Is there any better feeling than giving up the nuts and outrunning them?
I am not the smartest gambler in the world and often I will give up too much weight just to get action or to get the bet pumped up. Every so often though I will win the sets where I give up too much weight.
What are your stories like this?
Last night I gave up four going to 11 for 900rmb - about $120 - decent bet here in China and the guy wins the next two before I get on the board so it's 6:0. I win 11:10.
One time I was down two sets at $100 a set and down 5:0 in the third set and very mad at myself. As I was racking I offered to bet $500 from there. The opponent joyfully accepted and broke dry. I ran five racks from there. In the sixth rack I came up dry and he shot a three foot one ball straight into the rubber. I won 7:5. He paid off and quit in disgust.
Once I was playing a guy and he quits two sets winner and I am now HIGHLY pissed off and barking at everyone in the room to play and a guy gets up from the card table and offers to play if I give up 3 on the wire going to 7 for 500 a set - I said BET but you have to freeze up two sets. And then I offered to cover any bets on the rail and could only another 100 a set on the side.
The guy wins the first game and so it's 4:0 - I win the set 7:4 and the next set 7:3. On paper this guy was better than me - played in a higher league - finishes better in tournaments, etc... But honestly I think he was rattled by the fact that a stranger would give him that weight.
Those are three times where I outran the nuts and felt pretty good about it!!
You?
I am not the smartest gambler in the world and often I will give up too much weight just to get action or to get the bet pumped up. Every so often though I will win the sets where I give up too much weight.
What are your stories like this?
Last night I gave up four going to 11 for 900rmb - about $120 - decent bet here in China and the guy wins the next two before I get on the board so it's 6:0. I win 11:10.
One time I was down two sets at $100 a set and down 5:0 in the third set and very mad at myself. As I was racking I offered to bet $500 from there. The opponent joyfully accepted and broke dry. I ran five racks from there. In the sixth rack I came up dry and he shot a three foot one ball straight into the rubber. I won 7:5. He paid off and quit in disgust.
Once I was playing a guy and he quits two sets winner and I am now HIGHLY pissed off and barking at everyone in the room to play and a guy gets up from the card table and offers to play if I give up 3 on the wire going to 7 for 500 a set - I said BET but you have to freeze up two sets. And then I offered to cover any bets on the rail and could only another 100 a set on the side.
The guy wins the first game and so it's 4:0 - I win the set 7:4 and the next set 7:3. On paper this guy was better than me - played in a higher league - finishes better in tournaments, etc... But honestly I think he was rattled by the fact that a stranger would give him that weight.
Those are three times where I outran the nuts and felt pretty good about it!!
You?