Dealing with neighboring tables in tournament

justnum

justnum

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Playing pool in competitions, neighboring tables can be distracting.

Especially if its a lively player.

I tried headphones, ignoring them and even telling them to chill out.

Do you prefer to let the neighboring table to shoot first or would you rather wait to shoot second?
 
That is like asking if when you get to an intersection in a car, who should go first.

Depends.

The dude in diapers waits. Reason's obvious.
 
justnum said:
Playing pool in competitions, neighboring tables can be distracting.

Especially if its a lively player.

I tried headphones, ignoring them and even telling them to chill out.

Do you prefer to let the neighboring table to shoot first or would you rather wait to shoot second?
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If somebody has a gun I would rather shoot first:grin-square:
Jason
 
Simple, play more. I mean more often... For longer hours and in every situation possible. You will forget what's going on around you because it's not interesting enough to distract you.
 
CokerFan82 said:
Simple, play more. I mean more often... For longer hours and in every situation possible. You will forget what's going on around you because it's not interesting enough to distract you.
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In the rare event the neighboring table has a hot babe, that sharks me fast.
 
I dont really understand the question. Are you asking, if we both have a shot that would require one person to shoot and one to wait so we dont bump one another?
 
I understand...

jasonlaus said:
If somebody has a gun I would rather shoot first:grin-square:
Jason
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Having a big Pool Room in a mid size city brings lots of troubles like these to our nifty Pool Room. We have the loud mouths, slow pokes, scientists, chokers, vapor addicts & so on.... In our community, we just deal with it... because disruptions get out of hand...
 
players form neighboring tables impeding one another is just going to happen...Simple common courtesy makes it fairly seamless. I have a couple different ways that I deal with it. Generally I'm the "go ahead" guy...while they are shooting their shot I'll take that extra time to go look at my shot from a different angle or double check the next sequence of balls in my patern...I try to use that waiting time doing something productive. This does two things...1. It keeps my mind on my game and 2. It makes the other player that I'm waiting on feel less rushed if I'm not hovering right behind him/her...if you let the other guy shoot first its just common courtesy to give them the space to shoot their shot...

If I'm the one that's yielded to then I take the space I need to comfortably shoot my shot...ill step back from the table address the shot again and if need be I say a quick "excuse me" to the player that's waiting so I don't feel crowded or rushed. Then fall back into my rhythm and continue as planned...

As far as worrying about people watching you when you shoot...you're flat out sharking yourself!
 
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Black-Balled said:
Or do you like it when butts touch?
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That's called a "moon landing" and I did it to Dennis Orcollo at the Derby City Classic. I'm 6'1" and have long legs and he's like 5' and my butt hit him in the middle of his back. Awkward.

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justnum said:
Playing pool in competitions, neighboring tables can be distracting.

Especially if its a lively player.

I tried headphones, ignoring them and even telling them to chill out.

Do you prefer to let the neighboring table to shoot first or would you rather wait to shoot second?
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Depends.

If the other person has already bent down to shoot , i will let him go first.
However if we both bump into each other, i always allow the person to go 1st out of courtesy.

However if the other person allows n motion me to shoot first and i recognize he has a much easier shot as compared to mine ( playing safe or tough shots ) which requires a little thinking , i would inform him that im gonna need some time n invite him to go 1st.
 
justnum said:
I don't like the other players watching, but I don't want to lose rhythm either.
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People on the forums like to poke fun at league players but playing league at bars really teaches you keep your focus inside of the 4 rails on the table in front of you. You have at least 7 people watching all of your shots (pots, misses, fouls, miscues, mistakes, etc..) music playing, TV on, people walking all over, and shooters on the tables next to you. I would say I have become more comfortable playing in the midst of activity than playing when its very quite and still. When my shot will interfere with the player next to me it usually gets worked out like 2 people driving up to a stop sign, first there is first to shoot unless the both of you come to an agreement, its really not a big deal. When I have a shot where QB is on the rail I usually make sure nobody is at the other table while my ass is hanging over their table.
 
Which butt touched Dennis' back

Billiardbills said:
That's called a "moon landing" and I did it to Dennis Orcollo at the Derby City Classic. I'm 6'1" and have long legs and he's like 5' and my butt hit him in the middle of his back. Awkward.

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Which butt touched Dennis' back, your butt or your cues butt? They are different in many ways.
 
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