I like that. You could always become a rapper if pool doesn't work out haha.
I think he's gonna have a hard time getting backers next year.
Hey I think I know who you mean... Jackie R.? Plays in the APT events?
She can definitely shoot. Was shooting in Springfield one day and I glance over and
it looks like there's a 14 year old girl playing one pocket. I thought I was hallucinating.
I accused my opponent of putting something in my coke.
I'm sure BB's wife will get used to the new arrangement.
Many 16 year olds would have to work for a solid week to earn the amount he was betting per rack.
And most of them haven't had to deal with mortgages and utility bills, nevermind supporting a family.
Few people that age understand the value of what they're betting.
You could argue "yeah but they're living with the parents and don't have to pay those bills,
so if they lose it's not the end of the world."
...the thing is, those teenage years are pretty critical. That's when people develop a lot of their identity,
their self-image. If you make a habit of gambling your whole paycheck at 16, and you start to think of
yourself as a high-betting pool player who isn't scared of tough action, that might completely
alter the kind of path you take in life and your attitude towards saving money and taking risks.
If I had a 16 year old son betting hundreds per rack, I'd push pretty hard to discourage it.
I think that kid would be in for a tough life (or at least a tough decade) if I didn't nip it in the bud.
I like that. You could always become a rapper if pool doesn't work out haha.
I think he's gonna have a hard time getting backers next year.
Hey I think I know who you mean... Jackie R.? Plays in the APT events?
She can definitely shoot. Was shooting in Springfield one day and I glance over and
it looks like there's a 14 year old girl playing one pocket. I thought I was hallucinating.
I accused my opponent of putting something in my coke.
I'm sure BB's wife will get used to the new arrangement.
Many 16 year olds would have to work for a solid week to earn the amount he was betting per rack.
And most of them haven't had to deal with mortgages and utility bills, nevermind supporting a family.
Few people that age understand the value of what they're betting.
You could argue "yeah but they're living with the parents and don't have to pay those bills,
so if they lose it's not the end of the world."
...the thing is, those teenage years are pretty critical. That's when people develop a lot of their identity,
their self-image. If you make a habit of gambling your whole paycheck at 16, and you start to think of
yourself as a high-betting pool player who isn't scared of tough action, that might completely
alter the kind of path you take in life and your attitude towards saving money and taking risks.
If I had a 16 year old son betting hundreds per rack, I'd push pretty hard to discourage it.
I think that kid would be in for a tough life (or at least a tough decade) if I didn't nip it in the bud.
Probably not a dump. He is just that bad at his own game! Last few events hes lost many thousands of dollars.
Nobody should ever give this POS dump artist any action. When things get ugly he will plain rob you.
This SBE he should get nothing. Good luck pool player.
Kids learn how to gamble at a very early age. Think of the arcades with the tickets that are won based on your score. Those tickets are used to purchased overpriced prizes. So 100 tickets might cost a kid a fortune in order to get a 20 dollar radio or something. I brought this up one time to some people and they said "it's not really gambling." Wtf is it then? What do you call all those "crane" machines where kids put in 10 dollars trying to snatch a 3 dollar stuffed animal? Of course now these games are a lot more sophisticated. I believe they have upped the ante putting in big prizes like play station games, mp3 players, and other electronics. Hard telling how much they blow in those machines chasing the good stuff.
So, if a 16 year old wants to wager some money on his pool game, a game of skill, then I do not see a damn thing wrong with it.
So if an adult dropped by your house to play you for cash when you are a kid, maybe thats cool, maybe. To me only if the parents condone it.
Then when your adult opponent realizes he cant win he just changes the length of the set and uses his physicality to intimidate you. When all that fails he just plain air barrels?
Would you be cool with an adult doing this to your son? I would dare say you wouldnt. If I cant convince you, there is nothing more I have to say. If this boy was my blood, this would be far from over.
If this were my son, he wouldn't be in action betting large in the first place.
Don't forget the part a out how it is far better to have a job where you make 40k/ yr that it is to have no job and go through 40k/yr.While I see where you are coming from in your post I disagree about Zack. Zack and I run around all over and gamble everywhere we go and have been since I was bout 17. Im now 19 and just because we gambled doesn't mean that's all we do.
I work 6 days a week now and there is no doubt in my mind that when Zack graduates from highschool he will either attend college or go right in the working world. We have talked plenty of times on the ride to and from these tournaments that we travel from on just that. Theres not a doubt in my mind that Zack will do whats best for him in the long run.
So I guess to summarize my post: Yes while the teenage years are crucial if you travel down a road that has good and bad signs (Which just about every teen travels down) its all in your decision upon who is with you. If you keep good people around you and keep the bad ones away you will stay on the right path
So I guess to summarize my post: Yes while the teenage years are crucial if you travel down a road that has good and bad signs (Which just about every teen travels down) its all in your decision upon who is with you. If you keep good people around you and keep the bad ones away you will stay on the right path
So ....is anoyone going to do anything about this gy??everyone seems to know him and where he is, why has nobody beat the shit out of him made it perfectly clear that this will no longer be tolerated?