One complaint I don't care for

easy-e said:
I don't like when I miss a ball and the other player is mad at how I left them. If I am at the point where I should get out, and I dog a ball, I believe the opponent should be happy that he or she is back at the table. I know I'd be excited to get back up!

Why do people feel entitled to an easy opening shot after their opponent misses?

It's a glass half-empty-mentality. Instead of looking at it as "he got lucky he hooked me", how about "I got lucky he missed!"?
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A high percentage of my "misses" leaves my opponent nothing good. I play everything as a 2 way if possible. I've done it so long that I think it happens subconsciously many times. If I can't get out, I'll play it off as if I'm trying to make something, but I only care about where the CB ends up. Gotta be smooth with it and you can have them cussing rolls in no time. At times, using your stick to point/aim and such can be good camouflage to make it seem like a bad/good roll. I don't purposely hustle people but I'll let them get in their own head if they're up for it. Let them get cussing bad rolls and their focus is divided.

Pool is 90% mental, if you can play in the mental realm without sharking, why not?

Myself, I'm happy to come to the table and see if I can find any meat they left on the bones. If not, I'll try to work the table to my favor somehow. I don't like coming to the table with nothing, but I'll try to make the best of the situation.
 
easy-e said:
I don't like when I miss a ball and the other player is mad at how I left them. If I am at the point where I should get out, and I dog a ball, I believe the opponent should be happy that he or she is back at the table. I know I'd be excited to get back up!

Why do people feel entitled to an easy opening shot after their opponent misses?

It's a glass half-empty-mentality. Instead of looking at it as "he got lucky he hooked me", how about "I got lucky he missed!"?
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This is the exact reason I quit my other half when we play sometimes. Happened today. We don’t play BIH. When she’s missing 2 foot straight in shots and leaving me bad like 2-3 times straight over and over again it gets really annoying really fast. Or even worse is when she for no reason passes up an easy shot to the side for a ball at the end of the table. Misses and leaves me bad. She could’ve ran 4 balls easy takes the wrong shot and hooks me. So in that scenario I feel people’s pain.

Then again I’d be ok with it if SVB missed. No matter where the cb ended up. Same goes for any player that is a threat to run out.
 
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We play 9 or 10 ball , you have to run all balls, not 5, 6, or 7, you're still getting break practice.
If you make 3 on the break, they get spotted up the center of the table on the diamonds.
You can push or play a legal safe after the break, no ball in hand for pocketing balls off the break.
Incoming player can play a return safe if they choose, a safety battle is not uncommon after the break.
You must call your safety plays. If you call 2 rails behind a cluster and bump a ball on the way in , ball in hand.
Once you pocket a ball, a miss after that is ball in hand . Any miss is ball in hand.
You can't dog position and play safe, you must shoot. The idea is cue ball control, the name of the game.
If your cue ball is off track and bumps a ball,,,ball in hand.
You can't luck in a ball or early money balls........ Runout only
We have another game which incorporates more safety play, no jumps, kicking only.
We play cheap sets amongst friends, lunch or dinner, it's a brutal game,,,,don't miss or lose your cue ball.
On occasion we play normal tourney rules, I rather play 3 cushion.
 
SmoothStroke said:
We play 9 or 10 ball , you have to run all balls, not 5, 6, or 7, you're still getting break practice.
If you make 3 on the break, they get spotted up the center of the table on the diamonds.
You can push or play a legal safe after the break, no ball in hand for pocketing balls off the break.
Incoming player can play a return safe if they choose, a safety battle is not uncommon after the break.
You must call your safety plays. If you call 2 rails behind a cluster and bump a ball on the way in , ball in hand.
Once you pocket a ball, a miss after that is ball in hand . Any miss is ball in hand.
You can't dog position and play safe, you must shoot. The idea is cue ball control, the name of the game.
If your cue ball is off track and bumps a ball,,,ball in hand.
You can't luck in a ball or early money balls........ Runout only
We have another game which incorporates more safety play, no jumps, kicking only.
We play cheap sets amongst friends, lunch or dinner, it's a brutal game,,,,don't miss or lose your cue ball.
On occasion we play normal tourney rules, I rather play 3 cushion.
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Ball in hand after any miss is a fine way to play rotation games, imo. No push after the break.

3c is finer.
 
book collector said:
It used to happen to me so often , I had a bunch of 4 leaf clover coasters printed up , and I would hand them one.
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Haha. I like that move.

