I've heard some whoppers but this....

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So im sure everyone has heard quite the tales over a pool table, what is the most outlandish pool related tale you've ever heard? I was recently told by a guy that he has pulled of a Z masse. Basically to make it through a couple balls in his way he hit the cueball so that it masse'd and came back in a u turn....then turned again and went back the original direction....obviously he wasnt able to demonstrate such an impossible feat. It was one of those "once in a lifetime" shots that he just felt he could do in the moment... :rotflmao1: how bout you guys? Know some one who claims to have defeated bigfoot in a game of pool?
 
I don't think anyone ever did it with a cue, on a table that wasn't altered in some way, but
a finger billiardist from the late 1800s, named Yank Adams, claimed he could do it by using his fingers.
His was not a z shape but an S .
I don't think he ever accomplished the feat in front of reliable witnesses though?
 
But I DO know a man who claimed he put so much english on a ball....
....that he set the cloth on fire....
....and burned down the pool hall.
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PT, I believe that was Guy Fawkes. I think he had a little gun powder in his pocket and he was playing at the, Ye Olde Pool Hall called the House of Lords.

I could be wrong tho as it was a longggggg time ago.

Do I have to re tell my story of the guy in our bar that has custom Milk Duds made for him at $300 a pop?

The same guy that has a Predator Sneaky that he claims is worth $1500.

The same guy who doesn't play much pool anymore because there is no competition for him. After all, he did play Earl Strickland and beat him.


Paul, I love the champagne glass trick that Semilia Sangicher does. I can never remember his name. The Turkish guy who plays very good pool.
 
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Blue Hog ridr said:
PT, I believe that was Guy Fawkes. I think he had a little gun powder in his pocket and he was playing at the, Ye Olde Pool Hall called the House of Lords.

I could be wrong tho as it was a longggggg time ago.

Do I have to re tell my story of the guy in our bar that has custom Milk Duds made for him at $300 a pop?

The same guy that has a Predator Sneaky that he claims is worth $1500.

The same guy who doesn't play much pool anymore because there is no competition for him. After all, he did play Earl Strickland and beat him.
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Burning down the pool hall was actually John Sharp's story....the pilot from Calgary.
 
Uhhh - Yeah - I made 9 Balls on the break once playing 9 Ball. Too bad I was by myself at the time.
 
book collector said:
I don't think anyone ever did it with a cue, on a table that wasn't altered in some way, but
a finger billiardist from the late 1800s, named Yank Adams, claimed he could do it by using his fingers.
His was not a z shape but an S .
I don't think he ever accomplished the feat in front of reliable witnesses though?
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I've seen mike massey doing it on a snooker table - finger billiards that is
 
Once several years ago, I was shot and killed during a pool league match
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No way man. I work at a hospital. One night I tripped going down a flight of stairs and broke my ankle.

I dragged myself into the cast room, set the break, put a cast on it and finished off my shift.

And they didn't even miss me cause it only took approx 15 minutes.

Before I set the break, and this was the hard part, I had to do my own x ray.

I had to push the button and quickly run to the table and lie down. It took me a couple of tries but I finally got it. I'm a pretty fast runner.

Some pretty fancy schmancy Swervio snooker shots here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuv6ne-vLuM
 
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I was giving a guy the 6-out and the breaks on a 9' diamond. We usually played for time and beer, nothing more serious than that because we were buddies.

HIM: You wouldn't like it against me on a bar table.
ME: Why not?
HIM: I play 6 balls better on the bar box.
ME: Really?
HIM: I play about even with Stevie Moore on the bar table.

He'd never even met Stevie Moore, just used him to gauge his speed. We happened to be passing through Columbia, SC a couple of weeks later and stopped in to Grady's. I got him on the bar table, race to 21 even, and beat him something like 21-5. He did not play Stevie's speed that day...something about his "tip being a piece of crap".
 
easy-e said:
I was giving a guy the 6-out and the breaks on a 9' diamond. We usually played for time and beer, nothing more serious than that because we were buddies.

HIM: You wouldn't like it against me on a bar table.
ME: Why not?
HIM: I play 6 balls better on the bar box.
ME: Really?
HIM: I play about even with Stevie Moore on the bar table.

He'd never even met Stevie Moore, just used him to gauge his speed. We happened to be passing through Columbia, SC a couple of weeks later and stopped in to Grady's. I got him on the bar table, race to 21 even, and beat him something like 21-5. He did not play Stevie's speed that day...something about his "tip being a piece of crap".
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Over here in the UK, there is a famous pool player called Pat O'Kane. He's essentially retired now but he was a regular on the tv. single figure ranked player, tournament winner etc.. Undisputed "London's Number One" at all codes..

Anyway... Our Pat used to be a bit of a hustler. Very very good at it. One day, he is in a pub somewhere and talking to this guy about a game and the guy's mate says

"You don't want to play him mate. He's mates with Pat O'Kane"

Pat, intrigued by this revelation waits for the guy to return from the loo and says to him "You know Pat O'Kane do you?" To which the mark replies

"Yes mate. Play with him all the time. Know him well. Obviously not as good as him but one of his practise partners"

Crap like that..

Obviously this was all news to Pat so Pat fleeced him anyway..

A few weeks later, our friend happened to walk in to Kentish Town Pool Hall (London's mecca for pool at the time) and Pat on seeing him sends someone over

"Oi! Pat O'Kane wants a word with you! Apparently you've been using his name?"

"What me mate? Not me mate! I'd never do that!"

Anyway, he's taken to see Pat to sort this out... Well.. You can imagine the conversation after that - relentless hysterical piss taking for the rest of the day...
 
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pt109 said:
I got my mind open on masse shots...ever since I saw this guy...
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j...=Dy0YVZQRBXgdjyXEw4OB5w&bvm=bv.60799247,d.aWc

But I DO know a man who claimed he put so much english on a ball....
....that he set the cloth on fire....
....and burned down the pool hall.
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If someone can top that man I've got to see it! Watching that video will change your outlook on pool when you realize what can be done with the cue ball if you know what you're doing. He did some awesome spin shots that are hard to believe if you didn't see it with your own eyes!
 
Some great funnies in this thread.

The best has to be the one easy told, where he claims he once beat somebody.

That's funny. :slap:
 
Paul said:
Semih Sayginer. A Top 3Cushion player. He on occasion does the trick shots exhibitions during the tournaments. The shot I like most from him is when he does a massive masse that circles around a rack 2x before making the point. You can search his name on youtube for some video clips. Awesome player.

Also, I used to play in House of Lords. I don't recall a player there by the name of Guy, but that might have been before my time. A lot of the old timers come out to shoot golf or 3c during the day. Much I learned about 3C was from them. Its one of my fav. places to play. It has the "old pool hall" feel. A "players" pool hall.
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A young guy that I had a class with a few years back swears he saw some guy in a bar make the 8 on the break seven times in a row. He told me this in front of another fellow I used to play in tournaments with quite a bit. We both laughed and asked how much he was drinking/smoking:rolleyes:
 
Overheard at a local pool hall, "Yeah, well I played Willie Crane just last week and took him for $1,00.00, so there, top that."

I had to walk away I was laughing so hard.
 
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JoeW said:
Overheard at a local pool hall, "Yeah, well I played Willie Crane just last week and took him for $1,00.00, so there, top that."

I had to walk away I was laughing so hard.
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He told me I broke him! WTF!

Did I top it?:grin:
 
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