Are there players that sandbag in league to purposely carry a low Fargo? Makes it easy to get into money matches to the unknown that think they're stealing.
Playing strangers 101:
*Take the amount your willing to lose
set it aside. It no longer belongs to you.
Best you can hope for is to win it back.
*Divide this amount by 5 (gives you time to evaluate your
situation.)
* You should be at least an "A" player.
* Be respectful
* Everyone must POST
*Play your "Full speed"
*Watch the "mans" footwork and patterns
*As truthfully as you can evaluate your first 2 sets
*Find a way to extract the mans cash( in a sportsmanlike way)
*Dont play @$$holes or dip$#!ts.
* Enjoy yourself
Are there players that sandbag in league to purposely carry a low Fargo? Makes it easy to get into money matches to the unknown that think they're stealing.
:thumbup: is all I got to say, well stated. Except second to last one, that will cut in half your possible games at many pool halls.
Here is some info that might help quantify where your 489 sits relative to others.
We have 144 players in our league with established Fargo ratings.
The high Fargo rating in our league is 681.
The low Fargo rating in our league is 67.
The average Fargo rating in our league is 443.3.
The median Fargo rating in our league is 450.
So a 489 would be definitely be above average in our league.
About 50th out of 144.
Hope that helps.
Chris
Our league the results are 82 players
615 is the high and 154 is the low
Average player is 418 and the median is 425.
489 would put you in 22nd place here out of the 82.
Sounds like they play slightly better in Santa Barbara than they do here.
JC
It is strictly wins and losses. But everyone is linked together like the 6 degrees of separation thing.
I saw on Facebook where they had a booth set up at one of the recent events that shows how you’re connected to SVB.
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If you cant tell someone is hiding their speed in the first set you have no business playing strangers.
Also thats why its called gambling.
From the days when I used to gamble, I used to say, "I can tell your speed from how you approach the table for your first shot, how you bridge, how you set up behind the ball, and how you rack." Most good gamblers might be able to hide one or two of these things, but I've never seen anyone hide them all for more than a game or two.
Low-level gamblers give themselves away by how they rack.
That might work for C players and below. The better they
play, some are very good at hiding alot of things.
If you play A speed and play " full speed" they really have to start showing you something to win.
Are there players that sandbag in league to purposely carry a low Fargo? Makes it easy to get into money matches to the unknown that think they're stealing.
From the days when I used to gamble, I used to say, "I can tell your speed from how you approach the table for your first shot, how you bridge, how you set up behind the ball, and how you rack." Most good gamblers might be able to hide one or two of these things, but I've never seen anyone hide them all for more than a game or two.
Low-level gamblers give themselves away by how they rack.