jgpool said:
I can't, so I won't. I don't really think about stuff like that. I prefer to look ahead.
I do know one thing. The education I got in the poolroom did me more good than anything I learned in school.
I'm gonne get fired.
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I can't, so I won't. I don't really think about stuff like that. I prefer to look ahead.
I do know one thing. The education I got in the poolroom did me more good than anything I learned in school.
jay helfert said:
considering the masses, you're likely one of very few.
i played through all of collage and waited tables to help pay for materials. but walt is right, it's about balancing things out for most of us. the discipline can be a friggen mess.. being single w/o kids is the other better option i guess.
olauzon said:
What I learned in the poolroom was "people" skills. I learned how to negotiate and how to stand up for myself. And how to "read" people's motives. And how to "sell" myself successfully. All pretty helpful in the business world.
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jay helfert said:
On the CBS show Survivor, which started last Thursday, they have a professional poker player who has been at the final table and who has brought home $700,000.
At the first of the show, he bragged about reading people. On the previews of next week's show, he is being read like a book
.Personally, even though I have roamed many bars playing pool, I don't think that playing pool helps as much as you think. Humans are BORN with these skills, some a lot more than others. Reading people comes with experience. My pool hall experiences don't help much when it comes to White Collar crime - all the back stabbing in the corporate world. It's EXPERIENCE and lots of human interactions that count. And if you think about it, the pool hall environment is actually a better place that the corporate world - there is more HONOR among thieves
Keep the balance!
You're young, so it shouldn't bother you much. Most leagues are over by 10 pm, so you are not losing much sleep. Try playing for 3 nights all night, and going from the Pool room home to shower and to work, and then back out again without sleep, then you have cause to worry.
Try to limit most of your playing to the weekend. Leagues are okay, but try to pick and play in quality leagues, and only 1 or 2 a week. Leagues can get very tiresome after awhile. In the past, I have been in demand for league playing, and most were my teams, meaning I was the Captain and anchor player, but when I played on 6 teams on 4 nights, that just about burned me out on leagues forever, and decreased my playing pleasure.
I quit leagues 3 1/2 years ago, and just got sucked back in by my big brother to sub on his team. Of course, he takes a vacation at least once every 2 months, so I end up playing quite a bit. He just took off in his RV with the wife and dogs to tour Arizona for 10 days, so I am currently playing on the team.
Most top players in the city DO NOT play in leagues, or if they do, it is on a inconsistent basis, and never more than 2 teams at a time. An exception might be a room owner that is a player and has to promote his own leagues. I would say the BCA advanced league was the best I have played in.
Some leagues are too long. Most leagues have 14 week sessions, but some inhouse leagues run 22 weeks around here. And lots of leagues do not have a good enough Payback.
You're young, so it shouldn't bother you much. Most leagues are over by 10 pm, so you are not losing much sleep. Try playing for 3 nights all night, and going from the Pool room home to shower and to work, and then back out again without sleep, then you have cause to worry.
Try to limit most of your playing to the weekend. Leagues are okay, but try to pick and play in quality leagues, and only 1 or 2 a week. Leagues can get very tiresome after awhile. In the past, I have been in demand for league playing, and most were my teams, meaning I was the Captain and anchor player, but when I played on 6 teams on 4 nights, that just about burned me out on leagues forever, and decreased my playing pleasure.
I quit leagues 3 1/2 years ago, and just got sucked back in by my big brother to sub on his team. Of course, he takes a vacation at least once every 2 months, so I end up playing quite a bit. He just took off in his RV with the wife and dogs to tour Arizona for 10 days, so I am currently playing on the team.
Most top players in the city DO NOT play in leagues, or if they do, it is on a inconsistent basis, and never more than 2 teams at a time. An exception might be a room owner that is a player and has to promote his own leagues. I would say the BCA advanced league was the best I have played in.
Some leagues are too long. Most leagues have 14 week sessions, but some inhouse leagues run 22 weeks around here. And lots of leagues do not have a good enough Payback.