r/pool

It always feels like this game shafts me so hard.

Technically I'm not a bad player. If I'm left a pot on, I usually get it.

But almost every single time I'm on the table, The opponent has left me nothing on. If I do manage to pot something, Almost every single fucking time I pot something, The white then stops in a place that's either right on the cushion, Or with nothing on, Or both.

Meaning I look like a terrible player as I miss almost everything because every single time I'm at the table all I have is nothing, Or something extremely difficult.

Yet everyone else looks a good player compared to me, Because of damn course everytime I let my opponent on the table, They've got a damn easy selection to go for. And every time they pot, The white is usually nice in the middle of the table for them to have a good few choices at what they want.

So everyone else looks good because they pot most things and I don't. But that's only because every single time I'm at the table I never have anything easy on and am forced into tough pots that I usually miss.

Whenever I play my mates having a solid just feels right. I hope i pot a solid first or my mates pot a stripe so I can just have it.

How do people manage to get better at this game, Without anyone telling them how. Basically anyone who plays this game, Gets good at it just from repeated play and self learning.

I've been playing for about 4 and a half years, I get lessons from an instructor, And I still regularly come across people who don't play, People who haven't been playing as long as I have, Being consistently a lot better than I am. Of which they have obviously had nobody helping them along.

So why can they be better than me?

We just reviewed the Rasson Acurra Gen 2, and I’m curious what people think about it.

It definitely leans more modern/tournament-style than a lot of traditional home tables, which makes it interesting from both a player’s perspective and a buyer’s perspective.

For those who have played on Rasson tables, how do you feel about them compared to Diamond?

My life happiness depends on my performance at this game.

In a previous post people mentioned I probably need anti depressants.

So where the fuck do you buy them? I've fucking searched online and find jack shite. Someone please tell me what website you can buy them

Edit: SOMEONE FUCKING TELL ME WHERE THE FUCKING ANTI DEPRESSANTS ARE. REPLY TO MY POST

Edit 2: Help me. Already. People reply to my post.

So, I was talking to a guy I knew tonight. And he told me about a dude he knows. This dude is apparently only 18.

When he told me who th person was, I realised who he was on about. A couple years ago I played against who he was on about and he was shit and I beat him easy.

What he was telling me tonight. That kid recently won a tournament at a local pool hall and won 1 THOUSAND 3 HUNDRED POUNDS!!!

Like that's not fair. I played him when he was shit. I was better than him. I've been playing this game longer than him. I SHOULD BE LEAGUES FUCKING BETTER THAN HIM. THAT'S NOT FAIR. I'M NOTHING LIKE AS GOOD AS HE IS NOW. I SHOULD BE THAT FUCKING GOOD. HE SHOULDN'T BE. I SHOULD. I'M BETTER THAN HIM. I BEEN PLAYING THIS GAME LONGER THAN HIM. WHAT THE FUCK DOES AN 18 YR OLD THINK HE'S DOING WITH OVER A GRAND!?; HOW MANY OF US WORK HARD EVERY DAY IN A DAY JOB AND GET FUCK ALL AND HE GETS OVER A GRAND IN A TOURNAMENT.

I WAS BETTER THAN HIM. HE SHOULDN'T BE THAT GOOD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PLAYING FAR LONGWR THAN HIM. WHO THE HELL DOES THAT GUY THINK HE IS!?