8 man private at home league

I would consider a local lodge like the Moose or Eagles for this private league. Most of them have tables, some are very nice and most of the time they are free.

I might be moving in with my girlfriend in Issaquah, WA and the Eagles there has a free table, but it is in quite poor condition. Not sure if a refelt and new rails (if needed) could save it.

I play at the Moose Lodge in North Bend, WA and they have two nice Valley tables (one was donated), both with 680 felt and good rails on the main table and excellent ones on the donated one. Lighting could be much improved for both, but it is free pool on good tables.

I'm surprised more tables aren't donated to places like our Moose and hopefully / similarly the Issaquah Eagles, given all the light use people report (a good percentage of the time) for home tables and friends that don't come to join them for a match, plus the challenges of trying to sell a used home table...
 
Better off just putting money on the rail and finding a gambling 8 ball game. Leagues are too hard to run. The round robin breaks down because people always quit mid-season. Also how did you come up with a $500 buy in?! That's way way way too high.
 
Sheldon said:
It inevitably worked great for the first weeks, and then it was tough to get matches played, with some players dropping out each time.
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This is usually the case.
Funny as shit...we had a Monday night league in S. Florida. Senior 9 ball. The other team's captain would call and ask if they could postpone and play during the week as they wanted to play cards. I politely said "It's a Monday League..why the fk did you join if you kept canceling". People got pissed at me when I told them Play or Forfeit.
 
What is up, man! We are practically neighbors. I would definitely be down to do something like this.

Don’t like making excuses, but let me go ahead and make some:

My wife wouldn’t be a fan, but I could make it work. However, ain’t nobody gonna want to play at my place. I don’t have a finished basement and there is a pole to navigate. I subconsciously avoid it, but I can see how that would go when the game is on the line. I’d gladly forgo my home field advantage and play elsewhere.
 
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iusedtoberich said:
Better off just putting money on the rail and finding a gambling 8 ball game. Leagues are too hard to run. The round robin breaks down because people always quit mid-season. Also how did you come up with a $500 buy in?! That's way way way too high.
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Valid points most have made. As for the 500 mark. Let's say you are in a league. Your typical night if you drink 2-3 beers, eat, pay league fees and table fees you end up around 40 an evening of league. 14week @40 bucks =560.
 
You sound just like me. I've been playing mediocre pool for a long time. Last year I joined a USAPL league and stayed with all the sessions for an entire year. I never want to do a league like that again for a bunch of reasons.
  • Sandbaggers that use the league to keep Fargo down so they can get good handicaps in tournaments, I hated the app for scoring.
  • I don't like the handicap systems. I'm not a good player at all but I love to play. I don't care if I win or lose but I'd rather play straight up races.
  • I want to shoot and relax and I didn't like having to sit there and be on my phone the entire time I wasn't shooting.
  • The place we played on everyone made a big deal about them being on Diamond tables but it was a bar and they were not taking care of. Felt stained and loose, balls filthy, bathrooms disgusting.
  • And I hated the late nights because I get up early.
All just personal preferences that others probably have no issues with.

I've thought about, like you, a league at home with a small group. However, I don't have a ton of pool playing friends and the small group of acquaintances I have I wouldn't want the majority of them in my house. LOL I do think about it often though. Another dream of mine would be to find or run a small local league someplace where we could do it early morning on Saturday or Sunday for us early birds.

Good luck to you!
 
Maybe you should consider finding 8 people and doing a club like these folk in Finland:

Poolmanis

Post in thread 'You will see this kid later...'

GoldCrown said:
Beautiful club.
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This is 4 pool tables and 2 snooker side
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Here is Kaisa tables big room
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Another side same room. Notice platform at middle with small tables , people can sit higher and watch games better and have some drinks
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Kitchen where you can store and make your food
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An artist made paintings . Subject is medieval times our city history. About making the Tar to ships and bringing it to sea.
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We also have showers and upstairs also room to almost 10 people to sleep. So you can live 24/7 in club some time if you want haha...
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MrTbolt64 said:
Valid points most have made. As for the 500 mark. Let's say you are in a league. Your typical night if you drink 2-3 beers, eat, pay league fees and table fees you end up around 40 an evening of league. 14week @40 bucks =560.
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On most leagues the dues are paid by the week. It's usually $5-$15. Most of the players are not eating and drinking $25-$35 of food. More likely they play and go home for that $5-$15.

Paying up front for the whole session is too expensive.

There is nothing better than gambling. You play all the time. No waiting in your chair for your match to start. You play the game you want. You play the opponent you want. You start and stop when you want. You and your opponent both have the motivation to play your best. It trumps leagues, it trumps tournaments.

IMO:)
 
iusedtoberich said:
On most leagues the dues are paid by the week. It's usually $5-$15. Most of the players are not eating and drinking $25-$35 of food. More likely they play and go home for that $5-$15.

Paying up front for the whole session is too expensive.

There is nothing better than gambling. You play all the time. No waiting in your chair for your match to start. You play the game you want. You play the opponent you want. You start and stop when you want. You and your opponent both have the motivation to play your best. It trumps leagues, it trumps tournaments.

IMO:)
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You do realize there is an entire world of people out there who could care less for gambling, right? I mean seriously, it is illegal and it is highly addictive, which can destroy lives. You do know that not everyone fits into your world view about that, right?

Just saying.
 
Banger said:
Same here. Only my closest friends get to play in my house, and that's not often, because they are bigger bangers than I am. Scott Lee did stop by and give me a lesson once.
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Scott came to my house also. Had no idea who/how he was. Total stranger but had a rep. Pool changing experience.
RIP.
 
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