Sounds like it may be time to decide how much you value his friendship. It sounds like he expects you to let him slide or to win it back with double or nothing bets.
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UgotRanDown
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If if was me, cut him a slack for $50. Buy some drinks with it and then order a pool video instruction for him like cj' "touch of inside".�� All jokes aside, when i play with my friends, the most we play is $2 a game and pay at 10 games ahead. It's fun and competitive and lasts for hours and for cheap. Never play sets with a friend unless u both are rich, stay with $1/$2 a game be better.
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takeitdown
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My buddy and I play for a lot of money. Lately he just can't beat me. He isn't making what he used to , but he pays off as he can. I am up on him about 7 K in 2 years. So he can owe me a couple thousand no big deal.
He isn't beating me with a game, the 7 ball and all the breaks where I go to 7 and he goes to 6...so we are gonna wait to play for money for a bit. If he paid off $1200 of what he owes I would continue to gamble for the cash. He's the one who suggested he just isn't play well enough to go 200-600 a set.
He isn't beating me with a game, the 7 ball and all the breaks where I go to 7 and he goes to 6...so we are gonna wait to play for money for a bit. If he paid off $1200 of what he owes I would continue to gamble for the cash. He's the one who suggested he just isn't play well enough to go 200-600 a set.
Let him save face
Friends are harder to find than money.
When I gamble with friends I keep the
bet cheap. I have much larger resources
than the friends I gamble with so even if
they want to raise the bet I wont. I don't
ever want to hurt my friends or take
advantage of them. We do like to gamble,
just enough to keep the interest up.
As for your friend, let it slide. Or tell him
to pay you when he can. If he wants
to gamble some more jokingly blow it off
by telling him he hasn't paid you from last
.time yet. Let him save face and you may
keep him as a friend.
Good Rolls
Joe
Friends are harder to find than money.
When I gamble with friends I keep the
bet cheap. I have much larger resources
than the friends I gamble with so even if
they want to raise the bet I wont. I don't
ever want to hurt my friends or take
advantage of them. We do like to gamble,
just enough to keep the interest up.
As for your friend, let it slide. Or tell him
to pay you when he can. If he wants
to gamble some more jokingly blow it off
by telling him he hasn't paid you from last
.time yet. Let him save face and you may
keep him as a friend.
Good Rolls
Joe
If it can hurt the other, don't do it. Period!! IF you play 1/1/2 in nine ball, for most that is loose change and never an issue. We spend more buying rounds than we lose playing pool. The worst I have seen in our little group (up to 8 players) has been $40 and that was unusual. We are all pretty well matched up. A few players have come to join us but it became apparent they were not strong enough. They decided not to play on their own accord.
Al
Al
Since he didn't settle up yet, I agree with letting him buy out for a %.
Then next time he wants to play for $, tell him no, coz even though you won and cut him a break, it didn't feel right.
Play a long set for table time or dinner or something you 2 were likely to spend money on anyway.
Then next time he wants to play for $, tell him no, coz even though you won and cut him a break, it didn't feel right.
Play a long set for table time or dinner or something you 2 were likely to spend money on anyway.
gambling with friends
it's hard to gamble with close friends I lost a good friend over it:frown: the friends I do play with either table time or a drink or maybe dinner something we both can afford hard to lose a good friend over money
it's hard to gamble with close friends I lost a good friend over it:frown: the friends I do play with either table time or a drink or maybe dinner something we both can afford hard to lose a good friend over money
Either let him off the hook completely, or make him sweat. If you decide to play, bet 25% of what you're up to begin with. So in this case, $50 sets are in order. If he wins it back, play at your own risk. Otherwise, you have nothing to lose. If he gets pissed off because you keep winning, he wasn't a friend to begin with(especially if it was HIS idea to ply for money).
If it's a good buddy, who cares, play something that will get him back to even.
JAM...I agree wholehearted with your entire post, but especially the last sentence. My good friend and colleague randyg and I love to play and gamble, but we onlly play for who buys dinner! :thumbup:
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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I' finished pool school with Randy G a couple weeks back! I come in a couple times a week to practice. Yeah, usually my friends and I will play for something like dinner or whatever, nothing too crazy. This guy just decided he wanted to keep raising the stakes so he could try and win it back. I guess it's come to bite him!
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I have a good friend and we get together and gamble playing 8 or 9 ball a few times a week. We have a longstanding agreement that we will play sets for the same amount for a preset length of time. I have also told him that I am not comfortable winning or
loosing more than $100 during a session. I think setting the ground rules and having
a stop gap to keep things from getting out of control is the key. Besides, you can give a sheep a trim hundreds of
times but you can only scalp it once.
loosing more than $100 during a session. I think setting the ground rules and having
a stop gap to keep things from getting out of control is the key. Besides, you can give a sheep a trim hundreds of
times but you can only scalp it once.