keeping score with coin?
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Also mention that only the person who wins the game moves his coin. If the loser moves the coin and the winner does not see it, it will get moved twice and an argument will ensue.
We also use coins for ring games instead of paying off after every game. Makes it much quicker and the payoff at the end of the night is fast.
We also use coins for ring games instead of paying off after every game. Makes it much quicker and the payoff at the end of the night is fast.
To ''avoid'' problems, ''Never'' move your opponents coin unless you get a visual acceptance from your opponent. But what I do whenever a coin is moved if I feel like I'm in a situation that Could be a problem I say....
''Comin' Up One'' then its ''Clear'' whats going on, basically never go in someone pocket unless you tell em....:grin-square:
i havent read all the replies but what else do you need to know???
this is 2013.
we should be texting the score.
And in 2013, we should know the difference between a wireless LANDLINE phone (as in the top photo) and a text-capable cell phone!!!!
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that was the only text photo i could find with a pool table. :sorry:
I start using coin method few months ago, but i count not only the diamonds, but the pockets also (place the coin near the pocket) and using two different coins. It works great, an we move the coin only after the score is spoked in voice.
I either remind my opponent to mark his game or if I am retrieving balls from the end, I will say, "Mark your game for you."
But I don't have to say that too often as I am usually marking my own game. True story.
But I don't have to say that too often as I am usually marking my own game. True story.
i think not knowing separates the bar player from the pool hall player
Hmmmm... I think not knowing separates gambling and not gambling.
Putting the coins near the pocket to count a game is not the normal convention and is fraught with peril in some circles.
Since the diamonds conveniently count to 9 and you swipe the coin back to the start when you reach 10, then counting the games you've won is very straight forward when you're racing a number higher than 10.
For example, if you're racing to 21, and you both have swiped your coin once and your coin is at the 3rd diamond and his is at the 7th, then i know he leads 17-13. Your method wont be very easy to figure the score.
I would reread my earlier post if I were you. Then come to the Derby City Classic!!!
Freddie <~~~ it's all about the DCC
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Since you said coins ( plural ) then you're talking about races. In a race, each player is responsible to move his own coin.
In an ahead set, the winner is responsible to move the coin.
It would cause confusion and arguments eventually if you had it any other way. Especially from your post, if you're playing a longer race. Maybe in short 1 hole races, all my warning doesn't come to play so much. If you're playing a long 9-ball set (say race to 15), each should be moving his own coin, and a player should Swipe his Coin when he reaches 10.
Freddie <~~~ never gets to Swipe
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But the other side of the coin, if your playing someone who does this he's definitely showing his skill level and I like my game even more. Now if UJ Puckett did this, I'd be looking around the room to see if Harry Reasoner was there :thumbup:
I figure by the time he hits 10 to swipe, you've figured his skill!
The moving coins from pocket to pocket works great for keeping track of how many beers you have had . If you have a limit when your away from home and don't want to get drunk .
Thank you for your opinion. Next time I'll use traditional coin method
Although we don't play long races, race to 9 is usual.In my country, keeping score with the coins is something new, and few people use it. Once when I played with my friend and use the coins, one guy watched us and asked if we are gambling for that coins
In other night, one teenager saw our coins and wants to take them, because he thought somebody forgot them on the table.
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HOLY SHNOLY!!! 40 years and you just heard of moving a coin under the rails? Have you ever been in action?
Didn't read the whole thread but the biggest thing that irks me is when people have the coins on the wrong side of the table. You break, you move the coin. Why would you want the person racking to move the coin? Can't tell you how many times I've seen that....
