Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me about hustling dummies at the pool table and other forms of gambling.
 
  • Locked thread
Chalk is Cheap
Mar 29, 2005

You know, Maine has a really cool underground hip-hop scene...
This is an amazing thread Jase, I read the entirety of it up to this point in one sitting. Are you planning on continuing with the stories or are you basically done?

I'm a pretty good pool player myself (I was a good APA 7 when I stopped playing league) and I'm curious about a few of the comments you've made. You use a custom McDermott and I want to know if you've tried playing with any of their low deflection shafts (G-Core or any of the I-Shafts) or if you just prefer the straight maple shafts? What brand tip do you use?

I love to gamble but I don't ever really hustle people and the action has completely dried up where I'm at. No one at any bars will play for more than drinks. Even at the pool hall my options are basically give up a big spot to play ten dollar sets against weak players which barely covers table time or play better players than me that won't give me more than a game on the wire for fifty or a hundred dollars. I'm jealous of the pool culture where you are. Any advice on how to drum up action? I'm at the point where I just play with my good friends for chump change instead of bothering to try and find a game.

* # ¿ Apr 23, 2013 17:21
  • Quote
Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 13, 2024 17:01
  • Quote
Chalk is Cheap
Mar 29, 2005

You know, Maine has a really cool underground hip-hop scene...

Vanilla posted:

Great thread that has me thinking of a pool situation I had a few months back (spots and stripes, general bar pool) which I can't find the answer to in the rule books....

I was recently playing US pool for fun. My opponent misses all of his balls and the white sits behind one of his balls - meaning I was snookered, I could not hit any side of my last ball.

I know it's a foul...as he missed all his balls but i've been left worse off. In a lot of other countries they have the pick up rule where the white can be moved behind the line as the player has fouled and I can't hit both sides of one of my balls (I think the pick-up rule exists to stop purpose-fouling).

Is there anything similar is US pool or is it just a case of having to try and hit my ball and risking a foul in return?

If you are playing what is known as "Bar Rules" which you most likely were then you are poo poo out of luck and have to shoot from where the cueball lies. Basically any other set of rules will give you ball in hand any where on the table in that situation.

* # ¿ May 14, 2013 05:04
  • Quote
  • Locked thread
The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me about hustling dummies at the pool table and other forms of gambling.