If I was going to do it, I'd go buy The Mad Apple in a turnkey deal. Whatever the secret sauce is to making a pool hall viable, it's working there.

I would look through the DCC lists, Johnson City, US Open, Sands events and WPC too etc.. 1pocket.org would surely have threads about this too or you could start one with lists you come up with and have people debate it out. and you could reference the BCA and 1P hof's. Much easier to just do a top 20 - 30 list by decade for rotation games then a top 10 for 1p/banks or straight pool starting from 2020's then work your way back in time for top 10 - 20 lists by decade then just a top 10 for pre 1970's/1980's

Once you have your own list you could put up each decade as a tourney chart and have people fill out their own chart like IG has clips of all the time for more mainstream sports w an 8 player tourney type bracket to narrow it down who the g.o.a.t. of each decade is.

Bob Jewett said:

The usual area of interest is in the kitchen, not above the side pockets.

The rules for DCC include a version of "The Grady Rule". I think it's:

If there are 4 balls in the kitchen at the end of your turn, ALL four balls are spotted immediately.​

The DCC uses a non-standard definition of "in the kitchen".

I have seen a version that said something like "no more than 3 in the kitchen and nearest balls spot", but I don't think that's used anywhere now.

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Thank you for qualifying this.
The kitchen makes a lot more sense.
Having all balls spot at once also makes more sense.

cueball2010 said:

I've never owned a Poolhall. It seems like a dream...Getting paid and playing pool all day everyday.

• How many tables do you need to get started?
• How much capital to get started?
• What to know if you want to buy an existing Poolhall?
• Do you need any special talents? (Like a car salesman)

There must be some Poolhall owners here. How sweet is your life?

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Yeah it has it's up sides...but having owned a room from 2017-2023 I will mention the issues.

- Your pool playing friends will expect special consideration...in fact they may be the worst behaved of the pool playing regulars.

-Employees may love working at a pool hall because they can hit balls for hours and give free things to their buddies. Real hard to get reliable help who will work until 3am and not rob you blind.

-The general public sucks. No concept that Simonis cloth on a 9 foot is $450 installed. Billiard cloth...worse.
They will soil every table within the first 3 months. You will learn how to clean an entire table.
IV drugs in the bathroom.
Missing 8 and 9 balls.
Property destruction for no reason.

- I survived the covid shutdowns....flourished actually....but know government at all levels despises a pool hall.

-You aren't ever "off". Problem comes up,it is yours to solve. Better be mechanically inclined and good at drywall/painting.

-Pool players...especially retired ones are the cheapest form of life on earth. They want 1 hour or less special, even when there's already an 8 dollar play all day. ..Half orders of home cooked food for half price...and a glass of tap water.

Upsides
-It's a cash business and you sell time....do the math.
-Losing money in a pool hall is a fantastic thing if it offsets what your day job pays if you make good money.
-You play a part in promoting pool as it should be in your area, but you get an up close view of how pool goes nowhere, turns into something unrecognizable or just dies.

I worked full time days in my medical job and 4 nights a week....17 hour days for years. Not for anyone without the drive to get there.

Wouldn't an ash shaft be better for a whippy shaft??