Your greatest Shark Tactics

and I would proceed to tell you to keep shooting.

I am changing my shaft sir.

You have no business doing anything besides waiting for your turn when your opponent is shooting. If you need to change shafts you could do so during your turn.

I am not sure where you have played that this would work but Every tournament and environment I have played in would consider this a concession.


Dud
 
You have no business doing anything besides waiting for your turn when your opponent is shooting. If you need to change shafts you could do so during your turn.

I am not sure where you have played that this would work but Every tournament and environment I have played in would consider this a concession.


Dud

Why would I do it on my turn? It will slow the game down.

I change it when I get back to my seat.

Here's how you get around that....you pull the extra shaft out first....then break the cue, to put the other one on.
 
Why would I do it on my turn? It will slow the game down.

I change it when I get back to my seat.

Here's how you get around that....you pull the extra shaft out first....then break the cue, to put the other one on.

Done with this.

Have a great thread. :thumbup:

I really have nothing more to say

Dudley
 
and I would proceed to tell you to keep shooting.

I am changing my shaft sir.

Check the rules - yours appear different from ours: you may change as many shafts or other equipment as you like during your inning/when it's your turn at the table, but clearly not when it's your opponent's. And if the rack is decisive from your opponent's perspective (not necessarily a hill game, merely his/her last!), nothing but a handshake is in order. And it doesn't matter in which order you proceed! You may pull out another shaft from your case, but then would still have to wait for it to be your turn to screw apart your playing cue. In a nutshell, don't try this with anyone who knows the rules! Quote from the official WPA rule set:

1.11 Concession
If a player concedes, he loses the match. For example, if a player unscrews his jointed playing cue stick while the opponent is at the table and during the opponent’s decisive rack of a match, it will be considered a concession of the match.


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I may be hurt but so will the other guy too.

California Concealed Weapons Permit says otherwise too....the protocol would be:

1. Walk out of pool hall and away from attacker.

2. Pepper spray would be used if he doesn't go away.

3. Then pull the trigger....if he still coming after me.

Follow this CA guideline then you would be good in the court of law. I have used every measure to avoid him.

This is used if my life was threatened because some guy missed a shot in a pool game......


People often quote how they would do things.

In the real world, it just does not go down smoothly like that...there is no "order" to events. With most serious money games, I seriously doubt that you would be the only armed person. You just have to decide whether or not your sharking antics are worth the risk of serious injury or death.

Joe
 
In other words, you cheat. Any sharking tactic that you engage in with the intention of distracting your opponent possibly causing them to miss amounts to cheating.

Dom poppa,
According to the World Pool Billiards Association rules, the sharking tactics that you engage in is considered to be unsportsmanlike conduct which is a foul punishable in the manner described below.

6.16 Unsportsmanlike Conduct
The normal penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct is the same as for a serious foul, but the referee may impose a penalty depending on his judgment of the conduct. Among other penalties possible are a warning; a standard-foul penalty, which will count as part of a three-foul sequence if applicable; a serious-foul penalty; loss of a rack, set or match; ejection from the competition possibly with forfeiture of all prizes, trophies and standings points.
Unsportsmanlike conduct is any intentional behavior that brings disrepute to the sport or which disrupts or changes the game to the extent that it cannot be played fairly. It includes
(a) distracting the opponent;
(b) changing the position of the balls in play other than by a shot;
(c) playing a shot by intentionally miscuing;
(d) continuing to play after a foul has been called or play has been suspended;
(e) practicing during a match;
(f) marking the table;
(g) delay of the game; and
(h) using equipment inappropriately.
 
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I may be hurt but so will the other guy too.

California Concealed Weapons Permit says otherwise too....the protocol would be:

1. Walk out of pool hall and away from attacker. Too late, you already got sucker punched before you even put your cue away..ouch
2. Pepper spray would be used if he doesn't go away. After the sucker punch, other player takes your pepper spay and gives you a little taste.

3. Then pull the trigger....if he still coming after me. After coughing up the pepper spray and you cannot see, other player takes your gun away, hits you once or twice with it, then pawns the thing for a cool hundo.

Follow this CA guideline then you would be good in the court of law. I have used every measure to avoid him. When you leave hospital, you can use the CA civil laws and file a suit against other player and spend thousands on attorneys.

