This guy just can't admit that he got the beat down from a woman!
When I lived in England, I had the honor to play against Karen Corr when she was getting ready to join the woman's pro tour. There was a few of us American military members that traveled to this one tournament in a town called Peterboro, and after going to this weekly tournament a few times we got to know the regulars pretty well. A bunch of good local players played and I always enjoyed the tough competition. The first time she came to the weekly tournament, we were warming up on the tournament tables, but she was playing on a snooker table. I didn't think she was there for the tournament, and after wining my first match I looked at the bracket and saw that I would be playing Karen Corr. I didn't know anything about her, but all the locals started coming up to me and saying "sorry bout your luck, mate". I wondered why they were saying such things so I asked one of them who she was. They told me she was like a 5 time world snooker champion and she's using these little tournaments to prepare her for playing on the women's pro tour. Great, let's she what she's got!
Trying to be the macho pool player that I thought I was, I make a few early mistakes and she takes an early 3-1 lead. I take a break, go to the bathroom and try to regroup. It's a race to 9, so I know I better get off the bench soon. I come back out make a big run and take the lead 8-3. I thought it was over, that she just wasn't ready for the big time yet. Of course I didn't say that to her. I broke in the 12th game and made the 1-ball, but didn't have a good shot on the 2-ball, so I played safe. Little did I know that would be the begining of the end for me. It was a pretty good safe (or so I thought). I left the 2-ball on the bottom rail almost on the center diamond and almost frozen to the rail, and the cue-ball at the top rail about 1 diamond away from the corner pocket, with another ball partially in the way between the two balls. She spun the cue-ball around that ball, hit the bottom rail, then spun into the 2-ball, cutting into the corner and proceded to run out the rest of the rack. I thought to myself, that was an impressive shot and a good run out, but I'll get her in the end. The end was near, but not for her...for me! After that game, she didn't make a mistake. She either pocketed the ball, or locked me tight. She won the match 9-8. I told her that I hope we meet again, and we have another fun match like that, and she said I hope so too. We met the following week, this time in the finals and it was a race to 13. Let's just say she wasn't in the mood to have a match like the last one we had, because I turned into Scott Smith with a nice pair of white gloves. I was a racking *****!! She buried me 13-0! I had 2 visits at the table, and they were both to try to kick out of these incredible safeties. One I managed to get a good hit at, but it didn't matter as she could still see the object ball and proceeded to run out the rack. The other one I didn't even get close. It was the worst beating I have ever taken while playing this great game, but after seeing how she did in the first few years on the tour and how she's still doing, it was just an honor to have played with her. Or should I say...racked for her.
When I hear people like this guy talk about women players that way, it just reminds me of that moment. I suppose I could have had the same outlook after the beat down that I took, but the way I looked at it was like I just got beat pretty bad by another pool player. Gender doesn't really take away from somebody's ability to play this game.
Hustler16x, I hope you're only a recreational player! If you're not and you have this attitude about how you think women can't play or shouldn't play this game, then I hope you're not a gambler! There's MANY women out there that can just flat out play, and actually I hope you run into everyone of them!! Hopefully you have a real job, paying real money, cause you're really going to need it.
