So I Got Banned From FB's "Let's Talk About Pool."

Z-Nole said:
I’m going to have to try this Facebook thing one day. Feel like I’m missing something by spending all my free time fishing, playing with the kids and playing pool. FB sure sounds awesome.
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What else am I going to do while at work though?

Jaden
 
I have never opened FB once. I won’t open links people send me.

Don’t know what I missed

Don’t care

Never will

I ask people to please not put pics of me on that site and I do t take pics of my stuff and I don’t want my stuff posted there either. Same for instagram.

I got all the toys-I’m lucky. I don’t have them for attention or to play show & tell. That’s kid shit or people who are seeking attention to fulfill something else missing in their life.

Shit Show clown site imo

Fatboy
 
The next time I use Facebook will be the first.

On the Calcutta question, I was taught that if a player has not purchased any of him/herself, a tip of 10% is appropriate. For example, if you cash for $2,000 in the Calcutta, throw the player a $200 tip.
 
sjm said:
The next time I use Facebook will be the first.

On the Calcutta question, I was taught that if a player has not purchased any of him/herself, a tip of 10% is appropriate. For example, if you cash for $2,000 in the Calcutta, throw the player a $200 tip.
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If the player doesnt want any of himself
how does that make you feel?
 
bbb said:
If the player doesnt want any of himself
how does that make you feel?
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Know where you're coming from, and I've seen events where at least a 25% buyback by the player was mandatory. When a player didn't buy back, it generally meant one of three things: a) they couldn't afford it, b) they felt they already had enough action, or c) they felt the price they fetched was too dear.

There is, of course, a danger of business being done against you, but that's OK. Buying players in a Calcutta is like betting on a horse. You don't know how hard they'll run, and you don't know if the race is fixed, but it's a risk you're prepared to take. Think I've participated in just two Calcuttas in the last 25 years.
 
bbb said:
If the player doesnt want any of himself
how does that make you feel?
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You have to realize some of the Calcutta's SJM is talking about though. If someone gets purchased for 10k, they aren't necessarily going to want to fork over that kind of money, no matter how favored they are. Heads up maybe. Tourney field? A little different beast.
 
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Our local tournaments have Calcutta's and every one buys half themselves except one guy. He's definitely a top 3 guy around those tournaments so he usually goes fairly high for us anyway $120-150. I'm not one to bet that high on someone else but if I was willing to risk it I'd be damned if he got a dime. Few guys have given him a percentage, others not and he gets pissed when they tell him to F off LoL.
 
There are few tournament organisors in my city that just use Facebook for getting your entries in, real pain... when Facebook does not allow multiple accounts so you can split up business, hobbies, personal etc...
You get pinged once by their bots, for often out of context ban and you're locked out of everything.
Why people are happy to allow that is beyond me...
 
sjm said:
On the Calcutta question, I was taught that if a player has not purchased any of him/herself, a tip of 10% is appropriate. For example, if you cash for $2,000 in the Calcutta, throw the player a $200 tip.
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And of course the other school of thought when a player doesn't buy half of themselves is that if they aren't going to give you a jelly to cover some of your loss if they don't do well, then why should they get a jelly from you if they do? Many people are of the view that it isn't right to expect or get a reward if you aren't willing to assume any of the risk, that the reward should be commensurate with the risk.

I know both are pretty common but I would be curious to know what percentage gives a jelly in such case and what percentage doesn't.
 
Facebook is like anything else...it can be reasonable and fun and useful. Or it can be crap. And it can be both.

Oddly enough, that applies here, too.

I am a member of that group, or at least I think I still am. I don't pay much attention to it, tho I do seem to recall seeing that JB was being brought up there recently. Very much like AZB, there are posts that make me roll my eyes, and others that I read and am interested in.
 
justadub said:
Facebook is like anything else...it can be reasonable and fun and useful. Or it can be crap. And it can be both.

Oddly enough, that applies here, too.

