Hand chalk should be banned !!!

Some people just have to do something... My hands sweat like crazy. My palms and the inside of my fingers will be so damp that the cue feels like it's covered in molasses when I stroke. I used to use powder every time I played, but have gone to a glove. Works for me, but some people just aren't comfortable with a glove. I have no problem with people powdering up the table a little... now if blue cloth all of a sudden starts to look SKY blue, then I have a problem, but hey, we have waitresses, railbirds, etc, walking around the rooms all the time... a little powder on the table isn't going to bother me.

As far as the playability of the table being effected... maybe it is for some, not arguing that, but I don't personally see an issue with it. I can draw the ball table length and scratch, powder or not! :)

Bob
 
I did not see this thread when I started mine.

The Player & Powder - Today, 12:40 AM
There is always one guy that thinks using powder will help him play better. The guy usually can't play a lick and gets powder all over the table and rails. I had this guy in our pool room last night. Powder all over the place. Simonis cloth is one week old. Eventually I asked if Johnson & Johnson were sponsoring the evening. I felt like shoving the cue ...ah never mind...don't get me started. No point to this thread just venting. Is this in the book of Bad Etiquette of Poolroom Morons

EDIT...I just saw the Hand Chalk Should Be Banned Thread.
 
What about the people who have a problem with hands sweating awfully?

My buddy that I play with most has this problem. Whenever I shake hands with him before or after a match, I feel like has has just washed his hands, they are that wet.

Using powder is a must for him. Glove doesn't help him.
 
I love it!!!

It's always something else getting in the way of my game getting better. I can't win under these conditions, crappy chalk on the tables, in the air, on your balls. I mean come on! Wah Wah Wah. Even another player using a glove is bugging me:rotflmao:. UGH!!!!

Go ahead and :deadhorse:

Next thread please.
:outtahere:
Later
Loren:rolleyes:
 
In a pool room when a player has his own chalk its fine by me, they most likely know what they are doing. In a bar if they are using chalk the prolly suck so who cares just rob them.

Many many good players use chalk. Ike Runnels uses a crazy amount of chalk.
 
Autist said:
What about the people who have a problem with hands sweating awfully?

My buddy that I play with most has this problem. Whenever I shake hands with him before or after a match, I feel like has has just washed his hands, they are that wet.

Using powder is a must for him. Glove doesn't help him.
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That was my point. My hands sweat excessively, but a glove does help me. A good glove made of 4 way stretch fabric should take care of any problems with sweat. Maybe not for everyone, but hey, I gotta do something, ya know.

Now, powder shouldn't be a problem IF USED PROPERLY!!! I played Gabe Owen couple of times last year and he uses powder very sparingly, taps his fingers in that pile of powder on almost EVERY shot. The table didn't have much powder on it when he was finished kicking my butt! Some players get way too carried away with it, and as a former pool room manager, there was only one thing I disliked more than I did players using WAY too much powder, and that was the guys that would bring in their own BRIGHT RED chalk and use it on my Tournament Blue cloth! As a player, the powder doesn't bother me... the red chalk still does, though!

Bob
 
8onthebreak said:
There's almost nothing more frustrating to me than trying to play pool on a table that has hand chalk all over it. I cringe when my opponent goes over there to rub that cone, or puff that baby powder... It's difficult to go for heavy draw when the table and balls are slick. ...to me it handicaps the better player...that uses more spin.

I recently helped a player in my league stop using the glove...he thanked me a couple weeks later...felt so much better now that he had better feeling on the cue without the glove in the way.

Would not bother me if it didn't affect the tables playability.

Just frustrates me.

Anyone else get frustrated by it?
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How old are you?
 
Kimmo said:
I already disagree with the premise that better players use more spin. Surely the better player leaves the cueball better through speed-control and shot selection that less spin is needed.
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How bout we play for whatever u want...and let me jerk the tip off ur cue before we start...since good players don't use much spin...

U don't need a tip if u aren't using more than 1/8 inch english
 
where i play, we put powder in our hands like there's gonna be a weightlifting match. we even write bets and scores on the cloth itself using real blackboard white chalk. :lol:
 
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Really ???????

JuicyGirl said:
It's always something else getting in the way of my game getting better. I can't win under these conditions, crappy chalk on the tables, in the air, on your balls. I mean come on! Wah Wah Wah. Even another player using a glove is bugging me:rotflmao:. UGH!!!!

Go ahead and :deadhorse:

Next thread please.
:outtahere:
Later
Loren:rolleyes:
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Who the *&%$ ever said anything about an excuse???

I dont like driving with the sun in my eyes...and I get to work everyday despite it...is that an excuse?

If I play a set race to 5 and win, and walk away saying, "I hate that hand chalk all over the table"...is that considered an excuse...even though I won and am very happy with the outcome of the game?

I work in an industry where my JOB is to REMOVE EXCUSES...I know what one looks like...

EXCUSE........REALLY???????????

Oh, PS.....I still dont like hand chalk, and won all my games last week against the chalk table...LOLOL
 
8onthebreak said:
How bout we play for whatever u want...and let me jerk the tip off ur cue before we start...since good players don't use much spin...

U don't need a tip if u aren't using more than 1/8 inch english
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I actually do practise at times with a scotchtape over the tip to learn to control the ball with speed rather than spin.
If you would use a little common sense you would know that there is a difference between a little spin and a lot of spin. My point is that just because you use more spin it does not make you a better player. You could just as easily claim that you are worse player if you have to compensate for poor positioning with extreme spin-shots.
 
Not only do some guys use so much powder they leave an entire hand print on the table everytime they shoot but we also have a guy in our league who insists on banging the cue chalk on the wood part of the rails upside down everytime he chalks his cue????????? White all over the felt and blue circles all around the edge of the table, he looked at me like I had OCD one nite when I shot after him because I wiped the rails down before I played. Then you have they drink rings on the felt because some moron thought it would be a good idea to put his drink on the table while racking, they should have the bad taste slapped out of their mouth.
 
8onthebreak said:
There's almost nothing more frustrating to me than trying to play pool on a table that has hand chalk all over it. I cringe when my opponent goes over there to rub that cone, or puff that baby powder... It's difficult to go for heavy draw when the table and balls are slick. ...to me it handicaps the better player...that uses more spin.

I recently helped a player in my league stop using the glove...he thanked me a couple weeks later...felt so much better now that he had better feeling on the cue without the glove in the way.

Would not bother me if it didn't affect the tables playability.

Just frustrates me.

Anyone else get frustrated by it?
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never!!! I use more powder than Tony Montana used coke in Scarface. My hands are wet, constantly dripping wet. Funny thing is my feet never sweat-they are dry.

I like to shit up a table when i'm in action, the worse it looks the happier i am, none of the guys I gamble with ever seem to mind weather i'm winning or not. if someone does it to me, i just do it right back more.

A cloud of white powder in the air over a box is a beautiful:grin-square::grin-square::grin-square: thing!!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
Black-Balled said:
Or for someone a little closer: Jeremy Jones will powder hizzelf and whup some azzzz!
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I do the same, i put it on my pants, shirt so i can wipe my hands on them and dry them out a bit during my inning. I'd eat some powder if i though it would help, LOL. I've been addicted to it since day one. I tried the alcohol and it dried my hands out but they still didnt feel right.
 
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