I’m not doing well in league btw. People say hustlers and gamblers are killing pool. Well I’ve overheard at least 5 different groups(1-3) APA players discussing how they need to get their handicaps down for citywide. I don’t think gambling is the problem. It’s greed by players most of whom will never be any more than an APA “hero”. If even that. So I’ve decided I’ll help out from now on and decimate each and every opponent in APA going forward. No more hill/hill nice play.
I guess the players I’m referring to would be “hustlers” in a sense. Moreso cheaters than hustlers. But you get what I’m saying.
Thankfully i am hard of hearing because if i ever heard some one say that i would tell them what i thought...and it would not be good.
I try to give people the benefit of doubt about sandbagging because we all have our good or bad nights. Especially newer players.
Its the lifetime 3's and 4's that makes sandgging so obvious. Not talking about housewives but the guys that lose all session long and then beat the crap outa other 3 's in cities by 18-2 . i know of one that did it for years and was finally raised to a 4 at last years nationals.
Then you have guys like i played a few weeks ago. We are both 6's in 9 ball and i won 18-2. Fellas lemme tell you....i didnt play that great...he played that awful and left a feeling in the back of my mind that he was dumping. I was not sure because i had never played him before. Then...the week after he comes straight up to me with a smile on his face saying he was lowered back to a 5.
Gonna leave it at that cause i dont want to start a long winded post about sandbagging.
This week i faced a guy i played 8 ball at the begining of the session for the first time. He was a 4 . he took me to the hill before i won. I thought later that this guy would not be a 4 for long as good as he played.
Well sure enough the other night i saw he was now a 5 when we matched up. This guy exudes confidence at the table almost to the point of being cocky....at least that how i took his demeaner while he was shooting.
So ...i decided to take this young whipper snapper to defense city. He got visibly frustrated a few times which led me to pour it on even more. I won 4-0 in a 4-4 race. He grabbed his cues and walked away without even bothering to shake my outstretched hand.
Well i decided to enter a captains vegas qualifying tournament coming up in a couple weeks. I love the format but i have one little pet peeve about how they handicap it.
If yall guys are not familiar wirh the format and want to know more just ask and i will answer your questions. . This post is long enough.