Bar Rules Like Wildfire Part 28

[Texas Carom Club]

theyd simply/graciously smash it open for you

 

[erhino41]

Rules such as 8 on the break is a win and scratching while making the 8 is a loss is logical since very few want to put up more quarters just to retrieve one ball to continue the game but you are entitled to your dick move opinion

As for having a unified rule set you guys need to take this into perspective.

It's a fact that amateur league organizations have standard rules written on paper but those some rules vary from region to region

It's a fact although pro tournaments adopt wsr rules there are some rules that vary in most every pro tournament

In both cases above you still have players disagree on rules even though the rules are posted in black and white

Now taking that into consideration how do you expect bars scattered across this great nation of ours with no affiliation with any type of organization to come up with a written set of standard rules ?

I practically lived in bars every weekend in Florida from Jacksonville to west palm beach during the 70's and 80's. The rules were always the same in every bar with the exception of 2 that you would encounter sometimes in the southern part. They were bank the 8 and Las pocket 8 which was due to the latin influence as they mostly played these 2 games and Americans adopted them sometimes to mostly prolong the game getting their moneys worth so to speak.

It Ws not until the mid 80's that I started encountering varying rules which most of you have mentioned on here. Rules such as calling the tip of the pocket and failure to hit the 8 I started encounter in more frequently when we started having a large migration of northerners in the state.

As some of you have alluded to...i thought some of those rules were bat shit crazy.

Expecting a unified rule set is only a pie in the sky statement. I am intelligent enough to know that bars don't care about the rules only about the money the table brings. You don't need quarters to get a cue ball back, if you did then first person to scratch at all loses? We weren't disguising making the eight, we were discussing only a scratch on the break.

 

[lorider]

Expecting a unified rule set is only a pie in the sky statement. I am intelligent enough to know that bars don't care about the rules only about the money the table brings. You don't need quarters to get a cue ball back, if you did then first person to scratch at all loses? We weren't disguising making the eight, we were discussing only a scratch on the break.

The person I quoted mentioned scratching on the 8.


As for the rule you were discussing? Read my last sentence where you quoted me

 

[erhino41]

The person I quoted mentioned scratching on the 8.


As for the rule you were discussing? Read my last sentence where you quoted me

The person you quoted was me. I made no mention of making the eight. I understand that you don't agree with the rule. I was further clarifying what I said because it seemed like you needed it.

None of what I posted is meant to be argumentative with you. I want to be sure you understand me before you rebut what I say.

 

[Jdale]

Lose for a scratch on the break because its a bar table? We all know you have to pay more quarters to get the cue ball back out after someone pots it.
I guess if I played where a scratch on the break was an automatic loss that one could just soft break, I doubt the bangers know about 4 balls hitting the rail or an object ball dropping to be a legal break. Besides, it would be interesting to watch them work a big packs of tied up balls.

Your lack of knowledge about bar/coin tables, says maybe you've never played on a bar table, in a bar.
FYI, cue ball come back to the head end of the table after a scratch. No money envloved, you only have to put coins in to release the object balls.

 

[fastone371]

Your lack of knowledge about bar/coin tables, says maybe you've never played on a bar table, in a bar.
FYI, cue ball come back to the head end of the table after a scratch. No money envloved, you only have to put coins in to release the object balls.

it was a sarcastic comment, I apologize, I should have used an emoticon to emphasize that. The sarcasm was due to the fact that I find it ridiculous that one would lose for a scratch on the break, 8 on the break on a barbox I understand, it can not be spotted without dropping in more quarters but I think everyone knows the cue ball returns to a separate location so it is always available for free after a scratch. Besides my Gold Crown I also have one of these coin op Valleys at home I use.