Sharking for fun!

Rackemep

Rackemep

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A couple of my friends and I decided it'd be fun to give some of these Sharking bar players here in the area a taste of their own medicine! We held a Sharking tournament and It was an absolute blast! The rules were no physical contact and you couldn't touch the table also no earplugs or headphones allowed...Sharking from all participants and spectators was highly encouraged! We only had 16 players show up but it was a ton of fun! My buddy Marc and I took 1st and 2nd...I got him in the finals...I quietly hovered behind him throughout the rack staying out of sight and just letting everyone else shark him...finally he was shooting up table which gave me a chance to make my move...Marc has a very predictable rhythm, 2-3 practice strokes, pause at the cue ball, back stroke, pause and fire...on the pause of his back stroke I pulled the fire alarm and Sharked everyone in the bar at once! Marc jumped a mile and missed big time (the bar manager gave me the thumbs up on the fire alarm by the way)....I still had to fade the onslaught of Sharking and a big ol pair of barley covered boobs right in front of the pocket as I shot the 8-ball....

Marc was pissed and I was still laughing my ass off...great times!

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I like it, I play with a couple of guys who are masters and I am above them!
Then there's the lessons I have taken from the Euro fans at the last two Mosconi cups played in Vegas.

Congrats on your victory;)
 
The victory was good but the gathering as a whole was a blast!...most fun playing pool I've had in a long time! If we ever do it again there will be a no air horn rule that's for sure! In a tiny little bar they are just too damn loud!
 
I'm sitting here wondering if this idea was born out of the Mosconi Cup events.

I'm liberal but there's some things I'm very conservative with, and pool etiquette: respect for the sport and for your opponent is "one of them."

I realize that something needs to be done to make pool more entertaining but I'm not sure this is the answer and hate to see it go down this road.

You said, "to give them a taste of their own medicine." If someone resorts to this method of desperation in a gambling match... just put them on your "crap-list" and don't play them anymore. Others will do the same. If someone does it during a tournament - they should be barred from entering future tournaments at the establishment.

I'm old, so it might be different for me, but I can easily see this becoming "the future of pool" and I honestly see it leading to horrible things. Please don't dumb-down this sport.

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Rackemep said:
A couple of my friends and I decided it'd be fun to give some of these Sharking bar players here in the area a taste of their own medicine! We held a Sharking tournament and It was an absolute blast! The rules were no physical contact and you couldn't touch the table also no earplugs or headphones allowed...Sharking from all participants and spectators was highly encouraged! We only had 16 players show up but it was a ton of fun! My buddy Marc and I took 1st and 2nd...I got him in the finals...I quietly hovered behind him throughout the rack staying out of sight and just letting everyone else shark him...finally he was shooting up table which gave me a chance to make my move...Marc has a very predictable rhythm, 2-3 practice strokes, pause at the cue ball, back stroke, pause and fire...on the pause of his back stroke I pulled the fire alarm and Sharked everyone in the bar at once! Marc jumped a mile and missed big time (the bar manager gave me the thumbs up on the fire alarm by the way)....I still had to fade the onslaught of Sharking and a big ol pair of barley covered boobs right in front of the pocket as I shot the 8-ball....

Marc was pissed and I was still laughing my ass off...great times!

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John Disque said:
I'm sitting here wondering if this idea was born out of the Mosconi Cup events.



I'm liberal but there's some things I'm very conservative with, and pool etiquette: respect for the sport and for your opponent is "one of them."



I realize that something needs to be done to make pool more entertaining but I'm not sure this is the answer and hate to see it go down this road.



You said, "to give them a taste of their own medicine." If someone resorts to this method of desperation in a gambling match... just put them on your "crap-list" and don't play them anymore. Others will do the same. If someone does it during a tournament - they should be barred from entering future tournaments at the establishment.



I'm old, so it might be different for me, but I can easily see this becoming "the future of pool" and I honestly see it leading to horrible things. Please don't dumb-down this sport.



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Oh god.. Your the worst


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John Disque said:
I'm sitting here wondering if this idea was born out of the Mosconi Cup events.

I'm liberal but there's some things I'm very conservative with, and pool etiquette: respect for the sport and for your opponent is "one of them."

I realize that something needs to be done to make pool more entertaining but I'm not sure this is the answer and hate to see it go down this road.

You said, "to give them a taste of their own medicine." If someone resorts to this method of desperation in a gambling match... just put them on your "crap-list" and don't play them anymore. Others will do the same. If someone does it during a tournament - they should be barred from entering future tournaments at the establishment.

I'm old, so it might be different for me, but I can easily see this becoming "the future of pool" and I honestly see it leading to horrible things. Please don't dumb-down this sport.

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This tournament had nothing to do with the road this sport is going down...it was nothing but a "fun" tournament that got two different types of players mixing and having a good time.... First and foremost you have to understand the pool scene here...the population of pool players here is tiny! Everyone knows everyone! We don't have a pool hall so it's nothing but bar boxes in little dive bars...for The most part the players here fall into two overlapping categories...Bar players and league players. Now most of the bar players play in the league but concider it "chicken shit" pool because you can play safe and don't have to call every little kiss or carom.

