budweiser cues and hustling

5ballcharlie

5ballcharlie

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I have read on some other post about using a budweiser cue and tampering with it so it actually hits good. What a great hustle. going into a foreign room people would be killing to get to you.

I have hustled bar pool before. I will put a tip pick, a shaper, and one of those green scratch pads in my pocket. When I get to the bar I will grab a housecue and sneak off to the bathroom and fix her up. It helps
 
I Have Seen One

I saw a budweiser cue with a Searing shaft on it. This guy was crazy. It hit pretty darn sporty. Cracked me up.

PAt
 
I think if i honestly wanted to goto a bar and try to hustle i would use a house cue, and just have a scotch bright pad to hit up the shaft, and play like that.

Or, if i did this often, i would just buy a Action Sneaky pete the 50$ one looks almost like a house cue, and use that.

But yea playing off the wall is fun too. i know alot of guys who do that am play all night for free.


dave
 
I read once where someone suggested to get a table and just start slamming balls in. Take ball in hand on every shot and just rare back and drill them. Now imagine doing this with a Budweiser cue. Come to papa....
 
Hal said:
I read once where someone suggested to get a table and just start slamming balls in. Take ball in hand on every shot and just rare back and drill them. Now imagine doing this with a Budweiser cue. Come to papa....
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Basavich said something along those lines in his "Gambling Secret" dvd.
 
I hate to disappoint you guys ...

But those days are long past. Anyone that is halfway good
that is studying you looks at your form and your stroke
and whether you are holding the cue properly, and if they
see 1 or 2 strokes that tells them you are an expert,
they are going to be wary of you. Now, I suppose if you
can stand funny, stroke funny, act goofy, and get a draw
for a game, that's okay, but if you even chalk your stick
like an expert 1 time, the guy will pick up on it. People that
are good also have other little habits they do that another
expert can pick up on, so just shooting with a cheap stick
is not going to do it. And what are you going to do if your
act does draw a game, say a $300 set of 9 ball. Do you really
think that Budweiser tip is going to allow you to win it
against someone shooting with his own custom cue?
Besides, if you are in a strange room to begin with,
people are just naturally going to be wary of you.

I think you guys need to come back from fantasy land back
to reality.
 
I think I remember hearing that Scott at Profficient got his hands on an old Bud. cue and tweaked it into a pretty nice shooter.
The post about watching a guys stroke a couple times and being able to judge his speed is a little off in my opinion. If I didn't know who Hopkins was, and saw him at a table stroking the way he does, I'd jump all over him and loose my nuts!
Mcready is another. Just watching him stroke, and the way he almost appears awkward at the table...........................but he's got game. Then there are those that appear to have silky smooth strokes, nice cues, and can't run more than 3 balls.
I never judge a mans speed just by watching him because you simply can't tell. Especially if he knows he's being watched.
dave
 
Tokyo-dave said:
I think I remember hearing that Scott at Profficient got his hands on an old Bud. cue and tweaked it into a pretty nice shooter.
The post about watching a guys stroke a couple times and being able to judge his speed is a little off in my opinion. If I didn't know who Hopkins was, and saw him at a table stroking the way he does, I'd jump all over him and loose my nuts!
Mcready is another. Just watching him stroke, and the way he almost appears awkward at the table...........................but he's got game. Then there are those that appear to have silky smooth strokes, nice cues, and can't run more than 3 balls.
I never judge a mans speed just by watching him because you simply can't tell. Especially if he knows he's being watched.
dave
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well said dave
 
I know a guy who posts often on another forum who says the only safe way to hustle in a bar these days is to go in there, with a sneaky pete or whatever, and start potting the balls, running them big time, showing off, and if someone asks for a money game to tell them to save their money, they have no chance against him, he'll take all their money, and so on. Tell them they're out of their league. He said that if you do it that way, there'll be a line out the bar and down the street with guys who'll want to beat you. And that when you beat them and take their cash, you can say, "see... I warned you..."

This method will at least usually allow you to get out of that bar alive and with the cash...

Not a hustle, but a challenge.......

Flex
 
I actually play with a budweiser cue. I tossed the graphite shaft and slapped a universal shaft on it...and it hits pretty good. I have the ugly stroke to go with it too. But I'm a fish, not a hustler. If you want to win money in bars, do what the last guy said.

5ballcharlie said:
I have read on some other post about using a budweiser cue and tampering with it so it actually hits good. What a great hustle. going into a foreign room people would be killing to get to you.

