I have recently moved the west coast and find myself surrounded by "action". I am ready to get involved but don't know the jargon that the peiople here are using as I am relatively knew to the scene. For example "Let's 5 play ahead for a couple cheeseburgers"? Also words like a score, wad, c-note. Also after we have played who pays the table time since my card is already behind the desk? As we can rack up a large bill? Weight, what should you ask for without being offensive?
Gambling Jargon?
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An even game of 1 pocket is first person to 8. A common spot is 9-7 or 10-8. Looks like this guy was getting 16-3 or 18-4 meaning Shane had to get 16 balls before his opponent got 3. Obviously balls get spotted since the total is more than the original 15.
That's a CRAZY spot IMO and not sure how you could lose. But apparently it's possible.
I don't play much 1 pocket at all. Just seems like a crazy spot to me.
One player needs 16 balls to the other player who needs 3.
18-4 you should be able to figure out now.
Both are very strong spots in one pocket.
18-4 you should be able to figure out now.
Both are very strong spots in one pocket.
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Five ahead is a race to five or "five a head" meaning both players need five games to win. Another way of giving weight is asking for less games than your opponent. I mostly play rotation games and had to pick up the lingo there to. A buddy came into my work the other day and was talking about playing some and nobody I worked with had a clue what I was saying. "I'll play you seven ahead for a bill but only if you give me the seven and out."
The main one that I learned the hard way was "you wanna play some?". I wound up in a money game without even realizing it.
You wanna play some = let's gamble
The main one that I learned the hard way was "you wanna play some?". I wound up in a money game without even realizing it.
You wanna play some = let's gamble
Not sure if that just came out wrong, but the way I read your post, it's wrong.
5 ahead means one player has to get 5 games ahead of the other one. Say you are playing $5 a game. You would need to be up $25 to win a 5 ahead set. For instance, if you win the first game and I win the next, we are back even and nobody is "ahead". Technically, an ahead set could go on for eternity.
A race to 5 is simply the first person to win 5 games, wins.
Score means winning some money. Usually, a decent amount.
Wad means a wad of money.
C-note = $100
About paying table time for the loser...just agree upfront that you will both pay your own time. That's the solution. If you happen to make a nice "score" you may feel generous and pay the guys time anyway.
About matching up...you just have to jump in and get your feet wet to get a feel if you haven't been around a lot of action. Play some real cheap and see how you stack up to one of the players. There is usually a hiearchy in the pool room. If you know that hiearchy and where the guy your playing falls in it, it is then easier to gauge how to play all of the others. This just comes with experience. Good luck!
Thanks for the correction. There's a lot I still don't understand also.
No problem. It gets confusing.:thumbup:
Besides the wikipedia billiard glossary entry listed above, Dr. Dave has a glossary and some other links on his site. See http://billiards.colostate.edu/resources/glossary.pdf
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I thought the same thing, if you like you can come here and try him sometime. Shane drills shots I would never even think to swing at, then runs out from every where. If you do get to the table, you are kicking at JUNK, and selling farms.
Thanks for the response/ So what is a cheesburger? 200? I have been watching 1pocket purely thats because what seems to be the game of choice in my hall, I understand the rules more or less and think I move pretty good but also realize I am a novice. What spot shoould one ask for beginning as the lowest I have seen is 20 a game.
Also what is the general rules of playing a set then stopping? I played a set because that what the girl asked for I won but straight after she didn't pay up she flipped the coin for a new set but I did not want to keep playing as it was getting really late and also she was much better than she played the first set?
The beard may be the best to translate, but nobody puts out the action jargon better than Keith.
"Gonna put im in the tub...even up!"
"Gonna put im in the tub...even up!"
I'd love to truthfully. And the fact is I'd probably lose a TON of cash just for the entertainment value. 16-3 spot is like a magic trick that you want to see again just to figure out how it was done.
So I'd be like, "Ok, here's another $20. Lemme see it again"!
Only read a few, but the one on "orange crush" is wrong.
edit: I say Dr. Dave has it wrong also. "orange" means the 5 ball. "crush" means the break. The "orange crush" means the 5 and the break. The "5 out" means you have the 5,6,7,8,and 9 as money balls.
To the OP, what weight, or handicap you should ask for depends on how you play compared to how your opponent plays. As far as quitting winner, that is usually frowned upon unless agreed to before hand. Always make sure you both are in agreement before starting, and post the money, meaning, put the money on the light, or have someone else hold it for you. Otherwise, you might get "airbarreled", meaning, not paid.
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Hmm, I thought that's what it meant. What is your definition?
orange crush, the
The 5 out (meaning the player getting the handicap can win by making the 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 balls).
see my edit in the post above yours.