Dont you mean 'pocket point' being?
Can't pride be what's on the line? How about the trophy? I think the only obsession or addiction in this entire thread is your obsessive addiction to be right. I know that I can apply pressure to myself by playing for "bragging rights" with a buddy of mine. Wouldn't you consider that gambling?
Most here would not.
No monetary gain.
Why do some people equate gambling with competition?
Quite Right.I consider that competition. Gambling by definition requires a material consequence
I consider that competition. Gambling by definition requires a material consequence
Quite Right.
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods. Gambling thus requires three elements be present: consideration, chance and prize.
Continued: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling
I don't agree with those people.If this is the direction that this thread is going, I'll gladly bow out and let you guys all agree with each other.
And I have always felt that betting on pool is completely ridiculous. I don't need to put money on the table to prove anything or play my best. I enjoy playing the game. I know I am in the minority and that's fine.
Can't pride be what's on the line? How about the trophy? I think the only obsession or addiction in this entire thread is your obsessive addiction to be right. I know that I can apply pressure to myself by playing for "bragging rights" with a buddy of mine. Wouldn't you consider that gambling?
Playing One Pocket without a wager is a joke. There are no good players that will play OP for nothing. It's all about the cash.
There are different levels of wagering for sure. Back in the day the old timers would tell me of good players offering to play for cheap like 10 or 20 a game and it was your pleasure to lose and they would offer no weight.
They schooled you.
Personally, I do not care to play for funsies. To me, that's like playing poker for funsies with every swinging dick at the table drawing to an inside straight every hand.
Playing for money -- an amount that will sting, not kill if you lose -- tests your mettle and gives you a more accurate reading of where you stand as a pool player. (It will also put a spring in your step if you prevail.) If you're playing for funsies, well then, you're going to swing at those crazy ass shots. But if you're playing for money, chances are you're going to more carefully consider your options and some of those long straight-ins that you'd normally whack in with gay abandon will not look quite so inviting. We have all seen the "A player" who turns into a "C player" when gambling. So then: is he truly an A player or really a C? The money tells the tale.
IOWs you need to be able to do, what you *think* you can do, under pressure and a cash bet is a handy way to create that pressure.
Lou Figueroa