How many times have you heard this?

chefjeff said:
I blame it on movies and tv shows that have a character who goes from nothing level to pro level in just a few months or weeks of practicing and "positive thinking."

That is also why there is no gate for pool....people think they, too, can be that good if they just tried hard for a short period of time. Why watch someone do a skill if I can easily do it, too, if I really wanted?

Just "go on the road a few months and get a little seasoning..." yah, riiiiiiiiiightttt.....


Jeff Livingston
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I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face

I think plan "A" sounds best

JC
 
LOL These are great stories

Billiards is one of those games that looks easy if you haven't tried it.

Any time I meet someone who says they are a good pool player I put the odds at about 100% they are terrible.

Me: "Oh, do you play league pool?"
Them: "No, but I used to play a lot in the bar with so and so and those guys."
Me: "Oh, gotcha. You're terrible."

LOL I'm a TAP 6 and I'm well aware that the worst pro player in the world is about 1000 times better than me.

The game SEEMS easy though, especially when everyone is terrible. And that's a good thing I think. By the time you realize how bad you really are you're already infatuated with the game.
 
As Lee Trevino (and many others) have said, "The older I get, the better I used to be.

If I hear one more story about Minnesota Fats from a rank amateur, I think I'll throw up.

And if you can't tell how good a player is just by looking at his bridge hand and how confident he is placing it on the table, you never played on the road.

And there was a day when unknown players were as good as pros (but not as good as the top 10 pros). Remember tournaments paid very little back in the day and getting a reputation was just bad business.

Having said that, I've had both Lou Butera and Mike Massey run over 150 balls on me while just fooling around and then both claim they don't consider themselves top 14.1 players. That's the story I like to tell amateurs that 'used to play'. And that gets their jaw to drop pretty quickly. Of course when their jaw has dropped they can't speak, so I don't have to be rude to get them to stop telling nonsense stories.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!
 
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Richard Teefertiller (probably spelled it wrong).....out of St Louis....Jr Snooker Champion.....knew him in 1969 at Great Lakes NTC...he was in MM school...married a girl who worked for ELDRIDGE TUCKER (who damn will WAS good enough to be a 'pro' and before his near fatal car crash that ruined his vision was very likely the best 1-pocket player in the world) in Charleston.
 
JC said:
I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school
Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand
Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face

I think plan "A" sounds best

JC
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I think Plan "C" worked for him
 
'ANY 2 BIT HUSTLER CAN RUN 100 BALLS EVERY NOW AND THEN, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK TONIGHT AND PLAY FOR MONEY, LET ME KNOW'


Lassiter to a kid who ran out on him at an exhibition game and was PUMPED up and giving Whimpy a real hard time over it.
 
mikethebike said:
'ANY 2 BIT HUSTLER CAN RUN 100 BALLS EVERY NOW AND THEN, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK TONIGHT AND PLAY FOR MONEY, LET ME KNOW'


Lassiter to a kid who ran out on him at an exhibition game and was PUMPED up and giving Whimpy a real hard time over it.
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Yup. And the fact that the kid gave Luther a hard time proved he was a '2 bit hustler'.
 
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