Most unusual game/spot you've seen?

Playing one pocket with a guy I regularly played - gave him 13-4 with infinite breaks... so in essence, I let him break until he liked it. (which meant, made a ball or hooked me badly) The only stipulation was that he could not break them wide open, had to be one of the 10 standard one-hold breaks... i won 10 in a row and he quit

Straight pool - given and received the following... 100-5, but the person shooting the 5 must make theirs in the sides only, and no continuation of shooting if a ball is pocketed elsewhere.

9 ball
I gave up the 1 ball and the break to a guy, and ended up losing, so we adjusted to the 2 ball and i ended up winning back, plus some.

Played spotting someone the last 4 and I had to use the bridge. Our normal spot was the last 6 and I was beating him at it, so he wanted a "better" game.

Played a guy even using his phenolic-ferruled break cue. I broke and ran two racks and he decided it wasnt a good game :)
 
Jude Rosenstock said:
That's a sucker's bet. I'll give anybody in the world that spot. The trick is phrased this way: "Every rail is a pocket. Any ball driven to a rail is considered a pocketed ball" (perhaps making a concession that it doesn't count on the break)

The problem is this, if the cue-ball touches a rail, it's a foul. You might win a game or two but in the long run, that rock has to hit the wall more often than not, even in a silly game like this.


Jude M. Rosenstock
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that wasn't the bet. the bet was the BACK rail only. i don't know about what would've happened were the cb to hit the back rail, but avoiding hitting the cb to the backrail is quite different than ANY rail.

it doesn't matter,,,even if you take the bet on the up and up. when ginky's at the table, he owns the table, and can put the cb anywhere he wants. the weakness of the bet would be in the break(when the B player breaks). but the bet never went that far anyway.
 
vapoolplayer said:
excuse my ignorance on this one.........so basically if he hits the object ball into the rail its "pocketed" but at the same time if the cue ball touches the rail its a foul and then you have ball in hand to run out? basically you're counting on the fact that the rock has to hit the cushion more times than not, giving you ball in hand to run out more racks? i'll have to remember that one.

thanks
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no................jude is misinterpretting the bet.
 
When I was 16 I played a girlfriend for rape rights.. :)

Thats sex for the slow people out there... :)

Joe (---loves win / win games
 
The most unusual spot I have ever seen is....2 guys were playing 9 ball. The spot was...One player had to win 20 games. All he had to do was make the lowest ball on the table and he would win the game. The other player had to run only one rack and he would win the set, for 1000 a set. The player that had to run the whole rack once, won 2 sets before the other player quit on him.

I would be interested to hear some feedback about this one.
 
PoolTemptress said:
The most unusual spot I have ever seen is....2 guys were playing 9 ball. The spot was...One player had to win 20 games. All he had to do was make the lowest ball on the table and he would win the game. The other player had to run only one rack and he would win the set, for 1000 a set. The player that had to run the whole rack once, won 2 sets before the other player quit on him.

I would be interested to hear some feedback about this one.
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well who was the weaker player??? the one that had to run the rack, or the one that had to make the lowest numbered ball???
 
One time I spotted a guy ..........

One time (after beating a pretty bad player in a bar), I told him that I would play him some more while -
1, Standing on one foot.
2, Playing with one hand.
3, Playing with only one eye (I held my free, left hand over my left eye).

I was already about $350 winners and he agreed to play some like this for $25 a game.

NO PROBLEM FOR THE FIRST 2 GAMES, THEN ....................

I started to get a tremendous headache from just using the one eye.
I thought about just playing until I lost back the $50 but instead, I just was honest with him and offered him the $50 back. NICE GUY, He refused and wanted to buy me a beer and an aspirin.

TY & GL
 
I was in Missouri about 3 years ago and my buddy was playing the ghost on the snooker table getting 10 to 1 odds using the snooker balls. (Ghost meaning break ball in hand if you don't get out you lose.) He lost the bet and I jumped up and said I'll take the same spot but with the regular sized pool balls, the guy agreed thinking I am crazy because the pool balls are bigger and harder to pocket on a snooker table. I won the second and third game and he quit (10 to 1 piles up quick). What my buddy and the guy that bet failed to realize was that the pool balls with the added weight seem to be pocketed easier on the snooker table than the small balls.

Kevin
 
A few years ago I used to watch my friends play Sal Butera and they would play with many differient types of weight. Sal would sometimes use a broom and they would play even. I have also seen them play that Sal would get all the breaks and his opponent would only have to make a legal hit on the current ball. Even giving this weight almost no one would match up with him seriously, mainly just cheap games to see if they could actually beat him. I can't even remember any time he lost giving this weight.
 
drumstick?

