Worst case od slow-playing

Not so much a slow/staller but guys in my clubhouse still do not realize a reasonable amount of time is expected to process. Get down get up get down get up and maybe make a decision before the room closes.

Frank Taberski was known to take his time, to say the least.

I hope you are grossly exaggerating about someone taking 3 hours between shots. I am a very patient person, but it might drive me insane if someone even took 20 minutes between shots. I would rather take 20 shots at the bar, then to play someone that slow.

Corey inspecting a rack. Better than a sleeping pill.

Let them take as long as they like. If it gets to you it gets to you. If it doesn’t it makes
no difference how long they’ve taken. There are far bigger things to worry about - everything else.

old Joe

There was a place that was perfect to pump up a little, small action on the table twenty-four seven. It was an absolute dump off in the piney woods of Satsuma LA, didn't even have a name. It had a pool table and beer. Never even saw a woman in there.

Old Joe played there, might have owned it. Joe might have been in his eighties or older, he was ancient. I was in my teens and full of fire. Joe moved very slowly, walked slowly, shot so slowly the balls never left the bevel falling in a pocket. Worst thing is that Joe could run out. Without stalling that could take fifteen minutes! Joe would get on the table and I would be on the edge of my seat. He would miss, I would jump up and being overeager either miss or miss shape and the torture would begin again.

For about three months Joe owned me. I knew I was a much better player, except when playing Joe. I knew I had to find a new battle plan. Next time I went to that place I acted half asleep when Joe was shooting, a mildly interested observer. Beat him that time, and a couple games a few more times then he simply wouldn't play me. I was probably a couple hundred in the hole to Joe but he taught me to relax in the chair when I wasn't shooting. That made me many thousands in the coming years and while it wasn't his intention I consider Joe one of my mentors in the game. While he was called Old Joe around there he was always a gentleman and I prefer to remember him as Gentleman Joe. Only years later did I wonder if he might have been "somebody" in his younger days. His level of pool at his age was pretty amazing.

Hu

Kid Slowlicious was the worst I saw .
Against Bustamante at the Bike.
He freaking powdered , rolled his shoulder ( yes, he has a tick but still ) and powedered some more, walked a little more, then more walking, then getting down 5 times before shooting.
He made Ralph Souquet look like Butera.

Strong Arm John

Is he and Billy allowed around your way still?

decent dennis said:

Strong Arm John

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I have always been pretty patient and try to inject humor whenever possible.

Playing BCA team 8 ball in Dallas, my opponent is hooked and taking a very long time to shoot, he then excused himself to the bathroom!

When the game finally concludes one of my teammates says
“Man that was brutal, what the hell took him so long?”
I matter of factually replied
“He was waiting for a couple of layers to erode off that 5 ball, then he wouldn’t be hooked anymore.”

Played in a senior league. Guy took 25 strokes. A jury would have sympathized

Michael Andros said:

No kidding, huh? Some things cause morally degenerate thoughts and there seems little or nothing we can do to prevent them. :grin:

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I tend not to act on my emotions. But 25 strokes calls for street justice.

GoldCrown said:

I tend not to act on my emotions. But 25 strokes calls for street justice.

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That particular oddity or tic gets me as well. Maybe more so than just standing and staring so long. I try to stay in the game from the chair, watching like it was me playing, and I keep expecting the pause, ready to fire, but they just keep stroking to and fro. Finally a pause....then back to stroking again :yikes:

GoldCrown said:

I tend not to act on my emotions. But 25 strokes calls for street justice.

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I know a guy like that. It has been that way with him since I first met in in the mid 80's. Not uncommon to get close to 30 strokes every time he is at the table. We used to count them to see if he would break any records.

Painful to watch or play against guys like that. It will only hurt your game to play against people like that.
You would think it would get uncomfortable being down on a ball that long and erode confidence in the shot. That and everyone can't stand to play you!
Whichever bracket they are in for a double elimination tournament will be WAY behind the other one!