SPOONLIFT

mdc said:

Walked in to this place near my apartment 10pm Tuesday night, not one table available. I used to work at a pool hall when I was younger (back in the 90s). We had about the same number of tables as this place, ~20-25. We were never this busy on a week night. Is it booze? We didn’t serve alcohol. Was told it was league night so about half the tables were reserved for them. Came in last night also and it was the same.View attachment 887203

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Leagues are very popular. Cash tournaments, not so much though.

This local pool hall here in Austin TX, called The Grand. Very nice pool hall, with all 9 foot Gold Crowns, I believe. They have league 4 or 5 times a week, but never any cash tournaments.

Lots of people here in TX love to play pool. I can see that much.

Speaking of cash Tournaments, this pool hall on the south side called, Betsy's, has a really good Sunday night tournament. No handicap. 9 ball, race to 4 in winners, and 3 in losers, and they get a full capped 32 player field every Sunday. There might be 50 or more players if it were not capped at 32 players though. If you do not get there at 6pm, for 7pm start, then you might not get a spot. $10 entry, and no green fee. Pretty awesome.

So you're talking about a jump cue and not just a short cue for use in tight places?

I keep my jump cue in my case. I have a 2x5/3x4 JB interior in my King case and it works perfect for this, I use the left and right main butt slots for my playing and break butt and then 2 playing shafts, break shaft and jump shaft in a square in the middle section and right in between all the shafts is one more slot that can be used for a shaft or a butt (though it'd be tight for a full size butt) and I keep my jump butt there because it's quite a bit skinnier than a normal butt.

I use a small section of PVC pipe in the case as a spacer to keep the top of the jump butt at the same height as my playing and break butts. I wrapped it in one of the Revo shaft sleeves I have laying around so it stays put unless I totally empty the case and really shake it out. Works great and probably only cost me a few bucks.

This opens up the pocket jump butt spot (that is too short for modern longer jump butts) for my 8" extension which works out really nicely as well and makes that easy to grab when needed.

Biloxi Boy said:

If yours is half full, appreciate it, and enjoy it while you have it. If it is half empty, very little will fix it. The truth is, as Mike was saying above, pool has changed. Somewhere in the last 20 years, we made some big turns and our old world of pool is not even visible in our rear view mirrors. What happened? I am not smart enough to figure the whole thing out, but seems to me much of it was financial.

The pool room model of old just doesn't float anymore. The proliferation of legalized gambling now satisfies a need that was met, in so many different ways, for so many years, by our pool halls. Also, life today is fast, getting faster, and pool is slow. For us old cats, the pace suited us -- pool and pool halls were comfortably slow, just like us -- shoot a few games, shoot the shit, and shoot a few more games. What kid today could possibly want to invest his time in such a way?

Without recruitment, everything will fail.

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There's a great room near my house with a mixture of 8' and 9' Gold Crowns. The owner owns the building and has for many decades. The problem is he's getting up there in age--late 70s I believe--and I worry about its future after he's gone. Hopefully he has a succession plan in place. I'd hate to see it go because 9' tables outside of it are a rarity in my city. But for right now, I feel lucky to have access to it.

It's not cheap, but you can get a longer joint protector to make the butt as long as normal cues: https://www.ebay.com/itm/389521451878

If you have a cue maker near you, you can probably get one made cheaper.

jax_joe said:

What was the "mistake"? You (presumably) made a legal shot and missed. That isn't a mistake. Incoming players turn.

One of the dumbest bastardized rulesets ever was those couple of events they had with that kneejerk absurd call shot call safe crap. Good thing it went away quick.

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The mistake was the missed shot. In this example, it was not my intent to rattle the ball in the pocket, and let’s say my cue ball speed was off and I snooker it behind a group of balls unintentionally.

Yes, it was technically a “legal” shot but my application of spin/speed/aim was executed incorrectly, so I should not be rewarded (if playing competitively).

Interesting how folks have such a strong aversion to call shot/call foul. Why should one not be punished for not executing the shot/leave they planned/intended? Speaking for competitive play, not for casual play or entertainment.

I haven’t read all the posts on Savannah and I want to make one last comment or suggestion. Walk away from the table for a period of time. Find something else to do with your time. Clear your head then come back to the table and don’t analyze each and every move. Line up and stroke the ball. Get your brain and your parents out of your game. Then pace yourself. Stop trying to play in every tournament day in and day out.

I am at a retirement community where the experienced players (one is a 102-year-old claiming blindness) hate jump cues. I leave the Cuetec Propel at the pool tables. I put a sticker on it telling users to return it here. No one's stolen it yet. I leave it there so that anyone can use it and to prevent anti-jumping-crowd complaints.

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jax_joe said:

What was the "mistake"? You (presumably) made a legal shot and missed. That isn't a mistake. Incoming players turn.

One of the dumbest bastardized rulesets ever was those couple of events they had with that kneejerk absurd call shot call safe crap. Good thing it went away quick.

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Yep, the Johnny Archer classic in 2012 used those jacked up rules, it was pathetic.

moop said:

Any chance you remember seeing anything on pricing? I'm wanting to list this soon, but I don't want to be wildly wrong on either side.

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Here's where I saw it: https://www.carousell.sg/p/predator-samsara-se-vcut-16-points-pool-cue-1113829784/

If that price is accurate for what it sold for, I'd guess yours would be $2500 or so.