If we ever play (I travel regularly) and you or anyone else trys to "shark" me (steal from me). Bad shit will happen....... Sharking is aggravating and should have severe consequences. I may not be the most respectful chap on here...but when it boils down to a big money match, I keep my mouth shut, sit quietly and give my opponent respect. Ya never know what type of crazy son of a ***** you'll run into till it's too late. It's ok to test the waters online, but when you have a 6ft 4, 247 pound dude with anger problems as your opponent(with a very fast car), sharking won't end well. :thumbup:
Your greatest Shark Tactics
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If we ever play (I travel regularly) and you or anyone else trys to "shark" me (steal from me). Bad shit will happen....... Sharking is aggravating and should have severe consequences. I may not be the most respectful chap on here...but when it boils down to a big money match, I keep my mouth shut, sit quietly and give my opponent respect. Ya never know what type of crazy son of a ***** you'll run into till it's too late. It's ok to test the waters online, but when you have a 6ft 4, 247 pound dude with anger problems as your opponent(with a very fast car), sharking won't end well. :thumbup:
dogassokie
dogassokie
try shooting straight
are you a pool league 5 or something. if you ever played a real player you would know that sharking doesn't have any affect.
are you a pool league 5 or something. if you ever played a real player you would know that sharking doesn't have any affect.
This is why I've always figured being polite works best. It seems to me that resorting to sharking, one can only beat players one would beat anyhow pulling out all the stops, whereas it's well-neigh impossible to beat superior players, which is why I've always thought of the sheer attempt as a waste of energy. But then, there appear to be people around here who think it's an art in itself…
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If you touch the table at all when your opponent is shooting, it is a foul and I absolutely will call it. Laying your shaft on the table is interfering with your opponent. Check rule 41. Other than that, I don't care what anyone does. It does not affect my game.
Sharking?
My "clever" brother-in-law Billy is absolutely obsessed with backing up to the rail, bending over and cutting a big fart as you line up for your shot. It's one of his few talents and each time he acts as tho it's the first time anyone had the spectacular imagination to have ever thought of something so hillarious. :shocked: He will also diversify and blast one next to you as you're over the CB. Always worthy of huge laughs/cackles/struts and hand slaps on the rail for 5 minutes plus. This never gets old for Billy even tho it doesn't affect my shot.
Actually any of Billy's family can fart at dinner and spontaneously begin a group chat/giggle/snort for way too long. As funny as Red Skelton! They discuss/compare the current riiiiip to specific past smelly brown clouds in detail and really yuk it up. Who did it? When? Where? How long? How wet? Compared to other past stinky events? Everyone's reaction? Did the dog leave the room? Hey, I'm no prude but it gets really old.
Me shark? I have asked an obnoxious opponent (or good buddy) whether his eye is focused on the cue ball or the object ball at the moment of the last stroke, suggesting eye movement patterns, one to the other makes a big difference.
My "clever" brother-in-law Billy is absolutely obsessed with backing up to the rail, bending over and cutting a big fart as you line up for your shot. It's one of his few talents and each time he acts as tho it's the first time anyone had the spectacular imagination to have ever thought of something so hillarious. :shocked: He will also diversify and blast one next to you as you're over the CB. Always worthy of huge laughs/cackles/struts and hand slaps on the rail for 5 minutes plus. This never gets old for Billy even tho it doesn't affect my shot.
Actually any of Billy's family can fart at dinner and spontaneously begin a group chat/giggle/snort for way too long. As funny as Red Skelton! They discuss/compare the current riiiiip to specific past smelly brown clouds in detail and really yuk it up. Who did it? When? Where? How long? How wet? Compared to other past stinky events? Everyone's reaction? Did the dog leave the room? Hey, I'm no prude but it gets really old.
Me shark? I have asked an obnoxious opponent (or good buddy) whether his eye is focused on the cue ball or the object ball at the moment of the last stroke, suggesting eye movement patterns, one to the other makes a big difference.
Curly Howard
Banned
Or you are in a league match and you draw a 2 and the lady is stacked in a skin tight top and all you see is her flashing her tits in your face which are almost falling out of her top when she bends over to shoot. That is sharking.
Sharking to me, is what low life bums do. Nice people who have character dont behave badly, they are polite to their opponents. They have the skill to beat you with their cue, and not with a bunch of phony tactics.
If I cant get a sharker to stop, or shut up, I quit, and never play the guy again. And I tell him why?
Starting a thread on how to shark, is just teaching all of these young kids how to, which many will think is cool.
It would be like starting a thread on stealing and shop lifting, then telling everyone the best ways to steal. That is why this is a negative thread that is harmful, but its very size, shows how interested so many are in learning how to steal, at a pool table, and that is all hustling and sharking are, its stealing, deceit, and low rent ethics. The message should be dont do it, instead what do you have here, instructions on how to do it.
Sharking to me, is what low life bums do. Nice people who have character dont behave badly, they are polite to their opponents. They have the skill to beat you with their cue, and not with a bunch of phony tactics.
