Best story for putting a banger down
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I was playing at my local dive bar where the pool scene is not catered towards bringing your own cue. Just your usual bar bangers. I came with my friends one night and this guy rolls in that is notorious for buying out all the quarter spots on each of the two tables in order to play repeated games of pool. He's also known for bringing a glove in order to make his "stroke" silky smooth 
. He's been holding the table against other players who can barely make a 3 ball run for a few games now. My quarter is up next in the queue. I rack, he breaks dry, and I proceed to make an 8 ball run out. The entire room is astonished, but I made sure that my facial expressions and body language indicated that an 8 ball runout was a common occurrence :thumbup:. He then angrily tries to show the rest of the people watching he can do that too by trying to run out his balls after the game was through. He didn't even run half the balls. He racks the next game, I break, make a ball, and proceed to run out almost all my balls. By this time he's so flustered that he's not making simple shots, and is losing with several of his balls on the table. Repeat this for the next several games until they closed.
Found out it was his birthday too.
. He's been holding the table against other players who can barely make a 3 ball run for a few games now. My quarter is up next in the queue. I rack, he breaks dry, and I proceed to make an 8 ball run out. The entire room is astonished, but I made sure that my facial expressions and body language indicated that an 8 ball runout was a common occurrence :thumbup:. He then angrily tries to show the rest of the people watching he can do that too by trying to run out his balls after the game was through. He didn't even run half the balls. He racks the next game, I break, make a ball, and proceed to run out almost all my balls. By this time he's so flustered that he's not making simple shots, and is losing with several of his balls on the table. Repeat this for the next several games until they closed. Found out it was his birthday too.
I was at a borderline dive bar because my wife wanted to watch the band playing. We were sitting next to the pool table and there was a nice middle-aged couple playing just to have some fun. Then the local loud mouth strolls in and fills all the quarter spots and demands the couple play doubles with him and his buddy. They give it a go, and the guy proceeds to run at the mouth while exhibiting his horrible pool skills. After this happens twice I convince my wife to come hold a cue so I can play. He dry breaks and I run out, drawing my last leave the length of the table dead straight on the 8 ball. Line up the shot, look over at him, and fire it home. He picked up all his quarters, grabbed his buddy, and went out the door without a word. The couple was so happy they paid for the next 4 games after I promised not to do that to them 
This combo would be lethal the next day for me.....and for anyone in the same room for that matter.
i got a guy running his mouth to play 1 game for $50. nuff said
A guy hanging out at the bar while his fiance was working asked if I wanted to play, and I did. He told me about having just started league play, so I showed him some rules differences and strategy that I picked up while shooting in leagues also. For a friendly game showing a beginner a few things, I just poked around and had fun. The obligatory obnoxious drunk guy nearby proceeded to tell me everything I was doing wrong, and that I needed to be thinking about my next shots and holding the cue different, etc. I asked if he liked to play 8 or 9 ball, and he said either one. I asked for a race to 7 for $100 in 9 ball, and with a puzzled look he said he could do $50. There was no second set played... I'm no superstar, but I may as well have been Earl Strickland playing him. He had no chance!
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I very seldom get any "practice" time any more, I usually play sets only. When i do get time to work on something I put a premium on the time. So Im at a pool hall a couple of weeks ago, showed up early to work a couple of shots before my buddy shows up.
