omgwtf vs cubc - I love it

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maxeypad2007

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I'm sure many of you are in the same boat as me, but I absolutely love the idea of two regular players squaring off for some big cash. Betting this high must have been quite nerve racking for both sides. Plus the grudge factor is just great.

Hell we need more matches like this. Guys, lets all start some more Internet grudges so we can see some more matches like this.
 
I find it interesting how some here can whine and complain about the image and state of the game all while drooling at the mouth over the prospect of big gambling.
 
The [grudge] [/grudge] tags don't seem to work on this forum! :confused:

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The most popular sport in this country NFL football has more money wagered on it than all the other sports combined. Why is gambling on pool so outrageous
 
the difference is quite often the participants are the ones posting the money instead of a bunch of people posting from the sidelines
 
just about a said:
The most popular sport in this country NFL football has more money wagered on it than all the other sports combined. Why is gambling on pool so outrageous
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Its not. The image of a smokey pool hall with unsavory characters wagering has haunted this industry for a long time. I don't think it matters so much but quite a few people seem to care and this type of stuff is what a lot of people feel brings the sport away from it being a family oriented activity. Those are often the same people who partake in these wagering threads. I find it interesting, thats all.

Excellent point about gambling being an addiction as well.
 
u r correct about the participants betting but there usually is a lot of people on the side betting on good matches. My point was gambling is a main stay in this country (casinos, poker, sports, cruises, etc.) and it happens every where so why does pool get such a bad name from it. Pool has an identity crisis not a gambling crisis
 
In the NFL, the teams play straight up and do their very best to win by as many points as they can (at least in theory that's what they do). The odds makers use what they know of each team to come up with the odds and the line and then people place their bets.

In pool the players don't always play straight up and they don't always do their best to win all their games or matches.
 
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u r correct about the participants betting but there usually is a lot of people on the side betting on good matches. My point was gambling is a main stay in this country (casinos, poker, sports, cruises, etc.) and it happens every where so why does pool get such a bad name from it. Pool has an identity crisis not a gambling crisis
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You guys forgot the biggest form of gambling. The lottery in all the different forms it takes such as power ball. Also, keno, that you see all over the place. And get this, it is all state sanctioned gambling.

For people to take a dim view of pool because of gambling, whether it be by the participants or observers is completely hypocritical. Even more so when thos twits who poo-poo pool play the hell out of the lottery.
 
Cubc doesn't love it so much. I went into the WaffleHouse for breakfast & he cooked it....later that day the wife & I ordered a pizza for dinner...he delivered that too. I tipped him $2 so now at least he's only $2998 in the hole.:D
 
MBTaylor said:
You guys forgot the biggest form of gambling. The lottery in all the different forms it takes such as power ball. Also, keno, that you see all over the place. And get this, it is all state sanctioned gambling.

For people to take a dim view of pool because of gambling, whether it be by the participants or observers is completely hypocritical. Even more so when thos twits who poo-poo pool play the hell out of the lottery.
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I don't think it's just gambling, but the kind of gambling and hustling that goes on even near the top players.

I have no idea if you can call Vegas and place bets on golf, but you probably can. Maybe you bet on tiger woods to win a tournament by 2 strokes or something like that. You can be sure when you place your bet that:

1. Tiger will be trying his hardest to win
2. Each day he probably went to bed at a decent hour
3. No one walked up to him and offered him a large amount of cash to dump
4. He wasn't going to bail on the tournament because he got involved in a large money match where he could make 3 times what he would if he won.

With the exception of the players who are known to be class acts, could you say the same for most of the players in a pro pool event?

I would like nothing more then to see pool become a major sport with huge tournament payouts and the top players making hundreds of thousands if not millions per year, but it seems like right now it's caught in a vicious cycle and has been for a very long time. There isn't enough money coming into the sport because of the behavior of some of the characters and many of the characters behave the way they do because there isn't enough money to go around.
 
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That match demonstrated how well an otherwise insignificant match-up could be brilliantly marketed via the internet.

I know that wasn't the intention, but it certainly was the result.

Look for similar grudge matches in the future, but this one set a bar that will be hard to exceed.
 
Cuaba said:
That match demonstrated how well an otherwise insignificant match-up could be brilliantly marketed via the internet.

I know that wasn't the intention, but it certainly was the result.

Look for similar grudge matches in the future, but this one set a bar that will be hard to exceed.
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I agree. Johnnyt
 
Varney Cues said:
Cubc doesn't love it so much. I went into the WaffleHouse for breakfast & he cooked it....later that day the wife & I ordered a pizza for dinner...he delivered that too. I tipped him $2 so now at least he's only $2998 in the hole.:D
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man that's cold blooded
 
Next in the PIT: JAM vs. Corvette. :D

I can tell you that I found the whole ordeal very interesting between cubc and OMGWTF. They settled their differences the best way possible...on the table.
 
On the table, for the cash, and in front of our very own eyes. I gotta say, I loved the drama of this all. I've watched the video a few times now, partly for the commentary when cubc did crazy things, "What the hell was that?!"

noRulez said:
Next in the PIT: JAM vs. Corvette. :D

I can tell you that I found the whole ordeal very interesting between cubc and OMGWTF. They settled their differences the best way possible...on the table.
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noRulez said:
Next in the PIT: JAM vs. Corvette. :D
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A video of this would give the Bucktooth video the 7....especially if Vette frequents the bar a few times during the match. :D

Southpaw
 
Varney Cues said:
Cubc doesn't love it so much. I went into the WaffleHouse for breakfast & he cooked it....later that day the wife & I ordered a pizza for dinner...he delivered that too. I tipped him $2 so now at least he's only $2998 in the hole.:D
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Dang Kevin, do you not eat at home any ?
 
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Its not. The image of a smokey pool hall with unsavory characters wagering has haunted this industry for a long time. I don't think it matters so much but quite a few people seem to care and this type of stuff is what a lot of people feel brings the sport away from it being a family oriented activity. Those are often the same people who partake in these wagering threads. I find it interesting, thats all.

Excellent point about gambling being an addiction as well.
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That whole gambling thing sure has kept Poker out of the lime light. Those poor guys and their seedy image, whatever will they do?
You say gambling is the problem, I say trying to make pool into golf for the last 30 years is the problem.
 
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