The league players (the ones that strictly play league) generally don't like the bar players because of the sharking and antics...so the bar players own the pool tables except on league nights (Tuesday's and Friday's) because there is nowhere for the league players to escape the bar guys...The bar guys don't like the league guys because the league guys tell them that they don't play "real pool"....

Now when I say give the sharking bar players a taste of their own medicine I mean it in a mischievous fun kind of way...like I said we all know each other! Do I think we should play pool like that all the time? Not only no but HELL NO! But if it gets some of these two different groups of players to ease up around each other and have a little respect for one another to where maybe some day we could all play together then maybe, just maybe this little city could support a pool hall...

As far as it having anything to do with the MC you're way off...id be willing to bet 80% of the pool scene here has no idea what the MC is...
 
Next time y'all have an event like that,prepare ahead of time. Eat a big bowl of butterbeans, some broccoli and cabbage. Get to the bar a little early, start on beer & pickled eggs. You'll soon be known as "THE SHARKER" !!! 'Be Prepared', (it wasn't even raining when Noah built the Ark)
 
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couldnthinkof01 said:
We play ring games with no contact sharking, I dont think it could be more fun!
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Hell yes! Great fun! When I lived in Utah years back we had a 24 hour pool hall called Eo's. We had some great ring games in that place! More than once I left the pool hall after being in a $1 $2 ring game until 2-3 in the morning and came back the next day to find the same ring game still rolling...players would just rotate in and out. There was always banter and a little friendly sharking...it was tons of fun!
 
Where the hell are the pics of the Boobs?
Jason<----- doesnt believe sharking exists - let me prove it by showing me boobs
 
jasonlaus said:
Where the hell are the pics of the Boobs?
Jason<----- doesnt believe sharking exists - let me prove it by showing me boobs
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The boobs might of had a better chance of working had she leaned away from the pocket...the way she leaned down all I had to do was aim for the crack in the cleavage and fire. No pics but I took a good mental snapshot.

The guy that got me the best kept acting like he was going to throw a cube of chalk out on the table or maybe even at me....he finally did throw the chalk right as I was getting ready to pull the trigger on a shot but he threw it over me into a tin garbage can that sits in the corner...it took my eyes off the shot and I damn near missed the whole ball...
 
Rackemep said:
The boobs might of had a better chance of working had she leaned away from the pocket...the way she leaned down all I had to do was aim for the crack in the cleavage and fire. No pics but I took a good mental snapshot.

The guy that got me the best kept acting like he was going to throw a cube of chalk out on the table or maybe even at me....he finally did throw the chalk right as I was getting ready to pull the trigger on a shot but he threw it over me into a tin garbage can that sits in the corner...it took my eyes off the shot and I damn near missed the whole ball...
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Love it! This is how I learned to play
Jason<----still wants to see bewbs
 
Rackemep said:
The boobs might of had a better chance of working had she leaned away from the pocket...the way she leaned down all I had to do was aim for the crack in the cleavage and fire. No pics but I took a good mental snapshot.

The guy that got me the best kept acting like he was going to throw a cube of chalk out on the table or maybe even at me....he finally did throw the chalk right as I was getting ready to pull the trigger on a shot but he threw it over me into a tin garbage can that sits in the corner...it took my eyes off the shot and I damn near missed the whole ball...
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We used to have a pretty brutal one... got to where people were throwing cubes of chalk that hit shooter...the balls on the table...the balls on the players.
 
John Disque said:
I'm sitting here wondering if this idea was born out of the Mosconi Cup events.

I'm liberal but there's some things I'm very conservative with, and pool etiquette: respect for the sport and for your opponent is "one of them."

I realize that something needs to be done to make pool more entertaining but I'm not sure this is the answer and hate to see it go down this road.

You said, "to give them a taste of their own medicine." If someone resorts to this method of desperation in a gambling match... just put them on your "crap-list" and don't play them anymore. Others will do the same. If someone does it during a tournament - they should be barred from entering future tournaments at the establishment.

I'm old, so it might be different for me, but I can easily see this becoming "the future of pool" and I honestly see it leading to horrible things. Please don't dumb-down this sport.

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Do you think that writing in crayon gives your posts more credibility?
 
Rackemep said:
A couple of my friends and I decided it'd be fun to give some of these Sharking bar players here in the area a taste of their own medicine! We held a Sharking tournament and It was an absolute blast! The rules were no physical contact and you couldn't touch the table also no earplugs or headphones allowed...Sharking from all participants and spectators was highly encouraged! We only had 16 players show up but it was a ton of fun! My buddy Marc and I took 1st and 2nd...I got him in the finals...I quietly hovered behind him throughout the rack staying out of sight and just letting everyone else shark him...finally he was shooting up table which gave me a chance to make my move...Marc has a very predictable rhythm, 2-3 practice strokes, pause at the cue ball, back stroke, pause and fire...on the pause of his back stroke I pulled the fire alarm and Sharked everyone in the bar at once! Marc jumped a mile and missed big time (the bar manager gave me the thumbs up on the fire alarm by the way)....I still had to fade the onslaught of Sharking and a big ol pair of barley covered boobs right in front of the pocket as I shot the 8-ball....

Marc was pissed and I was still laughing my ass off...great times!

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Love it!
Reminds me of the pre Expo fun charity event with
the WPBA girls.
Jeanette Lee was the best at it!
Not just because of the leather pants either.
 
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