How many of the top notch players have a real job?
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I would have to say that being a professional pool player is much much tougher than working anywhere else....
This is well said. You could be a pro with a non-demanding/time liberal job situation but only if you were to forsake any family life.
It is a myth that people that work in a pool room get to play all the time.
I have worked in pool rooms for the last 18+ years and it's rare that I play more than about 3 hours a week for the last 10 years or so. I am in no way implying that I am a top notch player because I'm not but I don't think people that have a job in a poolroom should be discounted here.
I have worked in pool rooms for the last 18+ years and it's rare that I play more than about 3 hours a week for the last 10 years or so. I am in no way implying that I am a top notch player because I'm not but I don't think people that have a job in a poolroom should be discounted here.
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I think it depends on the room and the person. At my pool hall, the manager plays on the table closest to the front desk pretty much all the time. Its fairly small so there is a lot of down time. If he just sat behind the front desk, he would be doing a whole lot of nothing for the whole day. At another (bigger) pool hall that I used to go to, some of the employees basically spend all of their non-working hours playing, while other employees aren't even pool players.
It does depend on the room and the person to some extent but a job is still a job. It just seems that working in a pool room isn't a "real job" to most people. It certainly can be.
Thanks, that's exactly what I meant for this thread to be about.
Dee Adkins plays jam up .He works in the roofing industry ,he was at the Derby last year in a wheel chair after falling off a roof .Fade that for a job 40 + hours a week .Still plays solid.
work and play
there is one side benefit to playing pool for a living: no taxes. my deceased friend never had a SS#, played pool for a living and lived on the periphery of society. he did well at it. on the other hand i wonder if pro players who win $$$$$ at tourneys declare it on their taxes as well as the deductions. and as for the gamble/stake money, i believe no one pays taxes on that. can the average 40 hour a week player compete at pool in the world of gamble? i believe so. saw enough of it at cochrans in sanfrancisco in the 50's and 60's when i was a teenager, to think that many a good player can keep up a decent game to be strongly competitive. but to be working a steady 40 hour or more job doenst lend itself to the travel component associated with the big tournaments held in this country and elsewhere. like one of the other posts said, "there isnt enough vacation time". IMHO gerald
there is one side benefit to playing pool for a living: no taxes. my deceased friend never had a SS#, played pool for a living and lived on the periphery of society. he did well at it. on the other hand i wonder if pro players who win $$$$$ at tourneys declare it on their taxes as well as the deductions. and as for the gamble/stake money, i believe no one pays taxes on that. can the average 40 hour a week player compete at pool in the world of gamble? i believe so. saw enough of it at cochrans in sanfrancisco in the 50's and 60's when i was a teenager, to think that many a good player can keep up a decent game to be strongly competitive. but to be working a steady 40 hour or more job doenst lend itself to the travel component associated with the big tournaments held in this country and elsewhere. like one of the other posts said, "there isnt enough vacation time". IMHO gerald