I'm always amazed when a FOOL has any money in the first place.
Who is giving these fools money?
Who is giving these fools money?
sound like a trap???
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First off if I know the guys or their speed and start to play, the only way i will quit ahead is if there is a predetermined time we plan to quit. A few weeks ago, 2 guys came in wanting to play $200 9ball sets on the bar tables or race to 4 for 200 one pocket on the big tables. I'm not a great one pocket player but I'm learning a little so i tell the guy I'll play some one pocket but, at 6pm I have to leave for commitments with the wife. That gave us 4 hours to play. I win the first set and as we were afraid we might run short on time, we changed to 100 a game. He won the next 4 games. If i had won the next 4, I still would have quit as that was the agreement. And yes they try to switch tables, cueballs, object balls, get excess powder on the balls, steal the chalk off the table, and even switch players. I didn't quit ahead in this case as the other guy quit. Then his buddy wants to play some at 40 a game. I won 200, then lost 40 to another guy. So I actually quit loser the second match. Sam
pfduser said:Where is this "Cecil" from?I know a Cecil out of Columbus,GA that is a very strong player...Wondering if this is the same "Cecil" everybody is talking about..
If it's the Cecil I know from out here, Hard Times, etc. in Los Angeles, you can't miss him. A distinguished looking older black gentleman with a super smooth stroke and an upscale one-pocket game. He's been around a long time.
Chris
jhendri2 said:
hmmmmmmm. jim, i can understand this is some kind of "code", silly as it might be. so let me ask. if you play a set and win $xx, and the guy wants double or nothing, and you win again,,,,,and this goes on and on, and you keep winning.....will you ever quit or will you play till he finally wins one and you're both back to even?
this almost sounds like a comedy skit on snl.
bruin70 said:
Well, first off most folks don't play "double or nothing" , most play for $xxx per set, and yes, as long as I'm playing on someone elses money I'll continue to play.
I guess times change, this was "just the way it was" when gambling. I know if playing someone straight up for $100 or 2 a set, and he won the first set and left, I'd be damned if I ever played him again and everyone would know what type of gambler he is.
Like I say, if I'm playing on your money, I'll beat you until you quit
.Jim
drivermaker
Banned
satman said:
I don't think honesty had anything to do with that. It was a bold ploy to rouse out the top players and gamblers right from the start and agitate them into playing. He was appealing to the local big egos that had a reputation to uphold and he didn't want to hang around for a week trying to milk all of the low money wannabes.
Doing that immediately blew all of his action with the low end gamblers, they were all crappin' their pants on the spot. Maybe he was impatient with the nickel-dime stuff...maybe his own ego needed charged everytime he went into a new place and blew everyone's socks off with his challenge. But he definitely would have made more money in the long run if he drained those lower rung players first. There is more than one way to bag game...that was his way and he just went straight for the big animals.