No more sh*t about books "correcting their mistakes" !!

[Demon]

I dont want to hear anything else about a book canceling a wager because they made a mistake and posted an incorrect line! I just went on a game online for this comming Sunday in the NFL and accidently doubled my wager.I immediately signed off and called the sportsbook (which will remain unnamed because this is the first problem i've had with them)and told someone from customer service the situation.He responded with "once a wager has been placed and confirmed there is NO WAY that wager can be canceled".ok,whats good for the goose...

I hope the Skins kill the Eagles.

[skeptic]

That is HORRIBLE customer service, particularly on a Tuesday night.

[REALITY]

DEMON,

THERE IS A LITTLE THING CALLED THE 10 MINUTE RULE.

IF A BOOK WON'T CANCEL YOUR DUPLICATE WAGER WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF PLACING IT ,PROVIDING YOUR NOT ONE OF THOSE CUTIES WHO CALLS AFTER EVERY LINE CHANGE GOES AGAINST THEM,THEN YOU SHOULD FIND A NEW BOOK.

NO N.F.L. LINE WILL BE MOVING NOW SO IT AIN'T NO BIG DEAL...

REALITY

[Railbird]

Please,No Mulligans

Sometimes you nail a drive 310 down center and it comes to rest in a divot.handle it like Payne Stewart,not like Justin Leonard.I love it when people hit it in the water on the 17th at Valderama,I get a warm fuzzy feeling.

[Ronbets]

Railbird,

Your knowledge and views of sports amazes me!! I sure as hell don't agree with most of your slants, but respect them. Remember the original movie "The Hustler" starring PNewman and GCScott? What did Piper Lorrie write on the mirror with lipstick prior to her suicide?

[zippy]

“Perverted. Twisted. Crippled.”

Who was the character “Minnesota Fats” based on?

[Ronbets]

That was too quick All-Net zippy! Was it Willie Mosconi that Gleason was portraying?

Classic line by George C. Scott as Bert. "Eddie I want my 'MUN NEE'!!"

By Paul Newman as 'Fast' Eddie Felson. "Come on Fats one more game. Name it five ten thousand? Forget it Eddie, I can't beat ya".

[This message has been edited by Ronbets (edited 11-22-2000).]

[Railbird]

Perverted,twisted,crippled.

I remember that movie like it was yesterday.

How about the sequal when Newman tells Tom Cruise, "money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

[zippy]

Well, one of the old-timers will correct me if I mess up any of the details, but here’s the way I heard it.

Almost everybody assumes that the character “Minnesota Fats” was based on an actual person named “Minnesota Fats.” That’s sort of true and sort of not. Actually there was a prominent pool player at the time who called himself “New York Fats,” and that’s who they based the movie character on. Apparently for legal reasons they didn’t want to use a real person’s name (or, in this case, nickname), so they simply changed it to “Minnesota Fats.”

Anyway, the movie becomes a hit, and New York Fats changes his nickname to “Minnesota Fats” to cash in on the publicity. While he had attained some degree of fame with his original nickname in the very narrow circle of people who follow pool seriously, he soon became a considerably bigger celebrity, due in large part to changing his nickname to match the movie.

To this day, if you ask people to name a pool player, Minnesota Fats is probably the most common response, with only Willie Moscone being remotely close.

From what I understand, Fats and Moscone were intriguing contrasts back in their heyday. (50s, maybe 40s and 50s—I’m not sure.) Moscone dominated “official” pool—major tournaments and the like—in ways that athletes like Gretzky and Tiger Woods can only dream of dominating their sport. He won everything there was to win, and then won them all again and again and again.

Meanwhile, Fats was a legend in the “unofficial” pool world, cruising pool halls, hustling, building a reputation, but rarely if ever crossing over into the world of formal tournaments. According to many who saw him play, however, he was the one player who could potentially have been competitive against Moscone. Allegedly, he many times challenged Moscone to play him one-on-one for big money, but Moscone was too slick to fall for playing him on his own turf like that, so it never happened. It would be rather like some bruiser challenging the heavyweight champion of the world to a streetfight, where they each put up their own money for the stakes.

I saw Fats on TV a number of times back in the 70s or 80s. One of those “Wide World of Sports” type shows used to stage occasional pool events, or really more like exhibitions. I think it was usually or always the same four guys—Fats, Moscone, and two “modern” players. Fats, the consummate hustler to the end, invariably came in fourth, playing the role of the doddering old man who had lost his skills. One can only assume that he later suckered a few viewers of those events out of some of their hard-earned money by letting them believe that age had turned him into easy pickings by then.

Incidentally—back to the movie—I’ve heard that Paul Newman was actually a very good pool player, but that Jackie Gleason was close to professional level, and that Gleason took a fair amount of money from Newman (and others) during the course of making that movie.

Excellent flick, by the way. The pool sequences between Newman and Gleason I would probably rank in my top ten of all-time favorite movie scenes. Absolutely riveting.

[gord]

Mr.Demon: When placing a wager on the internet the customer has the opportunity to review his wagers after they are entered in the system. It is at this point that a double click or any other mistake can be determined. You don't say who you made the wager with, but if it was with us here at Olympic, and you call right away; I would have fixed it for you. I know because I delete these types of mistakes for people all the time. When I post as to how I handle things it does not mean other books will give you the same consideration as what the Greek has instilled in me.