Saw someone at the Valley state tournament hold the $20 challenge table for half a day.
These are races to 1 in 8 ball.
What have you seen?
These are races to 1 in 8 ball.
What have you seen?
Longest you've seen someone hold a challenge table for $$
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Not sure about time, half a day is super strong though.
But many moons ago in South Georgia there was a spot with 8 bar tables and they played 5 ball. Win 2 out of 3 and you keep the table. $5 or $10 per game and a few folks would bet 20. If you split the first 2 racks the 3rd rack doubled. It was a pretty cool setup and there were generally 5-7 players on each table. Pretty strong. I went there twice and won over $500 each time. I may have held it for 2 hours a couple times, idk.
But many moons ago in South Georgia there was a spot with 8 bar tables and they played 5 ball. Win 2 out of 3 and you keep the table. $5 or $10 per game and a few folks would bet 20. If you split the first 2 racks the 3rd rack doubled. It was a pretty cool setup and there were generally 5-7 players on each table. Pretty strong. I went there twice and won over $500 each time. I may have held it for 2 hours a couple times, idk.
This reminds me ....
Back in the 80s or maybe early 90s, pn a week night in Totem Lake, The ladies league used one of the 2 tables in the bar..There was always a bunch of no playing young men that wanted to impress the gals. So I would make them play for a couple dollars a game on the one challenge table. The quarters would be lined up at least half a dozen on the rail and none of the challengers could shoot a lick. Shrug
Not big money but it was My table from 6 until close. There was even an occasional cocky one that wanted to play for 10. Never ran a rack and never lost a game. It was a soft field. Kinda like shooting fish in a barrel.
Back in the 80s or maybe early 90s, pn a week night in Totem Lake, The ladies league used one of the 2 tables in the bar..There was always a bunch of no playing young men that wanted to impress the gals. So I would make them play for a couple dollars a game on the one challenge table. The quarters would be lined up at least half a dozen on the rail and none of the challengers could shoot a lick. Shrug
Not big money but it was My table from 6 until close. There was even an occasional cocky one that wanted to play for 10. Never ran a rack and never lost a game.
It was a soft field. Kinda like shooting fish in a barrel. 
How do you play 5 ball?
Played in a bar in Lafayette from 6 pm till 2 am the next morning. Never lost a game walked out with a bunch of 10s and 20s. Towards the end of the night a hotty got up on the table and started dancing. I looked over at the bar tender to see if he was going to make her get off the table. He walked over and threw a five dollar bill on the table and she kept on dancing.