If I cant get a sharker to stop, or shut up, I quit, and never play the guy again. And I tell him why?
Starting a thread on how to shark, is just teaching all of these young kids how to, which many will think is cool.
It would be like starting a thread on stealing and shop lifting, then telling everyone the best ways to steal. That is why this is a negative thread that is harmful, but its very size, shows how interested so many are in learning how to steal, at a pool table, and that is all hustling and sharking are, its stealing, deceit, and low rent ethics. The message should be dont do it, instead what do you have here, instructions on how to do it.
I dunno, I saw the Black Widow, playing lil challenge matches at the Derby, and didn't see one single man complain about her sharking techniques...lol
I'm assuming she's real good at flirt sharking - just in fun. Would like to know a few juicy details.
just for fun....
First of all, I am with you on this issue, anytime in a tournament or whenever there is 'something' on a game, if anyone wants to practice/train then absolutely not.. however some friends and I have played a few racks of "Baseketball rules" (if you haven't seen the film I suggest you do so) there is nothing like creative off-putting amongst friends.
First of all, I am with you on this issue, anytime in a tournament or whenever there is 'something' on a game, if anyone wants to practice/train then absolutely not.. however some friends and I have played a few racks of "Baseketball rules" (if you haven't seen the film I suggest you do so) there is nothing like creative off-putting amongst friends.
during a game, if someone begins any sharking techniques -
my confidence zooms up, the pockets get huge and the cue becomes an extension of my arm :grin:
maybe that's a little overstating it but i automatically play much, much better.
if someone has to resort to that, they're telling you that you are the better player,
they're afraid they are going to lose and they can't win without distracting you....
my confidence zooms up, the pockets get huge and the cue becomes an extension of my arm :grin:
maybe that's a little overstating it but i automatically play much, much better.
if someone has to resort to that, they're telling you that you are the better player,
they're afraid they are going to lose and they can't win without distracting you....
I've played a couple times with dudes who know they're better than I am, and I know they're better than I am, and they still pull out all the sharking stops. I'm not a money player so for them it's just practice. Yeah, they practice their sharking and I practice ignoring it.
For everybody else who thinks this is a negative post, there's something positive to it as well. Most of these tactics I didn't realize could be conscious efforts to shark.
Most effective way I know of to shark your opponent? Strike up a conversation with his wife or girlfriend. I can tune out everybody in the bar, including karaoke, but if my wife's talking I can't even rack straight.
dom_poppa
Banned
Someone once told me that I would be a 7 but I don't know what that means. I was asking him because I wasn't familiar with some of these idiots that keep talking about what numbers they were in the stupid league.
I am a pool player not a bar boxer BTW.
The numbers depend on the league and game you're playing. For APA, skill levels in 8 ball are 2 through 7, 7 being best. 9 ball skill levels are 1 through 9. So the highest-level players in APA are 7/9.
You are aware that APA plays on 9 footers as well as 8 and 7 footers, right? I'm happy for you that you have the option to always play your pool on 9 foot tables. Doesn't mean you have to be a jackass about those of us who play on what's available. We're pool players, too.
dom_poppa
Banned
Another shark tactic that I learned from an old timer yesterday.....
- He told me that his opponent loves to talk about cues. So in between racks he would invite his opponent's buddy over to watch them play because the buddy would have conversations with his opponent. His opponent wasn't focused on the match and eventually lost. The old timer was focused while the other guy was choppin' it up about cues...lol
Greatness.
- He told me that his opponent loves to talk about cues. So in between racks he would invite his opponent's buddy over to watch them play because the buddy would have conversations with his opponent. His opponent wasn't focused on the match and eventually lost. The old timer was focused while the other guy was choppin' it up about cues...lol
Greatness.
a book
Someone should write a book about all the things people will do to try and shark a player. One of my favorites is a guy that plays at the marietta room.He goes as far as to have a very subtle whistle to his talk. This is even more noticeable if you happen to be talking to him when his opponent is at the table.Also likes to use the old "great shot " move in the middle of a game.
Someone should write a book about all the things people will do to try and shark a player. One of my favorites is a guy that plays at the marietta room.He goes as far as to have a very subtle whistle to his talk. This is even more noticeable if you happen to be talking to him when his opponent is at the table.Also likes to use the old "great shot " move in the middle of a game.
Curly Howard
Banned
They have, see Allan Sand who has a new book out on just sharking, and the old Hustlers handbook, had lots of data on gambling and sharking, Steve Allen, early 90's.
If Im playing friends I'll do some funny stuff just cause its fun and its what we do. Now if Im playing friends and were going hard to get each others best game, no BS at all. Same goes for people at pubs/bars, if I dont know you then no sharking. It can be funny at times though ie last night I was playing my wife at my dads place and I was on the 8, I stroke a couple of time and hear my wife go "psst" I look up and shes looking at me with a serious expression on her face.....with one of her tits hanging out LOL. Messed me up cause I couldnt stop laughing
If you have so little class you have to shark to win, maybe you should make a sign and stand by the interstate exit ramp.
John, is that you?