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"Chalk flew up"!

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Friday, 7 March 2014, at 1:47 a.m.

In Response To: "Chalk flew up"! (Phil Simborg)

Your cube example says it all. The problem with choosing to win by any means possible is that sometimes your are also choosing to lose a friend.

I don't know about all the feuds that go on between players on the ABT circuit, but I've heard there are a few. In a tournament world where there are only 32 to 64 players coming to play, this can be a problem.

I am speaking from personal experience. I have had miniscule technicalities pulled on me in the money rounds. Of course, I've heard stories of it happening to others. Right or wrong, bridges get burned. Relationships get damaged.

If everybody comes back for the next tournament, instead of getting to enjoy the game you love with a group of friends, you will find that you are sitting down to face an opponent whom you don't like and whom you don't trust. Meanwhile, your ex-friend is thinking the same things about you.

It lets a lot of the air out of the ball. I don't recommend it.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

• Wrong double rule
  phil simborg -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 3:28 p.m.
  • Wrong double rule
    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 4:08 p.m.
  • "Chalk flew up"!
    Mr Majestyk -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 4:24 p.m.
    • "Chalk flew up"!
      Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:18 p.m.
      • "Chalk flew up"!
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:28 p.m.
        • "Chalk flew up"!
          Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 8:04 p.m.
          • "Chalk flew up"!
            Bob Koca -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 8:54 p.m.
            • "Chalk flew up"!
              phil simborg -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 9:14 p.m.
              • "Chalk flew up"!
                Art Grater -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 11:21 p.m.
          • "Chalk flew up"!
            Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 9:46 p.m.
      • "Chalk flew up"!
        Art Grater -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:53 p.m.
      • "Chalk flew up"!
        Taper_Mike -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 1:47 a.m.
  • Wrong double rule
    Tom Keith -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 4:25 p.m.
    • Wrong double rule
      Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:00 p.m.
      • Wrong double rule
        Art Grater -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:16 p.m.
      • Wrong double rule
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:21 p.m.
        • Wrong double rule
          Art Grater -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:40 p.m.
        • Wrong double rule
          Justin N. -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 11:29 p.m.
    • Wrong double rule
      lenny -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 12:55 a.m.
    • Wrong double rule
      lenny -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 12:59 a.m.
    • Wrong double rule
      Chris Haviland -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 2:39 p.m.
  • Wrong double rule
    Art Grater -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 6:51 p.m.
    • Wrong double rule
      David Rennie -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 7:29 p.m.
      • Wrong double rule
        Michael Petch -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 9:54 p.m.
        • Wrong double rule
          David Rennie -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 10:24 p.m.
          • Wrong double rule
            Taper_Mike -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 2:28 a.m.
  • Wrong double rule
    ah_clem -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 8:10 p.m.
    • Wrong double rule
      Art Grater -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 8:17 p.m.
      • Wrong double rule
        phil simborg -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 8:21 p.m.
      • Wrong double rule
        ah_clem -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 8:40 p.m.
        • What SHG does
          Michael Petch -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 9:52 p.m.
          • What SHG does
            Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 10:16 p.m.
  • Wrong double rule
    Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 6 March 2014, at 10:23 p.m.
  • Summation
    phil simborg -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 3:31 a.m.
    • Summation
      Pat MacNeil -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 4:02 a.m.
      • Summation
        Art Grater -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 8:04 a.m.
    • Summation
      greedygammon -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 7:31 a.m.
      • Summation
        Art Grater -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 8:18 a.m.
        • Summation
          greedygammon -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 9:32 a.m.
          • Summation
            Art Grater -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 10:59 p.m.
        • Summation
          greedygammon -- Friday, 7 March 2014, at 10:00 a.m.