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tjlmbklr

tjlmbklr

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I have to share this story.

I have always loved a little bit of bar box pool. And I I have always had my favorite bars where I would play.

Well money has been tight so those days are in the past......but every now and then my wife and I will go to have a few and let me shoot some pool.

So we decided to go to my fav. bar that has 4 Valley tables. Normally I would only go on certain days that I know of regulars that are there. But this was an exception. So I found a table with no quarters that was in limbo waiting for it's next competition. It was a local couple and they were pleased to have my friend and I play doubles with them (which BTW I hate doubles).

We were playing for a buck a person. Now normally when playing bar box 8ball especially for money I lay down ground rules.

I should have know this douche bag was a tool when I was shooting my 2nd to last ball and going for a break out on the 7ball that was tied up with the 8ball. Well Suffice to say I tied them up worse. So whats a man to do. He's got 3 balls all hangers and I had no shot what so ever. So I played a legitimate nudge on the 7 and made sure the placement of the CB was to leave him with a very difficult out.

So can anyone guess what kind of comment he had after I played this legit shot was? Yep you guessed it. I won't use the term he used to describe my shot because it is a bit racist.....you know the one. :slap:

Whatever I let it slide and should have stopped playing after that game.

So we win our first 2 games and it wasn't even great pool I was missing every second ball I shot at (I blame not having my 3142 shaft and using a warped bar cue :thumbup:) .

So this guy is already getting on my nerves, not because he was an ass, but because he was being too complimentary. Saying things like wow you guys are really good shots, and we appreciate you letting us play.....Ok whatever man.

So anyway we win another game and at this point it was just friendly no cash. My partner breaks and follows up his first shot with what ever ball he wants since he made something on the break....right. Now I know every bar in every city across the world has there own rules for bar box 8ball. This goes back to the beginning of my story; always lay down ground rules. :nono:

Right away the other guy after my partners 3rd shot says "hey you made a solid on the break, why you shooting at stripes?"

Oh boy here we go!

"Sorry man" I said, "that's how we play". He wouldn't have it, saying he NEVER heard of this. I should have just said "when it's your table we'll play your rules"

"What" I said. I know that rules should be clarified but I know several people that play this way. I even added I play in many tournaments and league every Tuesday that this is the rule. Nope his drunk dumb ass wouldn't have it.

So here I have too much pride to let it go. I decided to use the wonderful world of technology and bring up BCA rules on my phone. Nope this didn't work he refused to read them....Anyway the game goes on.

So here's the part that really pissed me and my group of friends off. His wife, girlfriend whatever comes up to me trying to be the mediator and kind of friendly like hugs me and says "It's all good we're hear just to have fun" I agreed and turned back towards the table. He was shooting, stops walks over to her and says "don't you ever side with someone else" (which she wasn't anyway) then he smacks her!

Yep, spousal abuse one table over. Now at this point my hatred for his lack of pool now has turned into hatred for be a f*#king jerk.

So he spends about 10mins schmoozing his girl and apologizing.

We were so fed up with him we let him win, then to spite him once he finally won we said we were done playing.

Sorry so long, I am good for one long story every now and again....

TJ
 
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tjlmbklr said:
I have to share this story.

I have always loved a little bit of bar box pool. And I I have always had my favorite bars where I would play.

Well money has been tight so those days are in the past......but every now and then my wife and I will go to have a few and let me shoot some pool.

So we decided to go to my fav. bar that has 4 Valley tables. Normally I would only go on certain days that I know of regulars that are there. But this was an exception. So I found a table with no quarters that was in limbo waiting for it's next competition. It was a local couple and they were pleased to have my friend and I play doubles with them (which BTW I hate doubles).

We were playing for a buck a person. Now normally when playing bar box 8ball especially for money I lay down ground rules.

I should have know this douche bag was a tool when I was shooting my 2nd to last ball and going for a break out on the 7ball that was tied up with the 8ball. Well Suffice to say I tied them up worse. So whats a man to do. He's got 3 balls all hangers and I had no shot what's so ever. So I played a legitimate nudge on the 7 and made sure the placement of the CB was to leave him with a very difficult out.

So can anyone guess what kind of comment he had after I played this legit shot was? Yep you guessed it. I won't use the term he used to describe my shot because it is a bit racist.....you know the one. :slap:

Whatever I let it slide and should have stopped playing after that game.

