Gambling can help your game

[The Renfro]

Gambling teaches you to gamble... Won't teach you to win... Practice will teach you to make shots... Won't teach you to win.... Matching up and winning is different than being a winner unless you are the one outrunning the nuts,, But even that teaches you that it's ok to lose sometimes....

When you find a formula that makes a pool player then come back and tell us... For every gambler I can show you a tournament player... Sure sure... Gamblers would beat the brakes off the tourney players ... Sadly they both die broke and one is remembered for the legacy the other is remembered for being less than a stand up guy....

The greats started winning and it was all about winning.. for free.. for the cash.. in the tournament... What's gambling gonna do for me again?? ohh yeah have me seek out the better players and supplement their lack of a real job... And then I'll tell the next generation the same BS so they will let me recoup my losses from this time around... Damn... Ponzi is back and I never even knew......

 

[Dave714]

Gambling taught me to bear down and focus. Never liked to race though. Always liked the ahead matches.I was a slow starter but knew I would catch that gear.

 

[Ralph Kramden]

The greats started winning and it was all about winning.. for free.. for the cash.. in the tournament... What's gambling gonna do for me again?? ohh yeah have me seek out the better players and supplement their lack of a real job... And then I'll tell the next generation the same BS so they will let me recoup my losses from this time around... Damn... Ponzi is back and I never even knew......

The intent of my original post wasn't to say you should be looking to just beat anyone.
My thoughts on gambling are that you will play better by putting pressure on yourself.

I'll even gamble with my grandson. He's 13 and he can play very well. When he plays
with friends they are banging balls. When he plays 9 ball with me he gets a dime for
each ball he makes on the 5 thru 9. He is focused. He gets nothing if I pocket the 5-9.
Maybe you wouldn't really call that gambling but the pressure he feels helps his game.

I'll play moderate stakes amongst my own friends, but more than enough for pressure.
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[Donny Lutz]

We're not all the same

The intent of my original post wasn't to say you should be looking to just beat anyone.
My thoughts on gambling are that you will play better by putting pressure on yourself.

I'll even gamble with my grandson. He's 13 and he can play very well. When he plays
with friends they are banging balls. When he plays 9 ball with me he gets a dime for
each ball he makes on the 5 thru 9. He is focused. He gets nothing if I pocket the 5-9.
Maybe you wouldn't really call that gambling but the pressure he feels helps his game.

I'll play moderate stakes amongst my own friends, but more than enough for pressure.
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It's not like the path to becoming a good (or great) player is a "one size (method) fits all".

Some of us love to practice, some don't.
Some love league play, some don't.
Some love tournaments, some don't.
Some love to gamble, some don't.

I for one, always felt more pressure playing for a state or national championship on a team than I did gambling.

For anyone who claims that you must gamble to be great...familiar yourself with Thorsten Hohmann. He never gambles and is one of the best in the world.

 

[Ralph Kramden]

For anyone who claims that you must gamble to be great...familiar yourself with Thorsten Hohmann. He never gambles and is one of the best in the world.

Why would he gamble? He only won $91,875 last year..... www.azbilliards.com/people/1907-thorstem-hohmann/

Maybe in his next tournament someone should say, "There's no payout for Thorsten. He will never play for money".

If I were a betting man.... I'd say he probably has waged a small amount on himself, at least at one time or another.
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[Donny Lutz]

Gamblilng or gambling

Why would he gamble? He only won $91,875 last year..... www.azbilliards.com/people/1907-thorstem-hohmann/

Maybe in his next tournament someone should say, "There's no payout for Thorsten. He will never play for money".

If I were a betting man.... I'd say he probably has waged a small amount on himself, at least at one time or another.
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I think most here mean gambling for substantial, brokered or flexible amounts, as opposed to a fixed entry fee and fixed pre-set payout. No doubt Toasty has played for a dollar or two at some point in his career, but no longer.

On might reasonably argue that never having to invest energy in the mental games of high stakes gambling make him a better tournament player.