Well, it was bound to happen. I've been on a streak in the bars playing for money and not losing.
My current strategy is to not ask anyone to play for money, but if anyone asks, I will play. This is mainly to prevent any problems or hard feelings.
This night wasn't a random person. I was being set up by someone to play the top player in the league (per league averages).
I was asked what I wanted to play for by the guy setting this up. I said $100 per game. He then responded with, how about $20 a game. I said fine.
Then when the player stepped up, I told him that I heard he wanted to play for $20 a game, and he said, how about $10 a game. When I asked his name, he obviously confirmed my suspicion that he was the top player.
Now, I only did this in this manner, because I haven't yet lost to any player in a bar for money. My general theory is that someone's league average over a whole season quite actually describes their level of play. This guy is a 15.8 average, while I'm a 10.6, but I wanted to judge my play against him nonetheless, even though I was a huge underdog.
We played for a few hours. It went like this. I started out up 3 games. He then was up 6 games. I won 5 in a row and then I got even. He indicated that he needed to leave due to his wife, but I asked him to keep playing (it was getting late).
His consistency took hold and I missed 2-3 run outs in a row when I was down to my last ball, thus he surged ahead to up 7 games right before bar close. I paid him off, but I was happy with my play. It was a very enjoyable night. He even commented that his wife may not mind when he tells her that he was playing a really good player.
In conclusion, I generally gamble with players very close to my average or below -- but in this case, it was a fun night and I had a good showing. In fact, this match motivated me to work even harder on my game.
I'm not foolish enough to play him for money again though. I'm not stupid. I have the firepower to string a few racks and to beat him in a shorter race, but I definitely realize that his high average resulted in consistency that I just could not match.
I just thought that I would post this, instead of only posting the times where I win. Does anyone have any similar stories?
My current strategy is to not ask anyone to play for money, but if anyone asks, I will play. This is mainly to prevent any problems or hard feelings.
This night wasn't a random person. I was being set up by someone to play the top player in the league (per league averages).
I was asked what I wanted to play for by the guy setting this up. I said $100 per game. He then responded with, how about $20 a game. I said fine.
Then when the player stepped up, I told him that I heard he wanted to play for $20 a game, and he said, how about $10 a game. When I asked his name, he obviously confirmed my suspicion that he was the top player.
Now, I only did this in this manner, because I haven't yet lost to any player in a bar for money. My general theory is that someone's league average over a whole season quite actually describes their level of play. This guy is a 15.8 average, while I'm a 10.6, but I wanted to judge my play against him nonetheless, even though I was a huge underdog.
We played for a few hours. It went like this. I started out up 3 games. He then was up 6 games. I won 5 in a row and then I got even. He indicated that he needed to leave due to his wife, but I asked him to keep playing (it was getting late).
His consistency took hold and I missed 2-3 run outs in a row when I was down to my last ball, thus he surged ahead to up 7 games right before bar close. I paid him off, but I was happy with my play. It was a very enjoyable night. He even commented that his wife may not mind when he tells her that he was playing a really good player.
In conclusion, I generally gamble with players very close to my average or below -- but in this case, it was a fun night and I had a good showing. In fact, this match motivated me to work even harder on my game.
I'm not foolish enough to play him for money again though. I'm not stupid. I have the firepower to string a few racks and to beat him in a shorter race, but I definitely realize that his high average resulted in consistency that I just could not match.
I just thought that I would post this, instead of only posting the times where I win. Does anyone have any similar stories?
