Side bets and things.

DubTony

Do any of you have any sort of side bet things going on while you're bowling? A gang of us used to get into a game after the leagues had finished in Crumlin on one night of the week, and play a game. Every time you failed to make a spare you had to put 10 pence ( €0.126973 )into the "pot". The winner of the game took it all. Great fun and very, very, very competitive.

Any more?

r3nu4l

Nice thread

Yep, we used to have a 'Turkey shoot' bet Basically if one of us got two strikes in a row then obviously we were up for a Turkey (3-in-a-row). Pressure on

So to make it more interesting we used to say that if the player missed the strike he had to put £1 into our league-team kitty which was used to buy drinks when the league came to an end.

It was reduced to 50p if he made a spare


Also, for us, failure to make a split (even a 7-10) meant paying 30p into the kitty.

We also had spontaneous bets such as 'buying a bar from the vending machine' if we made a particularly difficult spare. Simple but good fun!

phantom_lord

DubTony wrote:

Do any of you have any sort of side bet things going on while you're bowling? A gang of us used to get into a game after the leagues had finished in Crumlin on one night of the week, and play a game. Every time you failed to make a spare you had to put 10 pence ( €0.126973 )into the "pot". The winner of the game took it all. Great fun and very, very, very competitive.

Any more?

you poker players, bringing your degeneracy into bowling pfft :rolleyes:

DubTony

GETDEFACKOUTTAHERE !!!!

I was mixing bowling and gambling before you were even out of nappies. KID!!

(Mods ... its ok. We know each other. In fact, I think he's stalking me)

r3nu4l

[mod warning]If this is another "Poker players trolling the smaller forums" game akin to the "mustard forum game" be prepared for long site bans from Ecksor [/mod warning]

If not, welcome to Bowling, we aim to please...but not pleasure you Keep posting

phantom_lord

r3nu4l wrote:

[mod warning]If this is another "Poker players trolling the smaller forums" game akin to the "mustard forum game" be prepared for long site bans from Ecksor [/mod warning]

far from it, dubtony seems to be quite the avid bowler!

I just sneaked in for a browse when I saw the link, might get into the game myself.





esp. if there's a bit of side action going on!

r3nu4l

Cool

Go for it and get those bets on

DubTony

phantom_lord wrote:

far from it, dubtony seems to be quite the avid bowler!

Used to be quite the avid bowler. Left knee is shot. Hence, no bowling. Damned shame. I was pretty good too. Even if I do say so myself.

BTW, checked out that Mustard forum. I guess everybody's got different interests.

glen290

Myself and my team mate do penny a pin on the nights series, some weeks its pretty close, but last week I took over £1.50 off him, he wsnt too impressed..