Pool table spiders? Balls stuck?

jaime_lion · Jun 4, 2020

So I went to a bar and played pool. I have already been to this place before so I wont bore you with the details of the place. But on game 8 when I pressed the button to release the balls 1 ball got stuck. It was the 8 ball. How common of an occurrence is this with spiders in tables? Does anyone know of anything that can be done when this happens to fix the issue? The lady behind the bar just gave me another 8 ball. They do not have any keys and the only way to really fix the issue would have been to call the pool table people. Even the pool tables at the pool hall have spiders in them.

Thanks

pocket · Jun 4, 2020

This is a common phenomenon as spiders are known to enjoy the game of three-ball. They will randomly trap balls until only three balls remain forcing players to partake in their favorite match.

drv4 · Jun 4, 2020

I wish I could go to all these random bars with janky pool tables as often as you do. You’re living the life!!!!

jimmyco · Jun 4, 2020

Look at the trap and know what it looks like with 15 balls. Soon you will know at a glance if it is a full rack. Address the issue before you pay or press button if prepaid.

This is a bad time of year dealing with arachnids.

Bob Jewett · Jun 4, 2020

jaime_lion said:
... Does anyone know of anything that can be done when this happens to fix the issue? ...

More likely nachos than spiders.... My solution is to never play on coin-op tables or eat nachos while playing.

logical · Jun 4, 2020

You really should have your own section in the forum.

jaime_lion · Jun 4, 2020

Bob Jewett said:
More likely nachos than spiders.... My solution is to never play on coin-op tables or eat nachos while playing.

If I did that I would not be able to play as often as I want. I would have to wait till 4pm 5 days a week to play pool. I wish I could only play on 9 footer tables with non-spider pockets.

jimmyco said:
Look at the trap and know what it looks like with 15 balls. Soon you will know at a glance if it is a full rack. Address the issue before you pay or press button if prepaid.

This is a bad time of year dealing with arachnids.

I played 7 games that worked ok. The 8th did not. I did not even think to look at the trap window thing.

jaime_lion · Jun 4, 2020

drv4 said:
I wish I could go to all these random bars with janky pool tables as often as you do. You’re living the life!!!!

You can totally have this life.

garczar · Jun 4, 2020

logical said:
You really should have your own section in the forum.

Dude has some of the most off-the-air threads ever. I've got him on ignore but just based the replies i can tell. Wow.

pt109 · Jun 4, 2020

jaime_lion said:
So I went to a bar and played pool. I have already been to this place before so I wont bore you with the details of the place. But on game 8 when I pressed the button to release the balls 1 ball got stuck. It was the 8 ball. How common of an occurrence is this with spiders in tables? Does anyone know of anything that can be done when this happens to fix the issue? The lady behind the bar just gave me another 8 ball. They do not have any keys and the only way to really fix the issue would have been to call the pool table people. Even the pool tables at the pool hall have spiders in them.

Thanks

I tried to negotiate a game with a spider....but he high-rolled me.
Apparently he was being staked by the Dark Web.....they had unlimited funds.

markjames · Jun 4, 2020

Spiders can be bad yes- but when it’s tarantula season in new mexico the bars just close down. I’ve been there before so i won’t go into all the details. You think playing the ghost is hard? Tarantulas travel in swarms, groups so thick you can’t stop them. Like when they march across the highway they just keep going and the cars and trucks drive right over them, smashing the ones under the tires like little fuzzy water balloons but they don’t care they keep marching on. And once they get inside those coin tables you can just forget it. Even if we try to get a few games at first before their season starts, it’s not fair cause the balls have this stuff on them and they don’t roll right. So yeah i’ve definitely been there. And the pool table people can’t help. They just laugh at you. And you’re right i know the tarantulas like eight balls the best so you might want to get out of there for awhile.

IbeAnEngineer · Jun 5, 2020

Years ago I had a friend that worked for an amusement equipment company doing repairs on the equipment that they rented out to bars. He worked on pooltables, foosball tables, pinball machines etc. He had a whole collection of small pistols and various types of contraband that he found inside the pool tables. Apparently, a lot of people would dump stuff down a pocket when a cop would walk into a place.

Rubik's Cube · Jun 5, 2020

As an English pool player, the notion of spiders so big that they regularly stop pool balls rolling out from the table mechanism sounds like some sort of horror movie.

A spider over here is what we call the bridge by the way.

SpiderWeb · Jun 5, 2020

You are very lucky that u didn't get caught up in the WEB.

Buzzard II · Jun 5, 2020

Funny Bob Jewett should jump in here on this problem. I believe that this only started happening around the country after he got into a argument with King Cobra about the size of standard pool balls. Bob was firm in his belief that two and a quarter was the American standard.

But the world's foremost expert on all things table related said no. The snake named all sorts of sizes to play pool with. Now there are f'kd up tables all over in need of repair.

Blame Bob, the expert said so.

Black-Balled · Jun 5, 2020

Rubik's Cube said:
As an English pool player, the notion of spiders so big that they regularly stop pool balls rolling out from the table mechanism sounds like some sort of horror movie.

A spider over here is what we call the bridge by the way.

Shit. Some desolate places in the USA like Georgia and Wyoming have spiders so big they have been known to attack smaall animals.

They cant keep them out of the small bars and they love dark open spaces.

garczar · Jun 5, 2020

Black-Balled said:
Shit. Some desolate places in the USA like Georgia and Wyoming have spiders so big they have been known to attack smaall animals.

They cant keep them out of the small bars and they love dark open spaces.

Here's some lovely Okla. "wildlife". That brown recluse is BAD news. http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2294/EPP-7301webcolor.pdf

Bob Jewett · Jun 5, 2020

Buzzard II said:
... Bob was firm in his belief that two and a quarter was the American standard. ...

That is the standard, but I was arguing that in fact the standard for professional pool tournaments was larger about 100 years ago and produced a Brunswick-Balke-Collender catalog page that stated as much, along with offering balls of sizes down to 2 inches for smaller home tables. That was here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=6568860&postcount=28

Rubik's Cube · Jun 5, 2020

An elderly friend got a brown recluse spider stuck in his shirt after chopping wood. It bit several times and left him in a bad way for a while.

Rubik's Cube · Jun 5, 2020

I’m surprised to learn that the spiders are so big in Wyoming. I assumed they would be more prevalent in the southern states.

Black-Balled said:
Shit. Some desolate places in the USA like Georgia and Wyoming have spiders so big they have been known to attack smaall animals.

They cant keep them out of the small bars and they love dark open spaces.

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