Scariest moment while playing pool?

[Harold Smith]

Scarciest thing I had happen was in Baytown, Tx. little bar playing some guy 5 dollar 8 ball. Girl walks in between the two tables pulls out a 357 and shoots twice hitting this guy sitting at a table next to the pool table I'm shooting on, kills him. Says that will teach that no good MF and turns and walks to the front door.---Smitty

 

[arsenius]

Probably not what you were looking for, but here goes...

I was playing in a little local tournament one night.

I had just missed a shot and was turn back towards my seat holding my cue when a drunk who wasn't paying any attention at all lurched into me and shoved the tip of my cue into my eye socket.

Hard. So hard, in fact, that it knocked me over and gave me a sight concussion.

But, miracle of all miracles, it didn't poke my eye out.

Now that was scary.

That is scary. I actually have a phobia about that, and a couple times lately people have come close to hitting me in the face with cues (accidentally). I'm also really afraid of rebar that sticks out of the ground. I think I'm going to trip and send it right into my eye socket...

 

[AZE]

When you hear that [click] you better be gone.

Had a gun flashed at me over $100.
Got into an argument with a really psycho guy after getting him stuck pretty deep, and had a guy I know in that room lean in and tell me "stop arguing, try to get out of here, he's got a gun".

Neither of these happened in my homerooms, I always feel safe in my homerooms

 

[cowboyup200560]

Kinda funny

Ok here we go. This happened about a year ago here in my home town. I was underage in the local hall and had been playing in the local 25/50 cent ring game. Anyway I was sitting on the stool thinking about leaving when this little sawed off punk noticed my case hanging on the back of my chair and says "Wanna play $1 a game 8ball?". I was tired and didnt want to play or gamble (also a little drunk lol) so being a smarta$$ I told him it would take 20 to get me off my chair. He walked away and started hiting a few balls. Then he comes back up and says he will play one for 20. I said ok but we play straight up ball in hand rules. No problem he says and tells me I can have the break. So we play and I beat him the first game. Now granted I was slightly intoxicated and felling a little cocky I asked if he wanted to play again he said fine so we both put another 20 up and played again. This time he shoots and snookers me on the last ball before the 8. No biggie as i have a jump cue and am ok with it and can usually get a hit. I call my ball in the corner and drill it along with having shape for the 8. I call it, shoot, and as I shoot he pulls the money down, pockets it, and tells me the shot on my 11 was no good becouse the cue ball left the table. A friend of mine who is kinda my "body gaurd" gets up and walks over knowing we have a problem. I tell the kid there is a rule book behind the bar and if he wants to go look it up. He spouts off about how where he plays that is a foul. I told him in the begining that jumps were alowed as long as they were "legal jumps". We argue for a few min then i finnaly tell him to give me my 40 back and he can keep his and part ways. He steps forward, Takes a swing, misses, and my buddie dropped him. Then my friend gets down takes the money out of his pocket, and hands me the money. I hand him 20 of it and we went down the street to another bar. Next thing I know the cops are there telling me that I stole from the kid and if I give him all 80 back he wont file charges. I tell the cops what happend and at that moment the kid walks in demanding I be arrested. The cop (who is a good friend of mine) laughs at him and tells him to get lost. Not really scary but funny as hell.