Funny story I thought y'all might like

Wow you're named 9 ball on the forums bragging about breaking strong in front of some not-so-players and are proud of it.

You're like a poker player with a tattoo of an ace "up their sleeve".
 
BVal said:
I was talking to a guy at a tourney last Friday and he was saying how he has ran a 7 pack on the barbox in 8ball and a 6 pack on an 8 foot table. Yet when I played him he couldn't run 4 balls. Not calling anyone liars but I believe it when I see it. If I haven't seen it then I just say - ok show me homey.

BVal
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Funny, I ran into a guy once in my travels that I knew from years ago and he didn't remember me...He was talking about how he used to run 3 & 4 packs almost every match and it wasn't uncommon for him to run 10 racks if he was gambling etc...Thing was, I remembered the guy and no way did he ever run more than 5. I'd honestly be surprised if he ever ran 3.
He won a lot of tourneys, so he could play, but he just wasn't that good.

But, I played in their tourney and of course played him first round. I ducked and dodged and frustrated him and won and then beat him in the finals the same way...he was fighting mad and wanted to gamble so I let the dogs out a little and ended up with the first and second place money. I bought him a drink and he was still telling the same stories. I finally told him I knew him from back then and instead of being sheepish he said to the other guys in the bar "he knew me back then, he'll tell you how good I played!" Funny stuff. He believed his own story.

btw - congrats on the fantasy football. Great season.

~rc
 
sixpack said:
Funny, I ran into a guy once in my travels that I knew from years ago and he didn't remember me...He was talking about how he used to run 3 & 4 packs almost every match and it wasn't uncommon for him to run 10 racks if he was gambling etc...Thing was, I remembered the guy and no way did he ever run more than 5. I'd honestly be surprised if he ever ran 3.
He won a lot of tourneys, so he could play, but he just wasn't that good.

But, I played in their tourney and of course played him first round. I ducked and dodged and frustrated him and won and then beat him in the finals the same way...he was fighting mad and wanted to gamble so I let the dogs out a little and ended up with the first and second place money. I bought him a drink and he was still telling the same stories. I finally told him I knew him from back then and instead of being sheepish he said to the other guys in the bar "he knew me back then, he'll tell you how good I played!" Funny stuff. He believed his own story.

btw - congrats on the fantasy football. Great season.

~rc
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I ended up getting killed in the finals of the fantasy football season but it was fun and I enjoyed it. I am in for next year.

Your story is great and I find it even more funny that after you called him out on it he didn't even hesitate to just keep going with it.
 
rc...That's the mark of a practiced liar, and extremely common (particularly among poolplayers..."I remember when...!"; or "I paid for college playing pool!". When you lie to yourself enough times (over enough years) you actually BELIEVE yourself, and then sound quite convincing. This is how guys like Fats got so many people to believe he had beaten everyone on Earth, for all the money that was ever printed! LMAO

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

sixpack said:
I finally told him I knew him from back then and instead of being sheepish he said to the other guys in the bar "he knew me back then, he'll tell you how good I played!" Funny stuff. He believed his own story.

~rc
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"I paid for college playing pool!".

Scott Lee
Hey! I've had someone tell me that!!! After I beat him 9 out 10 times in 8 ball he said I guess I'm rusty.
 
PoolSponge said:
I think this is a funny thread.

I have gotten to the point in my game where I want to PLAY. I do not want to play against players that have no prayer in beating me. There is no challenge to it and most of the time they want to play for beer. I can buy my own.

Here is my funny story:

I am at a local room just hitting some balls waiting for the league to finish so I can grab some action. Some kid in a hoodie walks over to me, without even watching me hit a ball, and says "Bet you a beer I can beat you.". I am in no way in a mood to play some moronic kid who plays in the rec league with a bar cue and no stroke so I reply,"Bet you a hundred you can't." He got a little pissy about why I had a problem playing for beer. I simply picked up my FULL beer and said,"beer I have, $100 I want." He later asked his teammate, within earshot, "what is his problem? I think he is scrared to play me for a beer." His teammate, my neighbour :D , replied,"That's Jason....he is trying to save you beer money. Say thank you.":D

That really made me laugh.

Is this a funny story that everyone laughs at or am I going to get roasted here?:o
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Ok Jason...that is funny...I actually laughed out loud when i read the Say thank you line. But this post does remind me to never act like I think I'm all that good and then post it on this forum!!!!
 
PIRANHA said:
Say PoolSponge,
Don't think anyone should roast you ,this happens all the time but your comment and friends reply was right on. You didn't say you ran #racks and mash the break and the 9 had to find a pocket. Can I use your remark??...LES
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No problem Les. Use it all you like!

