Have you or any one you know actually lived in a pool room?
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Yep, I use to run a small hall that was a old hotel and I lived in the rooms up stairs. I played the best pool of my life back then mid 70's.
i have a guy that lives at mine during the week and on the weekends goes home he helps clean and stuff so he sleeps in the poker room in the back on a cot we got him, he gets a few free beers and free pool each day....so thats my story lol :thumbup:
In the room I used to own, we had a storage loft that overlooked table 13 - I tossed a mattress up there and used that for catnaps - that is until the Texas Alcohol & Beverage Commission told me I wasn't allowed to do that. I also had a couch in the back storage room that we had converted into an office. That couch came in real handy when I was going through my second divorce. Oh, the memories!
Well sort of.... the hall I frequent is an odd building that at one time had a second floor with tables that one of the owners converted in to an appartment that they lived in then when they got a house my brother and girlfriend move in to.
I knew I guy who was a really good player. Unfortunately, he was born the son of a heroin addict. I don't know when he got into drugs, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't until his 20's. Long story short, he lived in an old car behind a famous pool hall. He passed away several years ago.
There was an apartment below the Westmont Champions that Beezy lived in.
We loved that cranky old coot, well, as much as one might love that which he torments...
Wonder what happened to him?
We loved that cranky old coot, well, as much as one might love that which he torments...
Wonder what happened to him?
I've always preferred to do my sleeping in a bed...inside a house.
The pool room is the place I go when I need a break from being at home too much. I can't imagine having nowhere else to go, though. The game has never been as important to me as having a place to take my shoes off when I'm ready to relax.
The pool room is the place I go when I need a break from being at home too much. I can't imagine having nowhere else to go, though. The game has never been as important to me as having a place to take my shoes off when I'm ready to relax.
Yes when I was just 14 yrs. back in 73 there was this guy about 20yrs. name Richard Stewart that worked at one of the local halls in Warren,Ar., the name of the place was Rods, he was a nice fellow, and played better than anyone in town, but he slept on top of the back 4x8 pool table and kept his bed roll underneath it.
Many times the locals would gather at the front glass door of the hall and peer through it to see if there was any movement from the sound asleep player, after many poundings on the door that rattled like it was about to break he would get up and unlock the door to let his weekend locals in to start their saturday morning gambling games.
Richard had a kind heart but I really did feel sorry for him, because I knew I could go home and sleep in a nice comfortable bed , he had no amenities at all really, just a small wash room and toilet.
Richard always talked about hitting the road and making it big, so after about two yrs. of working the hall he got a bus ticket and went to California, that was in 75, never have heard a word about him since, his Dad owned and operated a poolhall in another town 16 miles away but never a word from old Richard again, I hope he found whatever he was looking for, who's to say he didn't, maybe he found a good woman and settled down, that is what I'll say happen to a young man that had bright eyes and big thoughts!
David Harcrow
He also lived in a pool room in White Plains NY and another one in Danbury CT. Miss the Dog.
At Chicago Billiards in West Haven mid to late 90's, they had a few guys living there most of the time. Well documented in Kid Ds book "Running the Table"
MT Vernon Tommy and Chinese Mickey lived in Hi Pockets in White Plains for several years.
I lived in a bar for two weeks back in the 90's. It had 4 pool tables, does that count?
I worked there of course, and we were shortstaffed and I was working 15-16 hour days the entire time, and it was easier just to sleep there and take birdbaths in the big sink in the back than go home. I slept on a cot in the office. It worked ok, but I still had to go home to shower every few days, then come right back.
I worked there of course, and we were shortstaffed and I was working 15-16 hour days the entire time, and it was easier just to sleep there and take birdbaths in the big sink in the back than go home. I slept on a cot in the office. It worked ok, but I still had to go home to shower every few days, then come right back.
Was his name "WaterDog"?
I didn't know him but have heard a few stories from some road players that have came through our town...
That's him- He was also known as Buffalo Bill. He had the hair and droopy moustache much of the time he lived in NY. He'd borrow 10 from me every so often. It got up to 60 which i knew wasn't coming back but then my buddy was in VA and he ran into Waterdog who just made a score, and Dog sent my $60 back with him. Found money!
Read the book "Running the Table" by L Jon Wertheim...about Kid Delicious. In the book they talk about a pool hall in West Haven, Connecticut called Chicago Billards. Said to have had cots and showers set up in a back room for players to stay and learn their craft.