Have you ever been Hustled???

the greatest hustler

Fast Lenny said:
I know we have all been hustled in some way shape or form. :wink:
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Our next door neighbor had a four year old daughter, basically a stair step below my three. Our dachshund had a litter of puppies and naturally a four year old and puppies was instant happiness.

One day Missy came over crying her eyes out though, really bawling and squalling. "What's the matter?"

"Bubba took my dog!"(Bubba was her older brother, her dog Suzy a grown beagle)

More Squalling and carrying on, ten minutes or so worth. Finally we got her calmed down a little. She asked if she could have a puppy since Bubba took Suzy. We figured it was no problem so we said sure as long as your dad and mom don't mind.

Missy ran home and quite happily told her mom that we were giving her a puppy and Bubba could have Suzy, Missy didn't want her anymore. The whole big deal with Bubba taking Suzy had never happened.

The female of the species learns young or maybe they are just born that way! :grin-square: :wink: :grin-square:

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
Our next door neighbor had a four year old daughter, basically a stair step below my three. Our dachshund had a litter of puppies and naturally a four year old and puppies was instant happiness.

One day Missy came over crying her eyes out though, really bawling and squalling. "What's the matter?"

"Bubba took my dog!"(Bubba was her older brother, her dog Suzy a grown beagle)

More Squalling and carrying on, ten minutes or so worth. Finally we got her calmed down a little. She asked if she could have a puppy since Bubba took Suzy. We figured it was no problem so we said sure as long as your dad and mom don't mind.

Missy ran home and quite happily told her mom that we were giving her a puppy and Bubba could have Suzy, Missy didn't want her anymore. The whole big deal with Bubba taking Suzy had never happened.

The female of the species learns young or maybe they are just born that way! :grin-square: :wink: :grin-square:

Hu
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Great story Hu,your right they learn younger. :grin-square:
 
stevea said:
I had some guy try to hustle me, he came into the pool hall and asked to play some 9ball. He was a good shot, he kept asking me to bet money and I kept declining then after a few hours of playing and drinking I said I was about to go. We started to keep score earlier and at this time it was 18-17 and I was up by one game. So he didn't want me to leave without giving up some money so finally he said ok before you leave lets just play the first one to 25 games pays for the pool and bar tab. So I said yes to that and I won 25-17 and he had like a $150 tab. Not a crazy amount of money but it was still fun and I played and got drunk for free plus he was pretty pissed off!
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I don't get it? It pissed him off you paid?:rolleyes:
 
Cuaba said:
sometimes I think the locals are getting a cut to steer road players my way.
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You can probably bet on it. I would show up in one of the local rooms and 15 minutes later a certain player would ALWAYS show up. We didn't play but I didn't get any new action so home I would go.

I will always remember the hustle UJ Puckett tried on me when I was about 18. Lucky for me I caught on just before I got hooked. And UJ remembered my name, town, and the year --- 25 years after the event (fantastic memory - but that was one of the reasons he was the hustler he was).
 
MJR77 said:
One time I almost placed a sweat bet with Roy S. Than I realized his horse was already in the hot seat and had to get beat twice. That was close.
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LOL I THINK THAT WAS JUST TODAY.
 
The UJ story please

UJ has always been a favorite older player of mine. The story please if you have the time.

Thanks,
Hu


Jack Madden said:
You can probably bet on it. I would show up in one of the local rooms and 15 minutes later a certain player would ALWAYS show up. We didn't play but I didn't get any new action so home I would go.

I will always remember the hustle UJ Puckett tried on me when I was about 18. Lucky for me I caught on just before I got hooked. And UJ remembered my name, town, and the year --- 25 years after the event (fantastic memory - but that was one of the reasons he was the hustler he was).
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Hustlin a Hustler!

Heyalex40 said:
I have seen many posts from guys, bragging about their great hustles that they had pulled off. What I really want to hear is, have you been hustled yourself and how.
I was... It was well over 10 years ago and I was playing in a C tournament in Southern California. A guy came in and entered the tournement. He played poorly and got knocked out first round and looked like a complete amature doing it, complete with his cuetec fiberglass cue and hard cue case. He didn't leave but rather hung around and started drinking beers and getting mouthy. The more beers he drank, the more of a punk he became. Finally, after two or three rounds, he made a very rude comment to the waitress that was serving him and I jumped up to defend her. (The hook was set). He jumps up and argued with me for a while and finally says well, why don't you and I play for $100 to which I ssaid "Make it two hundred". Well it took me about 2 racks to realize that I had beed had. He tried to slow play but it was clear that he was a much better player than he was showing in the tournament and about the third rack I said, "alright, you got me and payed him his $200.
At the time, nobody new who this player was but he has gone on to be one of the top players in the world. I won't post his name because I now think the whole thing is funny and I acctually became friendly with him after that. I chalk it up to lesson learned, realizing that I could have lost a bunch more if he had played things a little different.

Ok, lets hear your story.
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Well it's hard to hustle a hustler!, but.....well......ummm.....ooh...aaaaaaiiiiiiiiggggg......

NOPE...Never..BEEN HUSTLED!!!!!!!!


except for the time.......!!!!



David Harcrow
 
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hustled ????