This is used if my life was threatened because some guy missed a shot in a pool game......
There won't be any threats because you would never see the first hit

But I guess the Chicago Way (we don't have concealed gun laws so you gotta be a little quicker on your feet) and the CA Way are just a little different. But you are probably close to Hollywood, and your way would work well in a movie....just not in real life.. Another tough guy with a gun. That is one reason you can try a p*ssy move because you think your gun will save your dumb arse, but in reality you would never get it out of the holster......
 
i think a lot of players shark themeselves. if you read up on sports psychology, a lot of it has to do with not giving yourself a good excuse to loose. that is what a lot of pool players do, they give themselves some of the greatest excuses ive ever seen! if a guy tells you he HATES power, something that is almost universally accepted in pool rooms... sure, i may powder up that extra time or two, and even get some on the table purposefully. and whos to say im an a hole? mabe the guy needs to be taught a lesson and not tell his opponent about an achiles heal.
 
I don't believe you have done much gambling, at least not with any serious players or for any serious money.

If you try to pull cheap stunts like you have mentioned, (1) you will be called on it, and/or (2) you will get hurt.

Joe

Yea, most of the guys I know that gamble high the bush league sharking tactics wouldn't last 3 seconds.....they call out the shark, and if that doesn't work, then look out. Seen it happen often, and have seen a lot of folks hurt bad when they thought it would never happen just because they had some buds/friends near by.
Hell, it doesn't have to be a "big money game".... I saw a guy get his jaw broken with one devestating punch over a $5 game. It doesn't take but a few seconds to get hurt real bad.
You really never know who you are dealing with so keep that in mind. Some of the worst ass whoppins I've seen the victor was MUCH smaller than the loser.
 
I may be hurt but so will the other guy too.

California Concealed Weapons Permit says otherwise too....the protocol would be:

1. Walk out of pool hall and away from attacker.

2. Pepper spray would be used if he doesn't go away.

3. Then pull the trigger....if he still coming after me.

Follow this CA guideline then you would be good in the court of law. I have used every measure to avoid him.

This is used if my life was threatened because some guy missed a shot in a pool game......

Experiences I have had would suggest you won't get a "chance" to walk away, much less walk out. Remember you never know who you are dealing with no matter their outward appearance. It may be a game to you, but a lot of the folks I used to associate with....you never see it coming....they didn't even get mad.....they just got even in a very violent way.
 
I try to pull out tactics to all players of different speeds or levels and even money players.

The only tactic that should be used is your skill at the table. When it isn't your turn, you should sit down and STFU.

If you consider any sharking move on your opponent a Tactic, then sorry to tell you this, you are not a pool player. Or at least not one of any caliber
that any player worth his salt would have to worry about.

But then again, any player that would openly admit to sharking a senior citizen doesn't earn any respect in my book.
 
Geez, What a childish thread.
I guess I'm pretty much sharkproof. Most of the things mentioned here wouldn't bother anyone who has an ounce of concentration.
When someone tries to shark me I just ignore it.
If they continue, I just shark them back ! :rolleyes:
I've found that people who shark are far more susceptible to being sharked.
They're so aware of it. They can't take it at all. :p
Rod.
 
I suspect that there are a lot of people that I play with who may not even realize they are sharking. They see other people sharking so they do it too.

These folks really do need to be told that picking up the chalk when I'm shooting or standing in front of the pocket when someone shoots is sharking.

Just gotta figure out a polite way to tell these people to sit down and don't move when I'm shooting. :rolleyes:
 
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Hmmm

Geez, What a childish thread.
I guess I'm pretty much sharkproof. Most of the things mentioned here wouldn't bother anyone who has an ounce of concentration.
When someone tries to shark me I just ignore it.
If they continue, I just shark them back ! :rolleyes:
I've found that people who shark are far more susceptible to being sharked.
They're so aware of it. They can't take it at all. :p
Rod.

Yep, Dead on, androd !!!
 
I use to play this old man in a chess club that used many different tactics to throw your game. I guess he was a shark of sorts. He wanted to win no matter what. I guess it all boils down to how much focus you have to not to be distracted. A friend of mine is very good at this technique, and I haven't reached the point of being able to block him out. All part of the game I suppose. I'm always respectful of my opponent, for me it's about just having fun.
 
Lets keep bumping this thread, I heard some new big name tour sponsors are going to be coming around in the next week and they really need to see the great positive threads that users like dom_poppa put up.

IMHO anytime you have to try to cite a state gun law you know you are doing wrong. It's like the threads where someone asks if they were being an a** or a jerk, and the answer seems to always be if you have to ask.

The worst thing is that the poster just keeps digging a bigger hole because he can't just walk away from the thread. He is now in a pi**ing contest and has to talk about guns and punches, sad...


I'm just waiting for the next Dom-poppa thread, something like. So there's a boys and girls club tournament, it's supposed to be for down and out kids to get a few dollars if they win for books or school lunches, they don't check ID's there, so I'm going to go and play acting like one of the kids is mine. Should I take my own stick in?
 
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