Is removing your glove a shark move?

[George the Greek]

My point is this, and pretty much this only, certain situations, most people can be sharked by what appears to be subtle activity. When the pressure's on, and you got somebody that disrespects your turn, it just isn't fair or sportsmanlike.

I had a moment yesterday and thought WTF is this goof doing. First off I waited 10-15 min after our match was called for him to show up then the 1st game he misses a shot and scratches. I get the CB and looking at the pattern for a second and he's pulling balls out of the pocket on the next table to practice. I sat on the stool by our table and he looked at me like WTF am I doing. I said I'm waiting for you to stop being disrespectful and get back here. My blood was boiling and I was so pissed off I let the goof get to me and it cost me the match after doing all the work and missing two 9"s for the win

 

[MmmSharp]

what's the difference? both are sign you're done.

You can shoot without a glove. You can’t shoot without a cue.

It is a shark move for sure, but any ass who does it can still play.

 

[maha]

boy, some of you wouldn't last a minute in the pool rooms i used to go to. people sat all around you when playing and talked and made comments and side bets.
put their cigs on the rail and even left them when your turn sometimes. chalk was never put any way but where it landed.

holding the rack when he were about to get out wasn't considered anything but in a hurry to lose another game.

rarely did you sit down when he was shooting you stood close by.

and no one lost their money because it bothered them. people in pool rooms had to have a thick skin.

 

[trob]

Where I play, all the elite players just go and sit down at a particular chair and don't say a peep in between their own shots. They have some class, they have learned, the sharking is for players who aren't that good or have a lot of respect for the game. We have a well-known sharker in our pool hall that just can't keep his mouth shut in between turns, yapping continuously and with intentions to disturb his opponent. People don't respect that, and shy away from him in open play and even in friendship possibilities, because he is such a shorker. In other words he is disrespected.

Yup.. if I have to stand I stand away . If you go down on the shot and I’m right in your vision I look away and don’t move.

boy, some of you wouldn't last a minute in the pool rooms i used to go to. people sat all around you when playing and talked and made comments and side bets.
put their cigs on the rail and even left them when your turn sometimes. chalk was never put any way but where it landed.

holding the rack when he were about to get out wasn't considered anything but in a hurry to lose another game.

rarely did you sit down when he was shooting you stood close by.

and no one lost their money because it bothered them. people in pool rooms had to have a thick skin.

hell yeah . The old men playing straight pool used to stand in your vision and do little things like move the cue from hand to the other while you were down on your shot. Lol

 

[Flakeandrun]

Breathing is a shark move. Loss of rack.

 

[gregcantrall]

and no one lost their money because it bothered them. people in pool rooms had to have a thick skin.

That brings a fond memory of playing on the lone pool table in a dance place on Friday night. At 10 a game! The place was so packed that it was difficult to walk around the table. To execute a shot My method was to get on the line of the shot and spread my arms and gently back up until I had room for a stance. Then shoot quick before the pocket collapsed.

 

[cueball2010]

Muahaa..hahaa.. Thanks for this OP!

More OP moves please.

 

[loggerhead12]

I had a guy throw a chair at me on the hill-hill game! True story. I shot it and won.

Yeah, I'd rather have the glove thing.

 

[Magictrat007]

Where I shoot at Music is playing, people are walking around everywhere. The counter is on one side of the tables so if u need anything u have to walk by while people are shooting. No one stops or considers someone may be shooting a shot for 5K. And the players don’t complain. Everyone just plays. I remember feeling awkward when I first started going there about walking by when someone was shooting a money game. Everyone there was like if you need to go to the counter for any reason just go it doesn’t matter. So if all the commotion and movement doesn’t bother these guys someone taking off a glove or unscrewing a cue shouldn’t bother u. Is it unsportsmanlike and classless? Yes. But should it affect u at the table ?? No.

 

[Bob Jewett]

... So if all the commotion and movement doesn’t bother these guys someone taking off a glove or unscrewing a cue shouldn’t bother u. ....

What sharks is the unexpected. I've seen serious games with two or three people leaning on the table. That's what everyone did there. If I get up from the audience and lean on your table to see the shot better, I imagine it will bother you.

There are "virtual" sharks. Concede some easy nine balls -- and then when one is slightly tougher, get up as if you are going to concede and sit back down.

In McGoorty, Danny tells of the virtual shark an old Alfredo de Oro did to Cochran:

And here is some more standard sharking from Alfredo: