Rules, Rules, Rules......

[pt109]

I'm not sure what y'all would call this...I feel that I don't cheat...
...but I have larceny, I think any gambler has.

Several times over the years, I've made a good game for myself at 1-hole...
..and my opponent has plenty of larceny....but he can't win.
Sooooo...sometimes I would walk away and let him steal a ball off me..
...he thinks I'm so dumb that he keeps playing.

I've let some 9-ball players lay mud-racks on me also...keeps 'em playing.

Now, I feel it's their larceny that makes them lose more money than they
should have....but what does that make me?..

I justify this by claiming I gamble by the rules of poker...
...if I got a royal flush, I will try to win the maximum with it.
But I don't think I'm in danger of sainthood.

 

[MoonshineMattK]

I always thought this rule meant that you can't just pick up the cue ball and give your opponent ball in hand. There has to be some attempt at a shot.

If you fouled that would have ended your inning, so I wouldn't see anything handing the cueball to your opponent as violating this rule.

I know what you are saying. One of the BCA rule committee members needs to give us the final word on this. Forget what his user name is or I would PM him.

Personally I have no problem with the rule being - Don't touch the cue ball if you do not have ball in hand.

 

[cajunfats]

Rules,Rules,Rules

For all of the comments about the OP, there is one axiom that is true.

When two people gamble, the only rules are the ones that allow one of them to walk away with the money.

There is no Rule Book that you can quote that says,"When Gambling, your opponent must..."

When you match up, there is but one truth. Distrust your opponent at every turn. Post the Cash. Never, ever leave the table when your opponent is shooting. Never leave someone else to handle your business. Clarify rules amongst yourselves and settle your disputes like men, not like whining babies. He who walks out with the money is a Winner. If he used subtrefuge to get it, that is on him. If you continue to play with such a person, that's on you.

As a spectator, never get involved in somebody else's action. Having had a knife pulled on me in the early 70's at a bar in S.W, Louisiana, taught me that.

Remember, the moment the money is in his hands, it is HIS money, not yours. You can't try and get YOUR money back, cuz it ain't yo's no mo!

cajunfats