Oddest gamble you have seen
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whitey2 said:
Yes, but I'm staying away from the clevage thread hehe.. I can't play tonight most likely.. but maybe.. I'll PM you later tonight. Wed is my tourney.. if you head up to RI we can play there.
One day it was a few of us regulars haging out in the pool room and we couldn't figure out how to match up but all wanted to gamble... finally we decided to put $50 up each between 3 of us and we got a pack of M&M's and each of us picked a color or M&M. Most M&M's with that color took down the pot.
Me and two others once watched a horrible straight pool match, but we needed to wait for that match to end, cause we were waiting for the draw.
So we decided to bet on the match. Each of us got to pick 5 balls each, and for each new rack we put in 10 $ a head. If one of my balls was used as a breakball I got the pot. I lost around 80 $ on that bet, in one match!!! The worst was that in one of the racks my ball (number 8) was the natural breakball, and there were no other balls even near the rack area. By accident the player hits the 8 and makes it, but luckily for me, I thought, he scratched too. I was waiting for the 8 to be put on the spot, but that idiot of an incoming player took ball number 3 from another pocket and spotted that. Of course ball number 3 became the breakball of that rack
(Ok, it would have been funnier if you were there)
So we decided to bet on the match. Each of us got to pick 5 balls each, and for each new rack we put in 10 $ a head. If one of my balls was used as a breakball I got the pot. I lost around 80 $ on that bet, in one match!!! The worst was that in one of the racks my ball (number 8) was the natural breakball, and there were no other balls even near the rack area. By accident the player hits the 8 and makes it, but luckily for me, I thought, he scratched too. I was waiting for the 8 to be put on the spot, but that idiot of an incoming player took ball number 3 from another pocket and spotted that. Of course ball number 3 became the breakball of that rack
(Ok, it would have been funnier if you were there)
Irish634 said:
Thrown into the tiny little slot where you deposit the coins. I'm not sure I could do it from two feet away. I first read about that bet on here a couple years back, and a few months later I saw it in person. IIRC, the bet was 35 tries, and he did it in about 26.
Omg!!!
One of the funniest stories I've ever read....I woke my wife up out of bed from laughing so hard.
Russ Chewning said:Rick Jones, ex owner of City Lights Billiards in Tacoma, Washington, once gave a decent B player the 4 out and the breaks in 9 ball, but the B player had to shoot with a paper bag over his head, with a hole for only one eye.
He kept yelling out, "You can only use one eye!", and kept checking the bag's "eye-hole", we were ROLLING it was so funny.
He beat the B player out of a hundred dollars or something like that. After watching the match, I asked Rick if I could try some the same way. (I was a MUCH better safety player than the other guy, and played much closer position..) He wouldn't give me the same spot...
Russ
One of the funniest stories I've ever read....I woke my wife up out of bed from laughing so hard.
BankJunkie101
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I acutally have 2 stories of the oddest gamble I have ever seen, they both involve Scooter. My dad, Butch Kitts used to run a pool hall here in Ohio and Scooter would come down pretty often. Aften a long night of banks and nine ball they were both even but wanted to gamble some more. They couldn't decide on a game so they put their heads together and decided to roll chalk for $100 a roll. To win the money, you had to land both pieces of chalk on the blue side. It was hilarious watching them do that.
The other one was, we had just bought a "bumper pool table" and our King of the Hill tourny was that weekend, so again Scooter was there. Dad had learned to play that game many many years ago but Scooter tried him anyways.. and ended up losing $250.00/a game to Dad. Scooter is hilarious and we all love gambling with him!
The other one was, we had just bought a "bumper pool table" and our King of the Hill tourny was that weekend, so again Scooter was there. Dad had learned to play that game many many years ago but Scooter tried him anyways.. and ended up losing $250.00/a game to Dad. Scooter is hilarious and we all love gambling with him!
Cuaba said:
As you read on his post, it's for me, you get your own.
whitewolf said:
At least he got the good part of the bottle, stuff inside is pig swill in my opinion
In Detroit, there was once a golf game played on a 6x12 snooker table with a 5'5" guy wearing a large motorcycle helmet and gloves on every shot as a spot. His opponent was the motorcycle rider. I believe he could look at the shot with the face shield up, but would have to bring it down before the final shot. Funny stuff!!!
Dave
Dave
I have a bet for all of you. I will outrun any racehorse for fifty yards. The fifty yards have to be on a flat surface of my choosing. Anyone ever seen this? You are all on. I am a forty year old and weight 220, 5'10. Takers?
No, it's not on ice. It will be on dirt or grass surface.
No, it's not on ice. It will be on dirt or grass surface.
crawfish said:
OK, but I get to choose which 50 yards, I don't think they have a quick start, so maybe once they reach mid-track
Actually, I have done this. I pick the fifty. 25 down, 25 back. Not only is the horse gonna catch me by the 25 mark, but then, he has to stop and make the turn. Ever seen a horse at full stride stop and turn 180 degrees? That's the kicker to this bet.hang-the-9 said:OK, but I get to choose which 50 yards, I don't think they have a quick start, so maybe once they reach mid-track
3 of 'em?
a guy here in town says he has 3- when he wasa baby his dad would not let the doctors remove one- undeveloped or something. heresay onlyBRKNRUN said:All I can say about bizarre bets is....
If you ever find yourself in a heated gambling debate....Don't bet that you have more balls than the other guy.....
He just may have 3...
I'm in!!
I'm in! I spent a lot of years at the match tracks and I'll bet a bunch you can't beat my racehorse at fifty yards on dirt or grass. I didn't say bog or swamp. Any course human foot races or horse races are regularly ran on.
I considered this thread about poolrooms but the matchtracks had the wildest bets. I have seen lunchbucket races for 10K apiece. Gamecocks tied on a saddle, ponyhorse races, mule races, jackass races, pretty much you name it. I saw two guys match up a pair of two year olds for five thousand each. When they got to the track they added another 20,000 each and a little later another 20,000 each. When the horses were on the track headed to the post they were hunting each other to bet more. Not really rich men, just two crazy cajuns!
Hu
Oh by the way, I have also seen shetland ponies race horses too.
crawfish said:
I'm in! I spent a lot of years at the match tracks and I'll bet a bunch you can't beat my racehorse at fifty yards on dirt or grass. I didn't say bog or swamp. Any course human foot races or horse races are regularly ran on.
I considered this thread about poolrooms but the matchtracks had the wildest bets. I have seen lunchbucket races for 10K apiece. Gamecocks tied on a saddle, ponyhorse races, mule races, jackass races, pretty much you name it. I saw two guys match up a pair of two year olds for five thousand each. When they got to the track they added another 20,000 each and a little later another 20,000 each. When the horses were on the track headed to the post they were hunting each other to bet more. Not really rich men, just two crazy cajuns!
Hu
Oh by the way, I have also seen shetland ponies race horses too.
whitewolf said:
Sounds like Don "the boot" Butrey he got his nickname from eating his boot. He has eaten a bicycle, a tire, lightbulbs, a ten foot tree, beer glasses, and other things. He also was a world class eater before contests were cool. He would be an older guy now if he is still alive. His schtick was to go into a strange bar and bet he could drink a beer and eat the bottle in an hour. He would cover all small bets from the whole bar and make a nice score between 500-1k almost everytime. I never did figure out how he didn't die, and how would a person figure out they had that talent?