I really get a kick out of certain personality types. You know the ones....they beat up on F class players regularly and then they think they are top of the world. I used to enjoy showing them humility...now I realize I am out numbered and there aren't enough hours in the week. No more missionary work for me. :D

With regards to putting up 5 packs or better I have always found that the quality of the table and the ability to break effectively has a profound effect on how many you can string and how often. I recently watched some of the best in Canada play on argueably some of the worst tables I have played on in recent years and one guy put up a 5 pack (he is a local AAA and plays on my Thursday 9 ball team:D ) but besides that the best was probably a few 3 packs. No one, no matter their calibre, could consistantly break the tables well enough to give them that many opportunities.

I have been witness to some great pool in my short 19 years playing, and the best I witnessed from the wrong chair and that was 10 in a row 9 ball with no combinations or 9 ball breaks! On the plus side, that guy hasn't even come close to that again....thank god. We play semi-often!;)
 
I was in the club yesterday just brushing up on my 9 ball game when I noticed a group of 3 guys playing 8 ball but one of them seemed to be sitting out for long periods (I guess he wasn't shooting well) anyway, I racked up 9 ball proceeded to break, send the cue ball 3 tables over and then take 4 shots to finish the rack.

Next I racked up 15 ball rotation again miscued on the break and ran 2 of the 15 balls now this REALLY has the guys attention so finally I rack 1 final game of 9 ball runout with 3 shots, by this time all three of them are looking at me so I wait for them to ask me to play.

That's how your story should have read with an elaborate ending of how you got the money.
 
Funny story I thought y'all might like
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I was in the club yesterday just brushing up on my 9 ball game when I noticed a group of 3 guys

That was the dumbest story and so juvenile to even THINK of posting.
 
PoolSponge said:
I think this is a funny thread.

I have gotten to the point in my game where I want to PLAY. I do not want to play against players that have no prayer in beating me. There is no challenge to it and most of the time they want to play for beer. I can buy my own.

Here is my funny story:

I am at a local room just hitting some balls waiting for the league to finish so I can grab some action. Some kid in a hoodie walks over to me, without even watching me hit a ball, and says "Bet you a beer I can beat you.". I am in no way in a mood to play some moronic kid who plays in the rec league with a bar cue and no stroke so I reply,"Bet you a hundred you can't." He got a little pissy about why I had a problem playing for beer. I simply picked up my FULL beer and said,"beer I have, $100 I want." He later asked his teammate, within earshot, "what is his problem? I think he is scrared to play me for a beer." His teammate, my neighbour :D , replied,"That's Jason....he is trying to save you beer money. Say thank you.":D

That really made me laugh.

Is this a funny story that everyone laughs at or am I going to get roasted here?:o
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Funny story, I will steal it and make it my own at a later date
 
CaptainJR said:
Now that is funny. I've watched a lot of pool. Played a lot too, but I've certainly watched a lot. I've went to Planet (now Tigar) pool events, other big tournaments, TV, etc. Yup, I've watched a lot of pool. Alternate break could be the problem that I haven't seen it, but I've sat and watched really good players play winner breaks also.

What I'm getting at is I haven't seen many 5 packs and I've never seen 7.

LMAO


I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it is not as common as people on this board seem to think it is.
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I had a 12 pack












Hit against me by Mika Immonen. Seriously true story. About 5 racks in he started calling me rack boy and about 3 racks after that everybody was calling me that. It was great to finally have a title. Classic Billiards Phoenixville PA about 4 years ago. The funny thing is when he missed he never asked me how many racks he had just run.
 
I feel the preponderance of bullshit in regard to self-reported skill on this forum has done wonders for my game. I used to feel satisfied running a single measly rack and would get rattled if I came close to running a worthy number. However, now if I run 3 racks, I feel that such a thing is routine for a half-decent player, and if I was any good I'd run 5!
 
9 ball said:
I was in the club yesterday just brushing up on my 9 ball game when I noticed a group of 3 guys playing 8 ball but one of them seemed to be sitting out for long periods (I guess he wasn't shooting well) anyway, I racked up 9 ball proceeded to crush the rack and runout which got the guys attention.

Next I racked up 15 ball rotation again crushed the rack and ran 13 of the 15 balls now this REALLY has the guys attention so finally I rack 1 final game of 9 bal and snap the 9 in off the break, by this time all three of them are looking at me so I said "anyone fancy a quick game of 8 ball".

The fear on their faces was priceless you could actually see them swallowing hard and desperately wanting back peddle as one of them spoke up stuttering and stammering "eh, no you're alright".

Its the funniest thing i've seen in years.
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cool. you made a bunch of juvies shit their pants. someday i too shall weild that kind of power. muahaha!
 
In an alternating break format race to 2 tourney the other day I broke and ran my first 5 breaks..does that count as a 5-pack? Mud racked on the 6th attempt :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

..back on the thread track. This was the funniest thing I read all day. Thanks.
 
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