fred bentivegna said:
...I had a habit of putting my cue case and my coat under whatever table I was playing on if I was in a strange joint. (To discourage the local thieves of course) In those days I happened to be a fan of enhancements, so I was probably just digging around in my coat for the 1 gram vial.
Beard
I think that is certainly a plausible theory Freddy and I could go on board with that.
BUT
we still got one teeny weeny issue at hand here
.... which is the timing of said "enhancement run". First, all of us pool players know, and it's ingrained in our brain, that us being anywhere at the table when our opponent is shooting, is considered unethical and therefore falls in the area of sharking. Now, this post is not about the ethics of sharking, so let's forget all that and look at the other clues.
Let's for arguments sake, say that Freddy was wanting to get a extra "boost" to help him put away Richie once and for all. And that said "boost" was under the table in his cue case or jacket. He needs to get to his jacket or cue case to get the vial, so he question is when will he do this.
1. Will he get this at the end of the game? (remember there is only one ball left on the table.. probably going to be over soon) This would provide him with free and clear access to his cue case and it would seem the perfect time to do it.
2. Will he get this when it's his turn at the table.. once again, a perfect time to get it.
3. OR, will he go for it, when the game ball is on the line, with his opponent ready to shoot? It's a big game in a race to 4, it would be a big swing for him or against him.
After these new developments that have came to light, involving some mind altering medication, I now have concluded these 2 scenarios are most likely what happened.
1. Freddy was after his fix and he could get it when it was his turn or after the game was over or wait !!!!! He could do it while Richie was shooting at the game ball. So he went for it at that particular time knowing full well that he would be sharking Richie, but oh well
.. he was still going to sleep fine that night.
2. Freddy was in a altered state of mind and his desire to get that fix was strong enough, that getting it was all that was on his mind. He didn't intentionally do it to shark Richie,he just wasn't even thinking about that he was committing a pool no-no. His mind said "Hey.. why don't you hit that vial once, I need a fresh shot to pick me up and I'm going to kick his ass after I take it" So following what his mind was telling him, he bent down and fumbled around till he found it, got it, got up and went back to his chair.
This detective work is fun
(Freddy.. I hope your enjoying this too. I noted you used a Sarcastic face at the end of your post, so that made me wonder if you are having fun with this. You've made no secret that you employed all tactics to win, as did many of your opponents. So because you have openly admitted and even said that your damn good at sharking, I felt we could all have some fun with this. When the forum gets slow, we sometimes tend to get a little off beat on our topics
. ) I think it's about petered out anyways. I know I've milking it for about all I can.. I'm out of material.