Cowboy Dennis
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I'll just throw one or two stats out there for your other question. If you knew your games winning percentage (or a sidebetter knew it) against a guy you play in a weekly tournament, that would be a very strong indicator of what you need or don't need. Or, if you played him one hole, your percentage against him, or your percent wins when you (or he) breaks.... these could all be huge, even if only to give you a slight edge. I don't know about you guys, but in pool rooms your games are only a small part of the pie, you need to be gambling well on other games going on as well.
TD,
I don't have a winning % against a guy I play in a weekly tournament. I didn't play tournaments and rarely did anybody play me twice. I have a very long list of guys who only played me once. Only a few times did anybody ever bet on me in a game but those same guys didn't bet against me either.
Playing somebody in a tournament does not translate well into how to play him for cash either. Two different animals and no correlation.
As to gambling on other games going as well, I never felt like being dumped so I usually bet on myself only, with a few rare exceptions. I was horrible at betting on others anyway, you could've made a living betting the other way from how I bet.
If you have any more stats that you think would be important to me I'd love to hear them. Personally, I can't think of any stat that would be important to me but I'd like to be surprised.
P.S. I did not play pool for the money, I played pool for money.
Dennis