Be careful, they might have been working you!. You'll know when guy B come to you and wants to play with you giving up a bit of a handicap. We've all seen this.
man witnessed sad action last night - 2 idiots in a pool room
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Be careful, they might have been working you!. You'll know when guy B come to you and wants to play with you giving up a bit of a handicap. We've all seen this.
( I'm nowhere near pro speed but significantly better than both guy A and guy B.[/QUOTE]
Don't sound like the possibility of losing was in your opening statement.....you're now back peddling.
Don't sound like the possibility of losing was in your opening statement.....you're now back peddling.
Here's the back peddling.
I've started thinking this post was just a metaphor or something like that to discuss or get a rise. None of it makes any sense to me, at least for anyone that's been in a pool hall for more than an hour.
Parable is the word I was looking for. Lol
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Nobody is back peddling. Meant if player A was actually the speed I saw with my eyes he had no chance of beating me ( which turned out to be the case ). BUT he could have been showing just enough speed to beat far weaker guy B but was in fact a very strong player. That turned out to not be the case but I could have been stuck in a bad game so I was taking a chance, that's what I meant by that.
Thanks. I seriously doubt it though. If guy B is actually a strong player who was hiding his speed he deserves an Oscar. Even if he's a lefty who was playing with his right that night, I've seen that before.
Thanks bud!
I agree when we're talking $10/game. But $50 a game going all night? Nobody needs a lesson like that. That's gotta hurt. And this is coming from someone who has money.
I'm very happy you have money. 50 a game isn't sheet to anyone. If you think so, u DO NOT HAVE " MONEY ". You are and we're wrong no matter how yards look at it. Spin, rationalize, or whatever you like, you can be sure of one thing- you better never do that to me OR A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS.
When you've been gambling long enough, seen enough, and been around long enough...you can tell right away if the person you're sizing up can play or not. It's in their stroke, speed, cue ball control, stance, how they hold their cue....hell, even how they chalk up their tip.....if they can play or not....I don't care how many balls they miss, get close to making, or just plain blow a shot. Their demeanor is visible if YOU yourself know how to play, and it's that insight to the other person that let's you know right off if you need a spot, or if you can even give one....watching the person long enough. You're not a pool player, you're just someone who wants to be one. A real pool player would have never came on AZB starting out a post like you did, not a chance!....but, you did....and in front of a bunch of members who've been around the block more than once and don't fall for no bullshit stories when it comes to gambling for real!
JC
Coos Cues
I played a fellow who approached me races to 5 nine ball for 20 a set. I won 12 straight sets and he only won a total of 6 or 7 games. And he never quit. I had to call it off.
You never know what's going through the other guys head.
JC
5, 10, 50, or 100 a game doesnt matter. When you go off for a bunch ITS SUPPOSED TO HURT, thats the lesson!
People go off for a variety of reasons, sometimes your the bug and sometimes your the windshield.
You dont need to save anybody, it is good for them.
Stay out of folks action, you will be better for it.
Since i believe this is what your looking for, congrats on the 100! Thats mighty fine hustlin, lol
People go off for a variety of reasons, sometimes your the bug and sometimes your the windshield.
You dont need to save anybody, it is good for them.
Stay out of folks action, you will be better for it.
Since i believe this is what your looking for, congrats on the 100! Thats mighty fine hustlin, lol
Are you justinb386 ???
RKC, been trying to give you a greenie for this one but it's not letting me. I'll try again later but wanted you to know I think this post is spot on sir!
Yes and No. A weak player ( like guy B ) can't play for reasons you mentioned ( Unless he's the greatest actor of all time ) - easy to tell. However a very strong player and even an unknown pro can easily hide his or her speed. I don't care how pretty your stroke is if you're consistently not running out and missing shots and losing the CB that sends a message.
No, no you would not. This goes back to what I was saying earlier about having the skill ( knowledge & ability ) of being able to clock someone is more important than your actual shooting skills. MANY, MANY folks can lay down so well that you wouldn't ever know. This goes back to the discussion everyone was having as to whether being able to lay down is " stealing ", " hustling " etc - etc. Many will contend, myself included, that this ability to do so is not only an extremely valuable skill but an art form as well.
Karma is a beautiful thing.
You misrepresented your game by dumping to his student. In almost every context, obtaining money under false pretenses is fraud and stealing. You can rationalize it any way you want, but it is still stealing.
So is forgery, which is on the same moral plane. Just because something takes a high level of skill doesn't make it virtuous.
I personally do not believe it to be on the same moral plane but let's put that aside for now. The huge difference is that ( and this goes for EVERY single instance of an action match ) yall have to remember that the other person IS TRYING to get your money too!!!! It just turns one or the other is better at it. Once again, that person that some of yall are referring to as the person being " hustled " is trying JUST AS HARD to get the " hustlers " money.