Pool Shooter - Anyone from a newbie to being pretty good, BUT they usually have played in bars mostly. Good open table shooters, but usually lack the finer points expertise, like banking, especially more than 1 rail, combos can be weak, safety play. They can be anywhere from a loud mouth drunk to pretty nice guys.
Pool Players - Grew up in Poolrooms mostly, may play in bars, but only to hustle money. They treat Pool as more of a sport instead of just a game.
They are more knowledgeable about Pool in general, the equipment, how to act, negotiating a match, etc.. When you become a player, you have reached a certain level of expertise in the sport. You also start to become known out and around, and usually you have gambled quite a bit, and for more than nickels and dimes.
Now, which is the better group? Well, shooters are the easiest to hustle and match up with, but players are the better group to be around in a general sense, but harder to negotiate with, match up with. Some players can be pretty boisterius sometimes, but the smart ones aren't.
