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im watching "the color of money" and it makes me realize how baller being a pool hustler would be... also cite "poolhall junkies"

does anyone have experience in hustling/how do i become a balla hustla4lyfe

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, come to my robot factory in vermont and experience the true life of a balla

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also paul newman is a badass

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hustling pool is very very hard. its nothing like you see in the movies. if you are real good then you are very known and it is way too hard to get action without giving up too much weight.

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hustling pool is very very hard. its nothing like you see in the movies. if you are real good then you are very known and it is way too hard to get action without giving up too much weight.

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also finding a good supply of fish is next to impossible for most hustlers.
If you go to the pool hall in my area, it's mostly the same guys playing eachother, and always giving and taking weight and negotiating, so most of them break about even, except they lose to the table time charge. Some guys seem to consistently take the best of it, but they don't get way too much action. One hustler I know scalps tickets to get by.

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lol @ the main character not even getting his name next to the other stars.
That movie was awful compared to the hustler and the color of money. The hustler was best imo.

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Book excerpt that I thought was cool. On page2 of ESPN.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...ertheim/071017

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Book excerpt that I thought was cool. On page2 of ESPN.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...ertheim/071017

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lol @ this pic of this "great hustler" holding twenties


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i need to watch the hustler

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i need to watch the hustler

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I watched it again recently, and (has been often stated) it's just a great, great movie. Paul Newman, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason each gave fantastic performances. I suppose it's a bit dated, but it captures the essence of gambling better than any other movie in the genre.

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i need to watch the hustler

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I watched it again recently, and (has been often stated) it's just a great, great movie. Paul Newman, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason each gave fantastic performances. I suppose it's a bit dated, but it captures the essence of gambling better than any other movie in the genre.

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just ordered it. TR to follow

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I thought the ending to "Color of Money" was disappointing, if appropriate. Newman obviously reverted to his degenerate ways, and it was kind of sad...

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I thought the ending to "Color of Money" was disappointing, if appropriate. Newman obviously reverted to his degenerate ways, and it was kind of sad...

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first hand experience.....I am now 38 years old and grew up in a pool hall. In college I have matched up with Johnny Archer, Shannon "Doughboy" Daugherty and others that have money and will bet high. Keep in mind that betting high in pool is not like betting high in poker.

Being +EV in pool is almost impossible because of the degens you have to be associated with. Grinding the pokers is 1000 times better then playing on the road.

I was fortunate enough to realize this at a young age. All (and I mean ALL) of my friends that made a run at it ended up dying from drug overdoses or broke.

real life isnt like the movies unless you are a Philipino. Every Philipino I ever met was a world beater and could play 48 hours straight and never got out of stroke.

[censored] pool.

**edit: OP, you have put me on tilt making me remember how [censored] hustling pool was 20 years ago....sigh, no more poker tonight.

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being a pool hustler seemed cool back when I was like 12, now I play 1 or 2 games with my freinds and I am bored out of my mind. Could be cuz I suck at the game though.

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the pool hustlers you see in movies are clowns compared to the young online generation that play at online sites such as YAHOO. its not even close imo.

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the pool hustlers you see in movies are clowns compared to the young online generation that play at online sites such as YAHOO. its not even close imo.

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SHITTTTTTTTTT i should get on that i pwn at net pool

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the pool hustlers you see in movies are clowns compared to the young online generation that play at online sites such as YAHOO. its not even close imo.

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also, after reading the ESPN article id much rather be a pro poker player than a pro pool hustler. at least when you have to travel in poker its to a nice casino and not some poolhall in butt [censored] arkansas

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also finding a good supply of fish is next to impossible for most hustlers.
If you go to the online poker room open to US players, in my area, it's mostly the same guys playing eachother, and always giving and taking chips and negotiating, so most of them break about even, except they lose to the rake. Some guys seem to consistently take the best of it, but they don't get way too much action.

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pool is gay

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When I was in college, my senior year, I was the best player on campus (still not any good, really). Before my senior year, there were two guys better than me (and interestingly, they both post on 2+2).

I didn't make a living at it, or anything, but I did make some college spending money. The trick was that, most of the people willing to gamble at all, knew that I was better than them.

So, I always had to come up with a new, creative gamble.

I got pretty decent at shooting left handed. I got very good shooting one handed (I was 95% as good 1 handed as 2...)

But I'd always have my eye on making more money during a match. One of my favorite tricks was, if I was one game away from winning, shooting at the final ball (8 or 9 ball depending on the game), I'd make a deal that I'd miss the shot on purpose if they'd pay me X (X was usually half the bet...if we were betting $20, I'd miss the 9 ball if they paid me $10). The trick was always to be creative.

It was fun, but like others here have said, the money paled vastly compared to poker.

Josh

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Many posters comparing billiards to poker. Do you consider billiards more difficult because of the competition? Can you suffer prolonged losing streaks in pool as in poker? Lastly, isn't there better money to be made in pool tourneys than cash games???

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also finding a good supply of fish is next to impossible for most hustlers.
If you go to the online poker room open to US players, in my area, it's mostly the same guys playing eachother, and always giving and taking chips and negotiating, so most of them break about even, except they lose to the rake. Some guys seem to consistently take the best of it, but they don't get way too much action.

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yea not really

also the hustler = one of the greatest movies ever, watch it now - only gambling movie that's POSSIBLY better is casino, but i doubt it

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The Hustler is a must-see. Inside Out (1987) was also good. Elliot Gould played an eroding businessman/degenerate gambler who eventually lock himself in his apartment betting on sporting events. Great performances, and Gould was terrific.

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Many posters comparing billiards to poker. Do you consider billiards more difficult because of the competition? Can you suffer prolonged losing streaks in pool as in poker? Lastly, isn't there better money to be made in pool tourneys than cash games???

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You cant really compare it at all. And no theres much more money in poker than pool and its not even close. I think the world champ would win like not even 200k usd...i could be way off but its not in the millions guarenteed. Its also a really cutthroat thing to do for a living as once you get to a certain level anybody can beat anybody on any given day.

Think of playing the tournament pool circuit like a 1k sng. Everyone there knows how to play and knows their [censored] (ICM and push/fold yada yada). The very best players will still win more overall but it could go either way and not much of an edge seperating them

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maybe i should try trickshot

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The book The Hustler is fantastic.

Fun stuff starts in Chapter 3, which is the opening scene in the movie. Enjoy... Lots of pages left out, just a preview of the book. Worth finding and reading tho if you like this sorta thing.

BB

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i need to watch the hustler

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I watched it again recently, and (has been often stated) it's just a great, great movie. Paul Newman, George C. Scott, and Jackie Gleason each gave fantastic performances. I suppose it's a bit dated, but it captures the essence of gambling better than any other movie in the genre.

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Exactly, only I'd say it captures the essence of gambling better than just about any other movie I can think of in the genre or no. For a nearly 50 year old movie, it's amazingly fresh.

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The Hustler was kinda meh IMO.
I liked the Color of Money better

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The Hustler was kinda meh IMO.
I liked the Color of Money better

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wow, you need to be banned

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Hustler and Color of Money are both spectacular.

However, if you want to learn about this find the "Ask a pool hustler' thread from last year. It was great. College is pretty gamey place if there are any local halls.

However, the days of pool are gone sadly

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OP,

limon has a good post on hustling (golf tho). its a good read, if you can dig it up.

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word ill look into those posts... im at college so if i get good i figure there is some money i can win from some frat douches