I'm not sure what is with these people, but I just realized this weekend that shooting an air-barrel must be much more common than I first thought.
In both cases, when the guys were paying me for the last game or set, I could clearly see how much (or little) money that they had with them ? because they both would take out their cash all together in their hands, and look through it to find the bill(s) to pay me.
I was playing the first guy for $20 a game 8-ball. (Although we started with playing my $20 versus his $15 ? but after he won one game I convinced him to play 20 to 20). After I was up $60 ? instead of paying me the last $20, he says, "Lets play double or nothing". That would have meant that he would have needed $80 more in his pocket if he lost (for the $20 he just lost and then another $60 if he lost again).
Luckily I told him that I prefer if he settles-up on the last game first ? so when he pays me the $20, I could clearly see that he only had $20 more left on him. So then I tell him that I want to play the same way ? for $20. Then when I win ? that's it, he quits (since he was out of money, of course).
Then last night, a guy that I've never played (but heard about before) sees me gambling cheap with someone (and losing, since the guy I was playing ran 4 racks and then had an 8-ball break) ? so he asks me to gamble with him. We play a race to 3 for $40?.and after being up 2-0, the wheels come off and he takes it. We decide to play again, and he suggests playing the same way, but I convinced him to play the race to 3 for $60.
I won that set ? so he pulls $40 out right away (the $40 he just won from me) ? and then he starts searching around through a bunch of singles to find the third $20, and he's like, "I know that I have another $20 in here somewhere". So he gives me the $60, and then asks me to play one game for $100. Now maybe he had a separate stash of more money on him somewhere, but I didn't think so. I had to go play in the finals of the tournament that I was in, so I tell him that I will play him all he wants when I am done ? and then he just disappears. So I never did get to find out if he really had more money on him or not ? but I'm thinking not.
Actually, there was actually a third guy that wanted to gamble on Saturday after we both got knocked out of a different tournament. I was just about to play him, when I decided to ask around a little about him ? and two different people tell me not to play him, because he already owes a guy that was there $100 ? and that he hasn't paid him. After hearing that, I decided not to play him at all. So that's actually three different guys in one weekend that appeared to want to play for money that they didn't seem to have. I guess I must look like a real sucker or something, and they just don't think that they can lose if they play me ? I don't know. I'm definitely thinking of developing a new and even more "cautious" outlook when it comes to playing for money in the future.
In both cases, when the guys were paying me for the last game or set, I could clearly see how much (or little) money that they had with them ? because they both would take out their cash all together in their hands, and look through it to find the bill(s) to pay me.
I was playing the first guy for $20 a game 8-ball. (Although we started with playing my $20 versus his $15 ? but after he won one game I convinced him to play 20 to 20). After I was up $60 ? instead of paying me the last $20, he says, "Lets play double or nothing". That would have meant that he would have needed $80 more in his pocket if he lost (for the $20 he just lost and then another $60 if he lost again).
Luckily I told him that I prefer if he settles-up on the last game first ? so when he pays me the $20, I could clearly see that he only had $20 more left on him. So then I tell him that I want to play the same way ? for $20. Then when I win ? that's it, he quits (since he was out of money, of course).
Then last night, a guy that I've never played (but heard about before) sees me gambling cheap with someone (and losing, since the guy I was playing ran 4 racks and then had an 8-ball break) ? so he asks me to gamble with him. We play a race to 3 for $40?.and after being up 2-0, the wheels come off and he takes it. We decide to play again, and he suggests playing the same way, but I convinced him to play the race to 3 for $60.
I won that set ? so he pulls $40 out right away (the $40 he just won from me) ? and then he starts searching around through a bunch of singles to find the third $20, and he's like, "I know that I have another $20 in here somewhere". So he gives me the $60, and then asks me to play one game for $100. Now maybe he had a separate stash of more money on him somewhere, but I didn't think so. I had to go play in the finals of the tournament that I was in, so I tell him that I will play him all he wants when I am done ? and then he just disappears. So I never did get to find out if he really had more money on him or not ? but I'm thinking not.
Actually, there was actually a third guy that wanted to gamble on Saturday after we both got knocked out of a different tournament. I was just about to play him, when I decided to ask around a little about him ? and two different people tell me not to play him, because he already owes a guy that was there $100 ? and that he hasn't paid him. After hearing that, I decided not to play him at all. So that's actually three different guys in one weekend that appeared to want to play for money that they didn't seem to have. I guess I must look like a real sucker or something, and they just don't think that they can lose if they play me ? I don't know. I'm definitely thinking of developing a new and even more "cautious" outlook when it comes to playing for money in the future.
