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The Bible
May 8, 2010

asbo subject posted:

Ah- see it now.

Like every British sport or game the Americans have to take all skill, thought or tactics out of it. Look what your country did to rugby and rounders.

I now understand why you don't play cricket.

What is rounders?

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The Bible
May 8, 2010

Animal-Mother posted:

When you die, will God force you to be a ghost and shoot pool with lonely, obsessed players for eternity until you find one to replace you?

Only if he is the very best at the time of his death.

The Bible
May 8, 2010

squeakygeek posted:

Well, you could say one difference is that you are deceiving someone in order to persuade him to gamble, whereas in poker they have already decided to gamble.

That seems like its just mincing words at that point. When you go to gamble in a pool hall, or anywhere its being played, I guess, its a known risk that you might get hustled. Its just a part of the culture of it.

The Bible
May 8, 2010

jyrka posted:

Wouldn't your general body language give it away almost instantly that you're a very good player? The way you hold the cue, how you chalk it, how you walk around the table etc. No?

I would imagine regular hustling would teach you to hide things like that.

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