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[zeeder]

I got into a weird version of 3ball in a clubhouse after a golf tournament. Instead of cashing the pockets, you cashed the table, and you could stack the dollars, or spread them out, if the cueball ever came to rest on a dollar amount you had to match it before your next shot, and you could not move the money if it was in the way, just shoot through it, man I tell you... some of the guys were pretty wasted and started wadding the dollars up and sometimes you had to shoot through a bundle of cash to make the shot. I think the final pot was won with a 0 and it was $230 or so, the was a pisser because I had a 1. Oh well, it was a blast anyways..

When I play 3-ball I always explicitly disallow telekinesis! It's no fair if you pocket all the balls without actually shooting.

 

[PROG8R]

When I play 3-ball I always explicitly disallow telekinesis! It's no fair if you pocket all the balls without actually shooting.

We were counting the break as 0 and the following shots as 1, then 2....
since he dropped all three on the break he got 0,

your response made me laugh diet coke out of my nose so you get a rep point for the burn.

 

[chefjeff]

We were counting the break as 0 and the following shots as 1, then 2....
since he dropped all three on the break he got 0,

your response made me laugh diet coke out of my nose so you get a rep point for the burn.

We used to not count the break, too, but it is too confusing.

We also used to play ten rounds and then add up each player's total 10 round score. Each player had to pay the guy(s) who beat them 10 cents per ball difference and each player was paid by the guys s/he beat 10 cents for each ball difference. That can add up fast for the loser.

Jeff Livingston

 

[Aaron_S]

We used to run weekly 3-ball mini-tournaments, and had a pretty good turnout for a while. We racked them in a line, counted the break as a stroke, and played four rounds. Low score after four rounds took the cheese. It was $7 a man, and $2 of that went into a pot that was to be paid out to whoever could make all 3 on the break. The pot eventually grew to about $2000, but summer rolled around, people quit showing up, and that was the end of 3-ball. Nobody ever won the pot, so I'm not sure what happened to the two grand. The lowest four-round scores I remember were 9 and 11, but those were both mine, so there may have been some lower scores I wasn't aware of. Hard to believe noone ever made all 3 on the break. It's tougher than it sounds.

Aaron

 

[Hunter]

Sorry Steve I meant to respond to your post earlier today but something came up

There are many variations to three ball but the way I've always played is to get a group of players together, as many or as little as you want. Everybody antes up a certain amount, whatever everyone agrees upon. Once this is all collected three balls are racked on the table and everybody takes a round shooting and trying to pocket the three balls in as few shots as possible.

The player that manages to pocket the balls in the fewest amount of shots wins the pot, if two players tie than everyone ties and the players re-ante and everyone shoots again. The pot can grow quite big after a couple of ties, this game is ideal if you want something that can be played by many people. Am I leaving anything out guys?

Thanks Sniper! Have to give this game a whirl...

Regards,

Steve

 

[u12armresl]

You have to count the break.

Anytime the cuestick touches the cueball it's one.

So a 2 is a winner most of the time.

 

[Omar]

What is the most number of people you have seen playing bar table 3 ball?
What number won it?
How much were they playing for?

I've seen 8 at $20 a pop and 2 won (I figured someone would make a 1 or at least a 2 to tie him)

Can't remember how much money they won but it was hugeeeeeeee.

This was back at John Wayne's in Indy years ago.

After the weekly golf league we were playing 1 dollar 3 ball. The bar is closed, and we have a mix of bartenders, regulars, and golfers in the game. Probably 11 or 12 guys playing, and it pushed like ten times. Maybe $120 in the pot.

Anyway, around 6:00 AM there is this huge bang outside and the lights go out. We look out the window to see sparks falling from the transformer on the pole across the street.

One of the golfers goes over to the pay phone and calls the power company. The conversation goes like this:

"Hi. i am over at XXXX and the power is out."
"Yes, the bar is closed."
"Yes, I know it is 6 in the morning."
"You know, I was just in the kitchen and I think I smell gas..."

The truck pulled up like 5 minutes later and two firemen types run into the kitchen. They come out of the kitchen, look around at the drunks and the money strewn across the bar, shake their heads and leave.

 

[despotic931]

After the weekly golf league we were playing 1 dollar 3 ball. The bar is closed, and we have a mix of bartenders, regulars, and golfers in the game. Probably 11 or 12 guys playing, and it pushed like ten times. Maybe $120 in the pot.

Anyway, around 6:00 AM there is this huge bang outside and the lights go out. We look out the window to see sparks falling from the transformer on the pole across the street.

One of the golfers goes over to the pay phone and calls the power company. The conversation goes like this:

"Hi. i am over at XXXX and the power is out."
"Yes, the bar is closed."
"Yes, I know it is 6 in the morning."
"You know, I was just in the kitchen and I think I smell gas..."

The truck pulled up like 5 minutes later and two firemen types run into the kitchen. They come out of the kitchen, look around at the drunks and the money strewn across the bar, shake their heads and leave.

...so did they fix the power?

 

[Omar]

...so did they fix the power?

No. In retrospect, we were lucky we didn't all end up in jail. One of the guys made a comment to the bartender that they got double time when they got called out, so I guess they weren't that upset.

 

[break2win]

"if two players tie then everyone ties and the players re-ante and everyone shoots again."
I think this should be if 2 lowest scores tie everyboby re-antes rather than the above.

 

[zeeder]

"if two players tie then everyone ties and the players re-ante and everyone shoots again."
I think this should be if 2 lowest scores tie everyboby re-antes rather than the above.

"Two tie all tie" means to tie for the win which by default would be the two lowest.

 

[DaveK]

On time at our VNEA windup party Tim brought in a table (amazing how this guy could move a table by himself, in and out of a half-ton truck ! ). There must have been 25 or 30 of us playing for $0.25 a round until they kicked us and the pool table out of the banquet room. There was some talk of taking the table over to someones garage and carrying on, but I had to go home.

Dave

 

[oncepkt]

the break!

I had forgotten about 3 ball. So who here is qualified to describe how to break on a bar-box or 9 footer? I'm not sure I've seen it played on a big table.

 

[MFB]

I had forgotten about 3 ball. So who here is qualified to describe how to break on a bar-box or 9 footer? I'm not sure I've seen it played on a big table.

I am qualified.

Control whitey. If you scratch or fly the cueball off the table, you really can't win.

Break from box. You want to hit the balls square to maximize energy transfer, while controlling whitey.

Medium hard stroke, may use little side spin, make cueball stop in middle of table, to maximize your chances of running out.

Goal is to get ALL of the balls rolling.

 

[oncepkt]

Thanks Mark........I'll have to give 'er a try next trip to the pool room. Three ball sounds like a good game, especially when there's not a lot happening and several guys are just sitting around bsing. ha

 

[Dead Money]

For me a soft break works well. Often times I can get all three balls to stay below the side pockets

 

[u12armresl]

If you get all balls to stay below the pocket and don't make any you are looking at a 4 which I don't think has ever won.

 

[Dead Money]

True though if one or more of them go in the pockets they are "below" the side pockets