Most Embarassing Pool Moment!

Well I've got one .

It was not to long ago I just join the APA and I was shooting to hit the 3 ball and I was hooked so I kicked at it and Hit the 3 ball but didn't make it in so as soon as I seen I didn't make it I took my eyes off the table and walked back to my seat , then my Captain comes up to me and brings me to the table and asked me what I would do for the next shot , and I told him I'd do a one rail .

And after he said that I went back and sat down again , and he said what are you doing and I replyed well it's her shot , and thank god we were playing friends of ours but they all stood up and said " dude it's your shot " and of course I'm like WTF and they said you made that 8 ball in after I hit the 3 ball so I felt like egg on my face that night , god I was so Embarassed .
 
In the layout below, my oppponent pocketed the six, but hooked himself on the seven, and had to kick.

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I turned away for a moment, and when I turned back, as I was pleased to find the balls in this position.

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How do you like your chances to run out here in nine ball? Well, I didn't get out. Yeah, really. When I picked up the cue ball, my opponent advised me that he'd made a good hit. When I took a close look at the seven,I realized that the seven was, in fact, a little closer to the pocket than before. My opponent had kicked softly, hitting the long rail, then the top rail and then the seven, but had caught it so thin that the seven didn't even reach the pocket. So, by picking up the cue ball, I had fouled, and I lost this rack.

Now that was embarrassing!
 
too much playing in dark places

I have to say that I think Ironman has us all covered. I laughed until I had tears in my eyes thinking about that.

I think that I should get some credit for doing this multiple times over the years though. Some of the places I played in were dimly lit. Think caves and candles over the pool tables and you would be pretty close. So anyway I shoot a spectacular run out in eight ball capped by making a tough shot on the eight playing for decent coin. All is good. All that is except one of my balls tucked away somewhere that I failed to see before sinking the eight to lose! Once was bad but I have done that on several occasions.

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ironman said:
At the World Series of Pool in Vegas years ago, I was playing some guy from Florida and it was a tight match. There was a whole group of people watching as Richi Florence was on the table right beside us, so I was auite nervous.

He left me a 4-5 ball out and I was pretty jumpy at this point and took a rest room break to try and compose myself. I came back snorting like a bull, grabbed my cue and ran out in about 30 secons. When done, Richie said, nice out kid. I said thanks. I turned to see Willie Munson ready to rack the balls. He was not my opponet. I said, What's up and he pointed me to the other table. I had run out on the wrong table. Richie near busted his gut laughing at me and I wanted to run out of the building.

A ref was called and finally determined I had made a foul by practicing on the nearby table. The guy I was playing had ball in hand and missed. Everyone around was laughing at both of us.
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THAT IS NO DOUBT THE STRONGEST POST IN THIS THREAD!!!!! LOL


you my friend win the 1st place award!!! LOL I never seen or heard of that, funny that dosent happen more often b/c there are so many tables it can easily happen, but with the players involved, fact you got out makes it all the better. Man what a great story. I will share it with others(with your permission).

my best

eric
 
kath13 said:
1. I had a long shot and was lazy and didn't want to use a bridge so I was on tip-toe with one foot and as I reached forward to hit the CB, I slipped and completely face planted on the table. Luckily my opponent didn't call foul on me, he was too busy laughing.
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I once "racked" myself doing the very same thing stretched out over a corner pocket. It was embarassing and painful. Also, one time I ripped my jeans on a corner pocket so bad that you could see my underwear (boxers of course).
 
Originally Posted by kath13
1. I had a long shot and was lazy and didn't want to use a bridge so I was on tip-toe with one foot and as I reached forward to hit the CB, I slipped and completely face planted on the table. Luckily my opponent didn't call foul on me, he was too busy laughing.

I think most pool players have had this happen. I' know I've had it happen a lot of times over the last 30 years, but it's still embarassing.

#1 I was playing Brian Groce a race to 7 in a tourney. I was down 5 to 1 and started making a comeback. I ran a couple of racks, then broke and don't make any. He ran out. 6-3 him... He breaks, don't make any and I run another 2 racks. 6-5 him.... I break and make a couple of balls. I have a kind of tough cut on the 2 that I need to slow roll, but if I get good shape on the 3, the rest is laying perfect. I shoot the 2 and bump into the 5, nearly getting hooked on the back of it. Then something snapped in my brain, and I shot the 4 in, playing perfect shape on the 3 to get to the 5. Brian called a foul and asked me what I was thinking about. It was a bit embarassing.
#2 Happened at the same bar, same type tourney, about 8 years ealier. I somehow had gotten down 6-0. Just couldn't get out. He missed an easy ball, and I got started. I get back to 6-6 and have a really easy cut on the 9 for the win. Missed it badly. Undid my cue as fast as I could, and headed for the door without telling any of my friends goodbye. My wife, at the time, said she had never seen me leave a place so fast.

