The DUMBEST bar rules.....GO...
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Not only go for the shot but call every shot. Kick off the side into and off the three into the five to pocket the seven in the corner. I was only there once but one of the regulars actually called that shot. Did he make it?? Of course not.Harvywallbanger said:Can't play safe! Gotta go for the shot at all times even if it means you break out a cluster for the other guy to run out. "um yeah...3 ball off the 13 off the rail two rails in the side off the 8". Gotta love that one.
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Was playing in a bar last night with my girlfriend.
We play this one meat head, who plays a triple combo, but lucks in the 2nd ball on a carom. He says "I meant that" even though he clearly said " 9 - 10 -15" and not "9 10 off the 15".
We gave in, knowing we'd still win anyway. Later, he comes back up. the gf, after running 6 balls, leaves herself in bad position on the 8, and calls the cross side pocket. The 8 takes an odd bounce off the rail, hits the rail a half diamond away from the side pocket, and then banks into the pocket she called.
We say "nice game". He stayed at the table waiting to break. Apparently he thought he won.
"No- the 8 went in the pocket she called. It didn't even touch another ball."
"That's the rules, man! look 'em up!" he then spouted off some nonsense about hitting a rail more than one diamond away from the pocket.
I said "look- don't give me that. It's call pocket- she called the pocket. And you, of all people, who lucked in the 10 on a carom and passed it off like you meant it! Don't give me this BS that you know the rules. You lost."
Finally, he asked around- and the guy putting in quarters (who was a good player) agreed with us. The meathead then left the bar in disgust.
The irony is that the rules were posted on the wall. "Slop counts" "Ball in hand" "Call pocket on 8". (ie- APA rules)
We play this one meat head, who plays a triple combo, but lucks in the 2nd ball on a carom. He says "I meant that" even though he clearly said " 9 - 10 -15" and not "9 10 off the 15".
We gave in, knowing we'd still win anyway. Later, he comes back up. the gf, after running 6 balls, leaves herself in bad position on the 8, and calls the cross side pocket. The 8 takes an odd bounce off the rail, hits the rail a half diamond away from the side pocket, and then banks into the pocket she called.
We say "nice game". He stayed at the table waiting to break. Apparently he thought he won.
"No- the 8 went in the pocket she called. It didn't even touch another ball."
"That's the rules, man! look 'em up!" he then spouted off some nonsense about hitting a rail more than one diamond away from the pocket.
I said "look- don't give me that. It's call pocket- she called the pocket. And you, of all people, who lucked in the 10 on a carom and passed it off like you meant it! Don't give me this BS that you know the rules. You lost."
Finally, he asked around- and the guy putting in quarters (who was a good player) agreed with us. The meathead then left the bar in disgust.
The irony is that the rules were posted on the wall. "Slop counts" "Ball in hand" "Call pocket on 8". (ie- APA rules)
I recently played with a hack in a local bar tourny. I asked the owner if we had to play "bar table" rules and he said, "yes". He tried to change to BCA rules but the rednecks balked. I got off to a slow start and missed a couple easy shots. I was slightly pissed at myself but I hadn't been playing and I had to find my stroke. The goof-ball did some crazy stroke sending the cue all over the table and eventually scratched. I knew this was going to happen because my object ball was near the corner/head pocket. Bar "rules" dictate that you have to shoot from behind the head-string so I couldn't shoot the easy shot. I had to do the old shoot an inch out of the head-string with lots of right english to pocket my "stranded" ball. That shot was perfect but then I was left with a bear of a shot from the head corner to the 8 ball frozen on the foot rail. That goddamned heavy cue ball sunk so far into the rail that it glanced off the 8 and shot right back to the head corner pocket. I was disgusted and left. No more "bar table rules" for me.
Jumpshot I'll show you a jumpshot.
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