Pool shark
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Pool shark or pool sharks (also Pool Shark, Pool Sharks, poolshark, Poolshark, PoolShark, etc.) may refer to:
- A pool (pocket billiards) player who engages in hustlingHustlingHustling is the deceptive act of disguising one's skill in a sport or game with the intent of luring someone of probably lesser skill into gambling with the hustler, as a form of confidence trick...
and/or ; often incorrectly used to simply mean "good pool player"; originally pool sharpCard sharpA card sharp is a person who uses skill and deception to win at poker or other card games...
- Pool SharksPool SharksPool Sharks is a 1915 silent short film. The film is notable for being the film acting and writing debut of W. C. Fields, and also features an early stop-motion animation scene, during a game of pool....
a.k.a. The Pool Shark (1915), the first film featuring W. C. Fields - The Pool Shark (album), a 1970 honky-tonk country album by Dave DudleyDave DudleyDave Dudley , born David Darwin Pedruska, was an American country music singer best-known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred baritone. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road," and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues," "Truck Drivin'...
- "The Pool Shark" (song)The Pool Shark (song)"The Pool Shark" is the title of a song written by Tom T. Hall and recorded by American country music artist Dave Dudley. It was released in February 1970 as the lead single from the album of the same name, The Pool Shark. The song was Dave Dudley's twenty-first release on the country chart and his...
, a 1970 single from the Dudley album
- "The Pool Shark" (song)
- Poolshark (arcade game), a 1977 coin-operated video game by Atari
- "Pool Shark", a 1987 song by third-wave ska band The Toasters from their album SkaboomSkaboomSkaboom! is an album released by The Toasters originally in 1987 and re-released on a CD in June of 1995. The 1995 released featured an additional eight bonus tracks...
- Pool Sharks (pinball), a 1990 Bally Midway machine
- PoolShark (input device), a 1990s computer input device for using a cue stickCue stickA cue stick , is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the...
with computer games, especially cue sports (pool, snooker, billiards) simulations, via a PC's serial port - "Pool Shark", a 1994 short track by ska-punk and reggae-rock band Sublime, from their album Robbin' the HoodRobbin' the HoodRobbin' the Hood is the second album by the Southern California ska punk band Sublime, which was released in 1994.- Context and production values :...
- Pool Shark (EP), a 1995 six-track CD by the band V.Card on Allied/Caroline Rec.
- Pool Shark, a 1999 pool (pocket billiards) simulator video game, originally released as Actua PoolActua PoolActua Pool is a sports simulation video game developed by British company Gremlin Interactive as part of their highly successful Actua Sports series of sport simulators of the mid-to-late 1990s...
, developed by Gremlin Interactive and Mirage Ltd. for PlayStation and Windows; re-released in 2007 as Underground Pool for Nintendo DS- Pool Shark 2Pool Shark 2Pool Shark 2 is a video game which was developed by Blade Interactive as a sequel to Pool Shark...
, the above game's 2004 sequel, developed by Blade Interactive for PlayStation 2, Windows and Xbox
- Pool Shark 2
- "Pool Shark" (Drake & Josh episode), 2004
- "Pool Shark", a 2009 song by rockabilly and ska-punk band The Cherry Poppin' Daddies, from their album Skaboy JFKSkaboy JFKSkaboy JFK: The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is a compilation album by American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released in September 2009 on Rock Ridge Music....
- Pool shark or sand shark, nickname for automated cleaning devices for swimming poolSwimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
s, which often have shark-themed names such as Great White, Tiger Shark, Li'l Shark, etc.