Best Air-Barrel Ever!!!

I got air-barreled from my Dad (and he never even new it).

About 4-5 years ago my parents, who live in a different state, sent me a birthday card w/a $50 check. I deposited the check only to learn it was written on an old account that has been closed - so there thoughtful gift cost me $10 or $15 to pay the bank back. Happy birthday to me! :) I never told them about it because they would be embarrassed, but I asked them to not send gifts in the future because I could not afford them. :eek:

Back in N. California I was sweating a match for $1000 or $1500 where they posted on the lights. The guy that was playing my friend was giving a little weight and early on was loving the game, but then my friend caught a gear and looked like a completely different player. Once my friend took the lead and it seemed clear he would win, his opponent flashed a gun, removed his money (thankfully only his) and took off. The room was totally quite for a few minutes after he was gone in disbelief. I think this qualifies as an air-barrel.

Dave
 
Not really an air barrel but I saw a guy get in a bad game for a $100. After losing he ripped the $100 bill into about a 100 small pieces and said here's your money. Then the winner spent the next few hours taping it back together.
 
12squared said:
I got air-barreled from my Dad (and he never even new it).

About 4-5 years ago my parents, who live in a different state, sent me a birthday card w/a $50 check. I deposited the check only to learn it was written on an old account that has been closed - so there thoughtful gift cost me $10 or $15 to pay the bank back. Happy birthday to me! :) I never told them about it because they would be embarrassed, but I asked them to not send gifts in the future because I could not afford them. :eek:

Back in N. California I was sweating a match for $1000 or $1500 where they posted on the lights. The guy that was playing my friend was giving a little weight and early on was loving the game, but then my friend caught a gear and looked like a completely different player. Once my friend took the lead and it seemed clear he would win, his opponent flashed a gun, removed his money (thankfully only his) and took off. The room was totally quite for a few minutes after he was gone in disbelief. I think this qualifies as an air-barrel.

Dave
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I think that qualifies for a robbery. Both stories.

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dabarbr said:
To not get stiffed at all make them put up the last game before you start playing. Get paid after each game and when they start stalling on the pay, they're empty, so you just pick up the stakes for the last game.

Back in the sixties it was customary to expect to be stiffed for the last game. You could usually tell when they were empty and winning that last game was difficult because you knew you were playing for nothing.
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Back when playing by the game was the most popular way to gamble, there were many players I made put up the last game, as they were always going to shoot a air barrel and I've seen it turn around on one to many times to want to fade it.
 
I once played a very, top player some nine ball on the bar box, getting a GREAT spot for cheap money, race to 5 for twenty, alternate breaks.

He came out the gate swinging, capitalizing on my poor breaks and had me 3 to 1, chirping like a bird after a morning spring shower. I managed to get to hill-hill and win the first match for twenty which he promptly paid.

The second set, the stars aligned themselves and I won 5-3 and he shook my hand, not giving me the double-saw-buck, telling me that he would get my twenty from the guy who was staking him. Of course the stake horse had disappeared into the night, ne're to be seen for days. When he did return, and no money was forthcoming, I didn't have the heart to ask the stake horse or the very top player for the twenty.:smile:

JoeyA
 
scott1313 said:
Not really an air barrel but I saw a guy get in a bad game for a $100. After losing he ripped the $100 bill into about a 100 small pieces and said here's your money. Then the winner spent the next few hours taping it back together.
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That's funny but rotten at the same time.

JoeyA
 
nineballsafety8 said:
The only time I have been air-barreled was while I was deployed... but just barely.

It was on my first rotation to Iraq, we had only been out of the US for about 32 hours and were in Kuwait doing all the dumb training that is required before you jump into Iraq.

So I walk over the the MWR (morale, welfare, and recreation), and grab a bottle of water and start watching some fellow soldiers bang some balls around. So after about 20 minutes of some SERIOUS barking back and forth between 6 or 7 guys about "you can't beat me", and "N___A you ain't sh*^"... I decide I will kindly ask if I can play.
So I step to the table and ask if I could get on the table... well "the best player" (who couldn't run 4 balls if his mortgage was on the line) says, "we don't play for free... you gotta pay to play whiteboy"

To which my response was, "I will be honest with you, I have been watching you all play for about 20 minutes, and I could beat anyone of you, playing one handed, and my bridge hand can never even touch the table"

To which there were lots of OOOOOOHHHHHH NO HE DIDN'T, and many other hysterenoics... But he said he wanted to play $5 a rack 8 ball... which was fine by me, I WAS ROBBING.

