Playing snooker for money

[monkey]

It was a daft thread anywayz, i was just mad at the time. I just need to control myself when im there and say no.

[snookerpoolman]

Hi Monkey.

Generally playing for money - particularly if it's money you can ill afford to lose - is a bad idea.

My advice would be don't play for money unless you get a good points start. Say this lad beats you regularly by 30 points then tell him you'll only play for money if he gives you say 40 start. That will level the playing field. He probably wont agree to a start anyway if he's just taking your money to put in the bandit.

I play a mate who is a half decent pool player and we play every now and again, His highest break at snooker is prob. about 40 and mine is 132. We play best of 3 frames for a 'friendly pound' and I give him a start.. Generally I beat him, but he takes the odd frame off me. That's fine because we both work and a quid is nothing. If you're 15 and lost £30 that this lad's chucked in the bandit and you'll have to save up even longer to afford a decent cue, then ask yourself who's losing out?

Hope this helps mate...

[Acrowot]

When I was 16, a couple of men used to try and take money off me. They thought because they had played for years, it would be easy money. I used to skint them every Friday night and they never learned. One game was called Shell Out and I used to finish with nearly all the balls in my pockets. The older one of the two, used to think when we got down to the colours, that he would be able to keep me safe and steal the game, but I was a better all round player than him, and in the end, he learned - lol. I used to love it. Most of the other times, some of us young lads used to play each other for either the table money or sixpence in old money, this was when we were 15 - 17 years old. After that I graduated to the mens games and most of them started to get sick of paying out. :snooker:

[jonplayer]

Hi Monkey, It's not a daft thread bud, loads of people probably are in a simalar position. I had a mate that sounded similar, he used to play players that were better than him and lose loads of money, hundreds of pounds. Playing for money takes the fun out of the game for me. Playing for the light is a better way of doing it. Or go up the club when he's not around?

[matoski]

If you can afford, then playing for money may be very interesting. It brings out the best from you. The problem is if you have a small sallary, or you are a student who depends on your parrents pocket money. I have an average sallary from which i pay rent for appartment and credit for my car. I live with my wife and my two small children, so i can't afford playing for money. But i allways play for the table time which is quite expensive for our standard (3pounds per hour). If i play for fun i'm not interested for the game. If i have my own appartment and a higher sallary i would deffinitely play for money.

[andy carson]

simple answer.... have a word with the managment if he wont take no for an answer.....

[Adam1975]

I play for money also,although not vast amounts,first to 4,for £40 quid (£20each)
I find it sharpens you up,although we both attack like theres no tommorow.
If he is better than you,he should be giving you a points start,Im slightly better than my friend,so he starts on 20,it really evens it up.
As long as you only gamble what you can afford,its fun.When you start NEEDING to win the money,its the wrong path to go down...............

[ace man]

Instead of constantly losing money, better invest into some serious lessons with good coaches. Then after a few months time you can put your new found skill to test...:snooker:

[circle]

hmmm

Like other posters have said, if he will only play for money then giving you a fair atart should not be a problem!

Then you could work 7 points either way depending on who wins the frame.

What standard does this bloke play to?

Good hustlers rarely make breaks and normally win frames on the early colours, then tell you how unlucky you are and that your luck must change!

[mick 142]

Well, the last few days ive been playing someone for money and alltogether its lost me around £30 of my money i was putting towards a cue which has now been wasted. I know im not probably going to beat him because hes better than me but i just cant help playing for money, and he always encourages me. He wont play just for fun, always has to be for money, but i always want to do it for some reason. How can i stop this as ive almost lost all my cue money because of it I just want to go on my own to practise but i know if hes there ill play him for money

IF he is a better player he should be given you start 2 blacks 3 blacks if he wont then dont play him . Just play him if you get start .

[mick 142]

Thanks for the advice on it. Im deffo not playing for any money for a while and im going to practise like mad on my own so i can win it all back Id go to the other place near me where i could practise with 100% concentration on my own but its £5 an hour, which is wayyyyy too expensive for me

What standard do you play at ?.

[Acrowot]

If this man is so good, ask him for at least 35 start, then see what he can do. If that is not enough, then ask for more, or keep away from him altogether. :snooker:

[monkey]

what standard do i play at? Not very good Ive not been playing for long and never get very big breaks at all. The other lad im playing, hes still not too good but better than me as he always wins me.

[brendan147]

Avoid playng for money if you think you are still no better than your mate. Like some said, it is much worthy for you to take snooker lessons rather than constantly "paying" your mate. In a long run, it will only bring harm to your own game.

Once your skills improved, than it shall be your "pay my money back" time....

If you still can't break the habit...maybe you can gambling once or twice a month. You need to start slowing down this attitude somehow...

[snookerfan91]

Spend the money on bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale... aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh