Hustling Costumes or "Action Aids"

crawfish

crawfish

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I would like to hear about some of the funniest stuff people know about to "get action."

I have: a Dominoes shirt (friend gave it to me), a flourescent yellow McDermott case with "Harry Sacks" written on it in black marker, and a true sneaky.

I have seen: a cue holder made out of the leg of a pair of jeans. A Redskins cue cored and fitted with a Predator shaft.

Let's hear'em.
 
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Two men came in together, one seemed used a cane and appeared quite a bit "off". They shot around for a while. The non-handicapped player appeared to shoot fairly well. One of the locals tried to make a game with the guy, but the guy wanted to involve his "brother" as well. This required that the two get a little weight/odds on the money. After a while, it was pretty obvious the "brother" wasn't very "handicapped".
 
Many years ago I had two of my friends girlfriends put me in a dress,wig, and make-up to go to a bar and try to hustle the guys. It worked out very well.

I use to have a friend that lost his arm to a boat propeller. I'd get him to come in a strange bar after me. I would keep beating him for money on the table until the other players hated me so bad they took his place at the table. I'd give him 25% of the take when we met later.

I've worn all sorts of outfits to hustle. One of the best was to wear a lab coat complete with stethoscope sticking out of the pocket when playing in a bar next to a big hospital. Johnnyt
 
Only one I've personally seen: Gary Pinkowski walked in wearing mechanic's overalls, work boots, and a fishing hat. "Think I can get one like this?" Come to think of it, I also know a guy who, if you watched his stroke, you would think that you'd have the nuts playing him. He beat everybody in town when he first showed up, I've been told. He'd been in town a good many years when I started playing.
 
Johnnyt said:
Many years ago I had two of my friends girlfriends put me in a dress,wig, and make-up to go to a bar and try to hustle the guys. It worked out very well.

I use to have a friend that lost his arm to a boat propeller. I'd get him to come in a strange bar after me. I would keep beating him for money on the table until the other players hated me so bad they took his place at the table. I'd give him 25% of the take when we met later.

I've worn all sorts of outfits to hustle. One of the best was to wear a lab coat complete with stethoscope sticking out of the pocket when playing in a bar next to a big hospital. Johnnyt
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There used to be a guy that was an Elvis impersonator that hung out at our pool room. One night I was giving him some crap and told him how easy it would be for a guy to dress up like a woman and go out and hustle men at a bar. Two days later I walk into the local Denny's and there he sat in ladies attire. The bad part about it though was that he looked like a man in drag. There is no way he pulled that scam off, or at least I hope no one fell for that. I mean it looked like Elvis in drag.
 
A guy I play with on occasion who paints will come in with paint covered track pants and a cue with no case that has old duck tape as the wrap, although hes there enough that everyone knows him.
 
Johnnyt said:
Many years ago I had two of my friends girlfriends put me in a dress,wig, and make-up to go to a bar and try to hustle the guys. It worked out very well.

I use to have a friend that lost his arm to a boat propeller. I'd get him to come in a strange bar after me. I would keep beating him for money on the table until the other players hated me so bad they took his place at the table. I'd give him 25% of the take when we met later.

I've worn all sorts of outfits to hustle. One of the best was to wear a lab coat complete with stethoscope sticking out of the pocket when playing in a bar next to a big hospital. Johnnyt
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You must have nice legs Johnny!:D
 
Bar Towel

Well one time back in 1981, me and Charlie Owens "Good Time Charlie", from Monroe,La. was at a poolroom called the (Last Stop) in Longview, Tx.

We had been there all night and it was around 11:00 in the morning, we knew the owner quite well and he needed to go do some errands, he ask Charlie if he and I would watch the bar for 3 or 4 hours while he went and done the run around, we said ok, we got to play all the pool we wanted and have a few drinks, and it was very slow at that time of the day anyway.

Well Charlie liked the idea of (playing bartender), he put himself a "clean bar towel" in his back pocket, and walssed around with a wet one wiping the tables and such whenever someone came in. (He played the part, let me tell you!)


About that time, not more than an hour later these two fellows walked into the poolroom, one was an older gentleman, the other a scrawney kid, armed with a pool case.

Charlie and I both knew what was up! , they did the usuall, ask about the action, players , ect......well Charlie told them that the players got there later, but he would play some $200.00 sets while it was slow, till the players got there, they agreed......unbeknown to them, Charlie was probably one of the best players for 200 miles around that area, and was playing the best pool he's ever played for that time period.


Well to make a short story shorter, Charlie won 3 sets of 9-ball in less than 2 hours......it was kinda funny when it was over,...."the stakehorse told the kid, we better get back to Dallas!, you can't even beat the bartender around here!"......lol:eek:



David Harcrow
 
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Johnnyt said:
Many years ago I had two of my friends girlfriends put me in a dress,wig, and make-up to go to a bar and try to hustle the guys. It worked out very well.
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fess up, you still do that, but with no pool involved :p
 
catpool9 said:
Well one time back in 1981, me and Charlie Owens "Good Time Charlie", from Monroe,La. was at a pool room called the Last Stop in Longview, Tx.

We had been their all night and it was around 11:00 in the mornng, we knew the owner quite well and he needed to go do some errons, he ask Charlie if he and I would watch the bar for 3 or 4 hours while he went and done the run around, we said ok, got to play all the pool we wanted and a few drinks, and it was very slow at that time of the day anyway.

Well Charlie liked the idea of (playing bartender), he put himself a clean bar towel in his back pocket, and walsed around with a wet one wiping the tables and such when ever someone came in. (He played the part, let me tell you!)


About that time, not more than an hour later these to fellows walked into the poolroom, one was an older gentleman, the other a scrouny kid, armed with a pool case.

Charlie and I both knew what was up! , they did the usuall, ask about the action, players , ect......well Charlie told them that the players got their later, but he would play some $200.00 sets while it was slow, till the players got there, they agreed......unbeknown to them, Charlie was probably one of the best players for 200 miles around that area, and was playing the best pool he's ever played for that time period.


Well to make a short story shorter, Charlie won 3 sets of 9-ball in less than 2 hours......it was kinda funny when it was over,...."the stakehorse told the "kid" we better get back to Dallas!, you can't even beat the bartender around here!"......lol:eek:



David Harcrow
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Nice story, I love that: "can't even beat the bartender" hehe :)
 
With all of the threads about ideas for the next great pool movie, these would fit right into a comedy about hustling. I hope everybody gets their due credit when the Joe Rogan pool movie comes out:)
 
All you really need to have when you hustle is a stroke like Mike Davis's. Sure works for him, but man, does it look weird.
 
Louie Roberts used to have a 'Frank' the Ice Cream Man shirt. Problem was that Louie wasn't too good at hustling & after 20 minutes couldn't help but let his stroke & shot making ability come out. Louie is still the only pool player I know that would announce, " I am Louie Roberts & in dead punch, who wants to play some "

Tony Fargo showed up one night in an army hat, saying he was just out from his service commitment- problem was someone recognized him.

Mark Jarvis was in town for a few days as Chip the Roofer - til I showed up & the cat was out of the bag.

Bennie Conway dressed up in one of those hats with the hands on it, that clap. That was a good get up as I have seen.

The funniest was Cecil Tugwell, in a blonde curly wig. He looked ridiculious. Bad for him was that he had just made Billiards Digest when he won a big one pocket tournament, beating Efren. His picture was right there in the magazine.

The best that worked was - a good player running with a really weak one. I made good $$$ with Lil Ricky Van Uum. I would always play first, either for fun or for $5/beer whatever. A bad player like myself has no problem laying it down because it is not an act. Then I would step aside & let Ricky take over. Everyone always suspects two good players to run with each other (Bartrum-Delicious for example). One good, one bad makes for a good team as well.
 
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A friend I know uses a PVC tube as a cue case. Well, he carries a 1 piece sneaky with the PVC that slides down about half way. It's not technically a 'hustle' since he does this purely because he likes the hit of a 1 piece cue better. I told another friend he should go gamble with him.. my friend say "I'm not gonna gamble with anyone that is serious enough to carry around a house stick in a PVC tube!!". So, it backfired but it was still funny.
 
Anyone Want to Buy Underware?

Older black gent (late 1960's early 1970's?) walks into the pool room with shopping bag full of underware and a cue sticking out of it. Proceeds to lay out under garments on a front table and hawk his wares. Before day is over he beats everyone in the joint playing banks and one-pocket.

I should also add that he had his wife in tow, walking 3 steps behind him when they entered, but when he got play she was right there controling anything on the side.

Anyone have any idea who this gent was?
 
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Puckett was very fond of his Sun Oil gas station attendants uniform. And Detroit Whitey actually would wear an Army Uniform which designated him as a First Sergeant. He would tell the suckers he ran the mess hall, and they believed him because he was fat.

Keith ran all over carrying a two piece house cue with no case, sometimes he put a rubber band around it. This was an unconscious hustle on his part. The best hustlers of the day were the "drunk" hustlers. Bill Mullen was number one, but Bunny Rogoff was not far behind. They looked and acted the part, and yet could still make the right balls to win on a bar table.

Dean Chance (the baseball player) tried to sneak Jimmy Moore in on Ronnie and Richie who had been robbing him at the Tropicana. So he took Jimmy to a Hollywood make-up artist and she gave him the full treatment. Hair, eyes, face, even a corset to pull in his waist a few inches. He walks into the Trop with Dean, and Ronnie takes one look at him and says "Jimmy, what happened to you?"
 
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I would like to hear about some of the funniest stuff people know about to "get action."...
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Last May in Vegas, a guy pushed Bucktooth in a wheelchair into the late night action area at the Riviera. Bucktooth said he had a stroke but still wanted to play some. Getting no takers after half an hour, Bucktooth finally had a miraculous cure and got up out of his wheelchair.
 
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