Hey !!! What's up everybody, this is the newbie who is currently living in France. I'm coming back to San Diego next Tuesday but I just wanted to share with you guys my experience playing three cushion here in Paris. First of all, not everybody plays 3 cushion overhere, they still play the "small" games. Fortunately, we latinos are all over the world and I had the chance to meet a Collombian guy. The tables are amazing, they had the same model that was used in the agipi masters, the table are Breton but I don't know what the model is called and they play amazingly, I really loved them. The only thing I didn't like was the price haha, 15 euros for one hour, which is almost 24 dlls an hour, but I went before 6pm and it was 9.50 euros an hour which is like 15 dlls. That's all, I just wanted to share that with everybody.
European tables : Pros and Cons
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Hernan7 said:
That's about twice what it costs per hour to play in South Florida for two people! Did they serve alcohol/food where you were, or did it seem like they made a higher percentage of their money from table time than what might be common in the US?
Robert
Robert Raiford said:
Before I respond your question I want to apologize for the spelling mistake, I ment Colombian guy, haha. Now going back to your question, they do serve alcohol and food but they didn't even give me the menu, they just asked me what I wanted, and I mean "what I wanted". Customer service is something that I consider europeans still have to work on, or at least in Paris haha, I guess I'm used to "good" customer service in the US. But no, it didn't seem like they made a higher percentage of their money from table time. The place is kind of like a private club and people go there mostly because they can gamble, I don't know if I would call it a casino but you can certainly play there and bet as much money as you want. They only have two tables where they play cards and gamble, so I don't know if you can call that a casino. It was hard to get in though, they asked me for my student ID and I showed them my international student ID and I had to sign a piece of paper that said that I wouldn't cause any trouble there. And even when I was already playing, just by my self by the way, one of the guys that works there asked me if I had my passport with me haha, but I only had two copies of my passport and that was enough. After that they didn't bother me anymore.
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If you're in San Diego, you should go to College Billiards and see what's going on.
I haven't been there for five years but I heard Pedro Pedrobuena (National Champion and fantastic player) bought the room and put in some nice carom tables. He's definately one of the best players in the country and I'm sure he could teach you plenty.
And for a hell of a lot less than 15 euros per hour table time. Thats a joke even if the tables are heated Chevillottes.
I haven't been there for five years but I heard Pedro Pedrobuena (National Champion and fantastic player) bought the room and put in some nice carom tables. He's definately one of the best players in the country and I'm sure he could teach you plenty.
And for a hell of a lot less than 15 euros per hour table time. Thats a joke even if the tables are heated Chevillottes.