tough situation sir!
It sounds to me that the guy got in over his head, financially! He took a chance with the air barrell trying to get back to even!
He is a regular and I am certain he will be back with an apology and your money. The POOL FORCE is strong in that one young padawan! 10 years of playing does not end over night and for a $800 debt!
What is concerning is your response. I would be VERY upset to read this if it was me!!! I play social and have been air barrelled before. We all have, i think!
You can't find it in your heart to give the guy some time???
Do, you see him at the pool room gambling???
Do you see him and he does not speak???
You post this and do not call or contact him FIRST???
What if he had a DEATH in the family, that caused him to miss the promised date??? How do you fix this with him???
Point is YOUR reaction and response could very well be PRE-MATURE and over kill.
Kd
Man, there sure is a lot of speculation in your post, Kid.
In my humble opinion, once a guy airs you out and then doesn't meet his promised make good date, it's up to the guy who got barrelled how he wishes to handle it.
I suppose if the guy was a good gambling opponent for many years and always made good before, there could be something going on in his life currently thast made him do this but that doesn't excuse stiffing someone - it's just a possible reason why.
If the op of this thread wanted to be gracious and forgiving or alternately pissed off and not forgiving, that's all up to him.
The other dynamic that comes into play is how the gambling has been going between them. The op hasn't said, so we really don't know whether they've been playing close and splitting winnings or if it's been lopsided.
My guess would be that if it were lopsided to the op's favor, this thread blasting the other guy probably wouldn't have been put up.
That's also speculative.
best,
brian kc
<--- wishes he had a quarter for every time he heard "I shoulda made him post"