Nit?

There is a guy where I live that will give any other "Nits" the 7 out on being "Nitty". I lost $300 to this guy about a year ago and have been trying to get him to play the same game again ever since....and he wont play it. At first we made an appointment to play like 2 days after he won and he never showed up. Then, we made another appointment to play about a week later....he never showed up. So the next time I saw him I gave him the 3rd degree and he told me that he had decided to quit gambling. Well, about a week later, he was at our local pool room playing some guy $100 sets. Ever since then I just cant stand even looking at the guy and any time he speaks to me I just tell him I dont talk to "Nits".

Southpaw
 
Johnnyt said:
What is the definition of ?NIT? in pool? Thank you. Johnnyt
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It is a term used by pool players in many gambling situations, usually as a derogatory remark to instigate a game or at the end of one. A $2 player might call a non gambler a nit and right on up the line to the big money players. I am a $50/100 a game one pocket player (more if I'm stuck enough), which is a respectable bet at my level, but these guys that are playing these thousand dollar sets might qualify me as a nit. It's all relative. John Henderson
 
First time I heard the term, a guy kept sayin to everyone he was playing, "You can't win nuttin nittin". To me, a nit is someone who will not bet high, even if he has the nuts.
 
A guy comes into the pool hall from a city 80-miles away looking for action, and he is not a great player. One of the top players around loses about 300.00 to him. Another player (even better) plays the guy and loses 300.00, all playing even, no weight. The out of town player quits ahead at 2:30 AM, after playing for several hours, and he gets called a Nit as he is leaving.

What are the chances of the out of town player coming back into that pool hall after the name calling? Maybe the guys calling him a Nit shouldn't have bobbled so many seven balls. If the guy would have lost, he wouldn't be a Nit.
 
Nit -

A player who CAN play but won't play for worthwhile money.

I must be the opposite. I can't play but I still play for good money. No wonder I have a lot of friends.
 
Main Entry: nit
Pronunciation: 'nit
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu; akin to Old High German hniz nit, Greek konid-, konis
1 : the egg of a louse or other parasitic insect; also : the insect itself when young
2 : a minor shortcoming
3: A person who wouldn't bet a Rice Krispie if he owned Kellogg's.
 
Is it nit-like to expect your opponent to stop blabing endlessly about everything when you are shooting...even when playing cheap sets?:)
 
Johnnyt said:
What is the definition of ?NIT? in pool? Thank you. Johnnyt
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Locksmith (gamblers) pool players who want to bet high and go beggin for weight they don't need in the first place, because they're too lazy to improve by practicing. :D :D :D

JoeyA
 
Southpaw said:
There is a guy where I live that will give any other "Nits" the 7 out on being "Nitty". I lost $300 to this guy about a year ago and have been trying to get him to play the same game again ever since....and he wont play it. At first we made an appointment to play like 2 days after he won and he never showed up. Then, we made another appointment to play about a week later....he never showed up. So the next time I saw him I gave him the 3rd degree and he told me that he had decided to quit gambling. Well, about a week later, he was at our local pool room playing some guy $100 sets. Ever since then I just cant stand even looking at the guy and any time he speaks to me I just tell him I dont talk to "Nits".

Southpaw
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Is that guy's initials DB?
JoeyA (gotta know).
 
DB - The ultimate NIT.

Southpaw said:
No Joey, afraid not.

Southpaw
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I played a guy a few years ago, a really top notch 9 ball player who also played good one pocket. We played a race to 4 for $200 and I loss with him coming from behind 3-2. We had agreed to play only one set that day and so the next time I saw him I asked him if he was ready to play again. He winced, whined and wailed all at the same time about how he had heard that he couldn't beat me and that he needed 8-7 if we were to play again. I asked him if he was serious and he said "Yeah man, I been told you play better one pocket than me and I NEED WEIGHT". The even up game was gambling especially for me and I told him he should be careful about this answer because it could cost him lots of money in the long run. He quizzed me why and I told him that if he didn't at least give me a chance to get even at the same game and bet, I would knock his action for the rest of my life and his. I promised that every pool room and every tournament I go to I would tell the story of how big of a nit he was. He asked me if I was serious and I said, you really don't want to know. Well, he still refused to play and waited a little over two years before he had enough nerve to look me in the eye and ask to gamble again. I told him he couldn't ever gamble in life with me and if he knew what was good for him he would just fork over the two hundred I lost to him and ask me to remain silent about his skill from there on out. I see him every now and then and he has become an even better player than he was then but I continuously knock his action and always will, wherever I go.

Now he has to GIVE me the two hundred, some vigorish and an apology. :D
JoeyA
 
a nit

A nit is someone that makes better games or manages his money better than you do. In truth everyone who makes money year in and year out on games of skill is a nit. If you think you make fair games but outrun the spot more often than not, you are a nit.

Players with "heart" and recreational gamblers are the bread and butter of the professional gamblers, they dodge other pro gamblers whenever possible. They aren't there to gamble, they aren't there to have fun, they are there to make money. Every person that plans to make money gambling is a nit or is trying to be one. Of course it is usually used in a derogatory way to get those players with heart and recreational gamblers into games with the player who indeed is a nit.

At one time or another I have been in all three of the categories above. Nothing like wagering to put food in your mouth and a roof over your head to encourage you to make smart games.

Hu
 
There is a classic NIT who attends my pool room and I don't know why anyone plays him but they do.

He actually plays one pocket very well, but can't play good for more than $20 a game. He might torture anyone at $20, but for more he falls a part.

