Everybody loses in pool. We are all losers once in a while. Even the world champions have bad days during finals. Jeremy Jones missed a shot I wouldn't miss with my left hand at Cardiff two years ago. So don't worry fellas, if you are able to express your weakness in pool, that only means that you truly enjoy the game. I know of some people who have been carrying jinx on numbered balls for decades, but they truly enjoy pool.
Ever see old people hang around the poolhall all day and all night? They never play but they are the best critics, resting on the glory of the past or the glory of their delusions. They're part of pool life. When the players lose their tempers, these old people get even more riled up knowing that hitting them will be more cowardly than hitting a nagging woman.
There are also the younger ones that play know-it-all after matches and reset the balls to where one made a mistake to show what should have been done. One time, there was this loudmouth who did that after a top Pinoy pro messed up a cue ball set-up after a pot. The pro got so irked and said that if the loudmouth knew better than him, then maybe they should be the one to play. Of course, the loudmouth, who was the center of attraction by then, got so mutely embarrassed. All he could do was to come up with a stupid smile on his once all-knowing face.
So let them be.
I agree, many gamblers are superstitious. Number one is Efren. Ever see him pull his collar and "throw off" the monkey on his back? That's always after he makes an error. Ever see him cross the cue stick over his left foot a few times while sitting down? I have seen him refuse a match because he didn't like the best pool table in the room citing it as being jinx to him.
