"Hustling": Is It Sleazy Or Clever (Or Both)?
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PoolChump
Banned
One hustler to another. Sweet revenge.:thumbup:
niether....two people agree to a wager on the outcome of a pool game and one loses and one wins.....if u practice and play well enough you can limit the amount of people that pose a threat to "hustle" you....best defense is a good offense.
If I find innocence, I have a drink with them.
I suppose I don't need a brand new note pad to keep a list of those kind of people. Hell, I don't remember any innocent unsuspecting people that I have won money off of......not one.
JoeyA
I suppose I don't need a brand new note pad to keep a list of those kind of people. Hell, I don't remember any innocent unsuspecting people that I have won money off of......not one.
JoeyA
Agree 100%. Life has been a hustle from the old horse traders (sore legged horses) to the stock market (Only insiders get rich with very little down side. Johnnyt.
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Sleazy Hustlers Make Me Hot! is the title of an article I wrote about this. The Internet is quickly eroding the days of hustlers and we may never see the likes of a Fats, Lassiter or Burnie Elliott again.
...or his cousin VERNON Elliot, who played MUCH better than Burnie! LOL 
Sorry Matt...couldn't resist!
Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
Sorry Matt...couldn't resist!Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com
I always "feel" like I'm hustling when I'm playing strangers in the bar. I think it's because I've yet to run into a really good player in the bars.
Last week at a new bar I tried, two older guys wanted to play for money and I could tell that this was the sole reason that they came to the bar. So get this, the first guy never asked to play for anything the first game. I won, and after he slips me a $1 bill. I'm like, huh? Well, okay.
The second guy asks me what I'd like to play for. I said $100 a game, he balked, and said he'd play for a drink. I won 3 games in a row from him.
Two younger guys come in and one had the two parts of his cue only held by a rubber band. He asks to play for $10 a game. I beat him 3 games in a row. His friend also played for $10, and I beat him 2 games and he would only play the third game for a drink, which I won. This guy asked if I was a "hustler", I guess because I played good.
My conclusion is, most people play regular "bar rules" in a bar = no BCA rules, no ball in hand, and no safeties. Therefore, in order to win, you need to play a lot of two-way shots and sometimes strategically miss shots when there is no chance to run out. Doing this to me "feels" like hustling, but if you're playing for money, it must be done. Playing these rules often time makes most games appear to be much closer than they really are. Some players figure out quickly, that every time the balls are open, I don't miss and get out.
Fun times. I think I've found a new bar.
Last week at a new bar I tried, two older guys wanted to play for money and I could tell that this was the sole reason that they came to the bar. So get this, the first guy never asked to play for anything the first game. I won, and after he slips me a $1 bill. I'm like, huh? Well, okay.
The second guy asks me what I'd like to play for. I said $100 a game, he balked, and said he'd play for a drink. I won 3 games in a row from him.
Two younger guys come in and one had the two parts of his cue only held by a rubber band. He asks to play for $10 a game. I beat him 3 games in a row. His friend also played for $10, and I beat him 2 games and he would only play the third game for a drink, which I won. This guy asked if I was a "hustler", I guess because I played good.
My conclusion is, most people play regular "bar rules" in a bar = no BCA rules, no ball in hand, and no safeties. Therefore, in order to win, you need to play a lot of two-way shots and sometimes strategically miss shots when there is no chance to run out. Doing this to me "feels" like hustling, but if you're playing for money, it must be done. Playing these rules often time makes most games appear to be much closer than they really are. Some players figure out quickly, that every time the balls are open, I don't miss and get out.
Fun times. I think I've found a new bar.
PoolChump
Banned
I always "feel" like I'm hustling when I'm playing strangers in the bar. I think it's because I've yet to run into a really good player in the bars.
Last week at a new bar I tried, two older guys wanted to play for money and I could tell that this was the sole reason that they came to the bar. So get this, the first guy never asked to play for anything the first game. I won, and after he slips me a $1 bill. I'm like, huh? Well, okay.
The second guy asks me what I'd like to play for. I said $100 a game, he balked, and said he'd play for a drink. I won 3 games in a row from him.
Two younger guys come in and one had the two parts of his cue only held by a rubber band. He asks to play for $10 a game. I beat him 3 games in a row. His friend also played for $10, and I beat him 2 games and he would only play the third game for a drink, which I won. This guy asked if I was a "hustler", I guess because I played good.
My conclusion is, most people play regular "bar rules" in a bar = no BCA rules, no ball in hand, and no safeties. Therefore, in order to win, you need to play a lot of two-way shots and sometimes strategically miss shots when there is no chance to run out. Doing this to me "feels" like hustling, but if you're playing for money, it must be done. Playing these rules often time makes most games appear to be much closer than they really are. Some players figure out quickly, that every time the balls are open, I don't miss and get out.
Fun times. I think I've found a new bar.
It isn't hustling when other people are asking you to play. It is hustling when you play somebody who has no chance of winning and steal their money.
It isn't hustling when other people are asking you to play. It is hustling when you play somebody who has no chance of winning and steal their money.
A little unclear reasoning here....
...what if a guy who can't win asks you to play?
And I think you should google "steal"....when two people gamble it was an agreement...
....no B nEs, no mugging, no stick up...(well, I got robbed on a bank once)
PoolChump
Banned
Hustling is the manifestation of desperation and low self worth.
If you, as man, or woman, can't face an opponent in an honest contest of your ability vs theirs, you've not only shown disrespect to your opponent (and the game), but you've also shot a hole in your own integrity. The phrase "gutless weasel" comes to mind.
If you, as man, or woman, can't face an opponent in an honest contest of your ability vs theirs, you've not only shown disrespect to your opponent (and the game), but you've also shot a hole in your own integrity. The phrase "gutless weasel" comes to mind.
PoolChump
Banned
Bravo, Mr. Bond.
A deal premised on false information is fraud.
But thank goodness someone somewhere is doing something dishonest, as that apparently is all that is needed for some of you to try to justify stealing and fraud.
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Any room I've been where they talk like that....there isn't much action.
Talk is cheap.
I had a man ask me to play back-pocket 9-ball....I had zero experience at that game so I asked what he wanted to give up....he says "Why don't people just step up and PLAY....
....like REAL men?"
so I mentioned four games that I know we BOTH played....he changed his tune about getting up and playing like men.
there's no two people that can't make a fair game....but people that think MAKING a game is beneath them.....don't gamble much.