Oddest or worst thing you have won on a pool bet?

I played a guy for his wallet once too ... the bastard got me. I had some amount of money up and he took out his wallet, showed me that it had cash in it, and said "i'll play you for my wallet". When I won, he took everything out of it, all the cash and cards and whatever else and gave me his crap $10 wallet.
 
Years ago, after finishing up a night of league bowling during which I lost a chunk of money to a guy on another team (I'm a rotten bowler and he was a jackass), I asked if he wanted to play some pool. He jumped on it, so back to the pool room we went. By the time we left, I had all my money back, all his money--and sweetest of all--his bowling ball. I still have it. It has his name "Chas" engraved in it.
 
A friend and I were playing 8 ball race to 5 for our left shoes. I won and then I had him walk around the pub for about ten minutes without his left shoe. I then broke down and gave him his sneaker back.:smile:
 
I think the three most odd bets I had were with friends...one time was for a bar tab, only problem was we never agreed when to stop playing, so no one would quit. Bar tab ended up around $400, I paid out. I've also won a free night at a strip club, which if you know me is not CHEAP...that cost my buddy roughly $500 because he had to pay drinks, all the $1 bills i could toss and all my lap dances. The last not so interesting but odd bet I won over a SINGLE game of 9-BALL was a free beach house rental for a week in Maryland. Of course after the bet my buddy self invited himself and his woman on the trip as well, fun times.
 
About 25 years ago, 3 guys I work with, and myself, stopped at a local bar after work. We were playing partners eight ball for beers, and we all had plenty to drink. Quite a while later, we decided on one more game, and then we were going to leave. I said "We'll play this last game for our cars", and I threw my keys on the rail. The other 3 guys also threw their keys on the rail. I went up and made the 8 on the break, for the win!!!! The other 2 guys grabbed their keys and left. The next day at work, me and my partner kept asking them when we could get their cars. They said they didn't know what we were talking about.
 
I won a bed once.

My wife and me were invited to her boss's house to watch the first Holyfield Tyson fight. I bet on Holyfield and won a couple hundred on that from her boss at the time.

Then we started talking pool and ended up at the local pool hall playing snooker. Well she worked at a place called Leggitt & Platt at the time. I got up a few hundred more and her boss offered me the pick of any bed they made. So the next day i came home with about a $3000.00 dollar bed. Probably the best bet i have ever won.
 
My old roommate and I used to play darts, pool and video games for odd bets, we would play at the pool room then head to the local boobie bar. We bet table dances on sets or games with the loser paying for the dance and the winner picking the girl, so of course we picked the nastiest woman in the place to make the loser suffer.
 
I won a diamond ring once. I have won plenty of money in tournaments and such but the diamond ring was the oddest thing that I have ever won.
 
Not my bet...

...not too long ago I was told a story about a couple of people who used to play for "Allahs". I wasn't sure what they were talking about until I heard the full story...

The winner of whatever set they played, would be granted one "Allah" at a time and place of their choosing.

An "Allah" is redeemed by the winner when the looser gets down on their knees, and bows down to the feet of the winner, most likely at a very humiliating crowded public place... :bow-down:
 
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I won a large hand crafted turquoise ring once. Maybe 25 years ago. Still have it. Has the craftsman's initials stamped inside. Wish I knew who made it.
 
Kobachi said:
...not too long ago I was told a story about a couple of people who used to play for "Allahs". I wasn't sure what they were talking about until I heard the full story...

The winner of whatever set they played, would be granted one "Allah" at a time and place of their choosing.

An "Allah" is redeemed by the winner when the looser gets down on their knees, and bows down to the feet of the winner, most likely at a very humiliating crowded public place...
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thats kinda similar to what we used to call "playing for boots" whom ever lost the bet had to grab their ankles and take a boot to the ass lol...hilarious to see a lil guy boot a big monster and dump him in the middle of the bar lol.:D

good times,
Grey Ghost
 
you guys are way to nice..I watched one of my friends because there was no action on the pool table play a handicapped guy some poker for the air in his wheel chair tires
 
Won some cash, he wouldn't quit, won a surveyors truck complete with gps equipment and a drill rig for quarry blasting. That was back in the day and an extremly wierd weekend that streched into a week. Buddy bought the truck and equipment for a screaming deal and I used the rig. Many non pool related legendary stories spawned that week...
 
