First of all let me say thanks for the opinions, and no i never lay down in a game with friends or someone who respects me and my ability.
I laid down in this set because honestly, I made a mistake and got horribly out of line on the 9 and end up scratching. He takes ball in hand and the nine is dead, perfect straight into the fifth hole for any golf players and he shoots it off by a full foot. There's no one in the pool world I know who will miss a shot that horribly.And that made me angry, and I laid down because the kid was lying out his teeth. he walks in with a J&J 4 shaft 2 butt case that's got a predator BK 2 and a player's cue and states that he's played for 5 months and got into it really heavy. I start watching as we play, and I realize he's trying to hustle me, so this set was just me pushing him to see how much he had in terms of skill.
When i ask if dogging the nine on the last set was the correct move, had I beaten him tonight, knowing that he's not a local in the sense of he's in the same place i play every night, do I expect him to come back? No and I'm not out anything in my mind because I paid for the time and he called it even because he didnt want to deal with the change. Whoever said i dogged the nine ball on the last match, no i didnt miss it on accident, it was a very makeable ball, and I dont want excuses because the first thing about this game is you play, you don't make excuses for mistakes. You learn from them, because excuses wont make you better.
I'm just simply asking if giving up 20 to see what this kid had in terms of skill was worth it, because I didn't lay the set down to him, we both played rough and we were fighting tooth and nail for every shot in the race, I just honestly felt that I had seen what he had and for 20 bucks that's no problem. I have no qualms about money because i wont gamble bill money. My question was really pertaining not to the money or the game, it was more of a situation of should I have just played it for one night, or should I have considered the weekend.
It's once again hard to clarify my thoughts into words, but for some reason it just felt like laying the nine out on the last set was an easy opportunity to get someone into the room playing and whether he throws action ever again or not, he's still a practice partner, someone I can learn from because no one is perfect in the game or their ability. I'm not trying to sound like a hustler, because i dont want to be. I'd rather be respected by my peers as someone who never air barrels, who never tries to pull stupid games. But nor am I dumb enough to get onto a game and start firing on all cylinders, when I realize this kid is sandbagging? and like you guys said, it was 20 bucks, if I lost it I lost it and I learned to make them chase the money. I ask this not in ignorance but in how new I am to money side of this world.
If anyone was offended or feels what I did was disrespectful please contact me and let me hear your point of view. I'm always willing to stand up and admit when I make mistakes and I want to learn. That's why i'm looking to my peers to find out.
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