanted to quit a $100 race to 7 at 6-6, my break. I politely said no and ran them out for the cash. He wouldn't play another set even with a bigger spot, he had the 8 ball and I was willing to play him 7 games to 6 with him getting the called 8. He couldn't get beyond thinking he could lose $200. If he kept playing he may have left winner. Quitting just ensured that he would lose.
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Who is this "us" , of which you speak?
Who is this "us" , of which you speak?
really? when? where? what? I'll be there, how many bricks should i bring? YOu need to bring your own, not some poker players bankroll, i want your $$$, , If I win playing pool happy days. you get all the action you can stand. Bring Hu and his Social Security checks too I'll cash them as well, LOL.
If I lose playing pool i'll flip quarters for what ever you can stand to see how much gamble you got. i'm more than ready, let's make it happen. you will get hi rolled so fast you wont know what happened. Shit i'll pull the Tooth move and bring a keno board and we can play that too, you can have it for a week to get used to it so you dont accuse me of some angle. Or we can play single deck 21, i'd really like that. or monopoly. cant play chess or checkers or arm wrestle. Pick your poison.
this way we can see how much gamble or risk aversion you got, i'm ready, wow i got my nose open.
and no not everyone on here is a idiot, i'd guess 60% are smarter than me 30 on the same level and yeah 10% are a little new(dont make them a idiot-just green) so I made posts trying to explane how gambling in pool was taught to me, i didnt make the rules, i just play by them. problem?
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yeah back it and jack it, last time i did that i lost, but i played best i could and wasnt scared.
i would like to think Neil is including me in that "Us" dept. people who have been in action, small and big for years. I aint no CJ winning millions or a world beater, but the same principles apply 90% of the time.
I'd bet a good chunk that Neil and CJ who I know dont get along would agree on gambling ethics. They might want to shoot each other over aiming systems and God knows what else, but limited to gambling they are on the same sheet of paper. I'd bet on that.
1- it s true that you miiss out on any opportunity of a big score if you pull up right away.
2. So how come you aren't nitty if you win one/ lose one and then pull up?
thats a great question, it is a nit move, but you dont get labeled as bad action, so its the lesser of 2 evils. I think everyone has been called a nit more than a few times, and that fades away. being labeled as "Bad Action" that can stick.
of course i'm talking about another era when a persons reputation really mattered and you had to have a good action reputation to stay in action, like the GAL in the action room here. When you dont have any income but what you could scrape up at the pool room, you cared about your reputation and protected it. being called a nit now and then comes with the turf.
Agreed...In my experience, 'nit' is a word that sometimes get thrown around in hope that it will make the other person feel his manhood is challenged and he'll bet it.
I also agree that some people are not worth f'king with.