One time I had a money game lined up & was waiting for my opponent.
When he walked into the poolroom he was carrying a brand new color TV.
He'd arranged to sell the TV for his stake money but the buyer let him down.
So instead an hour or so later, I walked out with a nice new color TV! :smile:
 
I have won a car or two (including a 1969 Caddy conv.), TV's, all kinds of jewelry, several cues and even a big ass Harley once. But the one that got me was when I beat a guy for all his money and he put up his very nice McDermott cue against $100. It was in one of those slim McDermott cases. Well I won the cue and went to pay the time, while the guy put "my" new cue away.

After I paid, the guy is standing right there, his cue case in hand. He handed me the case, shook my hand and hit the door. I could feel that the case was full so I didn't worry about it. I assumed (stupid me) that the cue was inside. Heck, I had seen him putting the cue away. I took the case back to my apartment and opened it up. There was a broken broom stick inside! He had done a quick switch on me and I never noticed it. Never saw the guy again after that. At least I got the case, which I kept for years.
 
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When I was playing pool from 14-21, I won quite a few odd things playing at the local arcade, bar or hall. Here's a brief list:

-Size small pink and white Quicksilver jacket; I was a size large
-Mafia style/Matrix long black leather coat won off some French guy who came in looking for a money game at the hall I worked at. He gave it to me with some cash after I took almost $600 off him.
-Gold and diamond pinky ring off a bouncer; it fitted loose around my thumb --- big guy!
-Gold necklace; guy had no money to pay after being down $80
-Tennis balls; long story
-Hotel costs and gas money for the return trip from Vancouver to Edmonton. I played my buddy, who I went out with for the tournament, and beat him 9-0 for these costs before heading back to the hotel to check out.
 
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jay helfert said:
I have won a car or two (including a 1969 Caddy conv.), TV's, all kinds of jewelry, several cues and even a big ass Harley once. But the one that got me was when I beat a guy for all his money and he put up his very nice McDermott cue against $100. It was in one of those slim McDermott cases. Well I won the cue and went to pay the time, while the guy put "my" new cue away.

After I paid, the guy is standing right there, his cue case in hand. He handed me the case, shook my hand and hit the door. I could feel that the case was full so I didn't worry about it. I assumed (stupid me) that the cue was inside. Heck, I had seen him putting the cue away. I took the case back to my apartment and opened it up. There was a broken broom stick inside! He had done a quick switch on me and I never noticed it. Never saw the guy again after that. At least I got the case, which I kept for years.
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Jay,
Back in the day, I could see you making arrangements for one of those huge A$$ cabinet style TVs being dropped off at your house for payment. Classic!
Mark
 
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Jay,
Back in the day, I could see you making arrangements for one of those huge A$$ cabinet style TVs being dropped off at your house for payment. Classic!
Mark
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I met a guy in the parking lot of a grocery store selling new TV's still in the box. He had about four or five of them in the back of his big SUV. We got to talking and he let me know that he was "really" a professional pool player. :thumbup: Hallelujah, he just said the magic words. Make a long story short, I put up $250 against one of his new TV's.

What a joke this guy was. I wouldn't even call him a decent amateur player. This was one time when I really had to stall. Afterwards he told me how lucky I was because he wasn't feeling good that day. I agreed and told him I could tell that he was having an off day. :rolleyes:
 
Year's ago at Fast Eddies in Fairfax, VA after a weekly tournament, which by the way was a pretty sporty tourny on Sunday nights...

A friend of mine who was a marine at Quantico wanted to gamble with me. At the time I chose not to play with friends for money, so I said no. He kept bugging me about it, so I said "OK, I'll play you for your shirt."

That is how I won a cool Sniper Marine shirt, which to this day I still own and wear on occassion.
 
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