still is in bars and you lose all future action, and get to go home if still able to walk.
at least in the bars where they gambled a lot.
Intentional Fouls … An Important Strategic Tool
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at least in the bars where they gambled a lot.
People today don't know how dangerous it was back in the day when you went into a bar alone and started playing pool and winning all the money.
I busted the owner of a Gulfport, MS pool hall and all his buddies in his brother's bar in Biloxi one night and barely got out alive in the morning.
The night started out with me challenging the table during a cheap 8-ball game with people putting up quarters on the bar table.
After a couple hours I had kept control of the table and everbody quit except this one guy who owned the pool room.
We then switched to 9 ball on the bar table. This was on a Saturday night and it ended with a fight about 6AM on Sunday morning when I won the last game and all of his money for the second or third time. He ran out of money a couple of times during the night and borrowed more from his buddies and his brother. At one point, he went into a back room and came out with a paper bag full of jewelry that he tried to put up to play more and I told him I played for money, not jewelry.
The whole night, after around 2AM, we were playing inside a closed bar with the doors locked and I was by myself with this guy, his brother and all their hooligans and a few girlfriends inside.
Do they respond by playing less tight? Reminds me of HBrian kind of wisdom.
was playing in a bar in new york city and was beating the players late at night. soon it changed to a different "group" of people and i saw i was not getting out easily with the money. so i set my stick on the table and went to the bathroom. there was a tiny window in it and out i squeezed through and fell into the garbage cans. and off i went.
so i learned a better trick. when things went down i went to the pay phone and called the police and said there was a fight in such and such bar.
when they walked in, i walked out.
so i learned a better trick. when things went down i went to the pay phone and called the police and said there was a fight in such and such bar.
when they walked in, i walked out.
Makes sense - like tapping out. I'm not the strategist here but I see the expedition rules as enabling clusterforks.Unless you are playing Ultimate Pool rules. That would be loss of game.
Unless you are playing Ultimate Pool rules. That would be loss of game.
UK-based games are too "limiting," IMO.
You are also not allowed to hit into a frozen ball even though it results in the same tip action as any other shot (even though it feels quite different). See:
wonderful video dave perhaps your best showing what few even think about.
only bad part is some of the shots your opponent will not let you do or fight and say its a foul. most of the close type shots need to be explained before shot to avoid this to at least know if you shoot it you will not get it from him.
and in the pool room when your cueball is very close to the object ball. found that saying only way to shoot is to have the cueball come straight back with no forward motion or the cue must be pointing away from the object ball when you shoot. not perfect but eliminates the argument.
only bad part is some of the shots your opponent will not let you do or fight and say its a foul. most of the close type shots need to be explained before shot to avoid this to at least know if you shoot it you will not get it from him.
and in the pool room when your cueball is very close to the object ball. found that saying only way to shoot is to have the cueball come straight back with no forward motion or the cue must be pointing away from the object ball when you shoot. not perfect but eliminates the argument.
Thanks.
In leagues or tournaments, I just have any suspect shot recorded with smartphone slo-mo video. That way the right call is always made, with little effort and no arguments.
I know. Similar to snooker rules. But the Ultimate Pool USA league is a fun format.
I also like the format, but I don’t like that they don’t otherwise follow the WPA official rules of 8-ball. The WPA rules are the true “international” rules.