So, we both knew that neither one of us had access to cash, as they don't allow us to carry cash into country (they give you this stupid little rechargeable debit card thingy)... so for $5 a rack, over the course of a couple of hours I beat him out of $115, playing one handed, and him not winning A SINGLE RACK... NOT ONE.

At which point, we had to go to a recall formation for accountablility... well here comes the SUCK

He walks over to put his top on (we had taken our jackets off to play, and had on just tan T-shirts), and turns around and I notice he is a Sargent First Class... Senior NCO... E7...

at the time I am a very fresh E2 Private, with mosquito wings... he notices my rank and says


"You know that according to AR600-20 that gambling is not allowed across the ranks, and is considered fraternization... but you play pretty good white boy" and walks out...

He was right though, it's not like I could take it up the chain of command... as gambling in a combat zone is not allow...

SUCH CRAP!!!
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That is just one of the reasons that I never played pool while in the service. Good story, though.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!


JoeyA
 
Not pool related nut air barrel none the less.
Back in high school had a buddy who had cool parents and we all would go and chill over in his basement - bring chics, drink, play video games whatever. Well one of our favorite games was Tetris and one afternoon I had a real good game and got a real good score. We all use to gamble cheap with one another on just about everything - pool, cards, arm wrestling whatever basically. We were playing Tetris for a dollar a game. He was SURE he could beat my score. Started off dollar a game and he just kept doubling up. By late that night he owed me $50,000 give or take lol. Needless to say................ I did tell him id let him out for a six pack - I've yet to see that yet either. :)
 
nineballsafety8 said:
The only time I have been air-barreled was while I was deployed... but just barely.

It was on my first rotation to Iraq, we had only been out of the US for about 32 hours and were in Kuwait doing all the dumb training that is required before you jump into Iraq.

So I walk over the the MWR (morale, welfare, and recreation), and grab a bottle of water and start watching some fellow soldiers bang some balls around. So after about 20 minutes of some SERIOUS barking back and forth between 6 or 7 guys about "you can't beat me", and "N___A you ain't sh*^"... I decide I will kindly ask if I can play.
So I step to the table and ask if I could get on the table... well "the best player" (who couldn't run 4 balls if his mortgage was on the line) says, "we don't play for free... you gotta pay to play whiteboy"

To which my response was, "I will be honest with you, I have been watching you all play for about 20 minutes, and I could beat anyone of you, playing one handed, and my bridge hand can never even touch the table"

To which there were lots of OOOOOOHHHHHH NO HE DIDN'T, and many other hysterenoics... But he said he wanted to play $5 a rack 8 ball... which was fine by me, I WAS ROBBING.

So, we both knew that neither one of us had access to cash, as they don't allow us to carry cash into country (they give you this stupid little rechargeable debit card thingy)... so for $5 a rack, over the course of a couple of hours I beat him out of $115, playing one handed, and him not winning A SINGLE RACK... NOT ONE.

At which point, we had to go to a recall formation for accountablility... well here comes the SUCK

He walks over to put his top on (we had taken our jackets off to play, and had on just tan T-shirts), and turns around and I notice he is a Sargent First Class... Senior NCO... E7...

at the time I am a very fresh E2 Private, with mosquito wings... he notices my rank and says


"You know that according to AR600-20 that gambling is not allowed across the ranks, and is considered fraternization... but you play pretty good white boy" and walks out...

He was right though, it's not like I could take it up the chain of command... as gambling in a combat zone is not allow...

SUCH CRAP!!!
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The E7 was the one fraternizing not you. If he is still in your unit call him out while standing at parade rest.

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Sometimes there are signs so you can avoid the dreaded up coming Air-Barrel:

I was playing a guy $100 sets of which I won the 1st 2 and was paid w/$100 bills for both. I also won the 3rd set but was now paid with 4-20s, a 10, a 5, 3 1's and I think a roll of nickels (you get the idea). We didn't play a 4th.

This is a public service announcement.

Dave
 
center pocket said:
The E7 was the one fraternizing not you. If he is still in your unit call him out while standing at parade rest.

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That was almost 9 years ago now, and I have moved on to the contractor side. I know for a fact though that if we ever cross paths that we will have "words". lol
 
Not quite an air barrel but maybe close enough. I seen a cable man that usually played good, just get absolutely smoked. Can't remember the number he lost. What I do remember is him paying off in satellite dishes and cable boxes. This was about 8-9 years ago.
 
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