My sneaky plays better than I do.
And how many of you go out and use that sneaky Pete to try and hide your speed and bet on games?
I always thought when I bought my first decent cue years ago that when I get really good, I'll do just that. Get me a sneaky Pete and go take some money. While my game has been sharper, I'm still playing a decent game and it's getting better, not to the point I was thinking of to buy a sneaky Pete.
I'm thinking of getting the Pro Shaft from Meucci. Shaft is $246, but I can get it w a sneaky Pete butt for about $330 or I can get one of the other cues that I like but has a nice conservative look that I like. Not sure which way to go.
I should just get on FB marketplace and buy a used Pro Shaft, not crazy about FB or their marketplace though.
So do you hustle with your sneaky Pete?
Every other player in most rooms are sporting way nicer looking cues than most any sneaky.
IMO, a sneaky is a sign of a better player. :wink: Most of the really good players that I have came across in strange rooms were sporting some sort of sneaky or merry widow........
The days of "hey, look at that cue, he must be a hustler"................are LOOONNNGGGG gone. :deadhorse:
Jeff
And almost all sneaky's today are anything but. Fancy wood, ringwork etc. with prices to match. All my Schmelke has is black collars, 'bout 150bux. A lot of players today are fairly clueless(and couldn't care less) about cues, etc. Just us junkies on here.When I got into my adult years, I had an epiphany, I realized that everyone was not on my same level of thinking.
With that in mind, understand many of the people here are pool enthusiasts. They've spent time in pool halls, know many different games, the rules to the games, maybe follow the pros, etc. We are into pool more than the average Joe.
I went up to one of the better players in pool league who's been into pool for a long time. Built his own cue and case. Has a pool man cave that is awesome, fully restored table from early 1900s. I ask him about deflection and throw, he looked at me like I was talking Chinese. Didn't have a clue what I was talking about.
Around here, I could be playing a sneaky and 80% of the players wouldn't know. Most pool players in the area know each other to some degree. So I'm not hiding anything around here anyways, not that I have a sweet game to hide anyway.
I bet I could ask 20 league players in the area what a merry widow is and at least half wouldn't know, probably more.
It's been a long time since pool was a thing here. The last pool hall closed bout 5 years ago. The good old days when a sneaky Pete was a sign of a player are long gone and the players of today have no idea what those days were like.
i have a monster sneaky. They're a good way to get into a high dollar makers cues on a budget. Never snuck up on anybody that's for sure. when i was coming up all the "hustlers" had Meuccis not sneaky petes