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Hustling is the deceptive act of disguising one's skill in a sport or game with the intent of luring someone of probably lesser skill into gambling (or gambling for higher than current stakes) with the hustler, as a form of confidence trick. It is most commonly associated with pool (and to an extent other billiards-family games), but also can be performed with regard to other sports and gambling activities. Hustlers may also engage in "sharking" - the use of distracting, disheartening, enraging or even threatening behavior to throw their opponents off. Hustlers are thus often called "pool sharks" (compare "card shark"). Professional and semi-pro hustlers sometimes work with a "stakehorse" - a person who provides the money for the hustler to bet with (and may assist in the hustling), in exchange for a substantial portion of all winnings. This article or section includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...
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Pocket billiards is a sub-classification of the broader category of games known as cue sports. ...
Illustration of a three ball pocket billiards game in early 19th century Tübingen, Germany, using a table much longer than the modern type. ...
The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...
A card shark is an expert card game player who feasts on weaker fish players. ...
The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...
Pool hustling techniques
Pool hustlers use deception and misdirection in order to win cash from inexperienced players (or quite skilled players inexperienced with the world of hustling). A skilled hustler: This article or section includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...
Misdirection is a form of deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract its attention from another. ...
- Will usually play with a house cue stick, or an unadorned but high-quality personal cue that looks like one, known as a "sneaky pete". (With the nascence of local league play in recent years, some may also play with flashy-looking but self-evidently low-end personal cues, to give the impression that they are league players who think they are "hot stuff" but presumably are not as good as the think they are.)
- Will typically play a game or two for "fun" or for low bets (a beer or equivalent amount of cash, for example) in order to check out the opponent and give the impression that money can easily be won, often losing on purpose (known as "sandbagging" or "dumping") — with the intent of winning a much larger wager later against a predictably overconfident opponent
- Will pocket some difficult and impressive shots or make surprisingly secure safety shots (ones crucial for winning), while missing many simple ones, thus making early victories appear to be sheer luck (a variant being the theatrical almost-making of shots that inexperienced players may think of as crucial mistakes, but which really give away very little advantage)
- May pretend to be intoxicated, unintelligent, or otherwise impaired (that is, until it is time to run the table or make a game-winning shot)
Many of these ploys can easily be mistaken for the honest faults of a less-than-exceptional player. The engendered doubt and uncertainty is what allows hustling to succeed, with the "faults" being dropped when a significant amount of money is at stake. A cue stick or simply cue, is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of billiards, pool and snooker. ...
The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...
The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...
The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...
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Pool hustling was the subject of very well-received films such as The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986) (both adapted from earlier novels, see "Books", below), and a few less-acclaimed pictures (see "Films", below). It was also the principal subject of episodes of the television programs The Steve Harvey Show, Drake and Josh and the The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The Novel The Hustler was a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, which tells the story of a young pool player who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats but loses, sending his life into a tailspin. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
The Color of Money was a 1984 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, continuing the story of Fast Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1959). ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Steve Harvey Show (August 25, 1996—February 24, 2002) aired for six seasons on The WB Television Network. ...
(From the Left) Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell. ...
Spoiler warning: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a television sitcom which aired on NBC from 1990 to 1996. ...
In popular culture
Notable real-life hustlers Chef Anton, 2006 Chef Anton is the stage name of Anthony S. Riniti (born 1969), a trained chef from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. ...
McCready in action at the 2003 US Open Nine-ball Championship Keith McCready (born April 9, 1957, Elmhurst, Illinois, USA) is an American professional pool player, nicknamed Earthquake. At one time considered among the top players in America,[1] McCready has been a traveling tournament competitor and notorious hustler since...
Billy Cornbread Red Burge, Derby City Classic, Louisville, Kentucky, January 2003 Billy Burge (born in Mayfield, Kentucky on December 12, 1931 and died on February 13, 2004) was an American pool player who was better known as Cornbread Red.[1] Inducted into the One-pocket Hall of Fame in 2004...
Danny Kid Delicious Basavich Daniel (Danny) Basavich (born September 25, 1978) is an American professional pool player from New Jersey. ...
Notable books about and/or by hustlers - The Hustler (1959), a novel by Walter Tevis, ISBN 0-380008-60-2, ISBN 1-568490-44-5, ISBN 1-560254-73-4
- The Color of Money (1984), sequel by Walter Tevis, ISBN 0-446323-53-5, ISBN 0-44634-419-2, ISBN 0-349101-50-7, ISBN 1-568496-89-3, ISBN 1-560254-85-8
- McGoorty: A Billiard Hustler's Life, also known as McGoorty: A Pool Room Hustler (1984/2003), nonfiction by Robert Byrne and Danny McGoorty, ISBN 0-806509-25-2; ISBN 1-894963-12-1, ISBN 0-767916-31-X
- Playing off the Rail: A Pool Hustler's Journey (1996), nonfiction by David McCumber, ISBN 0-679423-74-5, ISBN 0-517307-10-3, ISBN 0-380-72923-7
- Hustler Days: Minnesota Fats, Wimpy Lassiter, Jersey Red, and America's Great Age of Pool (2003), nonfiction by R.A. Dyer, ISBN 1-592281-04-4, ISBN 1-592286-46-1
- Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978), a novel by William J. Kennedy, ISBN 0-670166-67-7, ISBN 0-140063-40-4 (audio-book: ISBN 1-578151-87-2)
- Cornbread Red: Pool's Greatest Money Player (1995), nonfiction by Bob Henning, ISBN 1-887956-34-4
The Novel The Hustler was a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, which tells the story of a young pool player who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats but loses, sending his life into a tailspin. ...
Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 - August 8, 1984) was an American author. ...
The Color of Money was a 1984 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, continuing the story of Fast Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1959). ...
William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist born and raised in Albany, New York, whose novels, many of which feature the interaction of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family, make use of incidents of Albanys history and the supernatural. ...
Notable films about hustlers and hustling The Novel The Hustler was a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, which tells the story of a young pool player who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats but loses, sending his life into a tailspin. ...
The Color of Money was a 1984 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, continuing the story of Fast Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1959). ...
White Men Cant Jump is a 1992 feature film starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as basketball hustlers. ...
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Stickmen is a 2001 New Zealand film directed by Hamish Rothwell and starring Robbie Magasiva. ...
Poolhall Junkies (2003 in film) is the story of a pool hustler named Johnny Doyle (played by director Mars Callahan), who must battle his former mentor (Chazz Palminteri and his mentors new prodigee (Rick Schroder) in a final pool match. ...
Kingpin is a 1996 Farrelly brothers film starring Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray. ...
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Notable fictional hustlers - "Minnesota Fats" in The Hustler (played by Jackie Gleason in the film version) — the smooth character whose moniker Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, Jr. lifted after publication of Tevis's novel
- "Edward 'Fast Eddie' Felson" in The Hustler and The Color of Money (played by Paul Newman in the film version)
- "Vincent (Vince) Lauria" in The Color of Money (played by Tom Cruise in the film version)
- "Grady Seasons", said to be "the best money player in the world", in The Color of Money" (played by real-life professional hustler Keith McCready in the film version)
- "Johnny Doyle" (played by Mars Callahan) and "Brad" (played by Ricky Schroder) in Poolhall Junkies.
- "'Cue Ball' Carl" (played by Ving Rhames) and "Jericho Hudson" (played by Freddie Prinze, Jr.) in Shooting Gallery
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