Local Friday night 8-ball tournament. $10 entry and small $ calcutta.
I'm in the hot seat waiting to face the winner of B side.
It's my cousin who hardly ever plays pool anymore and it's his first time
to play in this tournament. His opponent is Tyrone, a regular in the tourney
and a league player as well. He is the biggest whiner I've ever seen in my
life. Always moaning about something or other. We have a "no safety" rule.
In other words you can't play an obvious safety. Anytime you leave Tyrone
no shot he gripes that you did so on purpose!!!!
Anyway, it gets down to the last 3 for my cousin. I'm sitting right next to the
table, Tyrone is 10 feet away at the corner of the bar. My cousin sinks the
last two and gets straight in on the 8. He's a foot away from the 8 which is
a foot away from the corner pocket. He gets over it to shoot and I holler at
him "call the pocket". My cousin points at the hole and makes the ball.
Tyrone comes over and bows up at me and raises holy hell. He did wait
briefly until my cousin MADE the shot.
I DID feel very guilty. I know better and have never done anything like this
before. But I KNEW that Tyrone was the ONE guy in the tournament who
would have called him on it and told him he lost the game. And I told him so.
It was a heated moment and a lot of trash was talked. Him talking "rules"
and that a "no call" would have been a loss. Me telling him he would be
the only person in the tournament chickenshit enough to call it on someone
on such an obvious shot and he'd be the only one to want to win that way.
But I felt I was still in the wrong to do it and offered to give up my place,
take third, and let the two battle it out for first (although the guy who bought
me in the calcutta didn't like this option). In fact, the guy who bought me was
running the tournament. He knows what a sore loser Tyrone is and said
don't worry about it. My cousin was a new player and didn't know the rules.
But as soon as I made the offer Tyrone unscrewed and said "F..k y'all, give
me third place and I'm never coming back!!!!" And then he stormed out.
I KNOW I was in the wrong....but HOW wrong was I ????
I'm in the hot seat waiting to face the winner of B side.
It's my cousin who hardly ever plays pool anymore and it's his first time
to play in this tournament. His opponent is Tyrone, a regular in the tourney
and a league player as well. He is the biggest whiner I've ever seen in my
life. Always moaning about something or other. We have a "no safety" rule.
In other words you can't play an obvious safety. Anytime you leave Tyrone
no shot he gripes that you did so on purpose!!!!
Anyway, it gets down to the last 3 for my cousin. I'm sitting right next to the
table, Tyrone is 10 feet away at the corner of the bar. My cousin sinks the
last two and gets straight in on the 8. He's a foot away from the 8 which is
a foot away from the corner pocket. He gets over it to shoot and I holler at
him "call the pocket". My cousin points at the hole and makes the ball.
Tyrone comes over and bows up at me and raises holy hell. He did wait
briefly until my cousin MADE the shot.
I DID feel very guilty. I know better and have never done anything like this
before. But I KNEW that Tyrone was the ONE guy in the tournament who
would have called him on it and told him he lost the game. And I told him so.
It was a heated moment and a lot of trash was talked. Him talking "rules"
and that a "no call" would have been a loss. Me telling him he would be
the only person in the tournament chickenshit enough to call it on someone
on such an obvious shot and he'd be the only one to want to win that way.
But I felt I was still in the wrong to do it and offered to give up my place,
take third, and let the two battle it out for first (although the guy who bought
me in the calcutta didn't like this option). In fact, the guy who bought me was
running the tournament. He knows what a sore loser Tyrone is and said
don't worry about it. My cousin was a new player and didn't know the rules.
But as soon as I made the offer Tyrone unscrewed and said "F..k y'all, give
me third place and I'm never coming back!!!!" And then he stormed out.
I KNOW I was in the wrong....but HOW wrong was I ????