Best place to live --- based on pool
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just find a cave and stay in it...oops there might be terrorists there as well...whitewolf said:Stay away from DC, New York, & Miami. They are terrorists targets - New York and Miami for the number of Jews there, and DC because it is the capital. Living west of DC is okay because the wind blows east.
Stay away from LA because the terrorists have a huge number of box cars that come over from ships. These cars can carry anything, even though now they are being scanned for radiation.
Stay away from LA and north, because of the St. Andreas fault. It is due 'now' to go. I am not even going to mention the Mississippi River for the same reasons.
Stay away from San Francisco because the terrorists hate gay people. Seriously.
Anybody who moves back to New Orleans is extremely stupid.
Read the survivor web site and watch the science channel. You will be scared sh*tless. Go to the Edgar Casey web site and look at his map which he produced while he was in one of his trances. You will see where it will be safe to play pool as his outlines what areas of the US will be under water.
WW
yeah greenville isn't that great, the only decent poolroom there is On Cue but still not much talent or action there...BAZARUS said:
I think action is pretty much dead everywhere in NC, at least compared to a few years ago.branpureza said:
I have to agree with Bazarus, though. In NC, Raleigh is where it's at. There are a good number of places to play - Babineau's, Brown's, Brass Tap, Hot Shots, Snookers, etc, and lots of good players who call Raleigh home.
-djb <-- opinion *might* be a little skewed....
Nostroke said:
I was there about 3 years ago and it looked pretty nice to me. I lived in Hawaii for a couple of years and once you let the locals know that, you get special treatment. The equipment was good, plenty of good tables, and the video machines are in a separate place. What could be better? Oh, and the food was good too. I do like the general layout of California Billiards the best though.
macguy said:
I play at Gatsbys in Boca and Miz's room in Deerfield and hot pockets in coral springs and one I dont even remember their name in Margate.
bobroberts said:
I wouldn't put California in the top 10 pool places I've lived. If it's on par with New York and Florida then y'all need to go to the midwest to get some perspective.
There are some big tourneys here, but local tourneys and leagues are few and far between. The ones that are here draw less than 6 players most weeks. There are some great rooms like Hard Times, California Billiard Club, and The Broken Rack but they seem to be the only ones drawing any players at all.
By contrast, when I lived in Wichita, at Shooters if there were 6 pool players in the bar they'd have a tournament. When they had 6 more that wanted to play they'd start another one. Sometimes you could be playing in 3 tourneys at the same time! On a Friday night you could play 4 or 5 tourneys. They had a 35-ball break-n-run challenge where you won $100 no matter who you were or what you were rated, but your cost to play changed. i.e. if you were not that good of a player, you might be able to try for $5. Junior Brown had to pay $300 to win the $100. Nothing I've seen in California comes anywhere close to that atmosphere. I even posted on here looking for tourneys and maybe heard about 2.
They had leagues almost every night and in addition, they had a league for swing shifters which started at midnight. They had about 5 $1000+ added tourneys a year and a couple of bigger ones like the Kansas state 8-ball champs and the thanksgiving tourney that snapshot talked about. Here I contacted the APA and BCA leagues and there is only one league anywhere near my house and it's not a format that I particularly like.
The local tournaments here that I've found are not run very efficiently and even though they are single elim, you still are out until 2 a.m. and half the time they don't even let you finish and just make you split up the pot. When I was in Denver, Phoenix and Wichita, we had tournaments with races to six 9-ball, races to 3 8-ball, double elim, with 32 players and be out of there by 1 a.m. - With fewer tables.
I would rank the places I've lived and played pool like this:
1 - Wichita, KS - Late 1990's
2 - Denver, CO - Early 1990's
3 - Colorado Springs, CO
4 - Alamosa, CO - If you go there, go to the Bank Shot and ask for 'Flats'
5 - Atlanta, GA
6 - Phoenix, AZ
7 - Dayton, Oh
8 - Chicago, IL -
9 - Albuquerque, NM
10 - Denver, CO - 2003 - dropped way down compared to heyday.
11 - Bay Area, California
Rickw said:
frankncali said:
I think you're probably right. I never really played much in So Cal but I've always wanted to get down there and play a monthly at Hard Times. I'd like to go to the Sactown one too. I have just been crazy busy lately, but last summer/fall when I was looking for bar tournaments and leagues, I found almost nothing.
Actually, I think the central valley has some good action in places like Modesto and Manteca, maybe the Bay Area just has too much recreation for people to really spend time/$$ on pool.
Cheers,
Regas
sixpack said:
sixpack,
I live in the Central Valley and it aint all that. I usually drive up to Sacramento to play. Modesto has two ph's, Champiion (Kim Davenport is co-owner) and Boulevard Billiards. Champion probably has the most action. There are quite a few A players there and a couple that are better than A. They play a lot of golf on a 5 X 10 snooker table and it's pretty high stakes. The only problem is, I've heard they don't like outsiders coming in.
Manteca has one ph, Bucktooth's. It doesn't even open at all on the weekdays and is only open Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. I don't know if there's any action there unless you want to play the Tooth and that will cost you.
Stockton really has nothing much to mention. There are 3 ph's but they are in pretty poor shape and there's not much action.
