Well if that isn't Fargo 888 ghetto mentality.The only thing he did wrong was get caught
Everyone in jail feels that way. I’d rather read stories about players that help/sponsor kids or organizations than this bullshit. Rather hear players tell others the best hustle is a 9-5 with a paycheck.
That catches up. And gambling… any gamblers I knew growing up I kept a cues length with an extension.
Kid? Didn't he say he's in his 40's? Maybe I misheard. An any rate, in my experience a leopard doesn't change its stripes. From the sounds of it, the drug bust wasn't an isolated fall from grace; just the first time he was caught doing something criminal. Based on what I've read here, it seems like this dude was shaping up to be a career criminal. Will prison reform him? Not likely. He's up against 10-5 and the breaks, stepping right back into the world and people that got him there. Like Ice Cube said in Friday, "Peer pressure is a mother fucker." This won't be the last we hear of him. Someone will revive this thread down the line with news of his unfortunate incarceration.
I just hate Calcutta. I usually just say put me in the pool and they move on. A degenerate gambler acquaintance of mine bought the pool for $60 and I finished high enough (tied 4th/5th) to get him about $200. That's my Calcutta story, super exciting I know.
I say just make another pot with a $50-100 entry if anyone wants bigger stakes.
I agree with you and others are doing the same. How many times do you hear or read on AZ Billiards about folks showing kids the pool games we love. I do like to see a good money game...but with good money.
Generally, they won't put you in the pool at your own request. Otherwise, everyone would request it.I just hate Calcutta. I usually just say put me in the pool and they move on. A degenerate gambler acquaintance of mine bought the pool for $60 and I finished high enough (tied 4th/5th) to get him about $200. That's my Calcutta story, super exciting I know.
In the meantime the tournament didn't get over til 4AM after the auction took over an hour. So much fun and value added.
He was robbing people at SBE routinely... with the whole pit table hustle dumping the rail hustle. I learned to bet with that crew and booked nearly 100% winners.
Here they don't care who buys the pool and I'm usually not good enough to be a threat. I was on one that day.
I'd rather strive for the chance to win the tournament money than double my entry fee with a minuscule chance to win. I know that's probably "loser talk" but I'm not tone deaf enough to think I'll regularly beat some of the monsters around here. Once in a blue moon maybe but it's less than 50/50 odds and to me that's a bad gamble. You might as well be flipping coins at that point, it's much less work and quicker.
They always auction off the pool last, but it does get sold. Someone owns everyone by the time the Calcutta is done.
Maybe that is why I am not a sports fan {Excepting:: F1 racing, Australian Power Boat Racing, and golf}
No...Super Billiards junkie....didn't miss him last year!
Splitting hairs.
Ouch.
