Laying It Down

Maybe if Poolis not Fun anymore, you need to find something else to do with time.

Those who like to pretend your a GREAT POOL PLAY, please share the time year & event you finish FIST AT DCC.

Those are the Great, NUFF SAID.
 
lfigueroa said:
Do any of the older/more mature players here ever, puposely "lay it down" when playing a younger/less experienced player to entice them into return engagements.

Lou Figueroa
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if that was still goin' on
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Absolutely never in my life. Not once.

I started playing when I was 18, and I turn 50 this year.

Money means nothing to me in pool. I play for money from time to time, but it really doesn't make any difference whatsoever in how hard I try. Plus, I make enough professionally that I'd need to be a top 50 pro before I could be confident enough that gambling would make any appreciable difference in my income. So.. I more or less don't take much interest in gambling, and only gamble when somebody asks "me".

I murdered my wife the first time I took her out to my pool hall, and I told her straight up... "I shoot 100% on every single shot. I'm sorry, but it is something I purposefully built into my game. I can't/won't turn it off." (We were just dating at that point..) And when I say I try to shoot 100%, that means trying to figure out the handicap and how to "solve the table", no matter what restrictions I put on myself. This had led me to do some stuff on the table I had absolutely no idea I could do.

That date led to a session in which a progressive handicap was adjusted, so that we eventually ended up playing a more or less even game. My wife can run a few balls in 8 ball, but the handicap ended up me playing one handed, banking the 8 ball wherever the last solid/stripe went. Anything under that, and I was still running racks.

That showed my wife at least some small inkling of what kind of mindset it takes to be really, REALLY good at something, and she told me sometime later, that session was what attracted her to me long term. I apply the same sort of borderline obsessive-compulsive mindset to everything I do. We've been married 26 years.

I am prolly gonna get beat up for saying this.. But I have always seen players who can't get up the motivation to play well unless there is money on the line, as mentally weak. I have seen so many players in my life who have a gambling addiction, and pool is just what happened to feed that addiction first, and stem the outflow of money, if they got good enough. And some very, very good pros fall into that category.
 
if you mean laying it down is stalling or playing on the lemon. sure. if you want to beat someone more than once you have to do that unless they are a total fool. talking about playing for money.

if playing for nothing it doesnt matter what you do as the outcome is meaningless unless ego fed. that is called playing for fun. nothing wrong with that.
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Maybe if Poolis not Fun anymore, you need to find something else to do with time.

Those who like to pretend your a GREAT POOL PLAY, please share the time year & event you finish FIST AT DCC.

Those are the Great, NUFF SAID.
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How much have you had to drink today, Poolsleuth?
 
ShortBusRuss said:
Absolutely never in my life. Not once.

I started playing when I was 18, and I turn 50 this year.

Money means nothing to me in pool. I play for money from time to time, but it really doesn't make any difference whatsoever in how hard I try. Plus, I make enough professionally that I'd need to be a top 50 pro before I could be confident enough that gambling would make any appreciable difference in my income. So.. I more or less don't take much interest in gambling, and only gamble when somebody asks "me".

I murdered my wife the first time I took her out to my pool hall, and I told her straight up... "I shoot 100% on every single shot. I'm sorry, but it is something I purposefully built into my game. I can't/won't turn it off." (We were just dating at that point..) And when I say I try to shoot 100%, that means trying to figure out the handicap and how to "solve the table", no matter what restrictions I put on myself. This had led me to do some stuff on the table I had absolutely no idea I could do.

That date led to a session in which a progressive handicap was adjusted, so that we eventually ended up playing a more or less even game. My wife can run a few balls in 8 ball, but the handicap ended up me playing one handed, banking the 8 ball wherever the last solid/stripe went. Anything under that, and I was still running racks.

That showed my wife at least some small inkling of what kind of mindset it takes to be really, REALLY good at something, and she told me sometime later, that session was what attracted her to me long term. I apply the same sort of borderline obsessive-compulsive mindset to everything I do. We've been married 26 years.

I am prolly gonna get beat up for saying this.. But I have always seen players who can't get up the motivation to play well unless there is money on the line, as mentally weak. I have seen so many players in my life who have a gambling addiction, and pool is just what happened to feed that addiction first, and stem the outflow of money, if they got good enough. And some very, very good pros fall into that category.
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So, is that a NO...you don't lay it down?
 
I have always intended to play 100% like Russ. There are times I have made it harder for myself to make it more interesting when playing a weaker player. Missing balls and position without making it look obvious is not straight forward. For example coming across the path of the next object ball instead of in line. If I did it more then it would be easier but like Russ that is not how I am wired.
 
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