Talk:Hustling

Skeptical
Can anyone explain how this works? I mean, if I entered into a verbal agreement with a stranger in a pool hall, that the loser would pay the winner money, and anything unexpected happened (or even if I just won fair and square), I severely doubt that person would pay when they could just as easily walk away without paying. There's no way to enforce payment, as gambling isn't legal anyway, and you can't prove you had any form of binding agreement. &#91;The previous unsigned commented was added by, 04:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC).&#93
 * It's called getting whooped in the parking lot of the bar, and it could happen if you refuse to pay the bar patron you just reverse hustled.

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 * What state do you live in? You can't just assault people to enforce illegal bets, you'd get thrown in jail the next day.

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 * Well, go trying welching on a bet a dingey pool hall and see what happens. PS: Needless to say, hustling itself carries similar risks, since people don't like being tricked out of their money. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 06:13, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

If it were possible to get ill-gotten money out of someone by force, why not skip the hustle and just mug them? I'm not understanding why you'd go to the trouble of playing a game with someone when there's no way they'd pay up without being illegally forced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 03:41, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

A bet is honor binding and there's peer pressure. If you went to a seedy pool hall/bar and refused to pay, you'd waive your welcome there, depending on the bar owner and patrons. You lost "fair and square" and didn't honor your bet. Keep in mind that you are a guest in that bar and most owners have the right to refuse your patronage. It's likely the hustler is a more regular source of income than you are as well. Besides that, the hustler could be a very powerful goon (or have one with him for protection). You can claim assault after he punches you in the face. but how many patrons will testify for the bet-breaking newbie? Isandriel (talk) 16:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Notable hustler "Titanic" Thompson
How can you have a page on hustling and not mention Titanic Thompson? Tommypowell 03:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, because no one added reliably, independently sourced material on him.

Hustling and "selling things"
In hip hop culture a Hustling can just mean "selling things" these things could be illeagal, or they could be found objects and trash. Hustling is making a living in any way that you can. Is there room for this definition here?

futurebird 04:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No, that's not what this article is about. Try the Hustler (disambiguation) and Hustle disambiguation pages. :-) —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93;  ‹(-¿-)› 05:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * PS: I did it for you. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 06:02, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Term: "Track"
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 * Source? —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 06:13, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

The Notable section reads like trivia
Or just a huge link repository. I'm hesitant about removing some of it since it is such a neat list but wholly unnecessary. We could cut the gristle and it wouldn't hurt the article's integrity. Thoughts? Stateofyolandia (talk) 10:51, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

In other sports
So far the article only really talks about pool, with a passing mention of hustling in other sports. Would other sports be notable enough to warrant mention (I know of chess hustling, for instance). If so, the article should be rewritten to give a more general overview instead of talking solely about pool. If not, the article should be written and phrased to only talk about pool. EditWorker (talk) 03:37, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

I support adding chess hustling and griefing and ribbing. I used to do it myself, as a teenager - but just did not have a word for that. And as a grown up I was chess hustled in the street too - and enjoyed it. Zezen (talk) 05:30, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

And now we have skillz.com, a platform ripe for hustling. But instead of fooling the other players, you have to fool the matchmaking algorithm, which attempts to make sure that every game is with someone close to you in skill, which means if everyone is accurately ranked, that they will lose half of the time. If everyone loses half the time, no player profits, because the app designer and/or skillz themselves takes a cut. You actually want t o win? Unless you are actually the best, you need to hustle. Some states have caught onto the fact that it's illegal pool hall gambling (because of the rake), and forbid it for real money.2600:1700:B530:9700:3039:2829:62B7:9CB8 (talk) 14:31, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

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