I just have to play "this guy" some.

[JB Cases]

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

David Gomez once interrupted my jump shot exhibition to bark at me and the crowd. He said that he would play anyone I could bring to the table for a thousand. So I called Larry Nevel over and Gomez said, "anybody else?".

Then he barked at me and offered me the five out and I couldn't accept fast enough - I had people bidding to back me. But he backed out of that game too.

I will never forget the slightly plump, but really hot girl who was a little tipsy - who said something to the effect of "NOW we get to see if the jump cue guy can PLAY!!!!!"

Generally though you're better off not falling for the HooRah, which is what it's called when someone walks in and offers to play anyone for "big money".

A lot of times the players that do it already know that there isn't anyone in the place who can win.

 

[JB Cases]

6. Anyone that can drink with me and still hold a cue. - Scotty Townsend gets the prize on this one I think.

 

[JB Cases]

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.

It's all in fun. We have ALL been there and done all these silly things. I used to LOVE to show people the trick shot where you stack three balls on the end rail and bet you can hit the one on top of the rail without the cueball touching the other two. I am sure that this shot cost me a lot of money when the better players pretended that they didn't know the trick.

John - Lifetime Banger!

 

[crawfish]

Let me know how you fare vs. the above

If I ever match up with any of them, I'll let you know. I did, however, play Troy Frank with the seven, once. Ask him about it. By the way, I started this thread all in fun. I do some of these things, also. I actually have a flourescent yellow MCDermott case with the name Keith Harry Sacks written on it in marker.

 

[Jason Robichaud]

How about the guys that can't find the balls at the table or wonders how to turn the lights on. He looks for a switch on the wall, under the light and even trys to tighten the bulb.

 

[eze123]

There's a difference between a naive beginner and stupid braggart know-it-alls. I think it's fine to laugh at them.

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.


Colin

I think you're probably more right than I was there. Pretty well said. There have been a couple "Do you want a little advice..?" guys that I'd like to have punched now that I think of it.

 

[GordonRamsay]

"Anyone who attempts to power draw the cueball on every shot, just to let you know thay can come close to doing it at least 40% of the time."


that's me!



more like 45% of the time....

 

[JeaLouS44]

what about the guy that rolls every cue in the house to find the straightest one and never looks at the tip. ive seen guys do this and after there 3rd or 4th game thay finally figure out they miscue on every shot b/c they have no tip.

 

[OneArmBandit]

How about the guys that claims he breaks so hard he has broken shafts and joints

I've had a ferrule on a Meucci explode on me! on the 70 vintage Meucci's. My folks bought one for me as a birthday gift, love some of their designs but don't care for the play.

Also had a cue ball crack! on a bar box cue at "Snooker Johns" in Missouri and I don't have a particularly hard break.

 

[OneArmBandit]

Quote:
Originally Posted by JeaLouS44
how about the guy that walks into the pool hall and screams out that he will play anybody in here for $100 game


Be careful with those guys...they are often the best player in the room.


...or it'd their "release money" and they aren't too happy after they lose...Game Room, Chapel Hill, NC @1986, had a UNC lineman, his brother a ranked javeline thrower and a basketball referee for bartenders, had to be the night the ref was on duty!