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How to Own a Poolhall?

galipeau
I've always wanted to open my own place, but I do understand the risk. My plan is to first start a mobile repair business for tips, ferrules, bumpers on house cues and at tournaments. The idea here is also to get the lay of the land in my area to see where the hot and cold spots are geographically. There are plenty of bars and a number of good pool halls where I live, I can see it working out if there is a "live above" situation with an apartment attached. Then I'm not paying mortgage on my home and for a separate business.

I've thought of the self serve model based on membership. Byob, key card access, no food, no alcohol, just essentially a storage warehouse and members, but that's slim margins, and no real growth of the game. It's a tough road for sure. OP needs to wake up and see the reality of how hard it is to run a pool room.
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Mosconi Cup 2025, Dec. 3-6, Alexandra Palace, London

jay helfert
skip100 said:
None of the euros would have failed to get out from that position.
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How about any 600 or above Fargo? I haven't shot any pool in a year and I would empty my pockets betting I can get out from there, with a house cue! And so would most of the guys/gals posting on here.

I want to say one more thing about that shot. The nine is in such an ideal position (very makeable) that he could have let out his stroke and played position above the side pocket. Still leaving him an easy shot on the nine, with no danger of scratching in the side. What we saw was a case of a pool player's mind going blank. He froze under pressure. That's a mental problem, not a physical one.
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Extra Deflection on Mosconi Cup Table??

dr_dave
FeelDaShot said:
I saw a Facebook post today from Oscar mentioning how deflection is exaggerated at the Mosconi Cup due to the new slick cloth. I've never heard of this before. Can anyone explain what's going on here? I guess I don't understand how cloth can affect the amount of deflection.View attachment 867153
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Long answer: See the 6:55 point in this video:

Short answer:
slick cloth = delayed swerve = more net CB deflection (combined effects of squirt and swerve)​
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Great Pool Room Stories

B
I just listened to the Billy Incardona interview on Legends of the Cue.

If you like pool and would like to hear what pool stories from the 1960s to the late 1990s it will be well worth your time.

This is the link to Part 1.

www.legendsofthecue.com

Billy Incardona - Part 1 (The Early Hustle — From Pittsburgh Streets to Poolroom Legends)

In this first installment of our six-part conversation with the great Billy Incardona — known to pool fans everywhere as “Nine-Ball Billy” and later the unmistakabl…
www.legendsofthecue.com www.legendsofthecue.com
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Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

Baron
People have been saying this for years. All I can say is that plenty of people still seem to be buying a lot of high end custom cues, and that those markets were always small but strong. I like very high quality and often high dollar cues, and personally speaking I pretty rarely have any trouble selling them. I often even make a buck or two on them. I do think that the super cheap cues and the higher end stuff both have more robust markets than mid-range cues at the moment. The super high end stuff will always have rich buyers, and the low end stuff will always have league players. The mid-range customs are probably who's suffering right now.

And in case it wasn't obvious, I know custom cues won't make me play better. I just love the artistry of them, I love how they look and feel, and I love having a build come together - especially when I sourced the wood and other materials myself.
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