I'm so confused.

I had two billiard tables in my room way back when...lots of straight pool and 3 cushion players...

It was a general agreement that a run of 10 in 3-rail billiards was 'equivalent' to a run of 100 in straight pool.

Anyone here ever run 10???

Mike
 
As Marissa's sig line has her in Georiga, I'm also curious if there are any rooms in the Atlanta area with a proper billiard table.

I haven't played in years, but miss it; it is an addicting game.
 
i really like 3C (and snooker) for the skills required but I love pool because of the various games you can play on it. and 3C is redonkulously hard. Also I hate all the 3C 'trickshot' videos, they dont really do those extreme masse shots in matches do they? I think there should be a new pool game invented.. or we should start playing a version of cowboy/"english billiards"
 
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p3ga said:
As Marissa's sig line has her in Georiga, I'm also curious if there are any rooms in the Atlanta area with a proper billiard table.

I haven't played in years, but miss it; it is an addicting game.
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I believe the last time I was at The Pool Room in Duluth, they had gotten rid of their snooker table in favour of a billiard table.
 
quedup said:
Well Marissa, I have to tell ya 3 cushion is the best game IMO! It is such a shame that there are so few places that can afford the commitment to have these tables available for players. I count myself lucky to be near to Chris's since they have seven heated tables now!!
Dan
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When I relocated to the Lehigh valley in 2004 a new rm opened with 39 pool tables and one billiard table - unfortunately they got rid of the billiard table because no one played on it - I would play with the owner or usually one of the guys working behind the counter. I really miss that game. Now playing only pool I do feel that my 3-c game would be a bit better as in pool you must be more accurate in your hits and stroke as there is a greater tolerance on a lot of 3-c shots when you have "big ball" - you miss in pool and it can be "all over".
 
maldito said:
... in pool you must be more accurate in your hits and stroke as there is a greater tolerance on a lot of 3-c shots when you have "big ball"
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The emphasis in 3-C is on where the cue ball goes, not where the object ball goes, and 3-C players learn to identify kinds of hit that have the greatest margin for error in that regard. One of those is a half ball hit with a rolling cue ball (where it's expected that both the cue ball and the object ball take off at 30 degrees from straight ahead) - the cue ball's path will be very close to 30 degrees even if the object ball's path is several degrees either side of 30 degrees. Mike Page has a video on YouTube illustrating this.

pj
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Patrick Johnson said:
The emphasis in 3-C is on where the cue ball goes, not where the object ball goes, and 3-C players learn to identify kinds of hit that have the greatest margin for error in that regard. One of those is a half ball hit with a rolling cue ball (where it's expected that both the cue ball and the object ball take off at 30 degrees from straight ahead) - the cue ball's path will be very close to 30 degrees even if the object ball's path is several degrees either side of 30 degrees. Mike Page has a video on YouTube illustrating this.

pj
chgo
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Nice post, Patrick, and right on the money. I will add to it, however, by noting that object ball control is critical in 3-cushion in two regards -- beating the kiss and position play.
 
You can do a search on the USBA site, to find any billiard tables in your state (if in the US). Not sure if the Canadian site has a locator.

Anyways, the locator only has rooms that have active USBA affiliations, or have requested to be listed. I know that there is an Asian pool hall here in St. Paul (Khai Hoan) that has 4 unheated carom tables that is not listed.

http://www.usba.net/USBABilliardRoomsHome.asp
 
12squared said:
Ahhhh, a name from the past :thumbup:. Thanks for bringing Carl's name up.

But as far using the word elegant...I call 'em as I see 'em. Just watch footage of the late, great, Sang Lee play and see what word comes to mind.

Dave
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Dave

I wouldn't argue it, elegant is the correct word.

Here's another name you may not of said or heard in some time, Bob Ameen.

Speaking of billiards elegance, how about the Miz playing 14.1?

Good to post with you

Kevin
 
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