Willowbrook Wolfy
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What if both guys are hustlers? Then is it still hustling or just a good game?
Best Moves for a Hustler To Use
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tomatoshooter
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I like when an interviewer said something to Earl about hustling and Earl shot back "I never hustled anybody! I ALWAYS PLAYED FULL SPEED!!!"
How dare anyone suggest Earl ever gave less than 100%.
How dare anyone suggest Earl ever gave less than 100%.
tomatoshooter
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Why are we still talking about this when there is this amazing resource:
I'm out of here, I have to go pay for my house!
middleofnowhere
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THiS IS GREAT.....You can stay home and polish your trophies, I'm going out to get the CASH!!!
Looking dorky and dressing appropriately. I also wear glasses. I remember someone I beat, saying that they couldn't believe they were beaten by Woody Allen.
I usually take a huge swig of whiskey and then splash a good amount on my face and neck. Then I stumble in and play pretty spotty till I get a game. Then tell the player I’ve had a bit to drink but want to gamble small.
Lose at $5 a game till I’m down $50 or so. Then ask for a spot and up the bet and then take out one player after another.
You would have to carefully case the place and never play for weeks to find out what order you have to play the room to maximum your take home!!
If you can’t figure this out call 007 in Chicago for help
Lose at $5 a game till I’m down $50 or so. Then ask for a spot and up the bet and then take out one player after another.
You would have to carefully case the place and never play for weeks to find out what order you have to play the room to maximum your take home!!
If you can’t figure this out call 007 in Chicago for help
I knew guys who dressed like biz men-casual wear stuff in the late 80’s. Didn’t look like full time pool players. Worked like magic.
middleofnowhere
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I used to have a uniform like shirt with a name on it like any truck driver may ware and a hat. I bought them from a thrift store for like a dollar. You just wanted to blend in and not really be noticed.
Back in the 60s 70s and 80s bars often cashed pay checks. On a Friday I would get going around 4:30 and hit the bars. What was good, you had a bar with a bunch of guys with their weeks pay in their pockets. You knew there was money there.
In those days almost all bars had tables open to challenge. You just put up your quarter on the rail or name on the board. There was little hustling to it, they were obligated to play.They were always playing for something.
It was just a matter of putting in the time like a job. You could easily grind out 50 to even a few hundred on a good night. It was incredibly easy and no one got hurt. The money came from many different players.
I know it doesn't sound very exciting but it was fun and a good source of money doing what you liked to do. I liked the traveling and I will humbley say, I was a good looking guy and this was the time of free love and all that.
I should add, I never drank or did drugs in my life. In the bars I just bought what ever was in a can so you could not tell I was not drinking. I should add also, I didn't need the money, it was just fun to do, I liked it. This was bars pretty much, pool rooms required a different approach.
I tried the fake drunk thing a few times. I made it work, but I didn’t like the act-even tho it worked. I found other ways in bars.
Hustling bars was my least favorite thing to do. Only did that after big losses and on the short stack.
Minnesota Phat
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People in my area throw so much money away on low-odds gambling that I don't think losing money is what they're afraid of. It's actually really depressing to watch them blow their paychecks on pull-tabs, lottery tickets, and slot machines. The only thing that's hard to gamble on around here is one's own skill at pool (which isn't really gambling, imho, since it's not a game of luck).
I've never seen any picture on the internet warning about a pool hustler making the rounds. Is there some secret "look out for this hustler!" website, social media group, or forum thread that I'm missing?
I've never seen any picture on the internet warning about a pool hustler making the rounds. Is there some secret "look out for this hustler!" website, social media group, or forum thread that I'm missing?
If you have a good game and you just won a set, never ask "Go again?" They might say 'no'.
Instead, just flip a coin and say "Call it!" This gives them no time to think. If they hadn't made up their mind firmly to quit and were even considering it they'll respond reflexively "Heads!" and you've just doubled your win.
Instead, just flip a coin and say "Call it!" This gives them no time to think. If they hadn't made up their mind firmly to quit and were even considering it they'll respond reflexively "Heads!" and you've just doubled your win.
tomatoshooter
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I believe that move is called the "Anton Chigur."
When Earl was just becoming barely known he was at a pro event at Chattanooga Billiard Club telling Sigel he had three thousand dollars in his pocket and Mike was welcome to bust him. After that he kept pointing to a gambling table everytime Mike walked into the room. Earl and Scotty Townsend when young were both like a slot machine. They would back up against a wall and tell the whole world to come try and take their money.
Life has lost value the last few years, think Hustling could become deadly.
Several years ago someone hustling pool in Phoenix was apparently caught, shot in head, and dump behind bar he was hustling at.
Several years ago someone hustling pool in Phoenix was apparently caught, shot in head, and dump behind bar he was hustling at.
The young hot heads are entitled. I met a few who just think they are to hot to lose and when they do it escalates. This why i do not gamble.
More fist fights in canada. Unless it involves a few groups that stay well clear of.
middleofnowhere
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Humansfe has lost value the last few years, think Hustling could become deadly.
The American old west was far more violent then you see in the movies. The risk of pool hustling is, the game is personal when you beat someone. Not like betting on football or a horse race.
Also gives them an excuse for the loss to say they were hustled.
Humans are very violent animals capable of anything, they always have been. Just visit Europe and tour tourture chambers and see what people are like.
The American old west was far more violent then you see in the movies. The risk of pool hustling is, the game is personal when you beat someone. Not like betting on football or a horse race.
Also gives them an excuse for the loss to say they were hustled.
so by definition tin man hustled the guy by quickly doing the coin flip. shame on him.
see, so unless you just play your absolute best and tell him if you are off today if you are , or just beat him quickly you are a hustler.
anyone that gambles with another hustles in some way just to even get the bet and game.
see, so unless you just play your absolute best and tell him if you are off today if you are , or just beat him quickly you are a hustler.
anyone that gambles with another hustles in some way just to even get the bet and game.
Isn’t it a odd coincidence that back in the day the pool rooms with the “No Gambling” signs by the cash register and front tables were the best action joint?
Funny how that worked
If you didn’t see one of those signs, dead room. Get in the car on to the next. Man I miss that adventure. Forever gone
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When I used to go look for action, I picked my spots carefully. I got close to having problems 2 times after winning and 2 times just being in the wrong place. Lucky for me nothing happened. However as a % of times I went looking for action these 4 times are way less than 1%.
Street smarts helps a lot. But again this was all long in the past.