Big Action Still In Progress! John Barton vs Justin Marks!
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Quit hating Lou.
Quit hating Lou. Move on.
One udder thing.
Gambling high does not automatically imbue heart or gamble. This is one of the great myths perpetuated in pool by the guys who want the suckers and losers to keep coming back for more. They even have names like "nit" and "no-gamble" to goad players into believing a bad, illogical premise.
To me, a working man who gets up and plays for $20 a game, shows far more heart than a successful businessman who makes a bad game and gambles away $10,000 in spending money which, in some cases (lol, sometimes I crack myself up) he is likely to write off as a business expense.
If Hallmark ever comes up with a card for pool players, it'll probably say, "You showed a lot of heart and gamble." You'll find it in the "Sympathy" section, right next to the funeral cards expressing grief for your loss.
Lou Figueroa
Gambling high does not automatically imbue heart or gamble. This is one of the great myths perpetuated in pool by the guys who want the suckers and losers to keep coming back for more. They even have names like "nit" and "no-gamble" to goad players into believing a bad, illogical premise.
To me, a working man who gets up and plays for $20 a game, shows far more heart than a successful businessman who makes a bad game and gambles away $10,000 in spending money which, in some cases (lol, sometimes I crack myself up) he is likely to write off as a business expense.
If Hallmark ever comes up with a card for pool players, it'll probably say, "You showed a lot of heart and gamble." You'll find it in the "Sympathy" section, right next to the funeral cards expressing grief for your loss.
Lou Figueroa
Wow, the logic and more rationalization.
$10K is a lot of gamble for someone who is not a millionaire.
$20 is not a gamble unless you're homeless.
$10K is a lot of gamble for someone who is not a millionaire.
$20 is not a gamble unless you're homeless.
Wait, lol. Lol some more to show maturity.
Not hating? Posts a picture then downplays the 10k bet.
Lol
Wait, lol.
Not hating? Posts a picture then downplays the 10k bet.
Lol
Wait, lol.
Unless you are someone's accountant you would have no way of knowing squadoush about how much gamble any bet is for anyone.
Lou Figueroa
If we're going to talk on the subject of maturity you might start by considering how immature it is for you to be stalking me in this thread.
Lou Figueroa
just a thought
And you're a CPA and know $10K for Barton is not some gambling?
Lou,
I know there is bad blood between you and JB but geez....let the guy play. This matchup had nothing to do with you, he is betting his own money and he is a grown adult. So is the other guy.
You are starting to come across as a lil "whiney". Give it a rest.
Love you, Lou; you know I do. :smiling-heart:
But I'm gonna have to disagree with you here - respectfully.
John has found success in business, that's for sure, but not to the extent that $10k is an insignificant amount to him - no 'drop in the bucket', as they say.
Quite a bit different than the $20 to a "working man" or the $100 that is a lot to some other people examples that you provided.
John made a game with this Justin fellow whom, like yourself, I also do not know. John thought he could win and so he challenged himself and gave it a try. John lost 15-12. Not exactly a beat-down, imo.
I maintain, JB has a lot of heart.
best,
brian kc
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There have always been people in the gambling world that take losses hard...
....and they usually get some leeway....they tried and died.
But you, Lou, as one of our better writers, could maybe give us a treatise on winning...
....and how to be a graceful winner.
pt...another country heard from
Just who is this Justin Marks fella that he is able to gamble 10k? His $ or backers? I've never heard or seen the name mentioned.
When we played, JB himself said $10K was just extra dough for him. People were saying he was hurting his family and he said no way -- the money was nothing to him.
AND he also said he'd write it off as a biz-a-ness expense.
Lou Figueroa
He played.
The video is up.
Open season.
Having said all that, I've been trying to address larger issues that Mr. Chicken brought up about heart and gamble and all that stuff there. I have tried, other than the chicken wing photo and a specific issue brought up by Joey, to try and not make it about him and to speak to a larger issue.
Lou Figueroa
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Love you, Lou; you know I do. :smiling-heart:
But I'm gonna have to disagree with you here - respectfully.
John has found success in business, that's for sure, but not to the extent that $10k is an insignificant amount to him - no 'drop in the bucket', as they say.
Quite a bit different than the $20 to a "working man" or the $100 that is a lot to some other people examples that you provided.
John made a game with this Justin fellow whom, like yourself, I also do not know. John thought he could win and so he challenged himself and gave it a try. John lost 15-12. Not exactly a beat-down, imo.
I maintain, JB has a lot of heart.
best,
brian kc
Brian, love you too, but I only beat John, I think, 9-6. A pretty similar spread. And I'm only going based upon what John himself said -- that the $10K was nothing to him and he'd write it off as a business expense on his taxes as PR.
And, he was a cheat during our match, getting coached, as observed and attested to by several AZ witnesses here.
Where's the "lot of heart" there?
Lou Figueroa
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When I see a guy with a giant chickenwing stroke like that with huge bodymovements and crumby alignment, I wonder, where are his friends at? I sure hope that if I start doing stuff like that and bet huge money on myself to win, that my friends would at least talk to me about fixing my technique. When the big pressure is on, inconsistent and inaccurate techniques like that fall apart like houses of cards. That has always been true and will remain so to the end of time.
The people talking about "heart" and stuff like that are not your friends. They are the ones laughing behind your back and betting against you. People who flatter you when you lose are not to be trusted. They want you to keep failing.
But you know...do whatever you want.
The people talking about "heart" and stuff like that are not your friends. They are the ones laughing behind your back and betting against you. People who flatter you when you lose are not to be trusted. They want you to keep failing.
But you know...do whatever you want.
He's played and done well...
He's a west coast Cali player who doesn't really travel. He's played and done well on the mezz west state tour.
Jaden
He's a west coast Cali player who doesn't really travel. He's played and done well on the mezz west state tour.
Jaden