Hey guys,
Just recently I read Danny DiLiberto's book Road Player and tore through it in one night. It's a great read and I highly recommend it if you can find a copy. However, I was pretty surprised reading about how rampant dumping and one-way bites were. It was a bit disheartening to read about great guys like Ronnie Allen dumping, and especially to hear about how fed up a big-time gambler like Amarillo Slim was with how crooked money games became. I knew dumping went on, but still it was sad to read about this lack of honesty.
My real question though is this - in general, how honest are money games today? Is dumping still relatively common, and you really have to know the angles to avoid it when you're backing a player? Or is it largely a thing of the past? Also, what is the bite system like today? Is that another bygone relic? I don't get to spend enough time at my local pool hall, and I've never seen any big names play, so I'm just looking for some opinions here. I know there are some money players and stakehorses that post regularly here, so let's hear what you have to say.
Just recently I read Danny DiLiberto's book Road Player and tore through it in one night. It's a great read and I highly recommend it if you can find a copy. However, I was pretty surprised reading about how rampant dumping and one-way bites were. It was a bit disheartening to read about great guys like Ronnie Allen dumping, and especially to hear about how fed up a big-time gambler like Amarillo Slim was with how crooked money games became. I knew dumping went on, but still it was sad to read about this lack of honesty.
My real question though is this - in general, how honest are money games today? Is dumping still relatively common, and you really have to know the angles to avoid it when you're backing a player? Or is it largely a thing of the past? Also, what is the bite system like today? Is that another bygone relic? I don't get to spend enough time at my local pool hall, and I've never seen any big names play, so I'm just looking for some opinions here. I know there are some money players and stakehorses that post regularly here, so let's hear what you have to say.