I played a youngster about 4 years ago that was woofing at me he had just lost out of a tournament and he was tilting and i told him that he was just learning the game and he could be beaten with this drum stick. actual musical drum stick, tapped to a house cue. he was in such and up roar that he wanted to bet me. 10 dollars was the bet, i taped the stick to the cue grabbed a file off of the lathe roughed it up and beat him. needless to say he went further into left field. we are and became good friends to this day.by the way he plays evan with me now.
great young prospect
:D
 
vapoolplayer said:
well who was the weaker player??? the one that had to run the rack, or the one that had to make the lowest numbered ball???
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The player who only needed one game to win the set was the stronger player. I still can't figure out which player this spot favors, it is so outrageous.
 
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I've played one handed 8 ball sets while the other guy could shoot normally and won....

I've heard of making a guy shoot in a heavy winter coat as weight...

The old hustle move of taking balls off the table in 8 ball for the other guy..freeing up your own shots and outs....

I knew a guy who would play people on dry wall stilts and win..


For the spot above does that mean the player has to make the one ball to win or any lowest # ball....If the one is off the table all the time he can't win..
 
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The Kiss said:
For the spot above does that mean the player has to make the one ball to win or any lowest # ball....If the one is off the table all the time he can't win..
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For that matter, did the player that had to run a rack have to break and run or simply run all nine? I assume the guy who only needed to run one game out had all the breaks. That would suck if you missed a shot or had to play safe because that meant that you couldn't win the game but you could still lose it...lol.
 
The Kiss said:
I've played one handed 8 ball sets while the other guy could shoot normally and won....

I've heard of making a guy shoot in a heavy winter coat as weight...

The old hustle move of taking balls off the table in 8 ball for the other guy..freeing up your own shots and outs....

I knew a guy who would play people on dry wall stilts and win..


For the spot above does that mean the player has to make the one ball to win or any lowest # ball....If the one is off the table all the time he can't win..

The player who had to race to 20 games could win by sinking any ball, 1 through 9.
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Rackin_Zack said:
For that matter, did the player that had to run a rack have to break and run or simply run all nine? I assume the guy who only needed to run one game out had all the breaks. That would suck if you missed a shot or had to play safe because that meant that you couldn't win the game but you could still lose it...lol.
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The player who had to win one game had all the breaks. He didn't have to break and run, he just had to win the game.
 
I have seen many strange games, and been involved in quite a few myself, but i'd have to say that the one that sticks out in my mind, went as follows.

i had walked into the pool hall like any other night, and the usual characters were blowing the usual hot air at each other. In particular, these 2 guys who were always doing battle.

But on this night, they couldn't seem to come to an agreement, and it was at this point, that the most unbelievable propositions started to fly.

The game that they agreed on, was that the one guy would give the other guy some huge spot for some $$$$. I think it was the 1 out, or the 1,3,5,7,9. (been so long)
The catch was that the guy getting the spot, would have to play with a paper bag over his head.
That's right folks....a PAPER BAG over his head!
The other factor was that the paper bag guy was allowed to choose someone from the rail to "aim him" while he had the bag down over his head. That person would be me.

So when the spotter was playing, paper bag guy had the bag on top of his head, and was watching as normal. When the guy missed or played safe.....paper bag guy was allowed to survey the table, and then he had to put the bag down.
I was the guy that had to push and pull him into place, tell him to move and inch or so to the left right forwards and backards. adjust his arms, tell him how far he was from the cue ball. Basically manipulating him like a puppet getting him ready to shoot. I also had to tell him how hard to hit it.

I cannot begin to express how everyone had their eyes glued to this match. I could have sold tickets, and made a mint!
Not to mention how ridiculous it looked to everyone. i mean....here was this guy with a BAG OVER HIS HEAD gambling at pool, and here was this guy moving him around, running around all over the place, and climbing on top of things trying to survey the shot to see if he had him lined up right. Not to mention the paper bag guy almost passing out a couple of times when i was taking too long.

I dare say, that paper bag guy, for not really being a fantastic player, made some of the most unbelievable shots that night. Some of which he most likely will never make again. (especially this GINSU perpendicular slice on a ball)

Needless to say, we butchered the other guy.
Once we made a few shots....all the presssure was on him, and he folded.

It goes down in my book as the most funniest/ridiculous games i have ever been a part of.

SUPERSTAR
 
PoolTemptress said:
The player who had to win one game had all the breaks. He didn't have to break and run, he just had to win the game.
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Soo... one guy has to make all 9 balls to win, the other guy had to make the lowest number ball 20 times to win? What if the guy shot a combo, does that not count, but he keeps his turn?
 
tonyk said:
Soo... one guy has to make all 9 balls to win, the other guy had to make the lowest number ball 20 times to win? What if the guy shot a combo, does that not count, but he keeps his turn?
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I don't remember exactly. I think he just had to win one game, and it didn't matter how.
 
There was a group of crazy guys in my home town and one of the guys played pool quite well, One day the best money player in town was in the pub and he along with the other where very drunk. The average player told the best player that he wanted to play him for some cash. The good player promptly went to the bathroom to stick his head in cold water to sober up! When he came out the bathroom and the othe guy (a mountain of a man!) was stood there stark naked holding his cue! He said, didn;t I tell you we have to play naked! The good player laughed but declined the game lol
 
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