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In 1994 when Chelsea Billiards was still the place to be, I recall seeing this with my eyes: :eek:

Two famous NY action figures (two big buff guys) were playing a money set. On one's break, a ball went in, QB jumped up, landed on the rail and stopped right on the line where cushion and rail meet. Everybody gathered to look at the QB. They barked back and forth for a long time. Finally, the other guy got the Gypster over to make a call.

"No Fault."

The other guy still kept crying after the call is made. I can't remember whether the breaker ran out from there or not. If you happened to be there please help and verify. (the only thing I remembered was the QB position)

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Do you have a funny tale to share? :rolleyes:

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Im sure the Gypster made the wrong call there.

I saw a guy break, the CB jumped up hit the light came back down hit the rail, jumped up hit the light AGAIN and then came down to rest on the playing surface. They were just screwing around so there was no controversy with the call but it was the most violent break I ever saw.
 
This thread sort of starts over again from time to time, so I have posted this before.

I was playing 3 ball with 2 other fellows in a little game room. This guy breaks, the cueball hits the front ball, and then proceeds to completely break in half and just lay there. The racked 3 balls didn't hardly move an inch. We all kept looking at the cueball like we couldn't believe what we saw...

In an ordinary game, I guess that would have been a foul, nothing hit a rail. :eek: :D :eek:

Kelly
 
Pool tales

I am very interested in this because I believe our colorful heritage is being lost with the change in the times. Years ago, every good hustler had a "road move" that would help him get re-pumped if he got broke. I've collected several of these over the years, but this one takes the cake for amazing in my book.

I did not witness this but was told about it and it was verified several times so I call this one true. Here's the short version.

A guy walks in the pool room in West Monroe, LA and wants to bet that in 3 shots he can throw a dime in the slot of the pay phone from about 12 feet. Needless to say, a crowd lines up to bet against him. " I knew we were in trouble when it tittied-out on the first toss" said Scotty Townsend. He made it on the third, got the money and hit the door.

Best part about it is the same guy (I suspect) did the same hustle for the cash in Baton Rouge, LA a few days later.

I thought this was worth sharing.

Anybody got any more?
 
HittMan said:
I am very interested in this because I believe our colorful heritage is being lost with the change in the times. Years ago, every good hustler had a "road move" that would help him get re-pumped if he got broke. I've collected several of these over the years, but this one takes the cake for amazing in my book.

I did not witness this but was told about it and it was verified several times so I call this one true. Here's the short version.

A guy walks in the pool room in West Monroe, LA and wants to bet that in 3 shots he can throw a dime in the slot of the pay phone from about 12 feet. Needless to say, a crowd lines up to bet against him. " I knew we were in trouble when it tittied-out on the first toss" said Scotty Townsend. He made it on the third, got the money and hit the door.

Best part about it is the same guy (I suspect) did the same hustle for the cash in Baton Rouge, LA a few days later.

I thought this was worth sharing.

Anybody got any more?
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He can still get action from me on that and im a nit!

I've heard about the throwing of the key in the lock and i wouldnt bet against that but ill try the dime one a few times for sure.
 
About two weeks ago I was playing cheap nine ball races with my regular weekly playing partner. We play on a nine foot Gold Crown. Well, I leave myself long and straight on the eight, which is about a foot in front of the pocket. I need to draw the table length to get good shape on the nine.
So I hit the ball a little harder than I usually would and I hit it perfect, the eight goes directly into the hole, doesn't spin around the cup, but right down into the hole, stays there for a fraction of a second and pops straight out of the hole back unto the felt about two or three inches in front of the pocket. The eight is still spinning, grabs the cloth and spins itself right back into the pocket. Got good shape and sank the nine. Tried to act casual about it, but it was just too weird looking to keep a straight face.
 
I remember a buddy (a banger) of mine calling the 5 in the side he got down and slammed it jumping the cue ball off the table onto the table beside us and sinking there 5 in the side, I don't know what was funnier the look on the guys face that was shooting on the other table or my friend convinced that he made a legal shot.
 
Nostroke said:
... I saw a guy break, the CB jumped up hit the light came back down hit the rail, jumped up hit the light AGAIN and then came down to rest on the playing surface. ...
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The rule for this has changed. It used to be OK to hit the light and return to the table, but now it's a foul. I think the rule changed some time in the 1980s.
 
Hoop Jones Hustle

Backkground: In My mind I cannot be beat at Hoop Jones - Megatouch basketball game at the bar. Stone cold champion. High score every time.


6 Months ago a road player and his friends are in Diamond Billiards (Chattanooga, TN) We fire a couple 100 sets at them. I had put my friend in the box. It was close but the road player snapped 2 sets off. We decide were done.......The road player asks if anyone wants to throw some money at this video game (Hoop Jones). My eyes light up. Not only will we get the cash back but now I'm thinking we're going to bust them. I'm short on cash at this point but, I have bragged that I will gamble with anyone on this game many times and at that time this is my home bar. I get another guy to take half my action. 100 per game Hoop Jones. Yes, I'm an action junkie. I go first and put up a respectable # (High Score on the Machine) 380. Not my best But I had made every shot on this Game before and it only goes to 415. The road player says that's tough to beat. He proceeds to put up a 410 for the win. Now these guys are 300 into us and I am just sick. He then proceeds to offer me weight on the game. Says "i'll spot you 100 points" now I know this game only goes to 415. If I can do as well as or better then my first game, which was mediocre at best, we'll cash for sure. I talk another guy at the room to "Put me on the stool" using the logic mentioned above. I go first again and post a 410. There is no way this guy can win spotting me 100 points. I am holding my arms up, victorious and giving my stake the old thumbs up. The road player then shows his real skill. He goes off and puts up 525 points and there was nothing I could do but laugh. **************Turns out he slow played me the first game of Hoop Jones****************I'll end this novel this way. I don't know what the maximum score is you can get in Hoop Jones but it definately is alot higher then 415. The last stake from this story calls me Hoops to this day.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The rule for this has changed. It used to be OK to hit the light and return to the table, but now it's a foul. I think the rule changed some time in the 1980s.
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Yeah- I dont think you can even hit the chalk anymore.
 
posted this before too

I have posted this before too but I have to admit I am always hoping somebody can shed some light on this.

A guy comes in a corner bar near Baton Rouge wanting to play for five bucks a game late one night. He won the coin toss and I gave him a tight rack. He called the eight in the bottom corner although the eight on the break won regardless. The eight went where it was called.

I racked again, another honest rack. He called the eight in the side and it slow rolled in the pocket he called. I kept giving an honest rack and he made the eight the third time in a row in the called side pocket again barely rolling. I had broken a twenty after the first break so I said I'd see that one more time.

I don't know if it was the implication I was going to quit or a genuine miss but the eight slow rolled towards the pocket he called and stopped an inch shy of falling in, dead in line.

I spent a few hours on these tables ever night and he honestly never got a shot that he wasn't in a dead lock for the next hour and he surely didn't get to break again. I forget if he quit or the bar closed. Never saw him again.

This was somewhere between the mid-seventies and early eighties. I have always wondered who the player was and if he could actually play or just knew that one little trick. Heck of a trick even on eight foot bar tables.

Hu
 
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