Exactly what I was going to say. I wouldn’t argue though, I’d just quietly leave. It they are stupid enough to even dream up such a rule then they really aren’t worth the time spent trying to explain anything to.
Let me tell you what I hate...Anyone else?
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Exactly what I was going to say. I wouldn’t argue though, I’d just quietly leave. It they are stupid enough to even dream up such a rule then they really aren’t worth the time spent trying to explain anything to.
How would they know you were about to call their match??? If they went directly to their table to start playing, I bet one of those players would be using a "restroom break" before the third or fourth game. Personally as a player, I'd rather have both the players have their "lizard-shaking" out of the way so the match MIGHT be played without interruption.
On league night I always go straight to the restroom when my name has been called to play the next match and I always finish my match without ever having to go back again. My reasoning being, in case I am on a pretty good roll I don't want to break my own focus to go piss.
That said, If I know I'm going to play in the next match while the one previous to mine is still in progress, I will go on to the restroom when that match is winding down.
But that which I quoted above is a bit harsh, imho.
Maniac (gotta go pee right now :thumbup
The only saving grace on Mondays is that "most" everyone is pretty decent(more than 1/2) and midway through the tournament, everyone else is gone. The same 4 or 6 people win each Monday.
They also have a $10-$15 on Tuesday and different people play that as well. I don't play.
As far as hitting the rail...If the ball hits after the last diamond and rattles the pocket, it's all good, however if a ball is hanging in the corner pocket and you kick it 3 rails and it goes off that 4th rail, that is no good.
Like I said, those rules don't come up too much on Mondays as the caliber of players are a little better but it's just a screwed up way of playing. We have already lost some really good players because this.
The owner feels as though if we got ball in hand for fouls, some players would run out thus causing other players to quit (b/c they wouldn't have a chance) for which my argument was....FINE, let them play on Tuesdays.
This went from a 6 person tournament to 20 ppl avg. It seems to get bigger each week but the problem is...there is no league play around here so we have to go with the stupid ass bar rules.
The top 3 will usually split the money and still play for a little on the side. In the last few months, there have been no surprises in the top 3 money.
I personally dislike that bar room banger 'call your exact' shot BS. Way too many fights and disagreements. A sure way for things to get ugly when a opponent thinks he 'sees' your ball skim another ball, skim rail 2x when you called 1x, or skim the point when you called 'clean' on the 8.
BCA rules. Call ball and pocket eliminates those situations. To me, makes for a much smoother and enjoyable time.
I must add, I don't like opponent getting a good 'friend' to observe my shot that is not even close to needing observer when playing league. 1) it's a move 2) 75 % of the time friend will say foul and see it to opponents favor so they get BIH 3) #2 is a move.
Have a good day,
-Kat,
BCA rules. Call ball and pocket eliminates those situations. To me, makes for a much smoother and enjoyable time.
I must add, I don't like opponent getting a good 'friend' to observe my shot that is not even close to needing observer when playing league. 1) it's a move 2) 75 % of the time friend will say foul and see it to opponents favor so they get BIH 3) #2 is a move.
Have a good day,
-Kat,
No, it would be so much easier to get the hell away from that place.
They sound like a pack of nutcases.
Don't waste your time being frustrated by morons.
That pool room or bar or whatever it is represents the utmost in sheer stupidity of human nature.
Close the place and open a car wash on the location.
When people tap the front ball(s) when racking
Big white cones of hand chalk
Flimsy plastic racks
Mismatched sets of balls...
...Just realized my list could go on and on. I think I need to relax more.
Big white cones of hand chalk
Flimsy plastic racks
Mismatched sets of balls...
...Just realized my list could go on and on. I think I need to relax more.
CaptainPots
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The guy that has an opinion about every shot you play, laughs at your mistakes, thinks he has the best understanding of the game and tries to impose his methods of play upon you.
I ran a four-pack in a tournament....rack your own....my opponent checked the next rack...
...he said the two balls behind the nine weren’t touching each other....
...so I turned the triangle the three different ways....told him....
...”I can’t get them touching in the triangle, never mind when I take it off.”
He says “I do it every time.”
I said “Show me, if you can do it, I’ll learn how to do it.”
He couldn’t do it....room conditions are not perfect....balls wear down
I ran another rack on him.....
Years ago, when I lived in Houston, I was driving in a part of town I didn't frequent very often.
