I'm sure that others will have similar stories, but this is what happened tonight. Normally I feel great after winning the cash, but after thinking for the last couple hours about what transpired, I really don't feel very good about winning this time.
For the last year or so I play almost every Saturday with the same group of guys. But one of the guys just loves to play for money. The first time we ever played, he didn't miss a makable ball for over 2 hours and he won $125 from me.
But since then, it is clear that I'm the better player, and I'd say that no matter what game we play, or for what stakes, I win around 4 out of every 5 times we play. But to him, it doesn't matter, he still always asks me to play for money and insists that I play.
So when only the two of us were left, he asked to play short races to 5 playing 9 ball. This is definitely a game that he can win because of the short race and the "luck" that can occasionally happen with 9 ball. So we start really cheap. Only $5 and then $10 for each set. I have some really bad rolls and he plays solid and he wins them both.
He then suggests that we play races to 9 for $50. With a longer race, I'm feeling very confident that I will win, and I win the first set 9-3. After the second set that I also won 9-3, he needed to get money from the ATM to pay me. After paying me, he says that he's almost totally broke and that he's done.
Hearing that someone is almost totally broke, I already started feeling bad. Then he's having second thoughts, and he says that he will play one more set. I'm literally trying to convince him that he can't beat me and that I'm playing good. But he won't listen.
I specifically ask him if he has the money on him, and he says yes. So we start the third set. He is totally serious and not talking the whole set. We get to hill-hill at 8-8. He makes an extremely gutsy and difficult bank shot on the 5 ball and now he only has the 8 and 9 left. Then he overcuts and and rattles a not too difficult 8 ball and leaves me an easy out.
Then he starts quietly packing up his stuff and putting his jacket on, while I'm just standing there wondering when he plans to pay me. Awkward. Finally he says to me, "what?" And I of course respond by asking about the money. He is really not happy and it turns out, he did NOT have the $50 on him! So he heads to the ATM for a second time and then hands me the money.
He is so mad and disgusted that he storms out without saying bye or anything. I think he literally gambled every last dollar that he had! Yikes.
I'm feeling a little guilty, but should I? And what should I do in the future if he asks to gamble again? I know that $50 sets is small potatoes, but it's not for him when that's literally all the money that he has left to his name. Would you guys still play this guy for money in the future?
One thing is for sure, I'm just not the cold blooded hustler type...
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For the last year or so I play almost every Saturday with the same group of guys. But one of the guys just loves to play for money. The first time we ever played, he didn't miss a makable ball for over 2 hours and he won $125 from me.
But since then, it is clear that I'm the better player, and I'd say that no matter what game we play, or for what stakes, I win around 4 out of every 5 times we play. But to him, it doesn't matter, he still always asks me to play for money and insists that I play.
So when only the two of us were left, he asked to play short races to 5 playing 9 ball. This is definitely a game that he can win because of the short race and the "luck" that can occasionally happen with 9 ball. So we start really cheap. Only $5 and then $10 for each set. I have some really bad rolls and he plays solid and he wins them both.
He then suggests that we play races to 9 for $50. With a longer race, I'm feeling very confident that I will win, and I win the first set 9-3. After the second set that I also won 9-3, he needed to get money from the ATM to pay me. After paying me, he says that he's almost totally broke and that he's done.
Hearing that someone is almost totally broke, I already started feeling bad. Then he's having second thoughts, and he says that he will play one more set. I'm literally trying to convince him that he can't beat me and that I'm playing good. But he won't listen.
I specifically ask him if he has the money on him, and he says yes. So we start the third set. He is totally serious and not talking the whole set. We get to hill-hill at 8-8. He makes an extremely gutsy and difficult bank shot on the 5 ball and now he only has the 8 and 9 left. Then he overcuts and and rattles a not too difficult 8 ball and leaves me an easy out.
Then he starts quietly packing up his stuff and putting his jacket on, while I'm just standing there wondering when he plans to pay me. Awkward. Finally he says to me, "what?" And I of course respond by asking about the money. He is really not happy and it turns out, he did NOT have the $50 on him! So he heads to the ATM for a second time and then hands me the money.
He is so mad and disgusted that he storms out without saying bye or anything. I think he literally gambled every last dollar that he had! Yikes.
I'm feeling a little guilty, but should I? And what should I do in the future if he asks to gamble again? I know that $50 sets is small potatoes, but it's not for him when that's literally all the money that he has left to his name. Would you guys still play this guy for money in the future?
One thing is for sure, I'm just not the cold blooded hustler type...
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