There is always some who gets on our nerves that we run into at tournaments. Some players complain, some shark, some whine, some throw temper tantrums, etc. In a tournament, we have to deal with them.
BUT! When a player gambles, they get to choose who they want to play against and who they want to put up with.
A friend of mine told me the other day, "This guy is the WORST in the area about complaining while he plays pool. But, I don't want to play him anymore or deal with him. I have too many choices of who I want to gamble with, so I just don't deal with him."
I thought it was a really great point. Because again, in a tournament we have no choice who the bracket Gods bring our way. But when you gamble, you get to decide, "Do I want to deal with their antics today or not?"
However, I do want to point out that playing players with some sort of attitude is a great test for us in our pool journey. We have to run into people like them anyway in many different type of tournaments, might as well make it a learning experience instead of being so pissed at them that you can't even play pool.
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