Last night I was at the pool hall waiting for a buddy of mine to arrive, I wasn't really playing I was just sort of slumped over the table playing angry birds on my phone. I hear all this commotion from the other side of the room and a group of guys with their girlfriends were playing "killer" which is a pretty common gambling game here usually for less than £20 per man.
The rules:
- requires atleast 2 players and there is no maximum but anything over 8 is a bore
- each player has a set number of "lives" usually 3-5.
- you rack 15 balls in no order but the black goes in the usual spot in 8 ball, and potting the black gives you an extra "life"
- players decide on an "order" before the game eg Paul is first, John is second and Peter is third. This order is the same and just loops until the game is over
- the aim is to pocket any ball on the table, and a miss results in -1 "life" and a miss and a scratch results in -2 "lives" and a pot and a scratch results in -1 "life". Once you have no "lives" left you are out, and the order of play is the same but you just skip past the "dead" players.
- breaker gets 2 shots; 1 to break and 1 to pot. If you make a ball on the break its the player next on the lists turn
- once the last ball is potted you rack the 15 balls again and move the CB behind the headstring and continue
So that's the gist of the game. I'm sure you have something very similar in the States but may call it something different.
So about an hour after my buddy gets here they ask if we want in, after we were exchanging jokes accross the room. We accept and at first it was for £5 per man. Really cheap action so me and my buddy weren't trying to screw them over. After about 3 games of it one guy had won it twice and his buddy the once. Beer plus the fact they were feeling unbeatable one decides to up the odds, from £5 per man per game to £250! Me and my buddy are straight in, and after some doubt another guy accepted.
The 2 guys were buddies and clearly had a "plan" and then to split the winnings. Me and my buddy didn't say anything but we knew what to do. What ever happens we were not going to screw each other over and we were too going to split the winnings. So yeah, after the night was over we both had £1250 each in our back pockets whilst the other 2 guys were getting abuse from their girlfriends. Pretty successful night, we didn't lose 1 game and missed about 5 or 6 balls all night.
Killer is my new game!
The rules:
- requires atleast 2 players and there is no maximum but anything over 8 is a bore
- each player has a set number of "lives" usually 3-5.
- you rack 15 balls in no order but the black goes in the usual spot in 8 ball, and potting the black gives you an extra "life"
- players decide on an "order" before the game eg Paul is first, John is second and Peter is third. This order is the same and just loops until the game is over
- the aim is to pocket any ball on the table, and a miss results in -1 "life" and a miss and a scratch results in -2 "lives" and a pot and a scratch results in -1 "life". Once you have no "lives" left you are out, and the order of play is the same but you just skip past the "dead" players.
- breaker gets 2 shots; 1 to break and 1 to pot. If you make a ball on the break its the player next on the lists turn
- once the last ball is potted you rack the 15 balls again and move the CB behind the headstring and continue
So that's the gist of the game. I'm sure you have something very similar in the States but may call it something different.
So about an hour after my buddy gets here they ask if we want in, after we were exchanging jokes accross the room. We accept and at first it was for £5 per man. Really cheap action so me and my buddy weren't trying to screw them over. After about 3 games of it one guy had won it twice and his buddy the once. Beer plus the fact they were feeling unbeatable one decides to up the odds, from £5 per man per game to £250! Me and my buddy are straight in, and after some doubt another guy accepted.
The 2 guys were buddies and clearly had a "plan" and then to split the winnings. Me and my buddy didn't say anything but we knew what to do. What ever happens we were not going to screw each other over and we were too going to split the winnings. So yeah, after the night was over we both had £1250 each in our back pockets whilst the other 2 guys were getting abuse from their girlfriends. Pretty successful night, we didn't lose 1 game and missed about 5 or 6 balls all night.
Killer is my new game!
