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No, you got the idea wrong. It would basically be poolhalls like we have today, at least same price per hour, preferably lower. But you could pay monthly fee to actually train pool together with other people (maybe in different groups like children, adolescents, adults) with the help of...

I am a banger, that's nothing new. I'm also a regular last pocket player. Maybe it's just me, but I figured out some strategies which allow me to sometimes turn the tables on my opponent even when I'm losing badly. I don't think that would be possible if we played regular 8ball.

I get what you're saying but it's like "if you're getting beaten by a guy in 8ball, don't bother with figuring out and overwhelming his style, just switch to 10ball".

Well, getting tables in bars, fast foods and restaurants is purely up to the owners. If they have enough room and someone introduces them to the advantages of attracting the crowd by offering cheap pool or even low-fee tournaments for everyone, the same crowd which will spend tons of money on...

Sorry Maniac but I can't support you on this one :/ It would be the obvious solution, but then it would be a different game, and he wouldn't really get that payback he's looking for. 9 ball, if you really want to win this guy and feel good about it, play using the same rules. You need to beat...

See, I would not. My porsonal strategy relies on keeping your opponent's balls on the table as long as possible and pocketing my own as fast as I can. The strategy itself is actually quite complicated, and unfortunately I don't have the time to go into details, but let's just say I prefer...

There you go: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?p=4376869#post4376869 There's more, but I don't have the time to search for it at the moment.

All of you who care about this game... Please check some of my posts from the last 3 weeks. In some of them I described a potential plan for saving pool.

Good to know :)

Well, these were all my initial thoughts. However, as a purely last pocket player, I also had the feeling that I'm doing better by these rules than I would in normal 8ball. Something like dogsplayingpool described below. It's hard to tell, maybe it depends on the banger's strategy?

I usually calculate my odds, but I do it more instinctively.

Don't worry, I am a banger and I'm proud of that :) but my question was, if in normal 8ball the chances of the banger to win against a good player are 1 out of 10, then in last pocket version will those chances rise to like 1/5 or drop to, let's say, 1/20? In other words, does last pocket 8 ball...

Comparing to normal 8 ball, chances of which group of players in last pocket improve, how and why: the good players or the non-players and bangers?

Oh well, that happens... Was the APA guy cured from cancer?

Damn, I love all these stories you guys posted but this is the most touching and motivational so far. Our brave banger warriors fighting to the end and winning against all odds. Like watching those historical movies where a small, hopeless rebel army made of pesants defeats the elite royal...

Have you ever lost a match against a banger or a casual player since you took up pool seriously, read pool books, watched videos, practiced a lot, maybe took instructions and became more or less an advanced player with some formal skills, knowledge and fundamentals? In case it happened, can you...

I've been saying this like a million times. Nobody gives a damn.

The best one I ever heard :D

I have to disagree. I heard a story from a woman that she was walking down the street and the cue ball, which flew out of a bar through the door, almost hit her in the head...

I saw lots of funny and crazy stuff about beginners, bangers and drunks playing pool and they always cracked me up, so I hope we can start posting/reposting those stories in the same thread. I already posted some of mine in the "embarrassing moments" thread, gonna repost them, but my phone is...