Gambling Quarrels

lunchmoney said:
One of the funniest things that I have seen in a pool room was at Greenway Biliards back in '77. Two guys had been playing some 9-ball on got into an arguement. They decided to settle it outside. Being that one of the combatants was much larger than the other, the smaller guy demanded a spot, starting out, IIRC, a pool cue butt. They agreed on 5 hundred to the winner. They kept going back and forth arguing about the spot and the whole room was in stitches, it was hysterical. They never did agree to a spot and finally settled things on the pool table.

Lunchmoney
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Great story, Lunchmoney, thanks for the laugh ! Who else but pool players would even think of trying to negotiate a spot in a fight ... makes me think of Bill Cosby for some reason ... "We will wear whatever and shoot from behind trees and rocks ... you will wear red and march in a straight line" (from 'The Coin Toss' iirc).

Dave
 
I once avoided a situation because I knew what was going to happen after the match involved. I was asked to hold the up money on a bet in a tournament match between Buddy Hall and Cecil Tugwell at Hard Times. One guy said to the other, "I'll take Cecil for $500." Well, the other guy jumped on that bet like most people would. They both looked at me and asked if I would hold the money but I said, "Hell no, I don't want to be in the middle of this." So, they found someone else to hold the money and during the match I told a buddy of mine what was happening. Well, after Buddy won the match, the guy who thought he had a winner went to collect the money but he was stopped by the guy who bet on Cecil. The guy says, "I won, what's the problem, you bet on Cecil?" The guy says,"You're right, I did bet on Cecil, that's Buddy's real name, Cecil." What happened after that escapes me right now ;)
 
Robert LaBlonc told me this story years ago. He was just coming through Urbana, Illinois in about 1976. After beating everyone in the bar a few of us out to breakfast, the only time I ever met him. He was telling road stories. This is one I have always remembered.

He said once he had won quite a sum of money in a pretty rough bar. When he walked outside to go to his car a guy walked up, stuck a knife in his ribs and said “give me all your money”. Robert complied and the guy took off running. He than proceeded to walk around the building to get to his car and ANOTHER guy stepped up to rob him. He said man your are late I just got robbed when I stepped out the front door. The would-be robber said “which way did he go?” and took off after the first bandit!!

Now thats a rough bar!!
 
the last guy who took a swing at me is dead,,,,no kidding; just fact !



























he died in a car accident about two months after I bloodied the floor with his nose,,,LOL
 
Rude Dog said:
I once avoided a situation because I knew what was going to happen after the match involved. I was asked to hold the up money on a bet in a tournament match between Buddy Hall and Cecil Tugwell at Hard Times. One guy said to the other, "I'll take Cecil for $500." Well, the other guy jumped on that bet like most people would. They both looked at me and asked if I would hold the money but I said, "Hell no, I don't want to be in the middle of this." So, they found someone else to hold the money and during the match I told a buddy of mine what was happening. Well, after Buddy won the match, the guy who thought he had a winner went to collect the money but he was stopped by the guy who bet on Cecil. The guy says, "I won, what's the problem, you bet on Cecil?" The guy says,"You're right, I did bet on Cecil, that's Buddy's real name, Cecil." What happened after that escapes me right now ;)
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That's a funny story...I think Buddy's name really is Cecil...So the guy figured to win no matter which Cecil won....
 
The worst fights I've ever seen were at a pool hall, but none of them had anything to do with pool. The worst one I've seen was between two rival LA gangs, which resulted in the shooting death of someone in the alley behind the poolhall later that night, and another one was between some druggies who also were drug dealers, probably had something to do with territory.
 
Wouldnt call it a fight, although I did get a nice scar over my right eye. Remember your not home safe...Till your home safe.
 
The first time I played a tournament in Northridge I came out and had a bullet hole through my car window. The next time I went there were some gunshots in the poolhall and I scrambled under the last table at the end, next to me was an Asian guy and he asked me if I could see the black dude. I asked if he was after him and he said yes. I scrambled behind another table. After that I didnt go back for several years until some players convinced me it was safe.

Wayne
 
breakup said:
Robert LaBlonc told me this story years ago. He was just coming through Urbana, Illinois in about 1976. After beating everyone in the bar a few of us out to breakfast, the only time I ever met him. He was telling road stories. This is one I have always remembered.

He said once he had won quite a sum of money in a pretty rough bar. When he walked outside to go to his car a guy walked up, stuck a knife in his ribs and said “give me all your money”. Robert complied and the guy took off running. He than proceeded to walk around the building to get to his car and ANOTHER guy stepped up to rob him. He said man your are late I just got robbed when I stepped out the front door. The would-be robber said “which way did he go?” and took off after the first bandit!!

Now thats a rough bar!!
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I think the man's name is Robert La Blanc, and he hails originally from Boston, Ma
Sonia
 
Rude Dog said:
I once avoided a situation because I knew what was going to happen after the match involved. I was asked to hold the up money on a bet in a tournament match between Buddy Hall and Cecil Tugwell at Hard Times. One guy said to the other, "I'll take Cecil for $500." Well, the other guy jumped on that bet like most people would. They both looked at me and asked if I would hold the money but I said, "Hell no, I don't want to be in the middle of this." So, they found someone else to hold the money and during the match I told a buddy of mine what was happening. Well, after Buddy won the match, the guy who thought he had a winner went to collect the money but he was stopped by the guy who bet on Cecil. The guy says, "I won, what's the problem, you bet on Cecil?" The guy says,"You're right, I did bet on Cecil, that's Buddy's real name, Cecil." What happened after that escapes me right now ;)
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I remember that story but I don't remember who it was doing the betting.
 
AceHigh said:
Anyone here ever got into a fight over gambling with pool.

This guy wouldn't give me the wild 3 ball, and last 4. So I shot him in the foot.
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Fighting over pool? Really? Wow. Whoda thunk it?

My buddy ("mate" for the Brits) and I got into at least 20 fights over the last 15 years or so. We NEVER started any of them. We have a sort of rule about trouble makers. We let it go once. We warn them when the trouble happens 2 or 3 times. Then we put a stop to the bullshit, however it happens.

My favorite is about a guy we now call Scarface. The first time he started shit with us, he ended up with a broken nose. He was standing by the bar with a bloody bar rag on his face, saying in a nasal tone, "You broke my fuckin' nose, you son-of-a-bitch, you broke my fucking nose." So, me always being the comedian said, "Hey, you wanna go out to the car and do a line?"

We met him again, but I'll save that one for later.

Jeff Livingston
 
OldHasBeen said:
I agree - But In my (over 40) years of playing pool, I have seen most of the fights start over "Beers & Bucks" & VERY few (if any) between serious players.
But I also will never forget St. Louie, Louie chasing Bernie Schwartz all over Freddie's Chicago poolroom with a butcher knife. He had won a large set and the person with Bernie (holding the up money) THREW IT ALL AT LOUIE. Louie insisted this person pick it up and hand it to him. When she refused, Louie went behind the counter and got the knife. Nothing really happened, but it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a poolroom.

TY & GL
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One of the funniest things I ever saw was two guys fighting at Guys & Dolls in Suitland MD The one losing says enough the guy winning says I haven't booked a winner in so long I'll let you know when you've had enough
 
I just started playing pool no more than like 2 weeks ago... and you guys are scaring me away from it.. I thought it was just a recreational and fun game to play with some buddies, and maybe make some money... you are making me think differently!!!

haha just kidding, these are some good, interesting, sometimes not good, funny stories.. if that makes sense...
 
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