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barrymuch90

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After about a 7-8 year gap off refusing to play any type of bar league I was recruited onto a team and I guess forgot all the bs involved and joined. Our home bar is the poolroom I play out of and work at part time and we have two diamonds. Because of my schedule I can only make certain nights so tonight is maybe week 6 and I’ve played at our home bar 2/3 times and the first week played at another bar with a diamond.

The moral of the rant is tonight I walk into the bar to warm up n see 1’pool table in a tiny bar. After waiting my turn I warm up n realize immediately this might be the worst table I’ve ever seen. Not to mention there’s multiple spots thAt impede ur backswing so u either have to try n jack up or see if ur able to use a Allen Hopkins stroke. Lol regardless this is ridiculous on so many levels and should be not allowed in the league
 
hang-the-9

hang-the-9

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One of the places I play USAPL league at has a table where the side pockets are offset by at least an inch from each-other, if you stand at one side pocket, the other one is off to the right/left of it. Side rails are not the same size.

The guy setting up the table must have been same as this guy

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Johnny Rosato

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barrymuch90 said:
After about a 7-8 year gap off refusing to play any type of bar league I was recruited onto a team and I guess forgot all the bs involved and joined. Our home bar is the poolroom I play out of and work at part time and we have two diamonds. Because of my schedule I can only make certain nights so tonight is maybe week 6 and I’ve played at our home bar 2/3 times and the first week played at another bar with a diamond.

The moral of the rant is tonight I walk into the bar to warm up n see 1’pool table in a tiny bar. After waiting my turn I warm up n realize immediately this might be the worst table I’ve ever seen. Not to mention there’s multiple spots thAt impede ur backswing so u either have to try n jack up or see if ur able to use a Allen Hopkins stroke. Lol regardless this is ridiculous on so many levels and should be not allowed in the league
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Do your opponents play on the same table?
You could just say you ain't playing on that table then sit at the bar & drink beer, if they say $2.00, tell 'em you'll only pay $1.50 in such a dive. Show 'em who's boss!
 
stevelomako

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We used to just pull the table away from the wall, take our shot, then shove the table back to where it was.

Who could complain about that?
 
Get_A_Grip

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Same thing happened to me last week. Except the table wasn't level and the table and balls were filthy. When I say filthy, the 8 ball was so dirty it looked fuzzy and with a quick glance you could barely even tell it was the 8 ball. :eek:

I am sure that I lost 9 points that I should have gotten due to the table not being level. One time the cue ball rolled about 1 1/2 feet further than it should have to leave me safe before my last ball. The second time, I nipped a ball and the cue ball started rolling slowly right into the corner pocket, when it shouldn't have moved more than an inch or two.

I say that all league tables must be clean, level, and no obstructions.
 
measureman

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I did one session in a traveling bar league.
Some places i had to go out on the sidewalk to smoke and it was a little scary.
The worst was a bar that i was warned not to make eye contact with the locals or talk to the women.
That was the end of my traveling league days.
 
fastone371

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Get_A_Grip said:
Same thing happened to me last week. Except the table wasn't level and the table and balls were filthy. When I say filthy, the 8 ball was so dirty it looked fuzzy and with a quick glance you could barely even tell it was the 8 ball. :eek:

I am sure that I lost 9 points that I should have gotten due to the table not being level. One time the cue ball rolled about 1 1/2 feet further than it should have to leave me safe before my last ball. The second time, I nipped a ball and the cue ball started rolling slowly right into the corner pocket, when it shouldn't have moved more than an inch or two.

I say that all league tables must be clean, level, and no obstructions.
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[/QUOTE] I say that all league tables must be clean, level, and no obstructions [/QUOTE]

I agree with the above. One place we had to shoot at one whole side of the table is obstructed by the wall and its only 6' table!!! I bought a cheap cue and modified into an appropriate length shorty for this place. I do have kind of a cool shorty now, the one thing that always really bothered me about short cues was the weight, I made mine weigh 19oz.
 
sixpack

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I love bar leagues and tables like that! What I do is play a little game and see how much I can make the terrible conditions work in my favor and against the home team.

For example, we played in this bar one time that had a HUGE roll towards the side rail. I was playing the owner of the bar (extra sweet!) and the 8-ball was blocked by the 9 ball along the rail. I shot the 8-ball very slowly towards the first dot of the end rail. It traveled in a rainbow and curved completely around the 9 and went in the corner. He was sick about it. :D

Next time we played there the table was level.

A lot of those teams feel like the tables give them a home field advantage because they know them. Using their home field advantage against them is super satisfying.
 
Cornerman

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barrymuch90 said:
After about a 7-8 year gap off refusing to play any type of bar league I was recruited onto a team and I guess forgot all the bs involved and joined. Our home bar is the poolroom I play out of and work at part time and we have two diamonds. Because of my schedule I can only make certain nights so tonight is maybe week 6 and I’ve played at our home bar 2/3 times and the first week played at another bar with a diamond.

The moral of the rant is tonight I walk into the bar to warm up n see 1’pool table in a tiny bar. After waiting my turn I warm up n realize immediately this might be the worst table I’ve ever seen. Not to mention there’s multiple spots thAt impede ur backswing so u either have to try n jack up or see if ur able to use a Allen Hopkins stroke. Lol regardless this is ridiculous on so many levels and should be not allowed in the league
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I’m sure several of us will be able tell you of tables that we played over the years that are worse. Sorry about your luck. It happens.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=441376
 
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barrymuch90

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A couple of the comments were funny and made me chuckle lol. Especially the short stick I’d have to say I’m quite proficient w the short stick :)
 
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stevelomako said:
We used to just pull the table away from the wall, take our shot, then shove the table back to where it was.

Who could complain about that?
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played in bar had to open bathroom door to get a decent stroke sometimes Ha Ha cold beer though
 
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