Best Hustle You've pulled off in the pool room..

rack'em zach'em

rack'em zach'em

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I went up to the old Diamonds one night in Dallas. I had been there a while hitting balls when this guy I know comes in and ask me to play some 9-ball $100 sets. Now I know rotation games aren't my best because my cue ball control isn't all that great...I'm more of shot maker than a run out champ..But I went ahead and played him anyways..I lost the first set hill-hill and the second one 7-2. It was about 1:30 in the morning now and the bars close at 2:00 in these parts. He and his buddy wanted to go to the bar and get a drink before Diamonds closed.

So I said okay I'll drive ya and but when we go you have to buy me 8 shots of whatever you want and we'll play one pocket when we get back for whatever you want..He agreed and we went to the bar..We walked up to the bar and he ordered a crown and rumpleminz(Big Poors)...repeated 3 more times in about 10 minutes...I was like well lets go back to the pool room before all this kicks in...Right as we get to the pool room my buzz starts to kick in..we went in... went back and forth on the game..keep in mind this guy used to give me 10-7, 9-7. He was acting all weird and didn't know if he wanted to play and I knew I had the nuts because of the state that I was in...So I told him okay we'll play even $40 a game(I'm down $200 from 9-ball)..He agreed..and I was psyched..I had CJ Wiley and Justin Cone(or Cliff-can't remember that part) gambling on the table next to me..I was pumped..Any ways long story short I won 8 games straight and I busted him out of all the cash he had on him...lol since he had bought me all those shots to..He didn't make 8 balls total in 8 games...

Kind of a bad story but it's the best I've done so far...hustlin wise


I was huslted by Brian Jones - I'll never forget it...It was the one and only time since I started playing in 2001...I'll tell that one later..
 
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I was just shooting around for fun with my girlfriend. My girl and I was playing left-handed the whole time. Two kids in their teens asked me and my girl to play them in 8 ball scotch doubles.

Agreed to $10 per game in a race to 5. I then proceeded to switch over to my right hand and we ended up running out on them. We ended up winning 5-2 so they owed us $30 bucks. Turns out that they were shooting air barrels at us. Luckily the pool hall owner knew them and bailed them out by giving us free table time and a boatload of food.

Not a good story but I felt like I taught these little kids a lesson they won't soon forget~ :D
 
When I was 17, I was playing one day in the pool room I frequented. This guy who worked for Ford Glass...and made good money back then..like $20 an hour (this was...94 or 95) was pals with me, and I played better than him. He brought some redneck looking guy over and told him to gamble with me. I guess the guy wouldn't gamble with my Ford Glass pal - so Ford Glass put me in against him and the guy must have thought he was stealing.


Ford Glass backed me at $20 a game 9 ball, and I beat the guy like 10 in a row real quick and he quit...just a cursing...and Ford Glass was loving it and laughing. He let me keep all of the winnings. I guess it was really more of his hustle - but I won't forget it. I was no great player, but this guy was just horrible - but thought he was great.
 
The Nuts

poolplayer2093 said:
Why did you have the nuts?
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I don't know and I know now it's not good...but when I was in that state of mind my precision is nearly perfect and I didn't miss if I had a shot...
 
rack'em zach'em said:
I went up to the old Diamonds one night in Dallas. I had been there a while hitting balls when this guy I know comes in and ask me to play some 9-ball $100 sets. Now I know rotation games aren't my best because my cue ball control isn't all that great...I'm more of shot maker than a run out champ..But I went ahead and played him anyways..I lost the first set hill-hill and the second one 7-2. It was about 1:30 in the morning now and the bars close at 2:00 in these parts. He and his buddy wanted to go to the bar and get a drink before Diamonds closed.

So I said okay I'll drive ya and but when we go you have to buy me 8 shots of whatever you want and we'll play one pocket when we get back for whatever you want..He agreed and we went to the bar..We walked up to the bar and he ordered a crown and rumpleminz(Big Poors)...repeated 3 more times in about 10 minutes...I was like well lets go back to the pool room before all this kicks in...Right as we get to the pool room my buzz starts to kick in..we went in... went back and forth on the game..keep in mind this guy used to give me 10-7, 9-7. He was acting all weird and didn't know if he wanted to play and I knew I had the nuts because of the state that I was in...So I told him okay we'll play even $40 a game(I'm down $200 from 9-ball)..He agreed..and I was psyched..I had CJ Wiley and Justin Cone(or Cliff-can't remember that part) gambling on the table next to me..I was pumped..Any ways long story short I won 8 games straight and I busted him out of all the cash he had on him...lol since he had bought me all those shots to..He didn't make 8 balls total in 8 games...

Kind of a bad story but it's the best I've done so far...hustlin wise


I was huslted by Brian Jones - I'll never forget it...It was the one and only time since I started playing in 2001...I'll tell that one later..
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That's some top notch money-hating there.

