Players who wont shut up

JayBates

JayBates

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you know who im talking about. that guy in the pool hall who never shuts up. always has something to say about almost every shot, every game, always knows the answer...been there, done that kinda guy. anyway, i hate playing this kind of player. when i am playing, i am almost speechless. unless i call a pocket, im not talking. i respect others while they shoot and i expect the same.

anyway, we just started up our 9 weeks of tournaments last week. nothing major, just a small town room with 5 tables. i lucked out a win on the first night. this past friday was the second tournament. i felt good and was playing well, still confident from my last performance. long story short...this guy named (we will call him T) T is playing in the tournament and as usual is flapping his lips the whole time. bragging about most all his shots and talking crap when others miss. luckily we started on opposite sides of the winners bracket. the more and more i hear him thru the night the more i get frustrated. he ends up getting put to the one loss side right before the final 2. i end up on the hot seat and have to wait an hour and a half while he finishes out the losers side. him and i are the final 2. first set, i dont win a game. im so pissed i cant shoot. i ask the tournament director if there is anything she can do to shut him up and she just warns him not to keep it up. second set is back and forth. i need one game to win. i run out an easy table, miss my position, and leave a long cut shot on the 8. he says "you know if you miss this were all going to laugh at you". i make the shot and blow up at him. i said a lot of things i shouldnt have said but i held it in all night. i get my money and am about to leave when he stops me in the doorway and tries to shake my hand saying "its all fun and games dont take it personal" and that its part of pool, i need to grow up and play with the big boys. i wanted to be the crap out of him so bad.

i left so mad. got home and threw a couple around on the table and started to calm down. i realize people wont always be polite and maybe i wasn't expecting it. im looking back on it and laughing about it now. its funny how stupid stuff gets under your skin so easily. i cant wait till next week if he shows up again. how do you react nicely to people like this? the tournament director should have thrown him out as far as im concerned. well thanks for listening, just my turn for a little rant;)
Jay
 
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Hmmm.... Now I know how to shark you. Want to play some? :D LOL

Seriously though, there was/is a guy like that in the room I usually play in... that is until he fired an air barrel for a $100 set and got the snot kicked out of him. Needless to say he hasn't been around in a while, and it's been really nice not to hear him...
 
jay, if somone blows up at someone in the way you did at him (not that he didn't deserve it) there are two ways in wich someone can react to that. You can escalate the situation and/or harbor ill will or make an effort. I think that by him coming up to you and trying to shake your hand, regardless of what was said, that was an effort on his part. Next time I see him I would shake his hand and let him know you are on the same side (pool players) and tell him if that is his style go ahead with it but out of proffesional courtesy to lay off it when the two of you play. Or you'll just have to keep on beating him...lol.....
 
thanks prewarhero, i never looked at the situation like that. i guess i got greedy. ill take your advice and have a little talk next time. thanks,
jay
 
two options

The only two options are to learn to ignore such crap or beat him at his own game. When he is on his final backstroke before a shot facing the other way, kick over a chair or stool behind him, a table if need be. Make a hell of a racket a few times, apologizing very exaggeratedly after each time and making it plain you don't mean a word. Holler at a friend or the bartender when he goes to shoot, whoever is across the room. Slapping imaginary bugs off the table you are sitting at is always fun also. Jump up and closely watch every shot there is a one in a hundred chance of him fouling on too. When he whines as such types always do, ask him if he would rather play pool or the games you both have been playing.

I reckon you can guess which option I usually chose. Sharking a would be shark is high entertainment if you have to play the person at all. Make your own fun while kicking his butt. he will be the one dreading playing you shortly!

Hu
 
Have the TD make the guy go and stand across the room when he's not at the table. :)
 
ShootingArts said:
The only two options are to learn to ignore such crap or beat him at his own game. When he is on his final backstroke before a shot facing the other way, kick over a chair or stool behind him, a table if need be. Make a hell of a racket a few times, apologizing very exaggeratedly after each time and making it plain you don't mean a word. Holler at a friend or the bartender when he goes to shoot, whoever is across the room. Slapping imaginary bugs off the table you are sitting at is always fun also. Jump up and closely watch every shot there is a one in a hundred chance of him fouling on too. When he whines as such types always do, ask him if he would rather play pool or the games you both have been playing.

I reckon you can guess which option I usually chose. Sharking a would be shark is high entertainment if you have to play the person at all. Make your own fun while kicking his butt. he will be the one dreading playing you shortly!

Hu
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this isn't a bad idea either for a couple of reasons. One, it will cool you off knowing you don't have to just sit there and take it. and like you said, he will get the point. However,I like to be a gentleman in all situations regardless. I want people to always say, Geez, that jordan is really a stand up guy. If it was me, I wouldn't stoop to his level. Others will see and form opions on him w/o knowing his true persona
 
JayBates said:
you know who im talking about. that guy in the pool hall who never shuts up. always has something to say about almost every shot, every game, always knows the answer...been there, done that kinda guy. anyway, i hate playing this kind of player. when i am playing, i am almost speechless. unless i call a pocket, im not talking. i respect others while they shoot and i expect the same.

anyway, we just started up our 9 weeks of tournaments last week. nothing major, just a small town room with 5 tables. i lucked out a win on the first night. this past friday was the second tournament. i felt good and was playing well, still confident from my last performance. long story short...this guy named (we will call him T) T is playing in the tournament and as usual is flapping his lips the whole time. bragging about most all his shots and talking crap when others miss. luckily we started on opposite sides of the winners bracket. the more and more i hear him thru the night the more i get frustrated. he ends up getting put to the one loss side right before the final 2. i end up on the hot seat and have to wait an hour and a half while he finishes out the losers side. him and i are the final 2. first set, i dont win a game. im so pissed i cant shoot. i ask the tournament director if there is anything she can do to shut him up and she just warns him not to keep it up. second set is back and forth. i need one game to win. i run out an easy table, miss my position, and leave a long cut shot on the 8. he says "you know if you miss this were all going to laugh at you". i make the shot and blow up at him. i said a lot of things i shouldnt have said but i held it in all night. i get my money and am about to leave when he stops me in the doorway and tries to shake my hand saying "its all fun and games dont take it personal" and that its part of pool, i need to grow up and play with the big boys. i wanted to be the crap out of him so bad.

i left so mad. got home and threw a couple around on the table and started to calm down. i realize people wont always be polite and maybe i wasn't expecting it. im looking back on it and laughing about it now. its funny how stupid stuff gets under your skin so easily. i cant wait till next week if he shows up again. how do you react nicely to people like this? the tournament director should have thrown him out as far as im concerned. well thanks for listening, just my turn for a little rant;)
Jay
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Jay, I learned a long time ago the best way to shut someone up. Ignore them and keep making balls and running out. When they're getting buried, they will shut up, I promise you.

Remember one thing. Running off at the mouth is a form of insecurity. This guy, underneath it all, is a scared player.
 
jay helfert said:
Jay, I learned a long time ago the best way to shut someone up. Ignore them and keep making balls and running out. When they're getting buried, they will shut up, I promise you.

Remember one thing. Running off at the mouth is a form of insecurity. This guy, underneath it all, is a scared player.
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There have been a few notable exceptions to this I might add. Ronnie would talk a mile a minute. That was part of his game, to keep his opponent off balance. Keith could jabbber and shoot with the best of them. Louie the same. Alex is another good one at that. But I am talking about champions, not bar league bangers. And Fats was the King of gab and hustle Pool.
 
They can run their mouth all they want with me. I just turn off my hearing aid and I'm in world of silence!
 
why I like giving them a taste of their own medicine

prewarhero said:
this isn't a bad idea either for a couple of reasons. One, it will cool you off knowing you don't have to just sit there and take it. and like you said, he will get the point. However,I like to be a gentleman in all situations regardless. I want people to always say, Geez, that jordan is really a stand up guy. If it was me, I wouldn't stoop to his level. Others will see and form opions on him w/o knowing his true persona
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Being a gentleman and winning despite the antics will reflect well on you however it will do nothing at all to alter the other player's behavior. I have found that giving them a taste of their own medicine often discourages such behavior in the future, regardless of who they are playing. People may remember that I was a jackass one night, but they may well also notice the absence of the long term irritation that the other person has been. I can stand any heat generated by being a jackass in one instance for the joy of silencing such a person.

Hu
 
JayBates said:
Players that won't shut up
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Kind if like this?

:rolleyes:





What's funny is I had a friend like this, he was from Belize. He wouldn't shut up for anything. We always had a friendly rivalry and I was playing a girl that really wasn't good so I wasn't trying. Of course who walks in a shot before I'm snookered behind her one striped ball and the eight ball... yeah. **The following was the best shot I have ever hit** The three balls on the table were lined up perfectly, the 8 ball in the dead center of the table a little closer to the left side pocket. The striped ball dead straight in a line between the cue ball and the 8, the striped ball was a bit closer to the cue ball. He starts giving me crap. I just turn and say "Watch this, 8-ball side pocket." Of course he answers "What? No way, let's see this." And he starts going on and on. I tell him to shut up so I can take the shot. I masse around the striped ball and just barely get enough speed to make the 8. In this time, I was focused on shutting him up... little did I know that his loudness had nearly the entire pool room watching my shot. That was only the second time I've ever made a shot and heard people applaud! What's amazing... Yeah, he never did shut up! haha
 
compete with them.. scream,make people laugh,sing britney spears hits and dance while he's shooting.. :D
 
Every pool hall has one or more of these people.

They think their game alone isn't enough.
 
Some guys editorialize when they miss. I guess it is just a way some players deal with their mistakes. I broke the habit with the help of a senior player; he would remind me after every inappropriate remark that "nobody cares." Eventually I caught on.
 
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