Winner Pays Table Time - Limitations?

mikeyfrost said:
If it's your buddy you pay the time no matter what. I don't recommend gambling cheap enough to run into these situations though personally. Time is too expensive nowadays to be playing $20 and $50 sets.
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NJ sounds expensive. Three halls I play at are $6/hour, $1/hour and $5 for all day. The last two are only on Sunday though.

I'll go along with the agreement beforehand, usually loser pays but could be "split time". I've also seen winner pays the time which works well if one player has only the amount of the bet.

If there is no agreement, I think it's nice for the winner to pay after a major score. For the middle cases you might say, "It's $30 for time -- can you put in $10?"
 
FeelDaShot said:
If you win a few bucks gambling, and the table time costs significantly reduce your winnings, is it ever acceptable to split the time? (assuming no agreements were made before or during the match)

A few examples:

Win $50, table time is $30

Win $100, table time is $40

Win $20, table time is $15
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Unless it was clearly agreed upon before you started, in any of those 3 examples you've given, I don't feel the winner should feel obligated to pay the entire table time, as in all cases the table time amounts to a major portion of what the winner has won. The assumption for this "winner pays the table time rule" is generally that the $ amount the winner has won is multiple times more than the table time ends up being - so it is just the courteous thing to do to pick up your opponent's (the loser's) table time, after you've lightened his wallet considerably.

Assuming you've won in all 3 of the examples you've given, if it wasn't stipulated before you started, I feel a fair compromise would be to offer to pay 2/3 of the table time and your opponent pays half as much as you've paid - 1/3.

The other consideration is whether you're gambling with someone you regularly play/gamble with, in which case you're more likely to pick up the entire amount as a matter of respect. Whereas, if you're gambling with a stranger, in none of these 3 cases would I offer to pay any more than my share of the table time, if I had won.
 
FeelDaShot said:
If you win a few bucks gambling, and the table time costs significantly reduce your winnings, is it ever acceptable to split the time? (assuming no agreements were made before or during the match)

A few examples:

Win $50, table time is $30

Win $100, table time is $40

Win $20, table time is $15
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For those that may be curious, as the owner/manager of a poolroom this is how I handle table time when I'm playing a $$ session against someone in my room.

If it is a regular player in here that I play $$ sessions with on a regular basis, I never charge them for their table time, even in the case that we've played a very long session and I've lost a considerable $$ amount to them. It's just a matter of respect and courtesy to pick up a regular's pool time when they are playing me, as in the big picture I'm up on all of them anyway.

If I'm playing a player who is not a regular, if I've won $$ considerably I pick up their time, but if I've won just a little, we've broken even or they've beaten me, regardless of how much, I charge them their share of the table time. I've never had one offer to pick up my table time, even after a big score against me. I guess they figure since I don't have to pay for my own time, they shouldn't offer.
 
Icon of Sin said:
This comment doesn't speak for all of the East Coast. Best poolhall in Maryland, time is 6.50, and a few other decent rooms it's even cheaper.
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Time in our room is 1.50 p/hr until 9, then it's 3 p/hr. Fri and Sat after 9 it's 4 p/hr ( but accompanied ladies are always free after 9, 7 days a week ).

And down here, paying time ( within reason and that's always varied depending on the parties involved ) when you win has always been voluntary although it's always also been customary. But if someone wants to be a nit about it, it's within their rights. But they probably wont get played much.
 
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