How would you deal with this?.

9 ball

9 ball

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I was playing a short race to 5 last night with a buddy, we were both playing badly & that's how it ended up @ 4-4 going into a final frame shoot-out.

Anyway it was my break & I ended up putting 3 down with the rest of the rack in perfect position to cut a long story short it came to the 9 & I had no other option other than to bank it as it was 50yd line shot with very little angle, it went in & then my bud got so pissed saying that it was luck & anyone could replicate the shot which he then proceeded to try a half dozen times but never made, so he just kept moaning the rest of the night.

My question is although I am not the best player in the world how can I deal with the *****ing & complaining when I make difficult shot under pressure without pissing my bud off further?.
 
9 ball said:
I was playing a short race to 5 last night with a buddy, we were both playing badly & that's how it ended up @ 4-4 going into a final frame shoot-out.

Anyway it was my break & I ended up putting 3 down with the rest of the rack in perfect position to cut a long story short it came to the 9 & I had no other option other than to bank it as it was 50yd line shot with very little angle, it went in & then my bud got so pissed saying that it was luck & anyone could replicate the shot which he then proceeded to try a half dozen times but never made, so he just kept moaning the rest of the night.

My question is although I am not the best player in the world how can I deal with the *****ing & complaining when I make difficult shot under pressure without pissing my bud off further?.
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You sure he's your bud? Sounds like if he were he'd be happy for you and say nice shot.
 
My practice buddy and team mate always congratulate each other for a game well played or a difficult shot made by doing the knuckle rap thing and saying, "Good game or good shot".

Are you sure he is your buddy?
Sounds like he is a poor sport and sore loser, basically the kind of person that I avoid like the plague.

Solution number one. Dog the money ball, give him the game so you don't have to listen to his whining.
Solution number two. Find a new practice partner.

Next time he asks you to go out and hit a few, make an excuse for not going. Show up at the hall with a new partner.
If he questions you on it, be honest with him and tell him that you are tired of listening to his BS over losing games.
If he is a true friend, he will take it to heart and change his ways. If he isn't he will show his colors again and be mad at you, in which case you can prove that you don't need him as a friend.

Some friends cost you more grief than what they are worth. Life is too short for that kind of BS.
 
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If he's a pretty competitive person, he's probably more pissed that he didn't win for whatever reason; plus he's pissed off that you made a shot he expected you miss. Some people just have to blow up at themselves before they can come back to reality.

The question is - does he continue to do that the next day or later that night or the next week? If he's holding grudges, so to speak, maybe don't play for money with him; just purely practice. Not even table time.

Or find a new regular partner and keep him around for random practice.

I'm fairly competitive and when I play bad, when the set is over I'm not a happy person; but that doesn't mean my aggravation is personal towards my opponent. I make sure to let them know I'm not upset with them; that I'm pissed at myself to doing something dumb to cost the match, but it might come across as outward aggression.
 
9 ball said:
...it went in & then my bud got so pissed saying that
1.it was luck &

B. anyone could replicate the shot

how can I deal with the *****ing & complaining when I make difficult shot under pressure without pissing my bud off further?.
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1 and B seem to contradict each other, no?

How can you deal with it? Put the $ in your pocket and tell him there is always a next time....and be sure to mention that he gets to pick how soon that is.
 
Sounds like a good ex-practice partner

Anyone that not only denigrates your game by claiming the game winning shot was luck, but goes on to continue griping for the rest of the night cannot possibly be a good practice partner. Sounds like it's time to take the advice of that old R&B tune:

"My momma told me, 'You better shop around.'"

Happy Hunting!
 
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Hahah I would simply file it in the old computer and the next time we are to match up I would get there early and be at the table practicing that shot when he walks up to the table... If you make it when he walks up act really surprised to see him.. and just say something like ohhhh... Hey.... If you miss it act like you didn't see him and say something like damn thing is HARD when it doesn't count...... Should set him on tilt for the first of the next match :thumbup:
 
So you played a bank and it went in and it was just 'luck'?

Tell that to the bank pool players at the DCC every year. :rolleyes:

Tell your buddy to bring handkerchiefs next time you play if he is gonna cry like a ***** all night over a shot. ;)
 
My all time favorite practice partner was exactly like you friend...

Funny thing by the next day he had forgotten all about the beating he took the night before and come right back at me.... If I really got him he'd sneak off and practice really hard for a few days and come back to make another run at the belt..... Funny thing was I knew what he was doing and would do exactly the same thing so when he came back he would still take a beating... I think I progressed more during the couple of years we played together than most of the other years combined.......
 
9 ball said:
I was playing a short race to 5 last night with a buddy, we were both playing badly & that's how it ended up @ 4-4 going into a final frame shoot-out.

Anyway it was my break & I ended up putting 3 down with the rest of the rack in perfect position to cut a long story short it came to the 9 & I had no other option other than to bank it as it was 50yd line shot with very little angle, it went in & then my bud got so pissed saying that it was luck & anyone could replicate the shot which he then proceeded to try a half dozen times but never made, so he just kept moaning the rest of the night.

My question is although I am not the best player in the world how can I deal with the *****ing & complaining when I make difficult shot under pressure without pissing my bud off further?.
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Smile, walk way and enjoy the moment things will not always turn out in your favor so why let some one else piss on your parade and ruin your night.

JIMO:smile:
 
I just had a very similar thing happen. i made the long bank shot from center top to bottom corner. My buddy couldn't believe i made it. I told him i was pretty good at those type of shots and re set up the same shot. made it again. He laughed and said OH, OK.:smile:
 
9 ball said:
I was playing a short race to 5 last night with a buddy, we were both playing badly & that's how it ended up @ 4-4 going into a final frame shoot-out.

Anyway it was my break & I ended up putting 3 down with the rest of the rack in perfect position to cut a long story short it came to the 9 & I had no other option other than to bank it as it was 50yd line shot with very little angle, it went in & then my bud got so pissed saying that it was luck & anyone could replicate the shot which he then proceeded to try a half dozen times but never made, so he just kept moaning the rest of the night.

My question is although I am not the best player in the world how can I deal with the *****ing & complaining when I make difficult shot under pressure without pissing my bud off further?.
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People like that are just that way, you can't fix it, they will be like that about things and trivial happenings the rest of their lives.


David Harcrow
 
This happens a lot with some player! They think they are not suppose to get beat when they think they are the better player. They normally say that you could not make that shot in a thousand tries. My response is "I don't have too", I just made it the one time I needed too. I would not worry about it, let them deal with it.
 
This is the reason I no stopped playing pool for almost a decade.

It went from pissiness like the OP mentions to breaking cue sticks over a 20 dollar loss.

Some peoples' behavior make no sense to me.

After enduring that behavior for a while I just stopped playing, because everyone I played with hated to lose. Mind you, I wasn't great, just competent.

Now that I've started again, I can't find anyone to play with. The guys I used to play with no longer want to play with me and finding new players is tough.
 
I may have told this story once before. I volunteered to play in a 9 ball league several years ago. Two man team. Last night of league, position night. Partner can't show up due to work so we;re going to lose anyway and I'm going to play my games just for grins.
The format is 8 games each player; 16 games total per man!
First game it's my break and I snap the 9. I then proceed to make a total of 7 9's out of sequence. 5 were flukes.
One opponent is a hothead! He hooks me and I Massé the length of the oversize 8 ft. table and hit my ball. 9 drops, another fluke. This guy goes ballistic and demands to know if I was playing it that way. Yep, wouldn't you, straight face.
He wouldn't even shake my hand at the end of the night.
You can make up your own answer but I say, better to be good then too tall. I'm vertically challenged.
 
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