Best Ring Game Rooms 5x10

Island Drive said:
There was a room in Denver, first of it's kind all earlier Brunswick's.
It was built I think in 1936.... all the road players knew this room Family Fun Center on the corner of 38th and Sheridan.
Then along came the switch out early sixties to All New GCI's.
Then Medina started playing here in the later eighties when he quit playing bar tables and choose to go pro on the nine footers.
They had two 5x10 snooker tables there that had at least one going from open/close 364 days a yr. I think they opened.... like all the old great pool rooms, at six pm on xmas and close at midnight :).
Five by tens never got replaced, one table of course was always the best it was against the wall :).
There was an older black man that played there, worked, married never went anywhere to play.
No one I heard to could beat this man at his own game on five x ten. Roadies didn't like it. That caught my attention in 1975.
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Cue & Cushion, since early 60s, 365, open til 1am.
I like playing on holidays, after the family drama it's good to unwind. Grateful to all the halls that stay open for the crazies like myself who just have to go hit a few balls.😎
 
Island Drive said:
There was a room in Denver, first of it's kind all earlier Brunswick's.
It was built I think in 1936.... all the road players knew this room Family Fun Center on the corner of 38th and Sheridan.
Then along came the switch out early sixties to All New GCI's.
Then Medina started playing here in the later eighties when he quit playing bar tables and choose to go pro on the nine footers.
They had two 5x10 snooker tables there that had at least one going from open/close 364 days a yr. I think they opened.... like all the old great pool rooms, at six pm on xmas and close at midnight :).
Five by tens never got replaced, one table of course was always the best it was against the wall :).
There was an older black man that played there, worked, married never went anywhere to play.
No one I heard to could beat this man at his own game on five x ten. Roadies didn't like it. That caught my attention in 1975.
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That was Andrew Hudson. He taught a lot of guys.
 
Island Drive said:
Thx Jay, he was a very, Very nice person in real life, not your norm kinda guy in a pool room, but who was :).
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I saw him and heard about him. From everything said about him I wish I had known him. The golf game at 38th and Sheridan was way out of my league as well.

The billiards guys didn’t gamble and they’d show you some stuff. Leonard Williams was the one I remember mostly.
 
maha said:
ring games and golf golf games for bigger money cant last long as the best players take off all the money most every time.

only if they limit who can play and never let it be open.

some rooms used to get a few people that would lose their paychecks every week in those games and keep them alive.

plus its ripe for two or more players to help each other out and steal from the game.
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I have played in many Golf games at Hardtimes Belleflower with EVERYBODY and NOBODY dominated because the majority of players in the game were at a high enough skill level on THAT table. Super weak players were simply not allowed to play in the games that were $20/2 or more. In a different setting or room with weaker players the stronger players do have an edge. It helps considerably to follow a weaker player. The HTB rules were the best golf rules I have played under--they eliminate a lot of nitty baloney. Bad hits (or poceting someone's ball cost you the price of the game and you could hit more than one person's ball on a bad hit! If you don't hit your ball, you're coming off the table--no parking yourself in your hole and camping out there. And, if you let your man out, you are paying double including your scratches. Around 2007-2008, Archie followed me on the break in a 6 or 7 handed game. He proceeded to make all 6 holes on the Big Bertha table! This was the only time anyone could recall this had happened. The owner Ken had a plaque made which was hin near the table to honor the occasion.

2 everyday players were barred for a few years from Hardtimes Bellflower for cutting up the golf game. The daily liability (citation), payball and golf games that were happening around the East side Detroit area in the 70s and early 80s were loads of fun. Good memories and I won more than my fair share.
 
jazznpool said:
I have played in many Golf games at Hardtimes Belleflower with EVERYBODY and NOBODY dominated because the majority of players in the game were at a high enough skill level on THAT table. Super weak players were simply not allowed to play in the games that were $20/2 or more. In a different setting or room with weaker players the stronger players do have an edge. It helps considerably to follow a weaker player. The HTB rules were the best golf rules I have played under--they eliminate a lot of nitty baloney. Bad hits (or poceting someone's ball cost you the price of the game and you could hit more than one person's ball on a bad hit! If you don't hit your ball, you're coming off the table--no parking yourself in your hole and camping out there. And, if you let your man out, you are paying double including your scratches. Around 2007-2008, Archie followed me on the break in a 6 or 7 handed game. He proceeded to make all 6 holes on the Big Bertha table! This was the only time anyone could recall this had happened. The owner Ken had a plaque made which was hin near the table to honor the occasion.

2 everyday players were barred for a few years from Hardtimes Bellflower for cutting up the golf game. The daily liability (citation), payball and golf games that were happening around the East side Detroit area in the 70s and early 80s were loads of fun. Good memories and I won more than my fair share.
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That sounds more like a private club than a pool game.
 
ring games to survive have to be regulated as shown. or they self destruct.

and yea some have had top type players in them all together without weak players, but the best over time took all the money. maybe not every day but over time. so if you were not one of them meaning one or two of the best players in one, then you ultimately went broke if you played enough.
 
maha said:
ring games to survive have to be regulated as shown. or they self destruct.

and yea some have had top type players in them all together without weak players, but the best over time took all the money. maybe not every day but over time. so if you were not one of them meaning one or two of the best players in one, then you ultimately went broke if you played enough.
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So same ole 'regulated' split?
 
I personally haven't ever played in a ring game but I heard about what could've been one at the Empire Cafe on Montana Ave in Downtown Billings , Paul Smitto and Lance Saunders were regular players in it as for anyone else I'm not sure who it could be Mayne a Norm who thought he was able to keep up with Lance and Paul .
 
It's a game one can lead others to water.
Beauty of this game....
It's thee only pool game out there that forces interaction between all players, seated and watching or getting ready to shoot.
It's character and integrity are borne outta the first groupings and the room owner.
I knew a non player construction worked that played just golf on a 5x10 Brunswick at this local bowling alley.
He never played any other game or in ANY pool room in the city, or league.
This guy could lag his ball way better than the rest.
His winnings averaged $60-80+ a day for at least thirty five years. :) Never saw any player alive roll his cue ball so well.
 
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