So we win our first 2 games and it wasn't even great pool I was missing every second ball I shot at (I blame not having my 3142 shaft and using a warped bar cue :thumbup:) .

So this guy is already getting on my nerves, not because he was an ass, but because he was being too complimentary. Saying things like wow you guys are really good shots, and we appreciate you letting us play.....Ok whatever man.

So anyway we win another game and at this point it was just friendly no cash. My partner breaks and follows up his first shot with what ever ball he wants since he made something on the break....right. Now I know every bar in every city across the world has there own rules for bar box 8ball. This goes back to the beginning of my story; always lay down ground rules. :nono:

Right away the other guy after my partners 3rd shot says "hey you made a solid on the break, why you shooting at stripes?"

Oh boy here we go!

"Sorry man" I said, "that's how we play". He wouldn't have it, saying he NEVER heard of this. I should have just said "when it's your table we'll play your rules"

"What" I said. I know that rules should be clarified but I know several people that play this way. I even added I play in many tournaments and league every Tuesday that this is the rule. Nope his drunk dumb ass wouldn't have it.

So here I have too much pride to let it go. I decided to use the wonderful world of technology and bring up BCA rules on my phone. Nope this didn't work he refused to read them....Anyway the game goes on.

So here's the part that really pissed me and my group of friends off. His wife, girlfriend whatever comes up to me trying to be the mediator and kind of friendly like hugs me and says "It's all good we're hear just to have fun" I agreed and turned back towards the table. He was shooting, stops walks over to her and says "don't you ever side with someone else" (which she wasn't anyway) then he smacks her!

Yep, spousal abuse one table over. Now at this point my hatred for his lack of pool know has turned into hatred for be a f*#king jerk.

So he spends about 10mins schmoozing his girl and apologizing.

We were so fed up with him we let him win, then to spite him once he finally won we said we were done playing.

Sorry so long, I am good for one long story every now and again....

TJ
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Hmmmmm, must be something in the cheese up there :D :D :D !!!

Maniac
 
I had a somewhat similiar situation a few years ago in a local bar of my hometown where I don't visit much but was in town with a bunch of family due to my Mother's passing away. Needless to say my sense of humor was somewhat diminished due to the circumstances. I was playing doubles against these guys for beers with one of my uncles (who is only so-so at pool) as my partner. Rather than beat the holy crap out of this one guy who said something about me playing "n_____r" pool when I played a safety and the belly-aching about my "call pocket" BCA rules, I just ran table after table on a couple of these drunken jerks when it was my shot and just smiled and said "good game" after each game. They finally got so frustrated they just stomped out of the bar. :thumbup:
 
i had something like that a few weeks ago, I was at the local bar and hadnt played in months, so i put down my quarters and the guy layed out the rules, no slop and such.

Well it comes down to the last couple of balls for both of us, and i miss but leave him tough. So what does he do, just runs the CB into one of his balls, no rail.... lol I was like WTF, didnt say anything and played a safe and locked him up. he does the same, but this time leaves me a shot, i miss and he runs his two balls lol.

Of course we played for drinks and he's like hey,, dont worry about buying me a drink just buy my GF a drink its her Bday, so i got her a triple shot of 151 lol

WOOT GO ME!!!!!
 
I need to go read my APA and BCA rules, I'm not in any league, not good enough or confident enough to play in one. But I better go read them because I didn't get the part where he made solids on break and shot stripes. I need to start digging holes everywhere I go now, so I can have a place to hide lol.

Chino
 
ha ha

tjlmbklr said:
I have to share this story.

I have always loved a little bit of bar box pool. And I I have always had my favorite bars where I would play.

Well money has been tight so those days are in the past......but every now and then my wife and I will go to have a few and let me shoot some pool.

So we decided to go to my fav. bar that has 4 Valley tables. Normally I would only go on certain days that I know of regulars that are there. But this was an exception. So I found a table with no quarters that was in limbo waiting for it's next competition. It was a local couple and they were pleased to have my friend and I play doubles with them (which BTW I hate doubles).

We were playing for a buck a person. Now normally when playing bar box 8ball especially for money I lay down ground rules.

I should have know this douche bag was a tool when I was shooting my 2nd to last ball and going for a break out on the 7ball that was tied up with the 8ball. Well Suffice to say I tied them up worse. So whats a man to do. He's got 3 balls all hangers and I had no shot what's so ever. So I played a legitimate nudge on the 7 and made sure the placement of the CB was to leave him with a very difficult out.

