Decided to go out last night to the pool hall I used to frequent in Athens since I hadn't been out in a while. I get there and the guys I'm supposed to go out with are playing in the weekly pool tourney that goes on until the wee hours of the morning. So I started drinking crown and diet and shots of chilled patron like I'm 25 again. After 7-8 drinks and several shots, I decide since I'm not going downtown I might as well gamble a little....bad idea.
Since I don't own a cue, I borrowed one from a guy to shoot with. After losing a couple of $200 sets of 8-ball (which weren't even close), I decided to really go off and told the entire room the window was open if anyone wanted to bet on the other guy in the next set, another bad idea. I was upset because 1.) I was playing horrible and seeing like 30 balls on the table and 2.) I knew the guys that were betting were shooting a toothpick at a lumber yard because I was drunk so I showed a my ass a little. Apparently the tournament director and bartenders don't like loud drunks so they not so politely asked me to leave. After tense negotiations, all of the people that know me convinced them to let me stay.
The guy whose cue I was using had to leave so I was going to be without a cue if I wanted to continue to play. He said he'd sell it to me if I wanted it so I said sure and bought it, lol. (pics to follow)
After splitting 2 more sets (I finally made a ball after they cut me off at 2:30 am), I decided I'd had enough since it was 5 in the morning. All in all, it was a pretty shitty night and I'm not drinking again until the next time.
Here's the cue. From what research I've done, it looks like a Meucci SE-11, but it's not numbered like some of the pics I've looked at. Some have been numbered and some haven't. If anyone has any info then please chime in. I figured I couldn't go wrong for $90, lol. He asked for a c-note, but I offered $90 since I'm a purchase nit. I'll run up a $500 tab and donk off $500 in a heart beat, but will go out of the way to save $10 on a cue I don't need, go figure.
Since I don't own a cue, I borrowed one from a guy to shoot with. After losing a couple of $200 sets of 8-ball (which weren't even close), I decided to really go off and told the entire room the window was open if anyone wanted to bet on the other guy in the next set, another bad idea. I was upset because 1.) I was playing horrible and seeing like 30 balls on the table and 2.) I knew the guys that were betting were shooting a toothpick at a lumber yard because I was drunk so I showed a my ass a little. Apparently the tournament director and bartenders don't like loud drunks so they not so politely asked me to leave. After tense negotiations, all of the people that know me convinced them to let me stay.
The guy whose cue I was using had to leave so I was going to be without a cue if I wanted to continue to play. He said he'd sell it to me if I wanted it so I said sure and bought it, lol. (pics to follow)
After splitting 2 more sets (I finally made a ball after they cut me off at 2:30 am), I decided I'd had enough since it was 5 in the morning. All in all, it was a pretty shitty night and I'm not drinking again until the next time.
Here's the cue. From what research I've done, it looks like a Meucci SE-11, but it's not numbered like some of the pics I've looked at. Some have been numbered and some haven't. If anyone has any info then please chime in. I figured I couldn't go wrong for $90, lol. He asked for a c-note, but I offered $90 since I'm a purchase nit. I'll run up a $500 tab and donk off $500 in a heart beat, but will go out of the way to save $10 on a cue I don't need, go figure.