This arrogant smartmouth kid who I know to be a D player at best comes up to me and says "Wanna hit some cheap?". Im ignoring him until he says something about him giving me a spot if I need one. SOOOOOOOO, I told him I would play him 5 bucks a game, his choice of games. "8 BALL" he yells and starts racking like he's spotting me the break. I SOFT break, leaving clusters all over the place. He gets to the table and immediately starts smacking them open. I bat the cueball to a good hit, he breaks up another cluster. This goes on until he opens the table completely up, then I run out on him. I do this to him a few more times before my buddy comes in to play. He asks whats up, I tell him Im just banging balls around. The look on the kids face changes and he immediately knows hes the dog in the fight. I run out the last rack and look over at my buddy and loud enough for the kid to hear, say "Hey, he spotted me the break, what are you giving up?" :smile:
Chuck
This arrogant smartmouth kid who I know to be a D player at best comes up to me and says "Wanna hit some cheap?". Im ignoring him until he says something about him giving me a spot if I need one. SOOOOOOOO, I told him I would play him 5 bucks a game, his choice of games. "8 BALL" he yells and starts racking like he's spotting me the break. I SOFT break, leaving clusters all over the place. He gets to the table and immediately starts smacking them open. I bat the cueball to a good hit, he breaks up another cluster. This goes on until he opens the table completely up, then I run out on him. I do this to him a few more times before my buddy comes in to play. He asks whats up, I tell him Im just banging balls around. The look on the kids face changes and he immediately knows hes the dog in the fight. I run out the last rack and look over at my buddy and loud enough for the kid to hear, say "Hey, he spotted me the break, what are you giving up?" :smile:
Chuck
one night in a bar i was shooting better than i usually did. i had kept the table for about 3 hours straight, we were just playing for beers. i had won so many the barmaid was keeping them on ice and my gf who was hanging out with her friends on the dance floor would go get me and her friends a round whenever we needed one.
these two guys came in and said they were brothers wanted to play some. i will call them bill and bob. well i beat bill about 4 games in a row so bob started playing . several time they wanted to up the bet and i kept telling them i was cool just playing for a beer. after beating bob a few games bill started talking trash and saying they could not really play unless money was involved.
well after having quite a few beers it did not take much to piss me off so i said what do you want to play for? bill said 50.00. well my gf just happened to bring me a beer and heard the conversation. she said 50.00 ?, hell that aint no money and pulled out 300.00 and laid it on the table.
did not take much to piss off that italian lol. they said no we will go 100.00. she said 300.00 or get the hell off the table. now i was drunk by that time but i was not stupid drunk, my girl shot pretty darn good and i though she had a better chance of winning with her sober than me playing drunk in case they had been stalling. i told bill and bob i will let you play her for the 300.00. bob said hell aint no girl can beat me. she said put your money where your mouth is. so they agreed.
mind you she aint shot one ball, they had played me 4-5 games a piece. well she beat bob and asked bill if he wanted to try his luck for the same amount, they did not say anything, just walked out.
these two guys came in and said they were brothers wanted to play some. i will call them bill and bob. well i beat bill about 4 games in a row so bob started playing . several time they wanted to up the bet and i kept telling them i was cool just playing for a beer. after beating bob a few games bill started talking trash and saying they could not really play unless money was involved.
well after having quite a few beers it did not take much to piss me off so i said what do you want to play for? bill said 50.00. well my gf just happened to bring me a beer and heard the conversation. she said 50.00 ?, hell that aint no money and pulled out 300.00 and laid it on the table.
did not take much to piss off that italian lol. they said no we will go 100.00. she said 300.00 or get the hell off the table. now i was drunk by that time but i was not stupid drunk, my girl shot pretty darn good and i though she had a better chance of winning with her sober than me playing drunk in case they had been stalling. i told bill and bob i will let you play her for the 300.00. bob said hell aint no girl can beat me. she said put your money where your mouth is. so they agreed.
mind you she aint shot one ball, they had played me 4-5 games a piece. well she beat bob and asked bill if he wanted to try his luck for the same amount, they did not say anything, just walked out.
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I've never understood that^
Why would you want to put a banger in their place?
..now if you do that to a 'player'...it could cause some satisfaction.
I have one. I was at my local watering hole and it was about closing time. An acquaintance of mine had been playing pool for the last few hours and was beating everyone and getting a pretty big head in the process. I guess eveyone got sick of loosing and he was feeling invincible so he thought he would anounce to the bar that he would play anyone for $20. I heard that and with out even thinking I said lets play. When I said it he had this oops look like I dint know you were here. Well all of the guys he had been beating up on were there and since he dint want to loose face he said ok. We flip for break. I won the break ran out and took my $20. It was just fun the way it all went down. I
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Ditto.
Only bangers want to put other bangers down. That's the only way they can get some s-a-t-i-s-f-a-c-t-i-o-n.