I think Ironman has the most embarassing thing so far. I'm sure I have a few that were more embassing that what I posted tho....
 
Fatboy said:
THAT IS NO DOUBT THE STRONGEST POST IN THIS THREAD!!!!! LOL


you my friend win the 1st place award!!! LOL I never seen or heard of that, funny that dosent happen more often b/c there are so many tables it can easily happen, but with the players involved, fact you got out makes it all the better. Man what a great story. I will share it with others(with your permission).

my best

eric
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For years, some wouldn't let me forget it. Pete Margo near had a heart attack laughing. Hopkins called me an idiot and I asked him to go to the parking lot. He said he would but that I would probably report to the wrong one. Swanne laughed and bought me drinks all night. I needed every one of them too.
 
Embarassing moments for me would be:

1. Losing to someone I am supposed to beat.
2. Blowing a lead in a tournament to someone I am supposed to beat.
3. Tripping while walking around the table to my next shot.
4. Mis-cueing on the break two or more times in a row.
5. Scratching on the money ball.
6. Double-kissing a bank shot
7. Trying a masse and having the cue ball not curve at all.
8. Not clearing the obstacle ball in a jump shot, especially after using my precious Predator jump cue.

Long list I guess, but I am my own harshest critic.
 
I have a bad wrist and a nerve in the same hand that sometimes likes to throw things, or just jump. If I have something in my hand at the time the nerve jumps, there is no telling what might happen. It's my right hand. I'm right handed. Chances of me having something in that hand when it freaks out are pretty good.

I went to make a shot and my pool cue went flying forward. I think my weak wrist and bad nerve were in cahoots with one another, that night. I can't remember if anyone was over there and got hit by my "spear," or not. I was probably too busy laughing and trying to hide.
 
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ironman said:
For years, some wouldn't let me forget it. Pete Margo near had a heart attack laughing. Hopkins called me an idiot and I asked him to go to the parking lot. He said he would but that I would probably report to the wrong one. Swanne laughed and bought me drinks all night. I needed every one of them too.
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Thanks for sharing your story, I haven't giggled out-loud that much in awhile!
 
This looks like a good thread for my first post. It's almost like you were expecting me.

About forty years ago, a friend and I went into a pool hall to have a beer to wash down some burgers. We grabbed some house cues to smack a few balls around while enjoying the beers. At one point, someone called out "Look out" or "Heads up" or something like that. I was standing at the head of the table with both hands on the rail. I looked to my right and saw a cueball bouncing down the floor toward me. I raised my right leg straight out and twisted to my right on my left foot. The ball went under my leg, where my buddy reached down and snagged it. I twisted back around and dropped my right leg to the floor.

So what's embarrassing about that? Well...Before the evil bouncing cueball came after me, I had been planning my shot. The few remaining OBs were at the foot of the table and the CB was in the center. I was standing at the head of the table, with both hands on the rail. The cue was on the table, with the butt on the rail under the thumb of my right hand, with about a foot hanging off the table. When I turned back and dropped my right leg, I came down on the end of the cue, which not only hurt the twins, but caused the cue to lever up and smack me in the forehead with the shaft. It actually made a loud knock sound when it hit me. My buddy was laughing so hard that he was bent over, and couldn't even hand the cueball to the guy who came after it. The guy had to reach down and pry it out of his hand.

Hello everyone.
 
inside_english said:
Embarassing moments for me would be:

1. Losing to someone I am supposed to beat.
2. Blowing a lead in a tournament to someone I am supposed to beat.
3. Tripping while walking around the table to my next shot.
4. Mis-cueing on the break two or more times in a row.
5. Scratching on the money ball.
6. Double-kissing a bank shot
7. Trying a masse and having the cue ball not curve at all.
8. Not clearing the obstacle ball in a jump shot, especially after using my precious Predator jump cue.

Long list I guess, but I am my own harshest critic.
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You call that embarrassing? I call it 2 hours at the table. Maybe 3 if I'm having a good night. :thud:

Junkbond: Great first post :lol: I really did LOL!

But Ironman's is the best so far.
 
When I was starting out, a friend and I went down to our local bar and I decided to try and break like Tom Cruise, ala TCOM. So, I'm reving myself up and threw my shoulder into the shot big time. The cue ball LAUNCHED off the table, narrowly missed the light, and landed in a mug that was sitting in a table about 4' from the end rail, shattered the mug and sat spinning on the table for the next 10 seconds. I must have laughed for 10 minutes. Luckily the bar maid was cool with it. :o

Dean:D
 
Was playing in an 8-ball tournament yesterday and i would set up my bridge then reset and my cue hit one of mine/his balls. Happened a couple times :-x. They were cool about it though.
 
This happened to a buddy of mine but I was there watching. It was league night (8 ball), he racked the balls and then just moved over to the left a little bit while the other guy broke them up. Well the cue ball came off the table and hit the guy on my team right in the boys! He fell to the ground and needed some time to collect himself before he could continue to play!
 
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