House cue Pro?

[Tickets]

Gday everyone,

While at the pub the other night, it was said that :
"if you are good at pool, you should be able to play wth any stick, any tip, any chalk and be good at it"

I personally disagreed as the house cues the Hotel provided are terrible, and it is virtualy impossible to do anything with the white ball.

Where does everyone stand on this?

Cheers,
Dave.

 

[StormHotRod300]

this is one of those yes and no questions.


Should a house pro, or anyone who shoots pool well, be able to pick up a house cue and still be able to play well YES. But under certain circumstances.

Obviously if you have a terrible house cue with a screw-on tip and junk chalk nobody is going to be able to play well.

But if you have decent house cues with a decent tip like Triumph, or le-pro or something, and Masters chalk then yes they shouldnt have a problem.


I have had this problem before, went to a bar used a bar cue, and they had some Pioneer chalk, and i seriously couldnt get two hits without chalking, and not miscue. And even then it was in my head so much about miscue'n that i played like crap.

 

[Plummerbutt]

I do believe that a poor stick can affect the way you play, but for the most part it's phycological. A tip can and will have an adverse affect on a player as well, but again, its for the most part, all in the mind.

However, countless games have been wagered on, played with, and won, while using a broom handle. I even heard of one gentleman "cleaning house" with the handle of a hockey stick.

Inevidibly it comes down to stroke mechanics. If you have this down, and are able to hit the center of the CB when wanted and needed, you should be able to play with just about anything offered to you.., or so they say.

 

[gregory]

Obviously if you have a terrible house cue with a screw-on tip and junk chalk nobody is going to be able to play well.

i used to work at a youth centre where cues would get busted quicker than we could fix them. for a few weeks, our best cue was a 2-piece that was not only warped, but the shaft and butt screw together to lie flush, so the cue sort of looked like this: ______----------
and there was no tip at all (or sometimes masking tape stuck on the end of the shaft to see if that worked better than plain wood). could avoid a miscue only with centre ball hit. most frustrating pool i ever played, but still beat having an 8-hour shift and not playing pool.

but as long as the tip isn't mushroomed and isn't one of those ridiculously fat push on tips they sometimes put right over the old tip, i'd think a good player would still be a good player. even with a crap mushroomed tip, i think a pro could still sink balls and play good position and whoop me, they would just have to not play shots where they really juice up the ball. i hear some people play pretty well with broomsticks (oh, i see Plummerbutt already covered that).

 

[ShootingArts]

I made a living with house sticks

Back when the world was young the sign of a hustler or would be hustler was coming in a bar with a stick. I never shot with my own stick in a bar and shot for fifteen years before I brought my own stick to a tournament. I did start bringing a few things with me to "enhance" house cues most of the time and that could be a big help. I made a living with a house cue when I needed to and matched my daytime income much of the rest of the time I played a lot of pool.

Having said all this, it is a hell of a lot easier to play with a stick with a perfect shaft, the weight and balance I like, and the tip of my choice. A good player can win much more than they lose with a house stick but if they have to play another good player with a personal stick the deck is stacked against the player with a house stick and if the two play long enough he is likely to come out behind.

Hu

 

[playablue]

i am playing with a house cue currently......I have now absorbed to me and relized that the cue stick is as good as any stick I have used. as long as its stright..

 

[Nostroke]

i am playing with a house cue currently......I have now absorbed to me and relized that the cue stick is as good as any stick I have used. as long as its stright..

Nothing better than a brand new Dufferin one-piece but I dont think they are currently being made.

 

[ShootingArts]

Nothing better than a brand new Dufferin one-piece but I dont think they are currently being made.

I took him to mean literally a stick found at the bar or pool hall. My stick for a few years was the twelve ounce one piece snooker "house" stick. A twelve dollar stick and a ten dollar tip and a little pampering of the shaft and it was the best handling finesse stick I have ever owned.

Hu

 

[sjm]

It's mostly about the tip. Give me a house cue (can be warped a little but not a lot) that has a very good tip (meaning in terms of shape, not in terms of brand name) and I can play near, but not at, my highest level.

 

[Fred Agnir]

Gday everyone,

While at the pub the other night, it was said that :
"if you are good at pool, you should be able to play wth any stick, any tip, any chalk and be good at it".

As good as anyone is, they're going to shoot better with a stick they're comfortable with and the stick they're used to. I'd rather shoot with my current shooting stick rather than pick up any of my other cues, which are all fine cues.

People who say this crap are just people who don't know any better.

Fred

 

[DaveK]

As good as anyone is, they're going to shoot better with a stick they're comfortable with and the stick they're used to. I'd rather shoot with my current shooting stick rather than pick up any of my other cues, which are all fine cues.

People who say this crap are just people who don't know any better.

Fred

The manager of my favorite pool hall is a fine player, a Canadian Snooker Champion, and he plays with house cues. Of course you have an excellent point, Darryl keeps 'his' house cues in the back, not in the rack out front, but they are standard 1 piece Dufferin house cues. He's been known to go to tournaments cueless, and buy a couple of Dufferins when he gets there. When he's done he leaves them behind. He also says it gets matches off to a nice start when he walks up with a couple of house cues with a couple of elastic bands for a cues case

Dave

 

[pete lafond]

Gday everyone,

While at the pub the other night, it was said that :
"if you are good at pool, you should be able to play wth any stick, any tip, any chalk and be good at it"

I personally disagreed as the house cues the Hotel provided are terrible, and it is virtualy impossible to do anything with the white ball.

Where does everyone stand on this?

Cheers,
Dave.

When I played in a bar league for a while Ilater stopped bring my cue in and started using house cues. Some had barely a tip and some bent but as I found out bar table play does not normally have demanding shots. Always had eight ball run trophies as proof. Just play position and good patterns. Use balls (but know were they are going) as stops as needed. Played tournaments once and a while when I traveled for business and bar sticks never seemed to be a hindrance.

 

[Bruce S. de Lis]

While at the pub the other night, it was said that :
"if you are good at pool, you should be able to play wth any stick, any tip, any chalk and be good at it"

I personally disagreed as the house cues the Hotel provided are terrible, and it is virtualy impossible to do anything with the white ball.


Dave.

My stand is only from Observation, when I play one of the BEST PLAYER, with a GREAT STROKE Plays with a Straight House Cue that he randomly picks from the Rack.

I think he play would be 15-25% Better if here Played with a Personal Stick be if like a Lucasi, Dufferin, or Custom.

Just my $.02 on the subject...