So can anyone guess what kind of comment he had after I played this legit shot was? Yep you guessed it. I won't use the term he used to describe my shot because it is a bit racist.....you know the one. :slap:

Whatever I let it slide and should have stopped playing after that game.

So we win our first 2 games and it wasn't even great pool I was missing every second ball I shot at (I blame not having my 3142 shaft and using a warped bar cue :thumbup:) .

So this guy is already getting on my nerves, not because he was an ass, but because he was being too complimentary. Saying things like wow you guys are really good shots, and we appreciate you letting us play.....Ok whatever man.

So anyway we win another game and at this point it was just friendly no cash. My partner breaks and follows up his first shot with what ever ball he wants since he made something on the break....right. Now I know every bar in every city across the world has there own rules for bar box 8ball. This goes back to the beginning of my story; always lay down ground rules. :nono:

Right away the other guy after my partners 3rd shot says "hey you made a solid on the break, why you shooting at stripes?"

Oh boy here we go!

"Sorry man" I said, "that's how we play". He wouldn't have it, saying he NEVER heard of this. I should have just said "when it's your table we'll play your rules"

"What" I said. I know that rules should be clarified but I know several people that play this way. I even added I play in many tournaments and league every Tuesday that this is the rule. Nope his drunk dumb ass wouldn't have it.

So here I have too much pride to let it go. I decided to use the wonderful world of technology and bring up BCA rules on my phone. Nope this didn't work he refused to read them....Anyway the game goes on.

So here's the part that really pissed me and my group of friends off. His wife, girlfriend whatever comes up to me trying to be the mediator and kind of friendly like hugs me and says "It's all good we're hear just to have fun" I agreed and turned back towards the table. He was shooting, stops walks over to her and says "don't you ever side with someone else" (which she wasn't anyway) then he smacks her!

Yep, spousal abuse one table over. Now at this point my hatred for his lack of pool know has turned into hatred for be a f*#king jerk.

So he spends about 10mins schmoozing his girl and apologizing.

We were so fed up with him we let him win, then to spite him once he finally won we said we were done playing.

Sorry so long, I am good for one long story every now and again....

TJ
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GOOD STORY, DRINKING AND PLAYING POOL IS LIKE DRINKING AND DRIVING, YOU DONT KNOW WHAT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!:p :p :p :p
 
Yeah, you should have known. You really can't expect bangers to know the more subtle rules. The "open table for the breaker after a ball is made" is really a dark horse outside of the "competitive" pool world. I didn't know it until I started watching pool on ESPN (and before I joined AZB, of course). That one and the correct way to rack 8-ball are completely outside the bar pool realm. You kind of have to adapt to the environment.

Now, when it comes to the part of your story about the guy smacking his girlfriend...oh man, I'm speechless. I would have wanted to just pound the guy. The lowest form of loser IMO. He'd better not EVER fall asleep in her presence again! If he does, he deserves whatever she has the guts to dish out.

Whew, that riles me up!

Tom
 
The bar rules i know are as follows:

u have to shoot whatever u make on break,
if u make either a solid or a stripe u then have a choice,
dont have to call pocket or ball,
sinking of cueball means cueball behind line and only shoot up table,
if u shoot and fail to hit any ball its no foul,
hit ur opponents ball first its no foul,
u have to call the pocket on 8 ball and how its going in,

if u are playing these rules u are playing a banger lol.

I almost got into a tilt a few weeks ago at a strip club playing on a the bar box. I wanted to shoot a game by myself and they have three tables and one was open for about ten minutes as i was looking over and decided to walk over and shoot just one quick game myself and notice a few 2 dollar coins on the rail so i look around wait a couple minutes an know one is coming, I ask a guy playing on the table beside it if he new whose money is on the table and he doesnt know, so i put my money in and at my fourth shot 3 guys and a girl come over and one guy says hey this is my table!! I say well ur gone like almost 20 minutes and i wanted to play a game! he again say its his table and i tell him i am just going to finish my game an he can have the table but that wasnt good enough for him and he yaps a more! so then his friends pipe up a bit and the girl also which now is getting me bothered! so the guy calls me a dick!! so i say hows about me and u step out on the patio and u repeat that? which he declines and i go on to explain to him i never called him a name and not to call people he doesnt know a dick for his own safety ;) so i tell him i will play him now for the table and he asks me to play ball in hand rules for a drink? i agree and leave him with six balls on the table and give him his table and tell him to keep his drink and remind him again never to call someone a name they dont know and walk away :)
 
