Spotting Stories: What are some of the Craziest Spots/Most Complicated you have seen?

JayBaltimore

JayBaltimore

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Let's hear the stories of crazy as spots or most complicated spots you guys have incountered.

not really a spot, but i heard once back in the' old days, a couple were gambling, not for money, but loser got humiliated by crawling underneath of the table with a wooden box on the feet, a que in the mouth, and balls in all there pockets and two in each hand.
 
The most unbelieveable display I ever saw was Jon Kucharo giving a (solid) local player the 3-out & the breaks.

The 10-ahead set was over in 13 games! Sprinkle a few dry breaks in there...a scratch or two and the set was over. All he did was play perfect pool.

It's hard to believe that was 10 years ago already.
 
"Hand span" spot

JayBaltimore said:
Let's hear the stories of crazy as spots or most complicated spots you guys have incountered.

not really a spot, but i heard once back in the' old days, a couple were gambling, not for money, but loser got humiliated by crawling underneath of the table with a wooden box on the feet, a que in the mouth, and balls in all there pockets and two in each hand.
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Haven't personally "witnessed" this one, but here's a crazy spot: the "hand span" spot -- where you get ball in hand anywhere within a hand span's distance of the cue ball's last position on the table:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eX1jmGbpnPU

This particular spot was given by Scott Frost in a One Pocket match up.

Pretty inventive spot!
-Sean
 
a little embarrassing but a good story

So, I was playing only about a year or so at the time 90' or 91' and I am hanging out with my friend who is an up and coming great player. He went on to win the BCA and two camel pro events.

So, I actually think I can play a little, but I can't so he gets tired of listening to me boast about how good I am getting.

He says do you wanna play some. I say what are you going to spot me. He says I will make it real fair for you. You can shoot the balls in any order you want you just have to shoot the 9 last. Wow, I jumped at the opportunity to kick his ass.

Well, we played and it didn't go as I planned. He opened me up with a four pack and he went on to beat me 7 to 2. Then I got real smart and realized what the heck am I doing I can just play him safe behind any ball, so I decide to play another set. I lose the toss again and he hits me with a three. I comeback and knot it at 3. I break dry and I only get to the table one more time and lose 7 to 3.

He tells me I hope that was a lesson to you and took my 100 bucks. It sure was the best 100 I lost. I realized that day if you are that overmatched you need to step away from the table and leave the big boys alone.
 
sweet story man, i like your last line...

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I realized that day if you are that overmatched you need to step away from the table and leave the big boys alone.
 
I gave a guy the break and whatever two balls he could draw from a pill bottle. Then I beat him senseless giving him the 2, 6 and the break.
 
Not about a month ago, I gave up to an APA 7 the six, last two, the break, and ball in hand after the break. Kicker though, I get $20-10 per game. Odds on the money is hard to fade. One or two mistakes and you're hating life.
 
First time I witnessed this spot was between an A player and a player who was just starting to break into B range. The spot was that the B player got every ball on the table (playing 9-ball), but the A player got the break, the first shot after the break regardless of whether anything fell (cb in the kitchen on a scratch), and 2:1 on the money. The B player was drawn in by the "I'll spot you every ball" bit, but quickly learned that it was a sucker bet as he handed over his all of his cash and his "Moochie" Gambler cue about an hour later, LOL.

The only hard part about giving out this spot is finding someone daft enough to bite the hook. ;)

Aaron
 
I watched a guy in Salt lake City, Utah once spot anyone in the room every ball on the table and the top rail. (All they had to do was make a legal hit and drive a ball to the head rail) He got the break and first shot after the break. Race was to 10 and the minimum bet was $500/set. He knew he would run out over 50% of the time if he got a shot after the break.
 
I get the last four usually from pretty sporty players.

Another poster on here gives me the Wild 5, and the Wild 7.

I know I wouldn't like it.

Ken
 
I've mentioned it before--the biggest spot I ever saw was "a good hit".

The guy giving up the spot won.
 
How about Santos giving Frankie H. the 5 out. Pretty crazy if you ask me, thing is that he almost got away with it. It was 13 or 15 ahead that lasted a long time and Frankie won it in the end.
 
just about a said:
I realized that day if you are that overmatched you need to step away from the table and leave the big boys alone.
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If you need more than the 8-ball, its probably better to find softer action :smile:
 
I've seen all kinds of crazy games made, but the toughest spot I ever gave out was the old "playing with a broom handle" spot. I even put a toilet plunger head on the end instead of the usual bristles. I had a pretty average player give me 20 balls to 50 in straight pool and then he gave me the wild 8 playing 9 ball. He was just totally intimidated and found a way to lose.
The 4 out call and the breaks is the biggest normal spot I've ever outrun before. I won $1200 or so. Funny part is we started out playing $5 a game 8 ball and he just kept escalating things until we got to the 4 out and the breaks.
The biggest spot I ever got was the 7 and breaks from a champion. That didn't go well for me. Also, 2 hit and the pick 9-8 playing one pocket from a very strong player. That went well. The most fun game I ever got was from Marco Marquez. We had been playing with me getting the breaks and I think the last 2. Back and forth we go. He was a little ahead I think and I call it a day. He talks me into playing a new way. We play 9 ball, winner breaks, and he gets to break and take 1 shot per rack right handed. All other shots are left handed!! He confirmed what I had heard before. His game only drops a relatively small amount. Watching him spin the cue ball off handed like that was pretty impressive. These are just a few of the weird games I've seen over the years.
 
Our own John Henderson played this guy in Milpitas, CA one handed against his opponent's two hands, but John had to use the really long cue that was used w/bridges on a 6x12 snooker table. I hope you know what I'm talking about, it's about 10' long or more. You could see John would win until he had to shoot with his back to the rail (iron rail with slats), he kept hitting the rail so he had to manufacture someway of hitting the shot. It was hilarious. The look on John's face was priceless the first time this happened during the game.

Dave
 
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these are very interesting stories here guys, keep em' coming, thanks for dropping a story or reading mine!
 
About 10 years ago Ginky offered to give a local player (C+/B- speed) a crazy 9-ball spot, all this guy had to do was make the lowest numbered ball on the table hit the end rail and he wins that game. The player refused saying to Ginky "if you're offering it then you know you can win with it"
Around that same time I saw Ginky give very good players huge spots and win.
 
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