Wildest Bet Made Over A Game

HUKIT said:
I'd like to say thanks to everyone who posted so far, a lot of great stories! I just started playing again after 25 years without touching a cue and it's like an addiction all over again.
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I'm sorry to say that nobody put up the "I'll play for your 'Bob' " story. And since it must be that you haven't read it:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=1679688&postcount=1

Never in your life will there be a better betting story.

Freddie <~~~ hoped someone else would have by now
 
Cornerman said:
It'd be tough to believe that Mataya would bet his life on the Chicago Bears.

Especially since he's from Michigan. Now the Lions on the other hand...
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It may have been Detroit, thanks Freddie. That part I wasn't sure about. I just remember him announcing to a bunch of us that he was going to commit suicide if he lost this bet for all his money, and he meant it!
 
barrymuch90 said:
At a bar I used to mess around in it was common for the local yocals (all friendly drinkers) to play each other for their shoes. Mainly if they walked to the bar. Then when they beat the guy out of his shoes they'll throw them up on the wire ore phone line like a trophy so they d have to walk home barefoot and see there shoes on the wire every time they went back!!! Pretty hilarious
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I did this to a kid while I was in college. He was a local who developed a serious gambling and crack habit. What finally cured him was when I beat him out of his shoes and his moms engagement ring. His folks put him in rehab and when they heard how he lost the ring came down to get it. I of course gave it back to her but when she asked where the shoes were I told her to look up as she left. She just shook her head and the father actually laughed a little. They even tried to give me the cash he owed me but I couldn't take it. EVERYONE in Tallahassee thought I was an idiot but looking back I'm really glad I did. I think I would have regretted that for a long time.
 
The one at the bowling alley

Who remembers the story about the guy who knocks down a bowling pin with a single playing card?
 
dnbnt said:
Damn, now I know why those shoes were hanging on the lines outside 1 of the places I shoot at (3 pairs of not cheap nike, adidas, reeboks).
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To see a pair of shoes dangling on a power line is generally meant to promote a street gang, pinpoint a drug-dealing zone or to commemorate a life or death event.
The precise meaning of a pair of shoes hanging in a particular location depends in every case.
 
I played the leader of a notorious biker gang for his chopper against $1,000 a long time ago. I had already won all the money he had on him (about $1,600) so he wanted to put up the title to his bike. I won the bike and he left it chained up in front of the bar (and gave me the keys and title) until he paid me the $1,000 a couple of days later. In hindsight I could have got killed over this bike. All I knew was that I was winning big and wasn't going to quit. At the time it was the biggest score of my life.
 
jay helfert said:
It may have been Detroit, thanks Freddie. That part I wasn't sure about. I just remember him announcing to a bunch of us that he was going to commit suicide if he lost this bet for all his money, and he meant it!
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The story is in Playing Off the Rail.
 
Cornerman said:
It'd be tough to believe that Mataya would bet his life on the Chicago Bears.

Especially since he's from Michigan. Now the Lions on the other hand...
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I think there might be more Chicago fans in MI than detroit fans. My side of the state we all rooted for Bears, Bulls, Cubs
Jason
 
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