Texas Redneck 8-ball :D

Rack solid, stripe, solid, stripe all around the outside...
You are whatever you make on the break...ie, you make a solid, you are solids
Call shot - call bank shots or making balls off of other balls...ie, 7 clean in the corner, or 7 off the 8 in the corner...
No safeties :D
Any scratch is always in the kitchen...
No man hits a woman.....you do and four cowboys the size of giants will be taking you outside for a learning session....

Granted, I like BCA better, but smalltown pool can be profitable....won a lot of drinks and a few dollars as a kid under these rules....
 
"you ain't in Houston"

We played local rules where I started playing pool. Pretty much the rules mentioned above. When somebody wanted to whine about the rules it usually started with "this is the way we play in Houston" My reply was always short and simple. "You ain't in Houston."

Everywhere I went tended to have different rules in the bars. It cost me a few games learning the local rules I didn't think to ask about but it wasn't a big deal in the long run. I actually had fun nailing the folks that made up the rules as they went. Before long I would use their own rule against them. That really spun them up.

Some towns play bank the eight as a given. I almost hit the guy that told me I had lost because I didn't bank the eight the first time I learned about this. Fortunately there were four or six tables in the place and I noticed that everyone was indeed banking the eight. It was a good rule for hustlers because it made games between bangers of different levels appear closer and banking the eight gave players a substantial edge. I was wishing the rule was more widespread after I saw how well it worked!

Hu
 
tjlmbklr said:
He was shooting, stops walks over to her and says "don't you ever side with someone else" (which she wasn't anyway) then he smacks her!
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I dont claim to be a hero, but Im not sure I could stop myself from escalating this situation.
 
I intervened one time in between a BF/GF where the BF had the GF laid out over a car smacking her in her face hard and repeatedly. I saw this and shoved the guy to the floor and told him to knock it off (not her head lol, his asswoopin on her) He took off running (I'm on the larger side so he wouldn't have had much luck trying me next)

I found out that he came back and they were all lovey-dovey, hugging a kissing a few hours later and that this was not the first time that this has happened. I swore never again will I get involved in something like this besides calling the cops. I don't dig hitting women or seeing women get beatup, but I also don't like looking like a fool and getting involved in some couples foreplay.
 
Takes two to tango

Beware_of_Dawg said:
I dont claim to be a hero, but Im not sure I could stop myself from escalating this situation.
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It takes two to tango and it takes two to have crap like that take place. More than nine times out of ten it isn't the first time. I have offered probably a dozen abused people a way out. I have yet to have one take it.

I learned my lesson very young about interfering between a man and a woman in a bar. First time, a man was beating the crap out of a woman. Someone closer to them than I was interfered. The woman snatched a whiskey bottle from behind the bar and laid his head wide open from behind. The man added a couple kicks for good measure. Less than six months later the same thing is happening while a friend and I are playing pool. I am down on a shot when it started and at the other end of the table. My friend stepped between them and grabbed the man. Wham! Different woman, still a fifth whiskey bottle. Laid my friend out and then both were going to start in on him. I reached and grabbed my friend and drug him from between the man and woman and told them to carry on, I don't want to interrupt y'all having fun.

I have seen very similar a few times since then. All I do now is tell them if they both like it take it somewhere else, I don't. You can't help anyone that doesn't want help.

Hu
 
tjlmbklr said:
I have to share this story.

I have always loved a little bit of bar box pool. And I I have always had my favorite bars where I would play.

Well money has been tight so those days are in the past......but every now and then my wife and I will go to have a few and let me shoot some pool.

So we decided to go to my fav. bar that has 4 Valley tables. Normally I would only go on certain days that I know of regulars that are there. But this was an exception. So I found a table with no quarters that was in limbo waiting for it's next competition. It was a local couple and they were pleased to have my friend and I play doubles with them (which BTW I hate doubles).

We were playing for a buck a person. Now normally when playing bar box 8ball especially for money I lay down ground rules.