I am likely one of the top ten 4 leaf clover finders in the world. I don’t know if such a thing is tracked but I see them everywhere. I’ve even caught one from the car once while in traffic.

I pull at least one every day that I try at work and I hand them out to ladies who look like they need some luck.

I will start a stash for handing out during pool games. I usually have a few drying out between bills in my wallet...for the pretty cashiers who look like they need some luck 😂. Never given one to a guy but lucky rolls in a pool match would make it not-weird.

When I’m playing well, I hook people when I miss. Even with two balls left on the table. When I’m not playing well it’s usually happening to me lol. It’s like a subconscious call out into the world for good or bad. Be like Efren, not Mika.
 
SmoothStroke said:
We play 9 or 10 ball , you have to run all balls, not 5, 6, or 7, you're still getting break practice.
If you make 3 on the break, they get spotted up the center of the table on the diamonds.
You can push or play a legal safe after the break, no ball in hand for pocketing balls off the break.
Incoming player can play a return safe if they choose, a safety battle is not uncommon after the break.
You must call your safety plays. If you call 2 rails behind a cluster and bump a ball on the way in , ball in hand.
Once you pocket a ball, a miss after that is ball in hand . Any miss is ball in hand.
You can't dog position and play safe, you must shoot. The idea is cue ball control, the name of the game.
If your cue ball is off track and bumps a ball,,,ball in hand.
You can't luck in a ball or early money balls........ Runout only
We have another game which incorporates more safety play, no jumps, kicking only.
We play cheap sets amongst friends, lunch or dinner, it's a brutal game,,,,don't miss or lose your cue ball.
On occasion we play normal tourney rules, I rather play 3 cushion.
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You should go to One pocket.org and talk with Mr3 cushion. He knows EVERYTHING....
 
easy-e said:
I don't like when I miss a ball and the other player is mad at how I left them. If I am at the point where I should get out, and I dog a ball, I believe the opponent should be happy that he or she is back at the table. I know I'd be excited to get back up!

Why do people feel entitled to an easy opening shot after their opponent misses?

It's a glass half-empty-mentality. Instead of looking at it as "he got lucky he hooked me", how about "I got lucky he missed!"?
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Everyone just should be thankful to get an inning- that s it. Furthermore it s wasting energy about something you anyway couldn t control.
 
Ratta said:
Everyone just should be thankful to get an inning- that s it. Furthermore it s wasting energy about something you anyway couldn t control.
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That's the problem, settling for the status quo. In the course of play rules prove their strengths and weaknesses. A willingness to just accept something that is proven itself to be bad, I don't find that to be admirable.
 
middleofnowhere said:
That's the problem, settling for the status quo. In the course of play rules prove their strengths and weaknesses. A willingness to just accept something that is proven itself to be bad, I don't find that to be admirable.
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I think it's admirable to be able to look at things from a positive standpoint rather than a negative one. At least when it comes to things we cannot control. I wouldn't mind the rule being changed, but that's not exactly the reason the thread was created. The rule is there for better or worse.
 
I'd interpret it as the person venting about not having a shot, not that they're blaming me for wrongdoing against them. If the person made it clear that they were actually blaming me for something like that, it would be our last game.
 
easy-e said:
I don't like when I miss a ball and the other player is mad at how I left them. If I am at the point where I should get out, and I dog a ball, I believe the opponent should be happy that he or she is back at the table. I know I'd be excited to get back up!

Why do people feel entitled to an easy opening shot after their opponent misses?

It's a glass half-empty-mentality. Instead of looking at it as "he got lucky he hooked me", how about "I got lucky he missed!"?
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I dont hear serious players doing this unless it happens like 3-4 times in a row.
 
Every professional or great amateur player I have ever known never fusses about such things. Not once.
If anything, it's just funny, and they move on because with proper consistency, the better person will win in the end.
 
Very few top pros ''act out'' allot during their turn at the table, but there is one that I cannot watch due to his on table/mannerisms.
I like the man, he's good otherwise, but his wayzzzzzzz I've found to be quite annoying.
David Alcaide
 
Island Drive said:
Very few top pros ''act out'' allot during their turn at the table, but there is one that I cannot watch due to his on table/mannerisms.
I like the man, he's good otherwise, but his wayzzzzzzz I've found to be quite annoying.
David Alcaide
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Poor sportsmanship should be a warning until game forfeiture. Keep it up. Match.
 
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