Story
I used to go in this bar on the way home from work to have a beer or two. I was always wearing my shirt and tie and never played pool there. This one guy would always come into the bar and try to shame the bangers into playing for money. If there wasn't anyone playing he would start at the bar and try and drum up a game. After seeing him do this three or four times I knew his routine. He would make a quick score and then leave. I would set there thinking one time he is going to make the mistake of asking me to play. Well sure enough a week or so later no one had taken him up on his offer and he made it far enough down the bar to ask me to play. So I said well what do you want to play for? He said what ever you want to play for. So I said how about $20 per game and he said sure with a big grin on his face like he had just hit the jackpot or something. Well we flip it and he wins the toss and breaks dry. So I quickly 3 foul the guy and win the first game. So I break the second game and play another safe and lock him up tight which ends of resulting in another three foul win. He quit me after those two games and stormed out of the bar without me ever pocketing a ball except on the break.
I used to go in this bar on the way home from work to have a beer or two. I was always wearing my shirt and tie and never played pool there. This one guy would always come into the bar and try to shame the bangers into playing for money. If there wasn't anyone playing he would start at the bar and try and drum up a game. After seeing him do this three or four times I knew his routine. He would make a quick score and then leave. I would set there thinking one time he is going to make the mistake of asking me to play. Well sure enough a week or so later no one had taken him up on his offer and he made it far enough down the bar to ask me to play. So I said well what do you want to play for? He said what ever you want to play for. So I said how about $20 per game and he said sure with a big grin on his face like he had just hit the jackpot or something. Well we flip it and he wins the toss and breaks dry. So I quickly 3 foul the guy and win the first game. So I break the second game and play another safe and lock him up tight which ends of resulting in another three foul win. He quit me after those two games and stormed out of the bar without me ever pocketing a ball except on the break.
I used to work with a kid that was a bundle of mouth, laziness, attitude and a temper all wrapped up in one! He got to bragging one day that he used to be an aspiring pool player with the hopes of turning pro one day. He had even claimed thta he'd played in several pro events and beaten world ranked players.
So, just to see where he is with his knowledge, I jokingly offer the age old 8-ball spot where he would get the breaks, then take all his balls off the table except for the 8, and I get first shot. He jumps on it, which tells me right away the kid knows nothing about pool. So we ended up playing for hours with him never winning a single game, and I think he actually got to kick at the 8 ball once or twice. Not only did he get his ass stomped, he still walked away thinking he was getting a HUGE spot and still couldn't win, so his ego was hurt even more than it should have been!!
dave
So, just to see where he is with his knowledge, I jokingly offer the age old 8-ball spot where he would get the breaks, then take all his balls off the table except for the 8, and I get first shot. He jumps on it, which tells me right away the kid knows nothing about pool. So we ended up playing for hours with him never winning a single game, and I think he actually got to kick at the 8 ball once or twice. Not only did he get his ass stomped, he still walked away thinking he was getting a HUGE spot and still couldn't win, so his ego was hurt even more than it should have been!!
dave
How to treat a banger
I personally have not done it but reading these reminded me of a philosophical story...
Two men are standing out on the street talking when a boy runs by. One of the men call the boy over and as the boy walks towards them the man tells the other man "Let me show you how stupid kids are today". He reaches in his pocket and pulls out two coins and shows them to the boy and tells him 'You are allowed to choose one.. The shiny new dime or the dirty quarter" The boy looks at the two men and grabs the dime and runs down the street. The man laughing puts the quarter back in his pocket and says "See he always grabs the dime." Later that day the other man sees the boy sitting on a curb and walks up to him and asks "Why would you grab the dime? You do know that a quarter is worth more?" The boy looks up and says "If I grab the quarter the game is over..."
I personally have not done it but reading these reminded me of a philosophical story...
Two men are standing out on the street talking when a boy runs by. One of the men call the boy over and as the boy walks towards them the man tells the other man "Let me show you how stupid kids are today". He reaches in his pocket and pulls out two coins and shows them to the boy and tells him 'You are allowed to choose one.. The shiny new dime or the dirty quarter" The boy looks at the two men and grabs the dime and runs down the street. The man laughing puts the quarter back in his pocket and says "See he always grabs the dime." Later that day the other man sees the boy sitting on a curb and walks up to him and asks "Why would you grab the dime? You do know that a quarter is worth more?" The boy looks up and says "If I grab the quarter the game is over..."
Beating up on someone who cant play is not satisfying for me.
However, if they cant shut their mouth, shutting it for them is satisfying.