Ever play bottle pool?

[Bob Callahan]

Never heard of it until I read this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/business/26pursuits.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all

 

[bflgvs]

Never heard of it until I read this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/business/26pursuits.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all

Yeah, probably back in the late '60s and early '70s. In between I was property of the U.S. government.

 

[JuicyGirl]

Never heard of it. Sounds fun. Nice article too
Thanks for sharing
Loren

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[PGHteacher]

I don't just play it I teach it. I do have a variant of the game just to make it more interesting for my students that involves the 3 ball frozen to the head rail. This is a great game that has lost its appeal to the pool world. If more people would get out of their "comfort zone" and play everything like Bottle pool, Cowboy, Cribbage, Einstein 9(I call it "ninestein" it's a game I just discovered) they may not increase their skill by a whole lot but they sure would enjoy pool a whole lot more than just playing7, 8, 9, 10, 1P & 14.1 all the time.

 

[Pushout]

Yes, also Bottle Billiards played on a billiard table. You need to make sure everyone understands you are playing Bottle Pool rules and not Bottle Billiards rules. Had this happen in the middle of a game. Got into a HUGE argument with a guy who insisted that we were playing only caroms count on a pool table.

 

[Cdryden]

I used a version of this game to help teach my daughter (who was 6 at the time) the basics of pool physics. I think with fewer balls on the table she was able to focus more on what was actually happening during and after the shot.

Also, it has a certain aspect of enjoyment to it that the other games don't have. She loved the game and learned how to play fairly well.

I know what I will be playing tonight! Thanks for the post and link!

 

[krupa]

Scanning the description it sounds like Cowboy is Bottle pool replacing the bottle with the 5-ball and tweaking the scoring a bit.

Cowboy's a fun game, I use it to practice caroms and position play.

 

[Pushout]

The BCA rule book has the rules somewhat different and those are the rules I learned by. The rules in the article sound more like Bottle Billiards rules. The way I learned was the score had to come out to exactly 31 points to win, using the 1 and 2 balls.

 

[Quesports]

Yes we played it all the time especially when we got bored with straight pool. Both were big in Massachusettes back when I played there. I started to play in 1966!