I should have know this douche bag was a tool when I was shooting my 2nd to last ball and going for a break out on the 7ball that was tied up with the 8ball. Well Suffice to say I tied them up worse. So whats a man to do. He's got 3 balls all hangers and I had no shot what's so ever. So I played a legitimate nudge on the 7 and made sure the placement of the CB was to leave him with a very difficult out.

So can anyone guess what kind of comment he had after I played this legit shot was? Yep you guessed it. I won't use the term he used to describe my shot because it is a bit racist.....you know the one. :slap:

Whatever I let it slide and should have stopped playing after that game.

So we win our first 2 games and it wasn't even great pool I was missing every second ball I shot at (I blame not having my 3142 shaft and using a warped bar cue :thumbup:) .

So this guy is already getting on my nerves, not because he was an ass, but because he was being too complimentary. Saying things like wow you guys are really good shots, and we appreciate you letting us play.....Ok whatever man.

So anyway we win another game and at this point it was just friendly no cash. My partner breaks and follows up his first shot with what ever ball he wants since he made something on the break....right. Now I know every bar in every city across the world has there own rules for bar box 8ball. This goes back to the beginning of my story; always lay down ground rules. :nono:

Right away the other guy after my partners 3rd shot says "hey you made a solid on the break, why you shooting at stripes?"

Oh boy here we go!

"Sorry man" I said, "that's how we play". He wouldn't have it, saying he NEVER heard of this. I should have just said "when it's your table we'll play your rules"

"What" I said. I know that rules should be clarified but I know several people that play this way. I even added I play in many tournaments and league every Tuesday that this is the rule. Nope his drunk dumb ass wouldn't have it.

So here I have too much pride to let it go. I decided to use the wonderful world of technology and bring up BCA rules on my phone. Nope this didn't work he refused to read them....Anyway the game goes on.

So here's the part that really pissed me and my group of friends off. His wife, girlfriend whatever comes up to me trying to be the mediator and kind of friendly like hugs me and says "It's all good we're hear just to have fun" I agreed and turned back towards the table. He was shooting, stops walks over to her and says "don't you ever side with someone else" (which she wasn't anyway) then he smacks her!

Yep, spousal abuse one table over. Now at this point my hatred for his lack of pool know has turned into hatred for be a f*#king jerk.

So he spends about 10mins schmoozing his girl and apologizing.

We were so fed up with him we let him win, then to spite him once he finally won we said we were done playing.

Sorry so long, I am good for one long story every now and again....

TJ
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and i'd bet my left nut, she left with him
she'll get smacked again, count on it
have you heard this bar rule?
i play a safe, hide the cue behind my ball
he doesnt have a shot
he hits cue ball a few inches, then starts to shoot again!!!
of course i went off like a rocket, asking just wtf he was doing
he said,
IF CUE BALL DOESNT GO 6 INCHES, IT'S NOT A SHOT
i just about blew a gasket over that
now, there's one silly sob , that should be slapped!!!!
 
ShootingArts said:
It takes two to tango and it takes two to have crap like that take place. More than nine times out of ten it isn't the first time.
Hu
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I know, and I know it's stupid to get involved for the most part. I have gotten involved on more than one occation and I've regretted the outcome to some degree. Almost cost me my life once. But, I just can't help it.
 
I'm not gonna say how many times I have gotten involved . . .

I can't stand to watch it either. One thing I never do is let either one out of my sight for an instant. I do usually tell them if they are having fun take it somewhere else, the rest of us aren't having fun watching. They are usually both offended about the idea this is fun for them and distracted from what they are doing.

I have knocked the guy involved ass over tea kettle a few times. Once the woman tried to knife me to show her appreciation, other times the woman was all over the man comforting the poor baby for getting hit and cussing me.

Besides this happening in bars and pool halls it has happened at my home and business. In every instance I told the woman she had a safe ride home or anywhere she wanted to go. I have never had any of them take me up on the offer.

Hu


Beware_of_Dawg said:
I know, and I know it's stupid to get involved for the most part. I have gotten involved on more than one occation and I've regretted the outcome to some degree. Almost cost me my life once. But, I just can't help it.
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I caught an earfull one night because I used the rake on a shot I couldn't reach. My opponent said it was cheap and it was a granny stick. He said he wouldnt pay me if I used it and won the game.

I was like WFT do you think it is there for? The fricken pros use them without thinking twice about it
 
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