Best hustle I ever pulled off in a pool room was noticing the drunk guy who really wanted to play, was prepared to lose everything he'd brought, and was too drunk to know he couldn't beat me. I was out celebrating my brother-in-law's friend's birthday, and I had my brother-in-law posting the bets and collecting the money, and the friend running for more drinks whenever we got low. It was only $95, which is not quite my biggest score (and only covered about half our bourbon for the night), but it was the best game I've ever been in, and if the guy had brought $200 with him, I would have won $200. I know because he said so in as many words after he was broke.

-Andrew
 
rack'em zach'em said:
I went up to the old Diamonds one night in Dallas. I had been there a while hitting balls when this guy I know comes in and ask me to play some 9-ball $100 sets. Now I know rotation games aren't my best because my cue ball control isn't all that great...I'm more of shot maker than a run out champ..But I went ahead and played him anyways..I lost the first set hill-hill and the second one 7-2. It was about 1:30 in the morning now and the bars close at 2:00 in these parts. He and his buddy wanted to go to the bar and get a drink before Diamonds closed.

So I said okay I'll drive ya and but when we go you have to buy me 8 shots of whatever you want and we'll play one pocket when we get back for whatever you want..He agreed and we went to the bar..We walked up to the bar and he ordered a crown and rumpleminz(Big Poors)...repeated 3 more times in about 10 minutes...I was like well lets go back to the pool room before all this kicks in...Right as we get to the pool room my buzz starts to kick in..we went in... went back and forth on the game..keep in mind this guy used to give me 10-7, 9-7. He was acting all weird and didn't know if he wanted to play and I knew I had the nuts because of the state that I was in...So I told him okay we'll play even $40 a game(I'm down $200 from 9-ball)..He agreed..and I was psyched..I had CJ Wiley and Justin Cone(or Cliff-can't remember that part) gambling on the table next to me..I was pumped..Any ways long story short I won 8 games straight and I busted him out of all the cash he had on him...lol since he had bought me all those shots to..He didn't make 8 balls total in 8 games...

Kind of a bad story but it's the best I've done so far...hustlin wise


I was huslted by Brian Jones - I'll never forget it...It was the one and only time since I started playing in 2001...I'll tell that one later..
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The best one I ever pulled is when you came in and sked me for 10-7!!!!!!
 
lol...I remember that(What did I lose $200?)...I played horrible that day...oh wait I always do ...how's everything going down there Lewis? the guy in the story was Cowboy Randy
 
I went to the Ace-Hi tavern in Golden, CO right after playing in a tourney and going 2-n-out. I didn't feel like playing pool but a girl who knew me had her quarters come up and so she dragged me to the pool table.

I was more into drinking than playing and the game came down to a bank shot with the 8 ball on the first diamond. I tried to bank it cross side and missed and we lost. I was cool with that. But then, my opponent says "You can't make that shot, it's impossible."
"Huh?"
"You can't make it, the cue ball won't get out of the way."
"Sure I can" I set it up and missed (now intentionally), set it up and missed, set it up and missed. "I know I can make it."
"No, you can't."

Just then, like a freaking angel from above, my road buddy Steve B. who I didn't even know was there, comes stumbling through the crowd and says loudly "I bet you 10 bucks I can make that shot one-handed." Nobody knew we knew each other.

"You're on." I say and we lay the two 10s on the table.

He steps up and makes it.

Everybody laughs at me. Awesome. Sometimes it works out better than you could plan it.

Me: "Well if that little drunk f*cker can make it one handed, so can I. Who wants to bet."

All the sudden from all over the room people are clamoring to get their money up to the table. I covered all I could which I think was about $80. Steve cleaned out his pockets too which I think was another $50 or so. Luckily nobody noticed that we were now betting together on this one :)

So I got up and sat over the shot, one-handed, after missing it about 15 times in a row. I mumbled loudly "How do I get myself into these f*cking situations?" Everyone laughed and I loved the sound of their laughter dying as I drilled the f*cker right into the center of the pocket. Grabbed the money and walked right by the bathroom out the back door. Met up with Steve in the parking lot and we went to breakfast. Denny's tasted especially good that morning.

~rc
 
one of the funniest

Maybe not the best but one of the funniest. Back in the day I had a certain affinity for beer, lots of it. I was drinking beer and banging away on a table when a guy comes up wanting to play. He keeps wanting to raise the bet and I keep "reluctantly" agreeing to after some discussion. After he had massaged the bet into ten times what we had started at, I saw the glimmer in his eye and a little more strength in his step. He was ready to move in for the kill.

Normally I just tightened up a bit and usually kept taking the money that a guy like this had been giving me while he was on the stall but this was a real jerk and I had a different plan for him. I walked over to him, put a friendly hand on his shoulder and said, "I have had too much to drink, you have had too much to drink, it's late and I don't want to take any more of your money. Let's continue another night." Before he could think of a response to me being too nice to be hustled I had put the house stick in the wall rack and was out the door!

