i got talked into gambling tonight.

lorider said:

I know 50.00 is peanuts to ya'll serious gamblers but what can I say ? I know I aint nothing but an apa nit and and barely above banger status lol.

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deanoc said:

quit now
it doesn't pay to gamble <====It does unless you make a bad bet
pool is bad enough,but once you start gambling you are crossing the line

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lorider said:

Had a former team mate that I had not seen in several months pop in the pool hall during league tonight. I was playing 9 ball vs a 2 the last match and trying like heck not to lose lol. After I won the former team mate comes up and starts ragging me about he heard I lost 8 ball earlier 4-1 vs another 5. I said yea...i was off a lil and playing with a stick I have only shot bout 10 racks with over the 6 years I have had it. Told him I was trying to get used to it as it hit a whole lot different than my meucci. Was playing with a g core shaft McDermott.

He said what are you now ? I said ...still a 5 in both. He said I see you are still sandbagging. I replied...i been called a sandbagger so much that last week I decided to text the lo and said I wanted to change my name on the scoresheet. To xxx the bagger. He said..no you didn't. I said yea I did and he said he was gonna change it.

He then pops up and says ...i will play you 8 ball race to 7 for a 100.00. Oh yea...before I go any farther. This guy was a 5 and on my team and quit a year ago saying apa was a sissy league and he was gonna start playing strictly tournaments.

I told him I did not have a 100.00 on me and I had not gambled in quite a few years. He replied I couldn't beat him anyway. I replied I could beat him back then...now ...and a year from now. He says..prove it. I say ok but all I got on me is 50.00. He said lets pls for that. Well the captain of the other team had heard this conversation and comes ber and tells the other guy he has 20.00 on me id he wants it. The guy says ok. Well the other captain hands me 20.00 and says he has to go and if I win we can settle up later.

I win the flip and promptly put up a break and run. Next rack I rattle the pocket on my last ball trying to get shape on the 8 and he runs out. That shook my confidence a lil and he gets up 3-1. Mind you I am playin with a cue I aint used to and I tell myself....jist knuckle down and focus...the cue is gonna go where you hit it no matter what kinda shaft you are playing with. I wind up tying it 3-3. He gets up 4-3. I tie it 4-4 and tell myself. Now its a race to 3....quit trying low percentage shots and start locking him up. I played 6 safes the 9 rack and went up 5-4. When I sunk the 8 I could tell he was upset...actually he was pissed off and threw his cue on the floor and started racking...his girlfriend who was watching picked his cue up off the floor.

I thought...now I got him where I want him and went on to win 7-4.

After I won he says....i can't believe you come back like that. I said ...what else do you expect from a sandbagger? that really pissed him off .

I really don't like to gamble but I just had to put the smart ass in his place and the 50.00 was icing on the cake. I txt the other captain and told him I had his money. he replied he shoulda covered the other 30.00 also cause he really liked the odds of me winning.

I know 50.00 is peanuts to ya'll serious gamblers but what can I say ? I know I aint nothing but an apa nit and and barely above banger status lol.

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deanoc said:

quit now

it doesn't pay to gamble

pool is bad enough,but once you start gambling you are crossing the line

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Low500 said:

WRONG!

The correct thing to do is to turn the opponent into a regular customer.
Be polite to him, buy him a drink, tell a few jokes about yourself, introduce him to some girls, get him to play some more.....but always tell him you're on short money. After the game, ask him for advice on how he handles certain shots...his ego will puff him up like a giant balloon. That's when you own him....and never let him know.
Then keep on draining him a little at a time. He'll be good as a customer for at least a year if you manage him properly. That's good action right there....get yourself a dozen like him and you can pick up an easy $15,000 a year or more in extra money without any hard work or saying "yessir boss" on a part time job, or making anyone mad.
Before long, and before anyone realizes it, you'll be controlling all the action in the pool room and the house man, waitresses, and bartenders will love you. The real players will be looking for you as a stakehorse...you'll get tipped in on all the games that are fixed and you'll know which way the river is flowing.
You younger guys should learn how to take someone's money and still have them liking you and wanting to play you......not wanting to beat you up.
THAT's how you make easy money playing pool. Not by trying to match up with the big dogs or being a donkey.
Get smart....get spots...get pity...give 'em "help me I'm scared" routines........and you walk away with all the cash and nobody is waiting in the parking lot to throw gasoline on you and toss a match or bust you in the head with a baseball bat as you unlock your car.
Gambling at pool can be fun and profitable, if you use your brains.
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Low500 said:

WRONG!