So, this one guy who he beats for $20 says, lets freeze up $500 and play (after taking a beating). The aforementioned NIT says, "F*ck that, lets play for $1000." Everyone knew he was full of it. The guy says, "BET."

The NIT then starts going around to everyone asking to borrow money because he didn't actually have the thousand. Guy next to me pulls out cash and says, "I'll bet a thousand that nothing ever happens with this." Then, the NIT starts laughing and joking, trying to high five the guy who he had just tried to out wolf, but got called on.

This NIT is also always calling everyone, "FISH."..and this and that. He's just a mouthy dipsh*t and I don't know why anyone would ever play him. My buddy (who is almost 70 years old) got him to play $40 a game one pocket the other night and ended up 2 games winner, and this guy should beat him. Once you get past that $20 he can't play.

THat is my description of our local NIT (one of them).

I guess everyone can be a NIT at some point.....just one of those things.
 
DaveK said:
Apparently a nit is anyone who does not agree with you about gambling .... kinda like George Carlins 'jerks' and 'assh*!#s'.

Dave
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Nit is one of those terms that gained a more broad definition
after much use.

Jay's post pretty much sums up the orig meaning.
Over time it took on the usage of someone who violates
the code of conduct for the poolroom.

Dale
 
JoeyA said:
I played a guy a few years ago, a really top notch 9 ball player who also played good one pocket. We played a race to 4 for $200 and I loss with him coming from behind 3-2. We had agreed to play only one set that day and so the next time I saw him I asked him if he was ready to play again. He winced, whined and wailed all at the same time about how he had heard that he couldn't beat me and that he needed 8-7 if we were to play again. I asked him if he was serious and he said "Yeah man, I been told you play better one pocket than me and I NEED WEIGHT". The even up game was gambling especially for me and I told him he should be careful about this answer because it could cost him lots of money in the long run. He quizzed me why and I told him that if he didn't at least give me a chance to get even at the same game and bet, I would knock his action for the rest of my life and his. I promised that every pool room and every tournament I go to I would tell the story of how big of a nit he was. He asked me if I was serious and I said, you really don't want to know. Well, he still refused to play and waited a little over two years before he had enough nerve to look me in the eye and ask to gamble again. I told him he couldn't ever gamble in life with me and if he knew what was good for him he would just fork over the two hundred I lost to him and ask me to remain silent about his skill from there on out. I see him every now and then and he has become an even better player than he was then but I continuously knock his action and always will, wherever I go.

Now he has to GIVE me the two hundred, some vigorish and an apology. :D
JoeyA
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This may sound stupid, but why does everyone feel they are entitled to "get even" with someone? When you gamble at the casino, you can bet until you're dry. You can go to the bookie and bet a sports game until you're rich or broke. If you gambled and lost, you lost. Fair and square. Maybe the guy doesn't want to play you anymore. Maybe he shot the greatest game of his life, and got lucky to beat you.

Don't gamble with someone if you aren't willing to lose like a man. One of the reasons I don't gamble is because of this very attitude. He owes you nothing. What's worse is you blackmailed him by threatening his action later on, all because he beat you. You agreed to one set. He won. He owes you nothing. You owe him money.

Nothing against you personally, JoeyA. Just my opinion.
 
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Shawn Armstrong said:
This may sound stupid, but why does everyone feel they are entitled to "get even" with someone? When you gamble at the casino, you can bet until you're dry. You can go to the bookie and bet a sports game until you're rich or broke. If you gambled and lost, you lost. Fair and square. Maybe the guy doesn't want to play you anymore. Maybe he shot the greatest game of his life, and got lucky to beat you.

Don't gamble with someone if you aren't willing to lose like a man. One of the reasons I don't gamble is because of this very attitude. He owes you nothing. What's worse is you blackmailed him by threatening his action later on, all because he beat you. You agreed to one set. He won. He owes you nothing. You owe him money.

Nothing against you personally, JoeyA. Just my opinion.
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Nothing taken personal, Shawn.

This seasoned gambler and I agreed to one set that one day and I paid and he went his way and I went mine. The next time I saw him I asked him to play again the same way. He said no because it was too tough of a game and asked for weight.

If you think that is the way you gamble at pool, that means you think like a nit too. However, since you don't gamble I'm not sure if that qualifies you as a nit or not.

Then again, maybe you don't have to gamble to be a nit?


JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
Nothing taken personal, Shawn.

This seasoned gambler and I agreed to one set that one day and I paid and he went his way and I went mine. The next time I saw him I asked him to play again the same way. He said no because it was too tough of a game and asked for weight.

If you think that is the way you gamble at pool, that means you think like a nit too. However, since you don't gamble I'm not sure if that qualifies you as a nit or not.

Then again, maybe you don't have to gamble to be a nit?


JoeyA
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I'll match up against anyone. No fear to play anyone. I throw in my $60 or $80 or $100 to play in semi-pro events. I like handicapped entries instead of races, as I'd like to see my speed versus a known player.

I used to gamble. I just realized I loved the game, and sometimes money got in the way of that. I've taken guys for $1200 and more. It was a rush, but it's not why I play the game. I prefer being a non-money player now. If the wrong guy barks, I play him. If he wants to do it for reasonable money, I play. $20 a set or $40 a set to me isn't gambling. $200 a set is. $500 a set is. Those are my limits, and I play within them. Do I gamble with people I have no shot of beating? Sure, if I want to learn something or see how I rate. But again, that to me isn't gambling. So I guess I'm a nit. But I'm on the plus side, having won a lot more than I've lost.
 
I'm sure someone found this but......

A term used among poker players describing a player who is generally tight with money, and unwilling to involve himself in situations which are not clearly to his advantage
 
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