I am a member of that group, or at least I think I still am. I don't pay much attention to it, tho I do seem to recall seeing that JB was being brought up there recently. Very much like AZB, there are posts that make me roll my eyes, and others that I read and am interested in.
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I don’t care about FacePlant, I just want to go lobster fishing
 
Poolplaya9 said:
And of course the other school of thought when a player doesn't buy half of themselves is that if they aren't going to give you a jelly to cover some of your loss if they don't do well, then why should they get a jelly from you if they do? Many people are of the view that it isn't right to expect or get a reward if you aren't willing to assume any of the risk, that the reward should be commensurate with the risk.

I know both are pretty common but I would be curious to know what percentage gives a jelly in such case and what percentage doesn't.
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I would worry in that situation (where the player was bought for a lot of money but then couldn't/didn't buy in or work something out with the purchaser), that they player would simply dump when the time came if he got a better offer from someone else.
 
PracticeChampion said:
Our local tournaments have Calcutta's and every one buys half themselves except one guy. He's definitely a top 3 guy around those tournaments so he usually goes fairly high for us anyway $120-150. I'm not one to bet that high on someone else but if I was willing to risk it I'd be damned if he got a dime. Few guys have given him a percentage, others not and he gets pissed when they tell him to F off LoL.
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I bet he wins more for players that tip him.
 
This isn't about tipping the player but it is another Calcutta situation. Back in the 90s I went to a tournament at a pool hall where I played regularly. I got a tip from the owner who he thought was going to be the top 3 just before they began selling players. I ended up with one and offered him half and he declined. After the first match which he easily won a local guy I knew asked me if he could buy half, knowing that the player didn't buy in, so I said sure and sold him half. After the second or third match( I can't quite remember all the details it's been awhile) which the player won he came to me and said he had the money now to buy half. After I explained to him that I had already sold half he wanted to know if I would sell him a quarter cut.

What would you do?

This is what I did. Knowing that my profits from a quarter would still net me 10x my investment I sold him a quarter. He ended up not placing and my decision turned out to be a good one. It's a tournament I'll always remember because some damn young kid was kicking ass. Some of you might have heard of him his name was Corey.😉
 
Poolplaya9 said:
And of course the other school of thought when a player doesn't buy half of themselves is that if they aren't going to give you a jelly to cover some of your loss if they don't do well, then why should they get a jelly from you if they do? Many people are of the view that it isn't right to expect or get a reward if you aren't willing to assume any of the risk, that the reward should be commensurate with the risk.

I know both are pretty common but I would be curious to know what percentage gives a jelly in such case and what percentage doesn't.
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I'm just trying to wrap my head around the notion of tournaments being played for perserves.

In my neck of the woods. We tend to play for cash. Which on an interesting side note has less letters than 'jelly'.
 
PracticeChampion said:
Naaa cause the difference in first and second pay out is nearly half so no chance he's not trying just as hard
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You’d be surprised. I know a lot of players that never buy half and many of them won’t win for someone who doesn’t tip. They’ll play bad and try to get someone to gamble with them.
 
triley41395 said:
This isn't about tipping the player but it is another Calcutta situation. Back in the 90s I went to a tournament at a pool hall where I played regularly. I got a tip from the owner who he thought was going to be the top 3 just before they began selling players. I ended up with one and offered him half and he declined. After the first match which he easily won a local guy I knew asked me if he could buy half, knowing that the player didn't buy in, so I said sure and sold him half. After the second or third match( I can't quite remember all the details it's been awhile) which the player won he came to me and said he had the money now to buy half. After I explained to him that I had already sold half he wanted to know if I would sell him a quarter cut.

What would you do?

This is what I did. Knowing that my profits from a quarter would still net me 10x my investment I sold him a quarter. He ended up not placing and my decision turned out to be a good one. It's a tournament I'll always remember because some damn young kid was kicking ass. Some of you might have heard of him his name was Corey.😉
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Corey or not definitely not getting a dime if there waiting to see how they do first LoL, well.... If we're talking thousands to buy him maybe 🤔
 
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