I looked up and saw a bar sign which said "Pool Tourney 8:00", Looked at my watch and it was 7:30 and thought "what the hell?".
As I was paying my $10, I asked the tourney director what rules are we playing by?
He says "Bar table rules." I thought okay and asked what rules are those?
He says "Call your shot." and that was it.
I pulled the tourney director the first round, won the flip, broke the balls and my first shot was the seven ball which is about a 1/4 of an inch off the rail just past the side pocket. I said"Seven ball, corner pocket."
I made it and he jumped up and said Foul, you didn't call the seven off the rail which it had grazed going down the rail.
I said "it's a friendly rail. Have you ever heard the term friendly rail?"
He started laughing said "Nope, my shot!"
I beat him and worked my way through the rest of the field to take the hot seat. The rest of the players didn't care, just as long as you called ball and pocket
Who did I play in the finals? None other than the tourney director. I watched him play some matches and the only reason he was won was he kept pulling rules out of his azz.
In the finals,I broke and was running out, but I had to break the 8 ball out. I broke it out, but hooked myself.
I kicked at it and hit it leaving it in the kitchen. He made a couple of his balls, but got out of line.
Instead of shooting at one of his balls, he stepped up and shot the cue ball straight into the side pocket, laughing as he did it.
He grinned and said, "Since the 8 ball is in the kitchen, you have to shot down table and back at it."
I long railed the cue ball into the 8, kicking it out of the kitchen.
He missed his next shot and I won.
When he was handing me the prize money, he told me I played too good and not to come back again.
As I was packing up, a couple of other players told me he always chased off better players and pulled chickensh*t rules out of his azz so he won the tourney most of the time.
Of course, I never went back!
Told that story over the next year until another player told me he knew exactly who I was talking about. He told me the tourney director tried pulling some rule out of his azz one night against another player. The player grabbed a ball off the table and hit ol' tourney in the chest with it and then proceeded to break his cue stick over his head!
I wonder if he changed the rules after that? LOL
Stones
I looked up and saw a bar sign which said "Pool Tourney 8:00", Looked at my watch and it was 7:30 and thought "what the hell?".
As I was paying my $10, I asked the tourney director what rules are we playing by?
He says "Bar table rules." I thought okay and asked what rules are those?
He says "Call your shot." and that was it.
I pulled the tourney director the first round, won the flip, broke the balls and my first shot was the seven ball which is about a 1/4 of an inch off the rail just past the side pocket. I said"Seven ball, corner pocket."
I made it and he jumped up and said Foul, you didn't call the seven off the rail which it had grazed going down the rail.
I said "it's a friendly rail. Have you ever heard the term friendly rail?"
He started laughing said "Nope, my shot!"
I beat him and worked my way through the rest of the field to take the hot seat. The rest of the players didn't care, just as long as you called ball and pocket
Who did I play in the finals? None other than the tourney director. I watched him play some matches and the only reason he was won was he kept pulling rules out of his azz.
In the finals,I broke and was running out, but I had to break the 8 ball out. I broke it out, but hooked myself.
I kicked at it and hit it leaving it in the kitchen. He made a couple of his balls, but got out of line.
Instead of shooting at one of his balls, he stepped up and shot the cue ball straight into the side pocket, laughing as he did it.
He grinned and said, "Since the 8 ball is in the kitchen, you have to shot down table and back at it."
I long railed the cue ball into the 8, kicking it out of the kitchen.
He missed his next shot and I won.
When he was handing me the prize money, he told me I played too good and not to come back again.
As I was packing up, a couple of other players told me he always chased off better players and pulled chickensh*t rules out of his azz so he won the tourney most of the time.
Of course, I never went back!
Told that story over the next year until another player told me he knew exactly who I was talking about. He told me the tourney director tried pulling some rule out of his azz one night against another player. The player grabbed a ball off the table and hit ol' tourney in the chest with it and then proceeded to break his cue stick over his head!
I wonder if he changed the rules after that? LOL
Stones
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Maybe we played at the same place
“Hit ole tourney in the chest with it...”
Yeah I second this motion. I have a new phrase to mumble next time some TD is trying to bully his way into the finals lol :grin-square::grin:
Yeah I second this motion. I have a new phrase to mumble next time some TD is trying to bully his way into the finals lol :grin-square::grin: