Road Story Sequel

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I loved a Road story on here,I had seen it before and have never been sure if it was a true story or a novel or fictional representation

I thought I would let you guys in on a real hustle
Please allow me to set the stage,I went to another city to a tournament filled with great players,mainly just to see what was happenig

I also thought it would be nice to pick up some spending cash,just to see if I still had it in me

The problem stated: I played way under everybody there and no one will give a spot
to someone they don't know

In other words if I walked in and asked someone to spot me 8 to 4,everyone would think I was crazy and avoid me.

THEREFORE
I needed to establish two main images in the eyes of the Mark (entire pool room)




Step one;LAYING DOWN THE SPREAD
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I needed to buy an image

The commercial necessity to win the dough forged me to impress everyone in the place with two major ideas. 2 not 1 TWO

First ,I had to demonstrate to the group in an interesting, believable and practical manner that I was not very good at pool i

SECOND

And this is really the most important part of the entire presentation,the most important object of all

I had to impress the minds of all the gamblers that (1) I had money, (2) I was not afraid to gamble and (3)would not quit once I started losing

In other words it was necessary to make everyone see that I was the fool who was soon to be parted with his money

This last part is so important that you see every time some good player plays me he will say to defend his action"I was taking a shot at the money"

Your average road player is under a commercial necessity to play soon or his overhead(referred to as the nut) doesn't consume their bankroll
after seeing nothing but broke pool players for a while here comes Dean with a huge bankroll which he allows them to observe in a very casual manner

( the FLASH,showing the money to the mark) I could write a book about the care and display of the bank roll,too aggressive and the mark smells a rat
too discretely and he misses the magnitude of the cash,you don't just pull out a wad and say "Come and get it"

So here I am in a city unknown to all.

First of all I took one of the biggest suckers in Texas as a road partner and pretended to be his stake horse

As people gather to match up with John I would say, lets play,no matter what game John was offered I would say to John,"Lets take a $2000 shot,we can always adjust,right?"

The suckers, all great players couldn't believe their eyes,here I was offering to bet $2000 every time they offered John a game that he had no chance to win,none

But John was already expressly forbidden by me from ever playing any game whatsoever,so he had to tell me no.
"Dean,stay out of this,these are bad games,leave the matching up to me,you just don't have the experience to match up with professionals"

I appeared impatient to bet on anything.

The players thought to themselves"we have to get John out of the way so this idiot Dean will lose a bundle"


The bait is swallowed but the hook is not yet set


If this story appeals to you guys let me hear from you
 
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Road Agent Sequel Part 2

Setting the hook

We have already discussed the need to lay down the spread,or buy an image


In review our goal is to convince the potential bettors of 2 things,
1..our limited ability
2 ..our potential to lose a lot of money

All poker players,especially the professionals that I have known
know that the secret to playing and consistently winning is to play with
other players who don't play as good as themselves,and to play with players who actually will lose

Every pool hall has a nit who talks about gambling but every time he gets a game or two stuck,he jumps.Avoid these guys like the plague.Its not that they are so tough or smart,they are more than likely scared,so their strategy is to quit if they get behind

Why would anyone want to play with a guy like this?

So the image I try to project is that of a player who not only plays high but
keeps playing if he gets behind.This attracts the sharks

Now it is not enough to pull out my bank roll and say,I play bad,I play high and I never quit.
Who in the world would believe that

So there are several ways to bait and set the hookin addition to talking in a way that the so called smart or average player talks

Let me give you one example.They say one picture is worth a 1000 words,not that I know about pictures

Follow me on one of my spreads
I was in San Antonio,unknown to any of the many fine players,it would be safe to say I couldn't beat a single player who would bet $100+

I wanted to convince everyone that I was a poor player and worse gambler

So i matched up with Jersy Red, He spotted me 3 pockets to his one for only $10 but I made him promise to keep the bet size quiet


I then made $100 bets with 3 other side betters(actually confederates who were just pretending,Las Vegas calls them shills)

On with the narrative.I lost game after game,every time I went to the rest room,men would follow me in and stand beside me

"don't you think you have a bad game?"
No I have a big spot

"But you are losing every game"
"don't worry I have enough money to ride this bad luck out"

Knockers ,knock,for some reason they can't stand to see a person lose
without trying to ruin it for the player"

This went on for hours, I won a game once in a while

but when i lost,I would pull out a lagre roll and peel off the $100s to the side better asking them to Jack the bet,every time

I lose,I pull the roll,I count the money in a kind way and ask them to raise the bet,
one guy says no so I say you are off,I don't play with people that don't let me hg, "Thanks for your play up till now,but we are through"

