what are the biggest spots you've seen/heard of given?

I saw Jersey Red spot a "civilian" 15 to 1, call every ball, playing one-pocket on a 5x10 table.
Red got all the breaks and tied up the cue ball or took an intentional foul whenever he had no shot.
All that was needed was one scratch by the "civilian" and it was game over.
In one of those games, Red needed 22 balls and still won.
 
Biggest spot I've given is in 14.1, free breaks (no call shot/break ball), no penalty for foul and ball in hand if I pocket the cue. Won 50-47. Played the same guy a week later straight up and won 50-44. I seem to struggle no matter what.
 
Saw a guy give Dennis Hatch the 3 out, but they got all the breaks and ball in hand. They played 10 ahead...it almost ended in a murder scene.

Saw another person give just hit lowest numbered ball to a rail, they got breaks all in hand. Sounds impossible, but it's a little easier than beating the ghost. Still crazy to see with big money bet.
 
Many many years ago when I played 9 ball, I gave a player the wild 2 and out, race to five for $20. I won hill hill. In 1P the biggest spot I gave up was 20-4, That was a tough $100 to win.
 
I gave a guy who weighed about 280 the break and he had to make the 9-ball hit a rail on a legal hit.
I racked for the first seven games...then he never won another one.
 
I give beginners however many turns they need to get withing their striking range. That's about it. For reals, I'm not a giver.

Biggest I've heard of was along the lines of moving the 9 ball. Period.
 
This is the biggest spot I have seen. This blew up on Facebook with several hundred thousand views. Here is the youtube video. The guy that got this spot got crushed. $4,000 on the felt. You tube link and list of spot is below.

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Call balls have to be called. You can schitt wild balls. Last (N) is the first ball you make within that amount of remaining balls. IOW with the last 5 and all the balls on the table, the spottee need only get to the 5. If the spotter leaves the table with 5 or less balls, the spottee need only make one on a legal shot. I don't know if combinations are wild but I assume they are.
 
I've seen a Straight Pool champions give up 100 to 2 in the side or 50 to 1 in the side.

One of my favorite gaff games was to give up the one and the break to a weak player. If he decided he didn't like the game anymore I would tell him I will take the one and the break and he gets all the rest of the balls. You would be surprised how many times that worked.

I also used to give up multiple balls in six ball. How about the 4, 5 and 6 plus the break! Sounds good doesn't it. They had no chance!
 
3 cushion i had to make 10 points- opponent (strong international champ) to 50.....-- to loose here as an *okay player" can kill your nerves :) but at the same time awesome to see someone playing that great. Think at that time i was a 0.4 to 0.5 player on average.

Myself gave a player 6 to 11 in 9-ball-- he had to pay 5x as much :-) winning the first two sets then helps, hrhr. Good ole times ^^ (90s)...fuck....gettin old :-)
 
straightline said:
Call balls have to be called. You can schitt wild balls. Last (N) is the first ball you make within that amount of remaining balls. IOW with the last 5 and all the balls on the table, the spottee need only get to the 5. If the spotter leaves the table with 5 or less balls, the spottee need only make one on a legal shot. I don't know if combinations are wild but I assume they are.
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thnx for this explanation! You guys are very creative coming up with all these types of spots.
You say 'you can 'schitt' wild balls', and the 5 was wild here, but since they're playing 9ball, aren't all balls wild by default? (except the ones you have to call per the spot)
 
hotelyorba said:
thnx for this explanation! You guys are very creative coming up with all these types of spots.
You say 'you can 'schitt' wild balls', and the 5 was wild here, but since they're playing 9ball, aren't all balls wild by default? (except the ones you have to call per the spot)
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Yes they are but balls given count for cash; usually the game too.
 
jay helfert said:
I've seen a Straight Pool champions give up 100 to 2 in the side or 50 to 1 in the side.

One of my favorite gaff games was to give up the one and the break to a weak player. If he decided he didn't like the game anymore I would tell him I will take the one and the break and he gets all the rest of the balls. You would be surprised how many times that worked.

I also used to give up multiple balls in six ball. How about the 4, 5 and 6 plus the break! Sounds good doesn't it. They had no chance!
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While at the Scotty Townsend Memorial Tournament Orcollo said to me “ I give you phone number “ then laughed,,,,,,,, I said what’s the phone number , he said 3-4-5-6-7-8-9 !!!!! I took it and did not like it one bit lol 😂
 
One thing to watch out for is the other player taking a foul to get your extra money balls off the table. If you are taking a spot you need to specify that your extra money balls come back up if made on a foul. For example, the five ball sounds like a big spot. However, it isn't much if when the stronger player can't run out he shoots the five off the table taking the foul. Best to specify no deliberate fouls on your extra money balls.

I think we have all seen times when the stronger player is getting the spot! Three or four ball spot playing eight ball, the stronger player chooses which of your balls come off of the table after the break anyone?(grin) I have seen that many times in a bar.

Hu
 
Back when Cliff Joyner was in his prime, he spent a few months in the pool hall I played in. He gave very strong local players 11-6, or 12-6, and I think he got there more than he didn't. He might have shot an air-barrel or two, so that might of helped, but it was unbelievable to watch him on a big run. He would get shape on balls up table about 1 diamond away from the short end rail. I saw him on multiple occasions fall behind those balls so he could shoot multiple balls straight in his hole and play shape on other balls way up there.

I think I saw him run a 12 or 14 for the cash. He would also take fouls LIBERALLY, so his 12 often turned into 14 or more. It was really something to see him beat some of the stronger players this way.

On year at the DCC, I heard Dennis was giving some guy 16-2. I also heard he beat the 13--ball ghost for big money.

kollegedave
 
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