Oddest gamble you have seen
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At the age of about 15 playing a different ring shoot with 3 friends for a buck a head. We had my brother-in-law's lightweight single barrel 12 gauage 3" magnum and a box of 3" OO buck shells. The bet was whoever was still standing after a round got the money and any ties we had to re-up. There were ties; no one was left standing on the first, second, and third rounds, so we re-upped each round. It then became a game of who was willing to keep shooting it. Myself and one other dropped after 3 thinking our shoulders were going to dislocate, and boy what a bruise. One other dropped at the 4th round, but the other boy still had to shoot the 5th round to get the money. He shot it that 5th time and stayed up! He also could throw 2 bales of hay with one in each hand. To this day, I think he was taking a dive to build the pot.
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Oddest attempted gamble
An A Player who shall remain nameless was practicing one day, waiting for some action and "Big Calvin" (a C player on his best day)comes in and asks the A Player for a game.
The A Player says to post up the $$ and Big Calvin says he doesn't have any money, but will pay next week if he looses.
This goes on for awhile until the A Player takes a bathroom break and after a few minutes Big Calvin also goes into the bathroom. I did not witness (for Russ) what happen next but the A Player told all of us there that while he sitting on the jon doing his thing Big Calvin came in, leaned over the stall and looking down at him
asked to borrow $5.00 so they could play a race to 3!
Only those two know for sure what was said, but knowing both and based on all the yelling going on and the A Player screaming for Big Calvin to get the F out of there we all believed the story.
Steve
An A Player who shall remain nameless was practicing one day, waiting for some action and "Big Calvin" (a C player on his best day)comes in and asks the A Player for a game.
The A Player says to post up the $$ and Big Calvin says he doesn't have any money, but will pay next week if he looses.
This goes on for awhile until the A Player takes a bathroom break and after a few minutes Big Calvin also goes into the bathroom. I did not witness (for Russ) what happen next but the A Player told all of us there that while he sitting on the jon doing his thing Big Calvin came in, leaned over the stall and looking down at him
asked to borrow $5.00 so they could play a race to 3!Only those two know for sure what was said, but knowing both and based on all the yelling going on and the A Player screaming for Big Calvin to get the F out of there we all believed the story.
Steve
OK, this is going to sound immature, but f'it.
Early 80's a few of the guys I grew up with had some bizarre contests. On bowling nights (I'm on this team
too, DOH) not often, but after league matches...
Without getting kicked out for the night, who can
Who can toss a ball the highest?
The farthest?
The hightest number of ALLEYS OVER?
Early 80's a few of the guys I grew up with had some bizarre contests. On bowling nights (I'm on this team
too, DOH) not often, but after league matches...
Without getting kicked out for the night, who can
Who can toss a ball the highest?
The farthest?
The hightest number of ALLEYS OVER?
I've played with brooms, wet mops, sqweegees, and a large pencil on a barbox. But, I once saw a guy bet that he could pee over a large green commercial trash dumpster. Of course he did it. Then he bet his girlfriend could do it too. Of course we all got beat again. It was worth it to see the bet. He then told us he could roll a strike with a softball within four tries. I didn't take that bet. That seemed easy after the first two gaffs.
Ask Tony Watson about the laying it all of the way across the barstool bet. My buddy said, "It looked like a baby holdin' an apple. Damn thing had a ribcage. I didn't even try. I just paid off." I had forgotten about that one. By far the funniest.
Ask Tony Watson about the laying it all of the way across the barstool bet. My buddy said, "It looked like a baby holdin' an apple. Damn thing had a ribcage. I didn't even try. I just paid off." I had forgotten about that one. By far the funniest.
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My personal best and second
My best:
A girl I was with had a friend hanging out and told them I was a good gambler and would bet or make a line on just about anything. In a restaurant with not much to work with they put me to the test. I put an over/under line on the number of ice cubes in the friend's glass and we made a bet. Counting chips as 0, halves as 1/2 and full cubes as 1 ... I said over/under 47 (these were small restaurant cubes). They took the over and we drained the glass and began counting. It held 46, I was one cube off from winning either way.
My second best (team effort):
In our home poker game, a cheap one, we have more fun than trying to win any serious money. My best friend, Josh, and another player, Ben, are betting a hand blind. Josh says off-handed, "I won't look at my cards the entire hand." Ben says, "Neither will I." So, I make Ben a bet that Ben will look before Josh (no look by either being a tie). A player ahead of them raises pretty high and they both fold, so it looks like no one will win our bet. Josh then peeks at Ben's cards, again a friendly game, a say "Ben you had the nuts you should have called," and Ben looks at his own cards after having folded them. Josh's cards were already solidly in the muck pile.
My best:
A girl I was with had a friend hanging out and told them I was a good gambler and would bet or make a line on just about anything. In a restaurant with not much to work with they put me to the test. I put an over/under line on the number of ice cubes in the friend's glass and we made a bet. Counting chips as 0, halves as 1/2 and full cubes as 1 ... I said over/under 47 (these were small restaurant cubes). They took the over and we drained the glass and began counting. It held 46, I was one cube off from winning either way.