As far as tournaments go, I think Champion has a Monday night eyeball handicap (they watch you play and then rate you A, B or C I think). That's about it. Sacramento, on the other hand, has a B tournament on Monday nights at the Jointed Cue and a Tuesday night A tournament as well. Anyone can get into the A but you pay according to your skill level. A C player gets in for $5 and an A pays $20 I believe. Hardtimes has a weekly Sunday open tournament for $20 entry 9b. Once a month on the first weekend of the month, they have a 1h tournament on Saturday and a 9b tournament on Sunday.
I understand you are trying to be funny but you really are an A-hole for such a ridiculous posting.Most people on this forum are trying to say somthing constructive.remember what your mama told you.If you have nothing good to say,say nothing.whitewolf said:Stay away from DC, New York, & Miami. They are terrorists targets - New York and Miami for the number of Jews there, and DC because it is the capital. Living west of DC is okay because the wind blows east
Stay away from LA because the terrorists have a huge number of box cars that come over from ships. These cars can carry anything, even though now they are being scanned for radiation.
Stay away from LA and north, because of the St. Andreas fault. It is due 'now' to go. I am not even going to mention the Mississippi River for the same reasons.
Stay away from San Francisco because the terrorists hate gay people. Seriously.
Anybody who moves back to New Orleans is extremely stupid.
Read the survivor web site and watch the science channel. You will be scared sh*tless. Go to the Edgar Casey web site and look at his map which he produced while he was in one of his trances. You will see where it will be safe to play pool as his outlines what areas of the US will be under water.
WW
whitewolf said:Stay away from DC, New York, & Miami. They are terrorists targets - New York and Miami for the number of Jews there, and DC because it is the capital. Living west of DC is okay because the wind blows east
Stay away from LA because the terrorists have a huge number of box cars that come over from ships. These cars can carry anything, even though now they are being scanned for radiation.
Stay away from LA and north, because of the St. Andreas fault. It is due 'now' to go. I am not even going to mention the Mississippi River for the same reasons.
Stay away from San Francisco because the terrorists hate gay people. Seriously.
Anybody who moves back to New Orleans is extremely stupid.
Read the survivor web site and watch the science channel. You will be scared sh*tless. Go to the Edgar Casey web site and look at his map which he produced while he was in one of his trances. You will see where it will be safe to play pool as his outlines what areas of the US will be under water.
WW
Ray,
Does you brain disengage every time your fingers hit the keyboard? I can see why you and FL are buddies. Don't say I misread that, or that I don't understand the point you were trying to make. That would cheapen the level of stupidity you have achieved by writing this gem.
DougT
Illustrated Principles
a few balls short of a full rack
Seriously- you are not playing with a full rack.whitewolf said:Stay away from DC, New York, & Miami. They are terrorists targets - New York and Miami for the number of Jews there, and DC because it is the capital. Living west of DC is okay because the wind blows east
Stay away from LA because the terrorists have a huge number of box cars that come over from ships. These cars can carry anything, even though now they are being scanned for radiation.
Stay away from LA and north, because of the St. Andreas fault. It is due 'now' to go. I am not even going to mention the Mississippi River for the same reasons.
Stay away from San Francisco because the terrorists hate gay people. Seriously.
Anybody who moves back to New Orleans is extremely stupid.
Read the survivor web site and watch the science channel. You will be scared sh*tless. Go to the Edgar Casey web site and look at his map which he produced while he was in one of his trances. You will see where it will be safe to play pool as his outlines what areas of the US will be under water.
WW
The Best place to live if you love pool, that's a no brain'er
A MOTORHOME!
Country Coach bus conversion if you got some serious CASH!
take that bad boy to all the action!
Other then that, Orlando looks nice for the next few months.
A MOTORHOME!
Country Coach bus conversion if you got some serious CASH!
take that bad boy to all the action!
Other then that, Orlando looks nice for the next few months.
DougT said:
Leave Bluewolf's rack out of this.
It sounds like Tulsa and the DC area are the current hotspots.
About six months ago, I had a career opportunity that would have also been a great opportunity to check out the nation's pool scene. My company was looking for people to go around the country and give presentations to our clients about using our services. Since I have six years of direct experience, management encouraged me to apply. The schedule would've allowed plenty of time to check out the local poolhall after my presentations. But with a baby at home, it was the wrong time for me. Spending time with my son of course comes first, but it was still painful to see that opportunity pass in front of me.
About six months ago, I had a career opportunity that would have also been a great opportunity to check out the nation's pool scene. My company was looking for people to go around the country and give presentations to our clients about using our services. Since I have six years of direct experience, management encouraged me to apply. The schedule would've allowed plenty of time to check out the local poolhall after my presentations. But with a baby at home, it was the wrong time for me. Spending time with my son of course comes first, but it was still painful to see that opportunity pass in front of me.
the best place to live in pool is where you have a place to playing any time you want and with a good and nice owner that will takl with you and treet you like a good man, the last place I dont havent gont in a long time was because the owner was a stingy guy like you know tightwad. I spend 65 dollars in one day from parctising ALL day and after the time I paid I had 1 dollar left and I was thirsty for a beer and a beer is 3.50, I asked him that I didnt have the extra for the beer and all I had was a dollar left and if I could get the beer and pay him next time. When he said no I said I wouldnt never come back and not my freinds either, I amd annoyed just to think of that day.....