Immutable Laws of Pool

[OneIron]

Never play pool in a bar with a Karaoke machine...

 

[irock]

When you are much better than the guy you are playing, and you are playing him one game in league, the luck factor will be huge, and always on his side.

 

[risky biz]

Well, maybe, but they are certainly capable of unexpected variation. I've seen lop-sided cue balls and seriously out-of-round object balls. And then there are skids. Not all misses can be fairly attributed to mistakes by the player.

Those misses- maybe because you got it backwards. The cueballs are out of round and the object balls are lopsided.

Always expect variations. The pocket IS 4.5 inches wide.

Every miss is shooter error.

 

[bob c]

A drunken spectator will never agree with your shot selection.

 

[OneIron]

There is no place to put your cue that a drunk can't knock it over. :angry:

 

[PoolBum]

Never gamble with a guy named after a state.

 

[K.Mcphee]

This game is not played with the eyes

 

[softshot]

It's easier to stay in line.. than it is to get back in line

 

[Roadie]

If there are three balls left on the table it is a 50% chance that you will get hooked behind one of them.

 

[RogerChambers]

The pockets get smaller as the bets go up.

 

[RogerChambers]

The higher the wager on the game, the smaller the pockets are....

 

[Rockin' Robin]

"Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles....has never played pool."

Robin Adair 1987

 

[JarnoV]

If you applaud your opponent for a well-executed shot while the cue ball is still moving, the cue ball will end up snookered on the next ball.

 

[Roadie]

The higher the wager on the game, the smaller the pockets are....

+1 truer words were never spoken

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Never play pool in a bar with a Karaoke machine

Very true. I play Sat nights at a place that does Karaoke. I hate it when your opponent has to stop mid way thru a game to go sing. Are you playing pool or singing buddy? Takes you completely out of sinc and I get so poed, I usually dog the game after.

If there are three balls left on the table it is a 50% chance that you will get hooked behind one of them.

Yessum, there only has to be one opponents ball left on the table after I make the second last shot. I can alway find my way behind it and hook myself on the 8.

 

[gunzby]

Never curse a rolling ball. I agree with the race to 3 9 ball thing. Brutal.

Brutal is right. A couple months ago I was playing a handicapped tournament. I won my first round, got a bye the second round and had to play a 2 the third.

Whenever I play a 2 I get nervous because it doesn't take much to go wrong to lose. I win the flip and win the first game. Second game I break and miss position on the 9 where I am a few inches from it and have to cut it paper thin halfway across the short rail and I have to put my knee up on the rail. I make it and scratch and give it to her. Next rack she broke dry and I run to the 9 and rattle it to sit nicely right in the pocket....I give her that one too. I lose 2-1 and she never actually shot.

 

[gunzby]

One I told someone yesterday while playing.

Anytime you decide to be a wise ass......it will backfire. An example: I will absolutely fire this 9 ball in at breaking speed.

 

[gunzby]

No matter how long you play....when you quit you will lose it about 10 times faster than it took you to gain it.

 

[jay helfert]

Are there primary, general immutable laws of pool- laws which have no exceptions or variations? How many are there?

As a starter I nominate the following:

1. Inanimate objects are incapable of error.

The balls only go where you tell them to go! They have no mind of their own. Remember that the next time you complain about a bad roll.

 

[Fenwick]

(1) Always insist the money is on the wire.

(2) Never gamble with a drunk.

(3) Never gamble after midnight in a bar.

(4) Drink your beer out of a bottle and keep your back to the wall if you break rule 2 or 3.

(5) Never get a table in a new to you pool hall without knowing at least 2 ways to exit the joint.