The correct thing to do is to turn the opponent into a regular customer.
Be polite to him, buy him a drink, tell a few jokes about yourself, introduce him to some girls, get him to play some more.....but always tell him you're on short money. After the game, ask him for advice on how he handles certain shots...his ego will puff him up like a giant balloon. That's when you own him....and never let him know.
Then keep on draining him a little at a time. He'll be good as a customer for at least a year if you manage him properly. That's good action right there....get yourself a dozen like him and you can pick up an easy $15,000 a year or more in extra money without any hard work or saying "yessir boss" on a part time job, or making anyone mad.
Before long, and before anyone realizes it, you'll be controlling all the action in the pool room and the house man, waitresses, and bartenders will love you. The real players will be looking for you as a stakehorse...you'll get tipped in on all the games that are fixed and you'll know which way the river is flowing.
You younger guys should learn how to take someone's money and still have them liking you and wanting to play you......not wanting to beat you up.
THAT's how you make easy money playing pool. Not by trying to match up with the big dogs or being a donkey.
Get smart....get spots...get pity...give 'em "help me I'm scared" routines........and you walk away with all the cash and nobody is waiting in the parking lot to throw gasoline on you and toss a match or bust you in the head with a baseball bat as you unlock your car.
Gambling at pool can be fun and profitable, if you use your brains.
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lorider said:

Had a former team mate that I had not seen in several months pop in the pool hall during league tonight. I was playing 9 ball vs a 2 the last match and trying like heck not to lose lol. After I won the former team mate comes up and starts ragging me about he heard I lost 8 ball earlier 4-1 vs another 5. I said yea...i was off a lil and playing with a stick I have only shot bout 10 racks with over the 6 years I have had it. Told him I was trying to get used to it as it hit a whole lot different than my meucci. Was playing with a g core shaft McDermott.

He said what are you now ? I said ...still a 5 in both. He said I see you are still sandbagging. I replied...i been called a sandbagger so much that last week I decided to text the lo and said I wanted to change my name on the scoresheet. To xxx the bagger. He said..no you didn't. I said yea I did and he said he was gonna change it.

He then pops up and says ...i will play you 8 ball race to 7 for a 100.00. Oh yea...before I go any farther. This guy was a 5 and on my team and quit a year ago saying apa was a sissy league and he was gonna start playing strictly tournaments.

I told him I did not have a 100.00 on me and I had not gambled in quite a few years. He replied I couldn't beat him anyway. I replied I could beat him back then...now ...and a year from now. He says..prove it. I say ok but all I got on me is 50.00. He said lets pls for that. Well the captain of the other team had heard this conversation and comes ber and tells the other guy he has 20.00 on me id he wants it. The guy says ok. Well the other captain hands me 20.00 and says he has to go and if I win we can settle up later.

I win the flip and promptly put up a break and run. Next rack I rattle the pocket on my last ball trying to get shape on the 8 and he runs out. That shook my confidence a lil and he gets up 3-1. Mind you I am playin with a cue I aint used to and I tell myself....jist knuckle down and focus...the cue is gonna go where you hit it no matter what kinda shaft you are playing with. I wind up tying it 3-3. He gets up 4-3. I tie it 4-4 and tell myself. Now its a race to 3....quit trying low percentage shots and start locking him up. I played 6 safes the 9 rack and went up 5-4. When I sunk the 8 I could tell he was upset...actually he was pissed off and threw his cue on the floor and started racking...his girlfriend who was watching picked his cue up off the floor.

I thought...now I got him where I want him and went on to win 7-4.

After I won he says....i can't believe you come back like that. I said ...what else do you expect from a sandbagger? that really pissed him off .

I really don't like to gamble but I just had to put the smart ass in his place and the 50.00 was icing on the cake. I txt the other captain and told him I had his money. he replied he shoulda covered the other 30.00 also cause he really liked the odds of me winning.

I know 50.00 is peanuts to ya'll serious gamblers but what can I say ? I know I aint nothing but an apa nit and and barely above banger status lol.

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