I don't know. I didn't play much growing up. I am retired now and just started playing about a year ago. I have been playing on an eight foot Bristol or Contender, I can't tell which, but thought I would like to have a nice nine foot table to setup in my shop. I am in South Carolina, so maybe you are right and some, were after engineered some way for coin operation. Like I said, I have no idea.

dtroup64 said:

I actually watched your stream last night. I'm probably a low 500 Fargo, and it was good for me to see players better than me, but not at the pro level. Really enjoyed watching your steady cuing. The guy you were playing, the 515 I think, it sometimes looked like the stream was in fast motion.
Thanks for streaming!

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Thanks for watching! First time I've ever met or played him. He surprised me, had a lot of good shots, but like all of us, dogged a bunch too.

straightline said:

Lol you are incurable.

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I'll bet Im right lol.

Nah, I hope everybody enjoyed it. Seriously.

Biloxi Boy said:

Generally, "your" pill designates your ball. You make it and everyone pays you. But there are a lot of variations for gambling.

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We called it "Pill Pool". Even if it was played for serious money, everyone was always laughing in that game.

I actually watched your stream last night. I'm probably a low 500 Fargo, and it was good for me to see players better than me, but not at the pro level. Really enjoyed watching your steady cuing. The guy you were playing, the 515 I think, it sometimes looked like the stream was in fast motion.
Thanks for streaming!

mjantti said:

Many don't know that the famous Retro Encabulator was preceded by Turbo Encabulator: Login to view embedded media
I was most impressed by scatological sciences background.

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Interesting the turbo precedes the retro. Perhaps a clue to the hidden temporal properties of encabulation.

jasonlaus said:

A bunch of suckers gave him $$$ and their game didn't improve a single fargo point

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Lol you are incurable.

iusedtoberich said:

This table was a result of a merger/aquisition between Brunswick and a bar box company sometime decades ago. I think the Gold Crown 2000 was only around a couple of years. Its very obscure, even pool nuts rarely know about it.

I thought maybe that's what the OP was looking at when he/seller mentioned coin-op, but his pictures clearly show a "real" Gold Crown.

I guess the Gold Crown Coin has a similar story in recent years. Made with a partnership with Global, but only a handful were ever made and installed in the past few years.

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I was sure I played on some coin op GCs 30+ yrs ago in the Carolinas(I think)

Maybe it was a 9' Valley and im mis-remembering

Oh, I think I finally figured out the 10 ball break. The HARD break was not working on this table. We were using a Magic Ball Rack brand rack (the best one imo), and it was making everything perfectly tight. I took some speed off, but still bridged and hit the same way as the hard break, and I had a ton of success. I'm using a high closed bridge, as high as I can without raising my palm, and striking down on the CB. I'm getting a good pop, stopping the cb center table, and pocketing some balls.

I don't know if that will work in Vegas. The Outsville rack being used there does not rack nearly as tight as the Magic Ball Rack. Well, I at least have a few more breaks than I did last year's Vegas event.

Thats good for the guy posting. Since you have both what do you like better from one brand to another