The future of pool?
- By maha
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and thats why pool needs to have games where you play against your opponent. instead of a game where you are really just running balls to make more than your opponent did.
I'm in Denver, i saw this event in the springs a while back (or somewhere else south of here) and it definitely piqued my interest; seems like a fun concept. I may join at felt. thanks for promoting it here!We all know being around the billiard world.... there is NO game that a good player can ever beat a top pro..... unless maybe a race to 1.
In my travels I happened to be at the Bicycle Club in the Los Angeles area helping with the artistic competition, also ran into Cole Dixon who was playing cards as part of his life.
I became friends with Bob Turner who's been running this card club for decades, a few yrs ago we went out to lunch together.
He mentioned TX Hold'm changed poker forever, he also said it's a game that offers chance.
It's the ONLY game that regular poker players will play with the pros.
They feel/know they have a chance, it's he ONLY poker game that offers this, and most often the only game card players will play in Vegas.
In our pool world, NO games offer this to the average player, where a 600 Fargo could beat a 750, just ain't gonna happen.
Even with the Fargo rated events, they seem to cause this and that with money/game count etc and they are always playing the first day into the second day
Three ball, six ball, nine ball, ten ball, one pocket, straight pool, avg players CANNOT win playing even, when there's a 150 point Fargo Difference.
All I can say is Colorado Hold'm pool game... is called Short Rack 9 Ball, pro rules, 9 on the spot, and the 9 ball is ALWAYS movin' on the break shot.
Recently I held 2 events and a local man won the event, a few weeks later he returned to play a second time.
First match he drew a gal that drove up from Pueblo, she beat him 7-0.
In these events.... all winners/losers start each round at the EXACT same time. Finals dinner time or earlier.
Tell your room owners about this, I'm gettin' ready to promote, I have 2 events this next mth in Denver.
A friend of mine asked me if it is easier with soft tips to apply english to the whiteball than with a hard tips.