Playing Good Players

[Tramp Steamer]

lol.

Tramp, I get what you're saying but personally I think there is nothing worse than an individual, pool player or otherwise, that fails to appreciate and acknowledge being helped out.
Lou Figueroa

I most certainly agree.
I don't, or can't believe, however, that a player can learn from purposely losing, and by that I mean paying someone to beat them and then expecting something of benefit to come of it. We have seen instances of that here on the forum, before.

 

[lfigueroa]

I most certainly agree.
I don't, or can't believe, however, that a player can learn from purposely losing, and by that I mean paying someone to beat them and then expecting something of benefit to come of it. We have seen instances of that here on the forum, before.

Well that would be the thing. I'm talking about a better player playing a far lesser player for free, nothing, nada, zippo, out of the goodness of their heart and an attempt to help out the lesser player.

Lou Figueroa

 

[Awizzzy]

I can say from a personal standpoint, that I don't mind playing people that are not my speed. I don't however play down to their level, i try to stay on mine. Playing cheap games or a cheap set helps though too.

AS the saying goes you don't get better until you play somebody better than you. If I can help somebody with their game or give them some pointers, that's awesome. It will depend on the person though. So, I don't know that you have to expect anything really other than to come with your best!! :wink:

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[CGM]

What's the name of the hall?

G Cues on West Ave. Hes got 6 Diamonds.

 

[Scott Lee]

CGM...That is only part of the equation...good competition...and it doesn't have to come from gambling. The other two parts to getting better are quality instruction, and disciplined practice. As many others have said, tournament play is a great way to compete with better players, without it costing you an arm and a leg.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

BTW I am a C player. I really want to get better and I know the only way is to play better competition.

 

[CGM]

CGM...That is only part of the equation...good competition...and it doesn't have to come from gambling. The other two parts to getting better are quality instruction, and disciplined practice. As many others have said, tournament play is a great way to compete with better players, without it costing you an arm and a leg.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

I am contacting the only PBIA instructor in San Antonio to get some proper instruction. I am willing to put in the practice, I just want to make sure I am doing it correctly. At my age I dont expect to become phenomenal but I want to get as good as I possibly can.

 

[jackpot]

name one

Play tournaments.

name one really good U.S. ( I assume op is in U. S.) player that got that way taking
lessons doing drills and playing tournaments, and playing fun pool. They all got that
way by playing long sessions matching up and gambling. In the unlikely event you
can name any I will name 25 for each one that did it playing long gambling sessions.
jack

 

[Black Cat 5791]

Cool, thanks for all the responses. I thought I was going to get hammered for even asking such a "stupid" question. I dont have a problem walking up to someone in a regular pool room and asking for a game but there is a small hall here in San Antonio where only "players" play and I wanted to know what to expect if I showed up there to play.

Hmm, very interesting question indeed. In my experience thinking back to the beginning of my pool life, when I didn't know any better I would believe it or not ask anybody to play, didn't care who they were. I remember I went to one of our Local Spots years ago it happened to be the Friday before the US Amateur Regional Qualifier, and walked up to a guy and said hey you want to play some, he said sure. Somebody that I knew came in right about the same time and said to me what are you doing? I said what do you mean? I'm about to play and get some practice in, they said do you know who that is? I responded no just some guy, they said yeah but he's good your not going to beat him, I said so I just want to play. So I did just that, won a few, lost a whole lot but I still learned a lot and had fun. Funny thing is I still can't remember that guy's name :embarrassed2:

So with that being said, go play ask anybody. If they say no so what, ask the next guy. Now when it comes to gambling that's another matter, Grady "The Professor" Mattews said in his video "Money Pool" Remember the Automatic No! when approached by someone you don't know when it comes to gambling. You've got to learn their SPEED, so I would apply this to games in general, watch the room for awhile, find someone who will push you not just run over you, and go from there.

Black Cat