Would anyone like to play some $20 one pocket?
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doubleteersc said:
doubletersc,
Sorry, this doesn't describe the fella I played. But if Pool Sharks is your home room, I'm sure you know him. If I got the green light from him to tell you his name I would do it. I don't mean to play the guessing game with you. The main reason for my original post was to say that playing with a stranger doesn't have to mean you're being set up for a robbery. In my case, I had a good player that was hoping to find a friendly challenge. Although he got me good the last time, I would like to get another crack at him sometime just to see if my "A" game gives him a harder time.
Well I think generally if someone comes in spouting off about playing 1hole for 20$ a game. It tends to send everyone scattering unless, there happends to be a big gun in the house.
Now like someone else said, I'd say well lets play 10$ a game, and then get on the horn to a few of the big guns in the area and have them drop on by about 20mins later. That way, by the time they show up, If I am down a set or two, I can quit, and let them take over.
Now like someone else said, I'd say well lets play 10$ a game, and then get on the horn to a few of the big guns in the area and have them drop on by about 20mins later. That way, by the time they show up, If I am down a set or two, I can quit, and let them take over.
1pocket said:Poll aside, having wondered as a stranger into quite a few poolrooms looking for a modest one pocket game, I can tell you that in the real world about 90% of the time I've been steered to the room's top available player
Right, JoeyA?
That's only because you exude the vibes of a REAL pool player, Steve.
Besides, you are famous for one pocket and everyone knows you are the man. Thanks for all you do.
JoeyA
Need more choices
Another choice in the poll could be.
Find a time machine and go back 40 years when $20 actually MEANT something.
Another choice in the poll could be.
Find a time machine and go back 40 years when $20 actually MEANT something.
If someone said that to me I'd have a heart attack.I've never met a Japanese player who played the game and fellow azer okinawarob's game is just too good for me money wise.In January he went to Arizona and called me saying he was gambling playing 1pkt I said I thought you hate it. He was just to nice to admit playing a duffer like me didn't interest him.
I would ask a couple of questions , hoping he is a road player passing through. I have made pretty good money being the first to play in my youth! All good road players will dump off a little money on the first game they play!! I once won $50 playing Bucky Bell $5 9-ball!! Then he got several other games in which he cleaned up several hundred dollars. Its a classic move. So sure I'll play!
I'd jump on a little one pocket action. Mostly depends on what I have in my pocket. If I wasn't planning on gambling and only have a little I might fire a "2 ahead for $50" maybe letting him know its all I got and its his if he beats me. If I have a few hundred.....lets go and see what happens.
It took me a long time to learn a little one pocket, why not see what I really know....right?
Also, I like to try the road players because I would rather say I gave it my best and lost to road agent "X", then say ......nah, I ducked $20 one pocket action.
Gerry
It took me a long time to learn a little one pocket, why not see what I really know....right?
Also, I like to try the road players because I would rather say I gave it my best and lost to road agent "X", then say ......nah, I ducked $20 one pocket action.
Gerry
uwate said:
i'd offer to play him 10 a game, but if he offered me 11-5 i'd deffinetly say yes. at that point i don't think i can win at all, but it'll be worth the money to see if i can learn something
JoeyA said:
Great question.
I voted SURE!
I’d be elated that someone would actually want to gamble. I’d probably spent all my winnings on drinks for them and/or me.
Funny, but I was actually the stranger in that situation
I walked up to an old toothless guy with a mustache in Manila and asked him if he wanted to play race to 3 in one-pocket for 40 $, and he agreed and I lost!
I walked up to an old toothless guy with a mustache in Manila and asked him if he wanted to play race to 3 in one-pocket for 40 $, and he agreed and I lost!
Based on my 1-pocket inexperience, anyone who walks into pool rooms and starts asking for action is going to be a better 1-pocket player than me, so I'd try to talk him down cheaper, maybe $10 a game, and pull up as soon as I'm down $30 (which is about my personal budget for pissing away money). On the chance he's having an off day, making mistakes and leaving me opportunities, I can run some balls, and I'd stand a chance. Otherwise I'd consider it an affordable and hopefully enjoyable 1-pocket lesson.
-Andrew
-Andrew
Roy Steffensen said:Funny, but I was actually the stranger in that situation
I walked up to an old toothless guy with a mustache in Manila and asked him if he wanted to play race to 3 in one-pocket for 40 $, and he agreed and I lost!
Those old guys always seem to get lucky. That's just the way life is. You just gotta keep tryin' though cause you never know when he's gonna run out of luck. Besides, how good can an old guy play?
JoeyA
JoeyA said:
A pickup game in Manila?? Odds are that an old guy could probably handoe hiself pretty well. Reminds me of a good story.
One December at the USPPA tournaments in Reno, a few of us from the Bay Area were in a low-stakes 9-ball ring game in the practice room one night, and Filipino Gene was rolling balls around on a table next to us. Most of the tables had action on them.
Some hot-shot "65 speed" player from the Modesto area came waltzing up to Gene asking to play some $50 sets. This guy was all decked out in his black leather jacket with "Stevie Ray Vaughan" leather hat to match, obviously feeling pretty sporty. Well, of course, Gene says "Sure.", and they're off. Modesto plays pretty well - you can tell his book rating might be a little low - and by the way he was strutting around the table, you could tell he thought he had the nuts over this little, "dried-up" old man. Gene knew all of the angles, and was always one of the best operators around here, but perhaps his best hustle was just being Gene. He lived every one of his years on the fast side, so he looked at least 10 years older than he really was. Someone once described him as looking a lot like Yoda, and they weren't far off. Gene was pacing himself so as not to run the guy off prematurely, and after the dust settled, "Modesto' was about 3 bills to the bad, and wondering what the hell just happened to him. He's shaking his head, going on and on about how good Gene is, and then he decides to ask Gene what his book rating is. He didn't look too surprised when Gene says "120", but I'm sure he was kicking himself for not asking before the match. We all had a good laugh over that one.
Take his pic and post it on AZB, asking the world about the 'roadie' that came in to rob me of my $80?