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Pool table market I agree that the economy has had a huge effect on the pool table market. We get 10 calls, or more, from people wanting to sell their table for every one wanting to buy. Many of those are moving or outright losing their homes, and will take what they can get to just get...

Compliment Fred Owen, a local businessman and bigtime gambler that some on this site surely remember, once called me "190 pounds of heart." Made me feel good, though it's more like 230 lbs now:smile:

Laws Celebrating too early is a mistake:smile:

'Steve the whale' So, I really don't know 'The Whale'. But I can work in the pool hall all day, covering tables or putting on tips, or cleaning toilets, or whatever, and come home and login and Mr. Mcready and Mr. Beard and Mr. Helfert are all here discussing him and all the other great...

Best cue? I'm sure many of these play great, but I always tell my friends- "Save your money and just buy a South West. Then you can quit looking".

Adler tables Very high end, price wise. I have a friend who owns car dealerships who has 2 and the are both fancy, and EXPENSIVE. Probably not 'players' tables, but on the upper end of furniture style tables.

Diamond home tables I don't know a whole lot about their home tables, frankly, but I do know that Diamond tables are made by people that know how a table is supposed to play, and I'd bet that applies to their home tables as well.

Diamond lights Our 4x8 Diamond lights each utilize (2) 8 foot, 2 bulb standard light fixtures. The rigid fixtures make up the 'length-wise' structure of the light, with 2 cross supports screwed to them for the side to side support, which have the decorative sides screwed to them. Any rigid, 2...

Ball return That's good advice. Either can make that table as good as it can be. In the meantime, you can probably make the ball return stop sticking by trying to align the two return pieces which fit end to end underneath, at the side pocket. They get out of line, and the ball hits the foot...

Best wishes for Lee We've never met Lee, but Johnny is one of true gentlemen my wife Susie and I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Hopefully the doctors get this cleared up, and it's not something he ever has to worry about again. Thanks for the update. David and Susie Smith

#6 Looks like Steve Cook for #6.

Water Yup, cool water, + 2.

Schmidt Billiards Welcome home and thanks for your service! John used to come to our place many years ago as a traveling player before rising to the level of one of the best players in the world. Even then, he was a nice, respectful guy who was great to have around. I hope he does well with his...

Lee and Johnny Best wishes and prayers to Lee, Johnny and family. This really puts it all in perspective.

Globals with ridgebacks Kerry just built us 4 sets of Ridgebacks for our bar tables- Globals believe it or not. We then covered them with 860hr tournament blue and they look and play great. We had them made to 4 5/8, which is what our older Diamonds are. They play easy, partly because of the...

Monthly cards We offer a card for 75.00 per month that lets a player play unlimited pool anytime we are open. You can start and stop it anytime, and it's good for 30 consecutive days from the time you purchase it. It doesn't count for league fees, green fees for tournaments, etc. Only regular...

Martinez That's correct. After the game Mr. Martinez said, "I made 4 railers on my last ball 3 games in a row, but once I didn't get the cue ball back to the end rail, and was lucky I made the ball." For what it's worth, he also said, "everyone thinks I can make those because I play billiards...

We've recently added beer and wine sales after 23 years without. The main reason was to take advantage of the nationally sanctioned leagues, which obviously is a dominant segment of the pool market at this time. We have APA, TAP, and BCA, but my question is how many room owners own their own...

Internet I agree with Dartman. The internet is the way to comunicate with the people you need to reach. Rafael Martinez was in town to play some today, and I posted on Facebook that he would be here, and voila, a building full of people to watch the game. Creating an e-mail list and a Facebook...

Flyers :grin: I think you're exactly right! I would put up any flyer about any tournament that would be available to any player in our area. I was a little disappointed that the recent 'Raggs Rack em Billiards' event in Eureka, CA never sent us any flyers this year. I would have put them up...