I remember buying groceries at 2:30 in the morning with a pocket full of dollar bills. Many times.
I also enjoyed finding $1200 in my pocket after an evening of 3 ball that started out at a quarter.
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I also enjoyed finding $1200 in my pocket after an evening of 3 ball that started out at a quarter.
Talking about pockets full of dollar bills, when I lived in the Philippines it was super cheap to get clothes tailor made. I used to have short-sleeve shirts made with two chest pockets and two patch-pockets at the front bottom. Sort of like a leisure suit aloha shirt, if you will.
I had them made just for playing pool. They were cool to wear in the heat and humidity there and you had plenty of pockets to stuff your money, your cigarettes, and whatever in without having to reach in your pants pockets. I had them made kind of loose, so that you could bend over to shoot and not have them binding you at the waist and armpits.
I wasn't the king of style, but they suited my purpose.
I lived in Taiwan before I went to the Philippines and I used to wear these shirts and liked the way they had lots of pockets. It gave me the idea to get my shirts made in the Philippines.
http://oriental-decor.com/product/5199.html
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My goal was always to make my opponent surrender. The money was just a way of keeping score. How can you make them quit if it is just for funsies?I have always loved the game..But, gambling was the main reason I was attracted to pool in the first place!..It is pretty obvious, most pool players prefer to wager on their skills, otherwise, why bother?..Fun to me, is singing in the shower, or chasing girls!...Your main goal should always be trying to overcome and destroy your opponent, (for cash or funsies) ..If it isn't, then why do we have tournaments, or the Olympics?
PS..Even as dumb as Cowboy Dennis is, he will agree with my findings! (maybe)
Very sensible argument sir!..You have just convinced me to quit playing pool for $$$!..From now on, I'll be playing strictly for 'jelly beans'!..If I feel like going crazy, and working overtime, I just may include table time!
PS..Rough estimate please sir, I'll also need to know how many f***ing jelly beans it will take, to trade for $10 worth of real f***ing food, my family and I can actually f***ing survive on?
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I've also always felt that you need to test yourself and see if you can really play as well as you think you can, under pressure.
Playing on the practice table at the pool hall or in your basement, or just knocking them around with a buddy, is an entirely different thing from playing when a loss is going to cost you. I see it all the time: players play different for money. Some play worse, a few remain constant, some actually play better. Playing for funsies, it's really easy to fire away at shots with gay abandon but without pressure it doesn't mean squadoush.
Playing for funsies you will never know your true level of play.
Lou Figueroa
Playing on the practice table at the pool hall or in your basement, or just knocking them around with a buddy, is an entirely different thing from playing when a loss is going to cost you. I see it all the time: players play different for money. Some play worse, a few remain constant, some actually play better. Playing for funsies, it's really easy to fire away at shots with gay abandon but without pressure it doesn't mean squadoush.
Playing for funsies you will never know your true level of play.
Lou Figueroa
justaplayer
Banned
I watched your match with John...the pool gods really shined on you. You really should play him again for the 20k.
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During my prime years, once a year I would intentionally get into a VERY tough game, with an opponent that I didn't have the best of it and lost every time. But, like committing on a shot and pulling the trigger, that's how I learned. That helped me compare my skill set to players he had won and lost too. It helps you become much better at handicapping and matching up, which is a totally different skill set....learned quickly when you have NO food or money
. Now, I could handicap a 9 ball match 100 different ways....easily. Like any job/work/profession, putting your time and self out there is your teacher. Now what I hate as much as anything is to get beat in 8 ball league by a banger. That's a good motivator .
Cause he knows a lot of the gambling APA 3s on here would bust him when the cash was on the light.
Yes, they did
But with JB it's about more than the money. And several things happened in NJ that I don't want to have to put up with in OKC. He can get just about all the action he wants in STL. Lots of money floating around here lately.
Lou Figueroa
Lou:1
JB: 0, zip, nil, nothing,
nada, diddly-squat
Well, retirement is great of course, but all I'm talking about is money that will sting if lost or put a spring in your step if you win. It doesn't have to be life changing money. It's like stepping into a shower: you want it hot but you don't want to scald yourself.
Lou Figueroa
small cars and big women
I don't look for action, I don't ask for it but, just like small cars and big women, I always seem to find myself in them.
I don't look for action, I don't ask for it but, just like small cars and big women, I always seem to find myself in them.
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