Player A is watching his opponent run out playing 9 ball. When the opponent gets to the 9 ball, it is a relatively easy shot and Player A says, "That's good" and gives Player B the game.
This goes on for some time and Player B thinks Player A deserves the same "courtesy" so he concedes a game every now and then when he thinks Player A isn't going to miss the 9 ball.
After two or three concedes, some of them not so easy but easy enough that Player B isn't going to miss one of them except once in a blue moon. The match is getting a little tighter and there's a little pressure between the two players because the match is still close but it's also getting closer to the end of the match. Finally, Player B gets to the 9 ball and the the shot is very similar to an earlier shot that Player A had given him and this time, Player A, kind of squirms in his seat like he is getting ready to get up out of his chair and concede the game, but doesn't. Player B bears down on the shot and hangs the 9 ball.
Was this strategy on Player A's part, sharking at the highest level, just someone's paranoid imagination running wild or something else?
Lucky Joe
This goes on for some time and Player B thinks Player A deserves the same "courtesy" so he concedes a game every now and then when he thinks Player A isn't going to miss the 9 ball.
After two or three concedes, some of them not so easy but easy enough that Player B isn't going to miss one of them except once in a blue moon. The match is getting a little tighter and there's a little pressure between the two players because the match is still close but it's also getting closer to the end of the match. Finally, Player B gets to the 9 ball and the the shot is very similar to an earlier shot that Player A had given him and this time, Player A, kind of squirms in his seat like he is getting ready to get up out of his chair and concede the game, but doesn't. Player B bears down on the shot and hangs the 9 ball.
Was this strategy on Player A's part, sharking at the highest level, just someone's paranoid imagination running wild or something else?
Lucky Joe