I dont know if you classify it as a hustle or someone stupity, as a young guy i would go down to my pool hall on tuesday and drop a few bucks to these guys that worked local, well i would go back on there payday on fri and win 125-175 week, and that was lot money in my day, as i made $65 week delivering coca-cola.MEMORIES!!!!!!:grin-square: :grin-square: :grin-square:
 
Well personaly I've never been Hustled but a funny Comment from some Drunk guy in the bar last monday . When I play league I normaly like to go out to the place that we are going to be playing and play on the table to get a feel for them .

Well last week I get to the bar and start setting my stuff up and racked up a game of 9-ball and after I was done this guy comes up to me an says your pretty good and then pauses and then asks me if I was a Hustler , and I replyed no , then asked him why would he ask me that and he replyed again with well look at your pool case it makes you look like a Hustler . Weird .
 
Brozif said:
This one time, a long time ago, this woman told me that she loved me and wanted to spend the rest of her life with me. Ever since that she's taken all of my money!! So far it has been the longest ongoing hustle that I have ever fallen for!!
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I FEEL THAT PAIN
 
3 card monty, Vegas, Riv at the BCA about 10 years ago. It was worth the $90 just to see the slight of hand this guy had. Seen some awesome 3-card monty but this guy was the best with his switching of the bend in a card. More interesting and learning experience then plugging a slot machine, would not pay for another lesson though. =)
 
I have one

I was 16 at the Billiard Palace in Bellflower...all the players were in town for a tournament.
I grew up with Keith and a lot young strong local players ...needless to say I was in way over my head...and loved every second of it.
Being 16 and not having money...a man told me he would play me a race to 4 for $20.00 I didn't have 20 cents, so another guy said "go ahead Robin I'll stake you". SO of course I couldn't wait to get on the table...this is what happened.

I broke made nothing...he made the 1 and missed the 2 but picked the 2 ball up and said "I got you" I was of course shocked...but even more shocked when the stake horse said "its ok Robin you can still get him"
Then his position was bad and he spread his hand on the table and moved the cue ball he of course said "fingers, that is how we play in New York". Again I was floored and the response of the stake horse... "go ahead Robin".
Well I figured I had to give it all I had to beat this guy.....finally I started shooting a few balls then I missed...of course I figured I'm playing by his rules...so I picked up the ball and said "I got you" he said oh no you can only do it on the even numbered balls (yes I was a little naive).
Once the set was about over he was shooting the 9 ball to win...he said King get the ball...this dog jumps on the table and takes the 9 ball.
Once the dog brought it back...the guy plays the 9 ball 5 rails in the corner pocket.
I know you all must think that this is an obvious hustle...but I never once thought it. I wanted to bust this guy....LOL
He and the stake horse enjoyed the drive I had to win...and finally let me in on the hustle....Johnny Ervlino (not sure how to spell his last name) was my opponent we laughed about that story for 20 years.
The whole room was watching and I never seen it...I just wanted to win...I was focused :)
 
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Robroy said:
I was 16 at the Billiard Palace in Bellflower...all the players were in town for a tournament.
I grew up with Keith and a lot young strong local players ...needless to say I was in way over my head...and loved every second of it.
Being 16 and not having money...a man told me he would play me a race to 4 for $20.00 I didn't have 20 cents, so another guy said "go ahead Robin I'll stake you". SO of course I couldn't wait to get on the table...this is what happened.

I broke made nothing...he made the 1 and missed the 2 but picked the 2 ball up and said "I got you" I was of course shocked...but even more shocked when the stake horse said "its ok Robin you can still get him"
Then his position was bad and he spread his hand on the table and moved the cue ball he of course said "fingers, that is how we play in New York". Again I was floored and the response of the stake horse... "go ahead Robin".
Well I figured I had to give it all I had to beat this guy.....finally I started shooting a few balls then I missed...of course I figured I'm playing by his rules...so I picked up the ball and said "I got you" he said oh no you can only do it on the even numbered balls (yes I was a little naive).
Once the set was about over he was shooting the 9 ball to win...he said King get the ball...this dog jumps on the table and takes the 9 ball.
Once the dog brought it back...the guy plays the 9 ball 5 rails in the corner pocket.
I know you all must think that this is an obvious hustle...but I never once thought it. I wanted to bust this guy....LOL
He and the stake horse enjoyed the drive I had to win...and finally let me in on the hustle....Johnny Ervlino (not sure how to spell his last name) was my opponent we laughed about that story for 20 years.
The whole room was watching and I never seen it...I just wanted to win...I was focused :)
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Great story Robin. Hope all is well with you and Roy.
 
For our "pool night" on Friday, one of our guys brought in printed out papers of riddles / brain twisters he found on the Web. He said, "in between games, I thought it would be fun for us to talk about these, and figure them out while we're waiting to shoot." We never have any trouble socializing with one another, but we thought it would be fun, and we all dove in. He didn't participate in the conversations about the riddles, and generally focused on the games. Of course, he kicked all our butts. As he collected our money, he pointed out his intent of racking up our brains around riddles to disrupt our focus on the table. We were impressed!

Never heard of that one... but it seemed to be effective!
 
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