I have hustled bar pool before. I will put a tip pick, a shaper, and one of those green scratch pads in my pocket. When I get to the bar I will grab a housecue and sneak off to the bathroom and fix her up. It helps
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I have seen many of times going to a bar, or where ever, that people will play someone over n over, expecially if they are losing. People in bars dont think about ringers comming into a bar and trying to win peoples money. But if your playing for drinks it does happen.

I knew a couple guys who would goto a bar, and just play for drinks all nite long and would win a couple games in a row and then just lose when they wanted to take a break. so yea you might spend 20$ for the nite but you get triple that in drinks.

And yes people can play stupid and just run a couple balls or what ever and then miss the easy one. And true hustlers know how to act and what to say to throw people off.

I seen a friend beat a guy game after game in 8ball at a bar and the guy who was losing kept on playing and betting that he would beat my friend, and all he did was break make a couple balls and then let the other guy shoot a couple balls untill he missed, then my friend would do the same thing over n over.

dave
 
I made one once. I put a stainless steel joint on it and made a good shaft and gave it to a friend of mine. He said when he walked in with it, people would stand in line to play him. (for a while) Butterflycues
 
Ernie Sellers

New Orleans' own, Ernie Sellers use to hit the road with a 4 piece cue in one of those small hard cases. He had Bob Meucci make the front two pieces and when he walked in and opened that little case they all lined up. This was in the mid 70s and though Ernie wasn't the favorite to beat Buddy he certainly made more money on the scuff.
 
Snapshot9 said:
But those days are long past. Anyone that is halfway good
that is studying you looks at your form and your stroke
and whether you are holding the cue properly, and if they
see 1 or 2 strokes that tells them you are an expert,
they are going to be wary of you. Now, I suppose if you
can stand funny, stroke funny, act goofy, and get a draw
for a game, that's okay, but if you even chalk your stick
like an expert 1 time, the guy will pick up on it. People that
are good also have other little habits they do that another
expert can pick up on, so just shooting with a cheap stick
is not going to do it. And what are you going to do if your
act does draw a game, say a $300 set of 9 ball. Do you really
think that Budweiser tip is going to allow you to win it
against someone shooting with his own custom cue?
Besides, if you are in a strange room to begin with,
people are just naturally going to be wary of you.

I think you guys need to come back from fantasy land back
to reality.
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Your right all that goofiness will not win you a cent. Also if you want to shift gears you can't. You can't go from looking like an idiot to running out. All you have to do is give the guy some extra innings at the table and he will be happy. You should also have a nice cue that says "I like to play, have my own cue and may even play for something". A nice low to mid range McDermott or Meucci is fine for hustling pool and you can play well with the cues. Don't be afraid to give a little weight to get someone to play. It's called "Lamb Killing" and is a lot easier then playing an equal player even. People get all that other crap from TV and the movies not from the experiences of a real road player.
Another ridicules thing you hear is letting the guy win so you can raise the bet and then beating him. You always win from the git-go and let him chase his money. If he pulls up right away you weren't going to win anything anyway. If he doesn't quit and shows some heart, you may bust the guy if you do it right. Let him get you stuck and you will be lucky if he only quits you even and not a few games ahead once he sees you can play.
 
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I have a San Diego Charger two piece cue I got on ebay. I had Skip weston make a new shaft and do some minor surgery. Now its as good as any sneaky pete out there.

Joe
 
classiccues said:
I have a San Diego Charger two piece cue I got on ebay. I had Skip weston make a new shaft and do some minor surgery. Now its as good as any sneaky pete out there.

Joe
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Most of this stuff is about playing on bar tables, use a house cue as is. The only true and proven method to husling is to let your oppenent win. Why not, as stated earlier, just play your best and let people challenge you?
 
pete lafond said:
Most of this stuff is about playing on bar tables, use a house cue as is. The only true and proven method to husling is to let your oppenent win. Why not, as stated earlier, just play your best and let people challenge you?
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My cue originally started out as a break cue.

But to answer your question I think those with "mediocre" talent still need an advantage, this cue gives them a little of that advantage. I don't agree that the only hustle is to let your opponent "win", because what if he wins 2 games and quits? Then who got hustled? Hustlers want to take your money, if they think a masked cue will help them, they will use one. If they think having their big breasted girlfriend bend over in your line of site is going to help, they will do it.

If you are a "great" player, no one is going to step up for anymore than a few dollars a game. Especially if you are shooting lights out. Thats like going to see a fight and then stepping into the ring with the winner.

Joe
 
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