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Boston Billiards near Fenway is closed. Jillian's is the only pool hall in Boston that I guess you could call upscale, but it's not because of the state of the equipment or the quality of the players, just to warn you. Don't worry about action, because you won't find any there. It's a nice place...

Yup, that was me. As for the case, yeah, I know, it's like a needle in a haystack. Just been bored lately and I had to ask. I also keep looking at that Kim Davenport latchless Fellini sunburst case with an incredible amount of envy...

Anyone have a Sunburst Fellini they're willing to part with?

I've never been to a sports psychologist myself, but I always remember my coaches in whatever sport I played talking about 'visualizing' what you wanted to do during practice, like meditating, but with a specific goal in mind, not just trying to clear the mind of anything and everything. I had a...

Bump to the top for a nice full splice Tascarella.

Thanks again for all the contributions to this thread. I do think there's some confusion here as to opening a private billiards club vs a pool hall. This thread is not about opening a pool hall. I know there are some similarities between the two, but I don't think they have as much in common as...

Thanks for your reply Jay. Yeah, it would be nice to have a place with more tables, and more of a real pool hall, but this is something that would be done on the side, and so I don't have time nor do I necessarily know anything about how to run a pool hall. I also understand that owning the...

Thanks for the replies, especially Fatboy's. This would be near the Boston area, so I think warehouse space will be tough to find, although it's an interesting idea. To be honest, any decent space will be hard to find or too much $$$. I certainly agree that good retail space is not something...

Right, but this would be for a very small private club, like 1-3 tables. Something like $1000/month rent, breaking down to $60/month for about 20 members to cover rent and overhead. I would imagine the 2 most difficult issues would be finding the space to rent and then finding loyal trustworthy...

Hi all. I'm interested in hearing from people who have successfully leased commercial space for use as a private billiards club. Is there anything special you have to do to do this? Any common roadblocks or problems one should expect to run into? I'm a total newbie on this subject, so any and...

It would be great to see Jett play Tony some long rack banks. What are the chances of this happening at one of the next few DCCs?

Bump to fill this raffle before the drawing tomorrow night.

Payment sent. Just a few spots left. Let's fill it up and get this raffle rolling.

The idea that you get to keep shooting without making a ball on the break seems like too drastic of a change to actually be accepted on a bigger stage, like pro tournaments, national league systems, etc. Now that isn't to say that there already aren't a bunch of weird rules in place, especially...

I'll take 44, 45, and 46. Thanks.

There's really no such thing as calling safe in one pocket. Here's a link the 'official' rules: http://onepocket.org/one_pocket_pool_rules.htm Onepocket.org is a great site if you're not familiar with it already. Lots of knowledge, history and examples there. Enjoy, and welcome to the addiction!

Bump for weights of Jack Justis and Ron Thomas cases.

Yeah, if you have access to a car, World Class is the best pool hall in the area. From downtown Boston, there are a few halls accessible via public transportation: Flat Top Johnnys (http://www.flattopjohnnys.com/) and Jillian's near Fenway (http://www.jilliansboston.com/). Neither is as nice as...

Online reviews of pool halls Write up favorable, but truthful, reviews of local pool halls on yelp.com so people who use that site, which seems like just about everyone nowadays, might be just a little more likely to show up at these halls. Mention onepocket.org to anyone even remotely...

Thanks for the responses so far. Just need the weights of the Justis cases and it would be nice if someone had the weight of a recent Ron Thomas 2x4 also.