My second best (team effort):
In our home poker game, a cheap one, we have more fun than trying to win any serious money. My best friend, Josh, and another player, Ben, are betting a hand blind. Josh says off-handed, "I won't look at my cards the entire hand." Ben says, "Neither will I." So, I make Ben a bet that Ben will look before Josh (no look by either being a tie). A player ahead of them raises pretty high and they both fold, so it looks like no one will win our bet. Josh then peeks at Ben's cards, again a friendly game, a say "Ben you had the nuts you should have called," and Ben looks at his own cards after having folded them. Josh's cards were already solidly in the muck pile.
Cuaba said:
Hope he never tried this on a windy day!
-Andrew
A few from Arlington, TX
We are sitting around the pool room talking about how big of a spot "Hand-span" is. We get a ruler from the bar, for some reason it is a broken 18" piece of a yard stick. Everybody is seeing how big their handspan is. Al offers a pretty decent player Ruler-span!
Now Al's a great player, but a 36" circle on every shot. I wasn't sure if he could out-run this one. Took Al a game or two, but as soon as he couldn't run out, the other guy is nine feet away and frozen to the opposite end rail. Al took it down.
Al was famous for giving up GIANT spots. He had been giving this guy the 5 out and beating him every time. The guy was done until Al offered to shoot every shot using the mechanical bridge. Game on. Al gets up to shoot his first shot, puts the butt of the bridge on his left shoulder, rest of the cue running down his arm and holding the shaft just below the bridge head. Still ran out pretty good. Al took it down.
VERY late one night, local bets that he can touch the bottom of a drop pocket Gold Crown with his unstimulated um...uh...well his member. Cash was put up and he wins the bet.
We are sitting around the pool room talking about how big of a spot "Hand-span" is. We get a ruler from the bar, for some reason it is a broken 18" piece of a yard stick. Everybody is seeing how big their handspan is. Al offers a pretty decent player Ruler-span!
Now Al's a great player, but a 36" circle on every shot. I wasn't sure if he could out-run this one. Took Al a game or two, but as soon as he couldn't run out, the other guy is nine feet away and frozen to the opposite end rail. Al took it down.
Al was famous for giving up GIANT spots. He had been giving this guy the 5 out and beating him every time. The guy was done until Al offered to shoot every shot using the mechanical bridge. Game on. Al gets up to shoot his first shot, puts the butt of the bridge on his left shoulder, rest of the cue running down his arm and holding the shaft just below the bridge head. Still ran out pretty good. Al took it down.
VERY late one night, local bets that he can touch the bottom of a drop pocket Gold Crown with his unstimulated um...uh...well his member. Cash was put up and he wins the bet.
A road player I know was in town for a while and matched up for some 1-hole with a local. They would re-negotiate the spot every morning , and day by day the bet kept getting more ridiculous. By the end, the roadie was playing one handed jacked up, standing on one leg, with a patch over his dominant eye, and still giving up a couple of balls.
I've also seen the quarter thrown into the payphone from 25 ft away. That one impressed me.
I've also seen the quarter thrown into the payphone from 25 ft away. That one impressed me.
1 Pocket Ghost said:There's one prop bet shot, although I guess you'd have to call it a skill
There is a guy from Albuquerque that wanted to bet with me on that shot....
I saw two old timers settle a bet with a foot race after mid-night on Tampa Street out front of Baker's, and they weren't in the best of shape.
ive seen three guys betting which direction the roach would run dropped out of a cup. all players (including me) got 2 directions and they marked it with tape and dropped the roach into the center.
one night in the early 90s I was down in Hotshots in Tampa, TR's old place that has since closed. Me and lil Goose stayed up gambling all night. First we played pool, then we played arcade Streetfighter, then it was paper/rock/scissors, then coin flipping, then coin tossing, then liars poker. We ended up playing just about everything we could think of, including this one game at 4am where we played a rack of nineball where before every shot, you had to run around the table 3 times as fast as you can and then immediately shoot. Try it out, you might be lucky to make ball in hand by the end of the rack.
one night in the early 90s I was down in Hotshots in Tampa, TR's old place that has since closed. Me and lil Goose stayed up gambling all night. First we played pool, then we played arcade Streetfighter, then it was paper/rock/scissors, then coin flipping, then coin tossing, then liars poker. We ended up playing just about everything we could think of, including this one game at 4am where we played a rack of nineball where before every shot, you had to run around the table 3 times as fast as you can and then immediately shoot. Try it out, you might be lucky to make ball in hand by the end of the rack.
uwate said:
I hate to ask, but is finding a roach easy in the room you go to?
I just got put off pool room food for at least a week.
uwate said:
OHHH I just thought a neat one I think I'll try. Line up a shot on 10 tables for each guy. Start a timer and GO.. first one to run and make the shots at the tables, then get back to the front counter wins.
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Laser Man,
I asked you if you wanted to play a race of nine-ball a few posts ago, and you never got back to me.
I am running a contest until midnight tonight, in the cleavage thread that *** Y O U *** started, a few days ago.
WINNER GETS A STEALTH CUE with customizations as specified by winner!
In any case, let me know, I'm in the mood for a game now, as you asked in a PM a week ago or so, right?
Laser Man,
I asked you if you wanted to play a race of nine-ball a few posts ago, and you never got back to me.
I am running a contest until midnight tonight, in the cleavage thread that *** Y O U *** started, a few days ago.
WINNER GETS A STEALTH CUE with customizations as specified by winner!
In any case, let me know, I'm in the mood for a game now, as you asked in a PM a week ago or so, right?