Hu
 
rack'em zach'em said:
lol...I remember that(What did I lose $200?)...I played horrible that day...oh wait I always do ...how's everything going down there Lewis? the guy in the story was Cowboy Randy
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I was just messin with ya. That seems like a long time ago. I've played very little since.
 
wasnt really a hustle cuz I think that shit is low, but I won $500 in Bend, OR, starting with $5/rack 8 ball. Guy started doubling up...

he wanted to play for a grand...but no way Im risking all $500 so I left. He wasn't even pissed. To this day I don't know if I was being "hustled" or not
 
Hustle??

I_Suck_at_pool said:
wasnt really a hustle cuz I think that shit is low, but I won $500 in Bend, OR, starting with $5/rack 8 ball. Guy started doubling up...

he wanted to play for a grand...but no way Im risking all $500 so I left. He wasn't even pissed. To this day I don't know if I was being "hustled" or not
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What is this hustle you speak of? I've never hustled or been hustled:rolleyes: Well, today anyway.
Years ago when Rusty's was on Northwest Hwy, I mean even when Little Al was a kid, action non stop. No stories, I'm not sure the statute of limitations has expired as of yet.
 
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I know Lewis..I wasn't offended...Heck there is no shame in losing to a great player...sometimes I wish that place was still around...Good God I wish I could find a investor for a room up here...I'd keep it open 24 hours..
 
I_Suck_at_pool said:
wasnt really a hustle cuz I think that shit is low, but I won $500 in Bend, OR, starting with $5/rack 8 ball. Guy started doubling up...

he wanted to play for a grand...but no way Im risking all $500 so I left. He wasn't even pissed. To this day I don't know if I was being "hustled" or not
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If this was a hustle, I would love to be hustled everyday.
 
rossaroni said:
If this was a hustle, I would love to be hustled everyday.
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That reminds me of the skit on Mad TV where they were hustling pool.

The guy went off for hours until he was down 1,000,000.00 he turns to his friend and says "I have him right were I want him". Then he asked the guy he was playing if wanted to play for 2,000,000.00 a game. The guy says NOPE I'm good with this. One of the funniest skits I ever saw.
 
Alot of players might remember this from earlier this year. It wasn't my biggest, but it was one of my funniest (after the fact)
I was playing down in the Bay area against this guy from Action Bob's, decent speed, but you could tell he was just trying to set a hook while we were playing some 9ball. We started out for $10 a game, then race to 3 for $50, then went to one pocket for a little bit, where I brought us back to even. We went into 8ball and he bumped it again.
He gets ahead about $50, and the railbirds are having a good time I guess, when I throw out my new challenge.
Since he's obviously better than me at everything but one hole so far, we're going to play one more game of my choice, not onepocket, but I get the last two and the breaks. For $500
He's diving into his pocket like a gopher and the railbirds are grabbing their wallets to get into the action.
I've got a half dozen guys on the side, and the guy on the table all posting up their money.
I go to the other end, rack up three ball, and get ready to break, when the guy wants to know what the hell this is..... "I get the breaks and the last two in MY game.... this is MY game."
He started cussing and throwing a fit, grabbed his money and ran out the door, and everyone else started going off for a minute, then everyone just started laughing about it.
Not one person in there ever even saw it coming.
The funny thing is, it was spur of the moment, and I just wanted to see what kind of response I would get from it. I never heard of anyone trying this one, but I can honestly say it was worth doing.lol
 
I was once at a bar where I overheard a gentlemen state that "no women could ever beat him at anything". This, of course, I took as an invitation. It wasn't a surprise he didn't have any money to back up his statement so I graciously put my money up against his pants. I won and he refused to pay. I have never seen so many strangers willing to take a man's pair of pants right off his body! Not a big score, but hugely funny!
 
Cuephoric said:
Alot of players might remember this from earlier this year. It wasn't my biggest, but it was one of my funniest (after the fact)
I was playing down in the Bay area against this guy from Action Bob's, decent speed, but you could tell he was just trying to set a hook while we were playing some 9ball. We started out for $10 a game, then race to 3 for $50, then went to one pocket for a little bit, where I brought us back to even. We went into 8ball and he bumped it again.
He gets ahead about $50, and the railbirds are having a good time I guess, when I throw out my new challenge.
Since he's obviously better than me at everything but one hole so far, we're going to play one more game of my choice, not onepocket, but I get the last two and the breaks. For $500
He's diving into his pocket like a gopher and the railbirds are grabbing their wallets to get into the action.
I've got a half dozen guys on the side, and the guy on the table all posting up their money.
I go to the other end, rack up three ball, and get ready to break, when the guy wants to know what the hell this is..... "I get the breaks and the last two in MY game.... this is MY game."
He started cussing and throwing a fit, grabbed his money and ran out the door, and everyone else started going off for a minute, then everyone just started laughing about it.
Not one person in there ever even saw it coming.
The funny thing is, it was spur of the moment, and I just wanted to see what kind of response I would get from it. I never heard of anyone trying this one, but I can honestly say it was worth doing.lol
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Wait, nobody paid?
 
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