I personally don't like the term in the middle. Someone started it a while back to make it sound like there was more being bet than there actually was. "6K in the middle" just say "we played for 3k"
Won my first $6000 in the middle, AMA
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AMA = Ask Me Anything. “In the middle” = if me and you are playing for a dollar it’s called 2 in the middle. The winner walks away with what’s in the middle. The house charged us 10% each ( 300 each ).
Well a stronger than me player once taught me that once you post up that money is gone. So you’re really playing for who walks away with what’s in the middle and have to play accordingly. I know what you mean though.
Or your really gonna know when it’s all over for sure j/k
that was amusing
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Fatboy
The money in the middle sounds impressive to those that don't know better. I think it started out mostly as a promotor's gimmick. Now it is just one more way of stating the bet. I think we all translate it to the way we prefer.
Hu
Hu
$6k in the middle sounds more impressive than $3k. The only part of $6k that is accurate is that if you’re backing yourself 100%, you are $6k better off by winning the match than you would have been if you’d lost the match.
Nice win. 9-5am sounds like 8 hours.
That crap started decades ago....guy would say he’s playing for $100 when he was betting $50.
...I used to give them the stink eye.
When I play, i say there is two beers in the middle.
I'm from the IRS, I have a few forms for you to fill out
Nice job!
I had a friend that was tight with the IRS. So tight that an agent sat beside his checkout counter and helped him handle the cash from open to close for three weeks. Only charged him 100% for this service!
Hu
8intheside
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why should you feel embarrassed? 8 ball is a challenging game!
JC
Coos Cues
For $200 you could have had a valet and man Friday for water service for your 8 hr. session.
Tell me that at least covered the green fees?
Lol yes. They stream, promote, hold the cash, help set up action, etc. Think like Roy’s Basement but not just for pros and less views. No idea how much Roy takes but I bet it’s at least 10% from each side. A bigger issue I had- a “friend” wanted to back me, I turned him down cause I felt like I couldn’t lose and also I didn’t want additional pressure. I rather lose my own 3k than someone else’s 500. Well, turns out he got REALLY upset I turned him down. Yelling and everything. Oh well.
Unless you have been going to this same friend to back you for all of your real your tough matches, or unless you had some kind of backing arrangement with him that you were breaking, nobody is entitled to any piece of your action. I'd have told him to pound sand and probably not so nicely at that. What an entitled POS, tells me a lot about him.
JC
Coos Cues
So let's see the stream already
Personally I think that it's a dishonest attempt to make the bet seem more than it is....With $6K "in the middle"..no one wins or loses $6K....Cheap marketing trick.
Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.
Fatboy Approved
Fatboy<——-wishing that was my original line, seem like it was in a movie or something
No truer words have been spoken……if ya got hustling in your blood. If you trade hours for dollars, might not be as meaningful. I know what that means to me.
Fatboy Approved
Fatboy<——-wishing that was my original line, seem like it was in a movie or something
No truer words have been spoken……if ya got hustling in your blood. If you trade hours for dollars, might not be as meaningful. I know what that means to me.