would you take only 1 spotshot for a couple hundred dollars? I'm not looking for takers...I just want to know if you'd take this action if someone offered it to you
wagering on spotshots
- Thread starter Egg McDogit
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If I had the money to spare then i would. Well, only from the left side of the table because I don't cut as well to the left. But if it were my rent money or something like that, then forget it.
In a heartbeat or less ..
I wouldn't even hesitate ... yes.
I couldn't shoot spot shots very well when I first started
out, so I made my mind up that I was going to learn how
to shoot them well. I shot 200 hundred spot shots one day
and night, and by the time I got done, I knew how to shoot
them after that.
I wouldn't even hesitate ... yes.
I couldn't shoot spot shots very well when I first started
out, so I made my mind up that I was going to learn how
to shoot them well. I shot 200 hundred spot shots one day
and night, and by the time I got done, I knew how to shoot
them after that.
It would depend on the conditions. Who is spotting the ball? Where can the cueball be placed? Pocket size and conditon of the table.
I think most decent players can make the shot. One of Bert's Kinister's tapes have you practice the shot shooting from spot to spot. This is really not that hard. A few days ater practicing this I seen a old trick shot competition on ESPN where the legends were in a contest. They drew for shots. The big fat man drew a challenge where he had to make the spot shot from spot to spot shooting from the left and then the right. He missed both.
I think most decent players can make the shot. One of Bert's Kinister's tapes have you practice the shot shooting from spot to spot. This is really not that hard. A few days ater practicing this I seen a old trick shot competition on ESPN where the legends were in a contest. They drew for shots. The big fat man drew a challenge where he had to make the spot shot from spot to spot shooting from the left and then the right. He missed both.
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on a 9 footer... yes, on a 6x12 snooker table with the "Big Balls"..... No
Something interesting, I had a friend who would make them two and three hundred in a row at a time. He once made over 1300. When I first met him I lost a $200. bet he could not make 90 out of a 100. What a joke that was he stalled and was within one shot every time before beating the bet. When I got to know him I could not believe what he could actully do. My wife or I would spot balls for him and he just hardly ever missed. He shot with the cue ball on the head spot and would slow roll the shots. After you saw him do it for a while you could see no one could ever beat him at it and he never dogged it, he just kept effortlessly slow rolling them in.. We almost got Parica on the bet but it got knocked, he was going to bet like $5000.Egg McDogit said:
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Just spot the object ball a quarter-inch off. He's using a groove in the cloth to shoot, and he has no control over the path of the cue ball if he shoots it slowly.macguy said:
As for the original question about betting on a spot shot, it depends on who controls the equipment. If someone offers you a bet, maybe they know something.
macguy said:
I heard this happened recently in my area and was surprised that someone would bet against it...since for a lot of players, this is a 90+% shot. What was more shocking to me is I asked a couple of decent players if they'd take this bet and a good deal said no. I was expecting the response to be more like WHAT? WHERE? CAN I TAKE A FEW?
I heard they bet up to 400 per shot on a double-shimmed table 9 foot table. The guy betting against the shooter lost.
Back in Memphis we used to do it with our eyes closed for the cash. After a while this got boring so we would put a ball in the side pocket opposite the side we were shooting the the spot shot from and load the cueball up with reverse english and make the spot shot and the ball in the side. We didn't do that one with our eyes closed though.
Another one we used to do is put a ball on the end rail at the middle diamond and put the cueball on the head spot and cut the ball in the corner. There were so may guys that would bet on that shot that one time a couple of guys that worked there took the foot rail off and put needles into the cloth at an angle that would make the ball barely roll off and not go. They cleaned up the next day and then took the needles back out so they wouldn't get caught.
Another one we used to do is put a ball on the end rail at the middle diamond and put the cueball on the head spot and cut the ball in the corner. There were so may guys that would bet on that shot that one time a couple of guys that worked there took the foot rail off and put needles into the cloth at an angle that would make the ball barely roll off and not go. They cleaned up the next day and then took the needles back out so they wouldn't get caught.
There's a faster, simpler way to make the shot impossible or at least a lot harder. Just tap the object ball into place.ChopStick said:
Around here the shot is to move the cue ball a diamond to the side along the head string, and then shoot the frozen ball the wrong way. About 15 tries are offered.
I met a Philipino player in Seattle that wanted to bet on spot shots of a different sort. The bet was for each person to stand over 15' away from the table and flip a quarter at the spot on the table for $20 a shot. Whoever got it closest won the bet. He had a method that worked and had several takers that lost a few tosses to him. I did not try my luck.
He also wanted to wager on racing from one pool hall to another. I passed on that one too. I also passed on billiards wagers with him, as he was rumored to carry a gun in his case pocket...
He also wanted to wager on racing from one pool hall to another. I passed on that one too. I also passed on billiards wagers with him, as he was rumored to carry a gun in his case pocket...
I said slow roll and that is not really accurate. He used enough speed that brought the cue ball back his end of the table but not fired in like you expect to see spot shots done and could start doing them right out of the box on most any table, no tricks he can really do it. I haven't seen him in years, he may not even be alive anymore for all I know, but anyone from south Florida can confirm my story he is, or was well known. I am sure Jack Justis knows him or anyone who plays at the Hollywood Billiards, he is called "Spot shot Kenny". He is not a good player by the way but he is about he best of all time at spot shots. This is not a knock he has been written up in billiard magazines.Bob Jewett said:
Sure. We had a local shortstop that bet a guy $100 a shot that he could make a spotshot on a 5x10 snooker table using pool balls, putting the cue ball on top of the rail! The shortstop was stuck $2200 and then hit a gear and got back to even and the other guy quit him. Moral is, once you get a groove on a shot, no matter how hard, you can hit it pretty consistently.