I've been around pool my whole life, but took a fairly long hiatus for about 12 years before coming back. Since being back and deeper than ever, I started realizing that the money games and action has changed around me.
I am not old, not even over the hill, but when I was younger it wasn't abnormal to go into the local pool hall and there were dedicated money tables, or at least tables you knew if people were playing on it was a money game. Bars frequently had people playing on one table for fun, other table was money. Often if I was shooting alone, it didn't take but 10 minutes for someone walk up and ask to play for some bucks a set.
Now I feel like I spend more time in halls and bars than I ever did, but I've witnessed less action than I ever have. I don't ever see money on rails or lights, I don't see crowds around a table, I don't ever see arguments breakout about money anymore.
What I have noticed is that almost all the pool gambling has gone behind private doors near me. A lot of discussion is done on Facebook, then people either play at someone's house or undisclosed location. I can't seem to find anyone in a bar willing to play for $20 a game anymore unless it's the old local hustler. Are people taking it less or more seriously now?
What's it like near everyone else? How has it changed for y'all?
