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Pool hustling is generally defined as the art of playing pool for money, often times using deception. A pool hustler will often disguise their skill, pretending to be a worse player than they actually are. They may intentionally lose games to lure someone into gambling with them, as a form of confidence trick.
Many of the top players in pool hustled pool at one time or another. Few players were ever able to turn pool hustling into a full time career. Most gave exhibitions, taught lessons, played in tournaments, or even had to get a non pool related job to survive.
Pool hustling was the subject of the films The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986).
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