Pool Nits
Tom Suarez
Pool NITS - "let's get rid of them"

They show up week after week at the local pool tounament and bitch about how only the same players always win.

They never come to the pool hall and practice

At the tournament they just drink water or a half a cup of coffee

Always complain about the way the money is distributed for 1st thru 6th

Expect everyone to agree with their opinions

Know all the rules of the game except when they commit a violation. Then its an interpretation "thing"

Bitch about having to pay "green fees" or "table time" at a tournament

Lose a bet and will have to pay you next week, "a little short right now"

Start rumors, lie, cheat, complain at the drop of a hat, cuss

***I'm sure there are a lot of other examples of a Pool Nit, what's yours?***

What has been a revelation to Pool Hall owners lately is to tell these people "WE don't need your kind", "You don't spend any money with us and all you do is make people want to leave".

Billiards has been associated with gamblers and hustlers for a very long time. Gamblers use to meet, on a regular basis, to wager on horses or other games of chance. These meeting parlors and their patrons, had the bad reputation. In these parlors or halls, there were poker tables and billiard tables for the patrons to amuse themselves while waiting for the "big score" where all the gamblers could "pool" their money for the BET.

According to the BCA's rule book (a brief "history of the game"), this is how Billiard games were associated with the "Pool Halls". Games of chance will always attract gamblers and hustlers.

When you go to a snake pit, do you really think you won't get bit?

Tom in Cincy

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