After a nice dinner at Carlsbad Tavern, I was in the mood to shoot pool....since they didn't have a pool table at Carlsbad Cavern, they suggested I drive down the street to Prankster's Too.
I made the short trip and was pleased to find what I would describe as a Sports Bar style joint. There were 2 pool tables and a full sized shuffleboard as well as some random video games and plenty of plasma TVs. I was disappointed though to find nobody playing pool.
So, I saddled up to the bar and ordered a Beer and decided to wait and see if a game would start up. After 20 minutes or so a few guys went over and started playing pool. I went to the table next to them and was about to rack it up when a couple of guys stopped by and asked if I wanted to play a game of cutthroat. I actually hate playing that game, but wanted to play and agreed.
After a few minutes I realized that I was getting Hustled.....one guy was acting like the sucker and the other was the ringer.....this wasn't my 1st Rodeo and knew I was getting played....so I decided to play along and pull the rug out from under them.
After letting me win the 1st 2 games, I could sense that they were about to pounce and start making wagers on the games....I laughed and told them I was going home. They were pissed and wanted to know why I was taking off....I told them that I don't play games for money with Hustlers and they laughed. I told them I knew what was going on and pointed out what they were doing. They both laughed and said "Alright, you got us....", then said....if you were that smart, then I was probably good enough to beat them straight up. I told them....they will never know. Then I left....ha!
Will I return? Hell yeah....next time with my sticks and will find those 2 for a real match.