Are you serious? Less common among world class players? I just went down the 2011 BCA Mens Points List and got tired of counting the world class players that used to, and still do, hustle.... Most of the ones I didn't count are Europeans that I don't have a clue about what they have done. Hell, even most of the Fillipinos have hustled here in the states...
The wanna-be or slimy hustlers don't make much money, and for good reason, they're creeps.
The true hustlers that are good at what they do and are out looking for people that gamble and are looking to give it away? They make as much, or almost as much, as the top 2 or 3 players in the world make playing in tourneys. When they leave town the people they played and the people hanging around aren't saying "those dirty, low life, blah blah blah...". They had a good time blowing their money and were entertained for it.... They'll ask the hustler to get something to eat, maybe invite them to their house, give them spots to go to, etc... One guy once told us that "I don't give a sh!t about the money... Watching you two do your thing is better than going to the movies!". The good ones don't get threatened and never have any issue because of what they do. If it is so wrong they would be the best customers at the ER.
