Difference in pool rooms across the world

[hang-the-9]

I just turned on the Japan Grand Prix tournament (no cars though, what kinda Grand Prix is that??), and once again the floors were tile, not carpet. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/43369737

I think all of the Asian tournaments I have seen have been on hard floors.

Is that the norm over there to have no carpet in pool rooms?

How about other countries? What differences are there in pool rooms around the world?

Do they have a sushi bar in Japanese pool rooms instead of wings and beer ?
In North Korea do you need to thank Glorious Leader for allowing you to pocket the 9?

 

[liakos]

In north Korea you have to ask the great one to be allowed to pocket! Think about it, what happens if he's betting on the other guy?

 

[pt109]

I hate tiled floors for playing pool...
..you have to change your stance...like golfers do when it's raining.

And when you send whitey off the table on a break....
...you need a search party to find it.....
...and when you do find it, it is damaged.

 

[hang-the-9]

I hate tiled floors for playing pool...
..you have to change your stance...like golfers do when it's raining.

And when you send whitey off the table on a break....
...you need a search party to find it.....
...and when you do find it, it is damaged.

Those rooms are also very loud. Yet it seems many rooms in Asia and Europe have hard floors. I was just wondering if that is normal there, and if maybe there are other interesting differences.

 

[DaveK]

I hate tiled floors for playing pool...
..you have to change your stance...like golfers do when it's raining.

And when you send whitey off the table on a break....
...you need a search party to find it.....
...and when you do find it, it is damaged.

I am the opposite. I find it more difficult to take my stance on carpet. Guess it's different strokes, eh ? :smile:

My room is small, only 24' x 40', so not that much of a search, and I cannot imagine how a vinyl tile could harm a modern pool ball .... the concrete floor at my previous house was another matter .... I have chipped balls to prove it :lol:

Dave

 

[pt109]

I am the opposite. I find it more difficult to take my stance on carpet. Guess it's different strokes, eh ? :smile:

My room is small, only 24' x 40', so not that much of a search, and I cannot imagine how a vinyl tile could harm a modern pool ball .... the concrete floor at my previous house was another matter .... I have chipped balls to prove it :lol:

Dave

I guess it's the way I dig in....I try to hit every shot from the floor.

I was deep in a 9-ball tournament once.....but couldn't break....
...I was wearing new shoes on a brand new carpet.
I took my shoes off and started dropping two or three balls every break.

..lost in the last 3 to a guy who took his socks off too.:rotflmao1:
...because of this, they made a rule for the future......
....must wear shoes.

 

[Tokyo-dave]

When I lived and played in Japan (19 years), I don't think I noticed more of one or the other. There were carpeted places as well as hard floor places and I'm pretty sure it was random.

dave

 

[bdorman]

I haven't been to Japan in about 20 years but I used to travel there frequently. Based on my experiences and conversations with associates there, I'd guess that cleanliness is the reason for hard floors. I didn't see much carpeting...but I saw people scrubbing hardwood and tile floors everywhere.

 

[Masayoshi]

There are both carpeted and hard floor pool halls in Japan, but the carpet is nearly always carpet tiles. In the north, most pool halls have carpet because it gets really cold.

Pool halls with kitchens are fairly uncommon, but the ones that do have food generally have a mix of Japanese food (usually something served over rice) and western food like spaghetti.

I doubt any pool halls would serve sushi. I think most people would prefer sushi made by an actual sushi chef rather than a blue handed pool hall manager and in Japan many sushi places deliver so, you can have sushi at the pool hall anyways as long as the staff is ok with bringing food in.

 

[arps]

in the philippines it varies. i've played on linoleum floors, tiles, rough cement floor, rubber tiles, gravel, dirt/sand. whichever floor gives me a good grip on my foot, that's ok for me. im not that comfortable playing on carpet.

 

[Scaramouche]

I've posted this before.
The billiard room at Spadina House, an historical home in Toronto.
The floor around the table is cork.

 

[hang-the-9]

I've posted this before.
The billiard room at Spadina House, an historical home in Toronto.
The floor around the table is cork.

I remember this, that may be almost the ideal covering, although I would guess the maintenance on it would be tough in a high traffic area.

 

[The Piper]

My Fiances dad just got back from China and Taiwan. He said the poolrooms are absolutely crazy over there. Tons of tables, and often 4 -5 of really high caliber. They take the game and the gambling very very serious over there.

He said some of the notable differences over there, was the quality of tables (while everything else was falling apart around it) the lack of jukeboxes and dancing idiots. etc.

He did say, it was surprising loud in their pool halls though, a lot of people talking and arguing ALL the time.

 

[kaylaemarx]

A one-table billiard room requires enough space around the table to accommodate the range of a stroke of the cue from all angles. Though it vary from place to place, minimum requirements of a pool room is almost same.