Finally Red is called to his tournament match


I chose him because he is a great player who draws a crowd and everyone would watch the game. I have now established myself as a poor player and loaded with money and ready to lose it all

Now i sit at a round table with every greedy character in the room,trying to get my action.The conversation went like this

There never is any action at these things"
No body got any money
No body got any gamble

Typical boring repeatable typical pool room blabber,you've heard it

Except when the guy says "nobody got any gamble"
one looks at me and says,"Nobody but you,and every one nods appreciatively"

I now know I've got them,the bait is swallowed,the hook is set

Now is the time for me to select which of many offers I get

Here is where I change gears

I have already enticed my worthy suitors to seek after me

So I don't chase them

I begin to withdraw,back up,back peddle,act indifferent.
As if well if that's it,I might as well go

Fan the flames of desire with the cool breeze of withdrawal


Class is over for today
if you want any more lessons on the art of the score

Let me hear from you
 
it appears to me that pool hustling is a dying art
the typical pool bum today

and bum is the correct name,knows little more about hustling
than he does shakespear or selling

his idea is to dress like a pool player,talk like a pool player
and hang out with pool players with the dream that one
day he will walk into a pool room and somebody
who can not play as good as he does will want to play and
then the poor guy will lose every game asking to raise the bet until at last he has won a big score


let me give you an example. a player came in got a table,started hitting balls with his cheap cue,shoddy clothes and lack luster attitude

he was armed with the information of who played here and how so he says
you wanna play some cheap? I said I only play one pocket

He says i play one pocket but not so good but I'll try you some cheap

I said,how much?
He said $25

Now I know he is a player
Why,because $25 is more than the average guy plays for it looks like a lot of money to him

His entire wardrobe cost $25

Only hustlers play one pocket for the most part

If aan animal walks like a duck,talks like a duck,its a pretty good chance its a duck
 
Sequel #3

Now A group circles me and all the talk you guys are too familiar with
I don't want to even give the slightest indication that I am looking for a game
or trying to trap some one

what i want is to get the best player in the room to play a game he has no chance of winning

I might say"that ole boy who gave me 3 pockets to one,that was fun,i might
want to play some more of that

Finally Danny Medina approached me,he says how do you want to play?
I say well I only play one pocket with big spots
Maybe if i get a handspan on every shot ,he thinks thats too much
Finally I throw out an IQ type of question
What say yo bank all 8 of yours and i get em anyway i can


Oh no,he says and finally i offer him my 8 to his 2 but he has to bank em

We agree to play for $300 or so pr game,but I insist on 3 ahead not by the game

This spot is so strong that most people quit after a game

No one in the world can win this game

So we agree and ravck the balls
but then i ask who wants to bet $200 minimum

Now here is the beauty,no one is sure of the gamebut they all know Danny Medina is a great player so their thinking is"if Danny is playing,it must be good"
Further they figure ole Dean is the perfect fool getting ready to part with his money


I also try to add to the culture by doing everything just the opposite of the way a pool hustler acts

They are cynical,I am happy and innocent,they have no money,i have pockets full
They seldom play each other high,I play the best players in the world and only ask them to bet more

So I open the rail by asking if anyone wants to bet $3 00 to $500 on the side

Everytime someone names a figure,I count out $300 or so and hand it to my friend who holds the money so there will be no trouble

The more I bet,the more they want in before its too late.
The impending event close,its now or never

I have enough for one more"
I get the bet and say "i still have enough for one more $500 bet"


Every so often I say to no one in particular"This is fun,this is so much fun"

Before you know it I have $nearly $16,000 bet,there probably isn't another $2000 in the room

Well 3 games later,its all mine,Danny not only hasn't made a ball,he never shot at his hole

You see bank pool rules ,which we agreed on means no kisses,no combos, no caroom shots

Lets say a ball is hanging in his hole,it is impossible for him to make a shot

This game is the pure nuts,I can beat most people 8 to 1,8 to 2 their 2 is impossible

or at least it was before these modern super stars

So before the tournament even gets going,I have all the money


Now this is just one line of progress,one spread
I could tell you of at least a few dozen different ways to get people,who
usually would not bet that fat meat is greasy to bet every cent they have


Now I hope you enjoyed this episode of l"aying down the spread"
 
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You guys might like referring to another post
cut shot tougher version

i included an interesting score involving myself,Richie Ambrose and a host of marks including Baltimore Danny and Jack Cooney and his wife Barbara

Unless i am mistaken,I think you will get a laugh from this event that was so common at the time I had forgotten it

Be sure to watch the video of the shot in the original post
 
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