skor said:
OK, you got me. I don't play APA anymore but I bring my southwest to league night. I guess we have to play.
I just have to play "this guy" some.
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OK, you got me. I don't play APA anymore but I bring my southwest to league night. I guess we have to play.
cigjonser said:
I'm not tough enough to take that guy's money.
How about the guys that claims he breaks so hard he has broken shafts and joints .
Same guy says he plays to win, so he won't play a safety.
Yeah, this guy was my partner in a scotch draw doubles tourney... that was a long night. Almost forgot, after asking me if i was a master player, he claimed to be the number one ranked league player in town. How do ya like them apples? I can't make this stuff up.
Same guy says he plays to win, so he won't play a safety.
Yeah, this guy was my partner in a scotch draw doubles tourney... that was a long night. Almost forgot, after asking me if i was a master player, he claimed to be the number one ranked league player in town. How do ya like them apples? I can't make this stuff up.
been barred from every poolroom in town
at a covenant transport terminal in chattanooga a driver told me he had been barred from every poolroom around there. oh and he also had a very expensive collection of imported cues(analogy i was thinking yeah velvet pictures of elvis). this was around 1998 or 99. i did manage to keep from laughing- but it wasn't easy. i think he was all talk and no action.
there was another driver out in pomona calif. that i did end up shooting with at a bar in diamond bar , ca. he told me he was the florida state champion, but trust me he wasn't. when we ended up heading back to the terminal i did tell him about the 99 critical shots in pool and probably robert bryne's books on pool. he did calm right down when he saw i did have the best of him and i am not a great shot by any, wild strech of the imagination.
at a covenant transport terminal in chattanooga a driver told me he had been barred from every poolroom around there. oh and he also had a very expensive collection of imported cues(analogy i was thinking yeah velvet pictures of elvis). this was around 1998 or 99. i did manage to keep from laughing- but it wasn't easy. i think he was all talk and no action.
there was another driver out in pomona calif. that i did end up shooting with at a bar in diamond bar , ca. he told me he was the florida state champion, but trust me he wasn't. when we ended up heading back to the terminal i did tell him about the 99 critical shots in pool and probably robert bryne's books on pool. he did calm right down when he saw i did have the best of him and i am not a great shot by any, wild strech of the imagination.
poolpro said:I love this one. I make the same offer everytime. I say "okay, tell you what, I will buy you as much alchohol that you require to feel really ready to play, and after that we will play for $50 a rack." Noboby has taken me up on it yet.
YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A GAME!!!! let me know when you're in Colorado.
how about the guy that walks into the pool hall and screams out that he will play anybody in here for $100 game and starts to walk back out before anybody responds
or
the guy that wants to play for $100 a game and wont play for $20 a game cause he wants to "beat" you fast
or
the guy that wants to play for $100 a game and wont play for $20 a game cause he wants to "beat" you fast
What about the guy who knows a guy...
I was playing the other night with a guy I had never seen before. He could not make 2 balls in the same inning. He was horrible!! After winning that rack I was preparing to break and said, "9 on the break one time!"
He said, "HEY, I got a friend that will bet you anything he can make the 9 on the break 3 out of 5 times. He is a great player. Does stuff that I can't even describe."
I say, "Well, call him up and he can't have everything I got. I'd like to see it."
I didn't even bother to tell him how ludicrous that was. He just moved from Cincinnati and didn't know much about players from there so I knew right then he was another bar player.
Gary
I was playing the other night with a guy I had never seen before. He could not make 2 balls in the same inning. He was horrible!! After winning that rack I was preparing to break and said, "9 on the break one time!"
He said, "HEY, I got a friend that will bet you anything he can make the 9 on the break 3 out of 5 times. He is a great player. Does stuff that I can't even describe."
I say, "Well, call him up and he can't have everything I got. I'd like to see it."
I didn't even bother to tell him how ludicrous that was. He just moved from Cincinnati and didn't know much about players from there so I knew right then he was another bar player.
Gary
I had a similar exp, with a guy bragging how strong his friend was.
"He can just crush a cueball in his hand like it's made of babypowder".
Really? Like whenever he wants?
"Oh yeah, I seen him do it on a bet, like for money".
Well, tell him come on up, he's got action on crushing a cast phenolic resin cue ball. :thumbup:
"He can just crush a cueball in his hand like it's made of babypowder".
Really? Like whenever he wants?
"Oh yeah, I seen him do it on a bet, like for money".
Well, tell him come on up, he's got action on crushing a cast phenolic resin cue ball. :thumbup:
crawfish said:
Let me know how you fare vs. the above
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Anyone that proclaims that they *would* have won that $5 game, had they been playing for $100...
CrownCityCorey said:Let me know how you fare vs. the above
Amen. Half this board is asking why aren't more people playing pool, the other half is talking about why dumb ass bangers are so stupid. Anybody new walks into a pool hall and they get ripped up and down on everything they do or say. You started playing pool and like it, but you don't know everything there is to know? You're an idiot.
There's a difference between a naive beginner and stupid braggart know-it-alls. I think it's fine to laugh at them.eze123 said:
A good test of someone's character is to get them talking about or doing something that you are familiar with and they aren't. If they're a BS'ing jerk, it will soon become obvious. If they are humble about their lack of knowledge and willing to listen they could go far and will be worth listening to.
So to see the irony in characters who act cool but clearly aren't is part of what makes pool and life interesting. But we should remember that we've all probably acted a goose at some point in our lives.
Colin