That's why nothing ever bothers the Filipinos when they are playing. They are used to playing with distractions all around them - People walking around the table when they're shooting, yelling out bets while you're getting ready to shoot, having to ask someone to move over so you can get down on the shot (really!) and long waits between games and even shots sometimes while there is some kind of discussion going on. I've seen it all over here and it never fails to amuse me, and there is never one complaint. A few nights ago in Capito's I picked up a cue sitting on the table and hit a ball or two with it. A young Filipino guy comes over and says that's my cue and we have a money game. Lucky for me he was only practicing for the game and it was not a game in progress. His name was Edmar Balboa and he had a pretty big money game with Tomay Bacolod. They both played jam up!