How Well Do You Play In Ring Games?

I have never faired very well playing in ring games. But I do like to play them. For some reason I can win when I play sets with the same people that are in the ring game. I think it is beacause it takes me a little while to get into stroke. In the ring game I might have to sit for a while before I shoot and then most of the time I am kicking at the balls.
 
ceebee said:
The Ring Games in the DFW area were great too. Everyone puts up an ante. A 6-man game is best (a penny, dime & nickel going one way & vice versa for the opposite side). The first guy to 10 points (1 point for the 5 or 2 points for the 9) gets the winnings. If 2 players end up on 9 after a game is completed, everyone antes more money & you start over.

The competition & comradrie is great, the losses are minimal....
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We did this, called "racing" to 10 or whatever, but 1 point each for the five and 9, no ball in hand except behind the string. Game was over whenever somebody got to 10.
What do you mean by " a penny, dime, and nickel, etc."???
 
Its funny, I could play that rotation game from morning till night 4 handed, changing partners with balls pocketed as I mentioned and love every second of the play. On the other hand, you would have to drive bamboo shoots under my finger nails to play one race to 5 in 9 ball. :)
 
Pushout said:
What do you mean by " a penny, dime, and nickel, etc."???
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He said it was usually a 6 player game. A "penny, dime, and nickel" on each side of the table to move so each person knows what everyone's score is...

It's just like when you don't have scoring beads, you keep track of games by moving coins around the diamonds.. Except that they have to keep track of 6 scores, hence, six coins..

Russ
 
Russ Chewning said:
He said it was usually a 6 player game. A "penny, dime, and nickel" on each side of the table to move so each person knows what everyone's score is...

It's just like when you don't have scoring beads, you keep track of games by moving coins around the diamonds.. Except that they have to keep track of 6 scores, hence, six coins..

Russ
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I see. We never kept score that way, all the tables, Brunswick and AMF, both had rolling counters. There was actually a spare set behind the counter, in case there were more than four players in the game. Sometimes we just used a counter on a nearby table, if it was open. I never did the coin thing 'til I moved to South Carolina.
 
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