Sore Losers

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Why is it that several pool players who like to gamble find it necessary to be such 'jerks' after losing a few bucks on a friendly wager? Time and time again, whether I'm watching a set or playing in one, I find myself wondering why someone who just lost a bet can be so hostile. Is this because they are wagering with the rent money or do they just lack common sense? Someone please enlighten me!
 
That's why I never play for money, only beer. You start playing for money and it becomes to personal when a guys got to hand you cash.
 
Yeah for some people it is their way of living. Pissed off at something else and then get pissed off when they lose and have to shell out the cash. Some that I have played are just playing to get another dose of meth or whatever for free and not have to pay for it. When they lose they have to go a few hours without getting any. Vicious cycle.
 
And I thought I was the only one that felt this way! For some reason, gambling, to some, becomes very personal. It's usually the guys that do all the barking that end up throwing chalk and knocking the cue ball half-way across the room when they scratch. This happened to me just four days ago.

Now keep in mind, I don't gamble on pool to make a living. I'm 32, just finished a Masters degree in Business from Arizona State, and I've held down an Engineering job for the last seven years. The way I see it, we use the money just to keep score. I played a guy, well OK, I trapped a guy, who'd been asking me to play for a couple of weeks. We start at five bucks a game, then he bumps it to 50 dollar sets. I'm down a measly 65 bucks, and I say to him, "OK, I have time for one more set. Wanna go for a hundo?" He says sure. I smoke him 7-2. He goes to flip the coin again, and I say, "I told you I only had time for one more set." So, turns to his old standby...he gets LOUD. "Oh, you're gonna quit up on me!!!" I say OK, race to five for your 35 bucks. I beat him 5 zip in about five minutes. He throws the money all over the table and says, again loud enough so all his buddies can hear him, "you got the table time and next time we play for 500 a set on the bar boxes." Whatever.
 
I used to work in a small pool hall just on the weekends. This aquaintance of mine (I taught him a lot about the game when he first started playing) comes in one day and is in a real cocky mood because he had just beaten some guy out of $3,000. So he tells me he's going to kick my butt on the table and we have to gamble. He says he wants to play 9 ball, race to 7 for $20. He just wants to prove to me that he can beat me. Right after saying all that, he says I gotta give him the 8. I don't know why I agreed but I did. I beat him out of $40 and he stomps out of the place like a little kid that didn't get any candy at the store.

The guy comes back again the next weekend and we do it all over. I lose the $40 back to him and tell him we're even and let's just drop the whole thing. That's been about 4 or 5 years ago and the guy still won't talk to me. I bumped into him about a year after this incident and he wouldn't talk to me. I tried to make small talk and he just wouldn't talk to me. I got so ticked off I followed him outside and offered to settle things physically. He got scared, jumped in his car and took off. I just don't gamble anymore because of this. This guy has no money problems at all. As a matter of fact, he's pretty well off financially. I just think that some people can't handle losing when the money is on it because they can't use the excuse that they weren't really trying.
 
I got a friend like that now. I dunno what it is, but when im playing for fun i play mediocre. I'm not trying to hustle i just don't play well. Anyways, me and my friend always play pretty even for fun, but sometimes i get lazy and he will get 5 or 6 games in a row. Knowing that i play for money all the time and win the local tournament he figures he has something to prove when he beats me, so he starts running his mouth off after a few wins. So then i tell him $5 a game will tell him if he can beat me. We did this a few weeks ago then a few days ago. I figured he learned his lesson the 1st time. BTW, We are always both broke ass bums, never have any money, so $5 is usually alot of money to him, he usually doesnt have it and i let him owe me. Anyways a few weeks ago we were playing for nothing, he started winning (6 straight) and bragging, so i told him to play for $5. I beat him 5 straight. He got pissed and we almost got in a fight. So we played for fun for a while again and he started winning and shooting his mout off, so again i said $5. Another 5 straight. Now he owes me $50, thats gonna take hime 2 cheques to pay me!! So after we almost got in another fight he got pissed and left!! Ran out like a baby. 2 days ago exact same situation, he was shooting his mouth off and i said lets play for $5. Took him 3 straight. He got pissed, so i gave him 1 chance at a $15 game to win his money back that night, which he lost again hehehe! He put his cue down without saying a word and walked outta the place!! I was his ride and he started walking home!! I went outside and told him he was an idiot, i'll never play him for money again and to forget about the money he owes me. And i also explained to him that from now on he is not allowed to shoot his mouth off again, doesnt matter if he wins 50 straight for no money. I'm still pissed i wiped out his debt, he owed me about $50.
 
sore loser fxskater ; you two are not gambling you need to put up or not play!!! fight over a 5 dollar bet? lo lol!!!! kids
 
aaronataylor said:
Why is it that several pool players who like to gamble find it necessary to be such 'jerks' after losing a few bucks on a friendly wager? Time and time again, whether I'm watching a set or playing in one, I find myself wondering why someone who just lost a bet can be so hostile. Is this because they are wagering with the rent money or do they just lack common sense? Someone please enlighten me!
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The old saying goes:

"Play the game to enhance your life...not to define it."

PoolMouse
 
hehe... I gamble. When i play that guy though it is only $5 cause literally every paycheck that guy only has $50 extra after he pays his bills. I have a pretty decent job, but i live far beyond my means all the time. Usually i have about $400 spare per check, and then im down to nothing in about 4 days. So I go into bars and play people for money with no money to back it up to get a few bucks a day to spend. Talk about pressure!! I have only lost once when playing with an empty barrel but since it was only $20 the guy didn't mind and i paid him a few hours later anyways. I'm quite well known in my town (only 20,000 people) so most my gambling matches are friendly. It just so happens that the one guy that barely plays for any money is the biggest asshole about losing it. I'm not a big time gambler and i don't wanna be, I'd rather be a good tournament player. The most i have won in a single night gambling is $120. Started with a $5 i won, then he doubled $10, then he doubled again to $20, then he doubled again to $40, then he didnt have enuff to double so we played another for $40 and he lost it all.
 
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How about a story about a good loser????

I have a friend who is much like the ones above...always shooting off his mouth and trying to get me off my game when we play. I usually do not gamble when playing, but this friend of many years would not give it up... And he managed to finally hit the right buttons and I thought I would show him that I really am playing at his level and not mine (not on purpose, but I tend to play poorer when I know the other person isn't better than me).

Anyway, I thought I would shut him up by saying "$100 race to ten" but he JUMPED at that chance! Now I was worried...is he really better than I thnk?

First set....I win 10-3. SO I think he will finally give it up. Wrong! He wants to go again. I think at this point..."O.K....I am playing with his money anyway" so we go again. I win 10-2. Now I am very confident he will get the message but he wants to go again!

Long story short...over the next week we get together several times, and each time we play races to ten for $100. He loses every time, and more importantly it isn't even close...I mean we played 10 sets, and I doubt he even won 25 games to my 100.

Now I finally cut him off, as I was really getting uncomfortable with how much he is losing to me (he paid every time and has the means...I just didn't want to damage our relationship). I tried to show him that with that many games played, it was not luck but he still thinks to this day he is better than me...and every time we talk he asks when I will "give him a chance to win his money back!!!:rolleyes: ".



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sore loser fxskater

wow man that is what i am talking about, playing with no money to show !!! I have played in some rooms if you dont pay up you are carryed out, how can you call your friend a ass hole when you play with no money?that is what i mean put up or shut up!!!you wont play me until i see the money!!!players have names for players like you, I wont go any further than that. just dont leave town and play that way for your on safety.
 
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