Official Pool Etiquette?

[Flex]

i've seen this done so don't make fun.

Don't bring your laptop to the pool hall and play music off it to avoid using the jukebox.

just reading this thread is agrivating me. everyone here has listed something that at one point or another has made me want to slap the hell out of someone.

I know a guy who has a cue he calls his "sharking cue." It has two ball bearings inside the bumper, so if he bounces his cue a tad it goes "click"... as in, "click, click, click.... -- pause -- wait til the guy's in mid-back stroke -- click" again...

Sure to mess somebody up.

Flex

 

[Curtis Smith]

Not to keep harping on the chalk but I try to keep my table at my house in pristine playing condition. I personally hate a filthy table. I had two guys come over to play, the one guy kept putting the chalk face down until I finally had to tell him about it and the other guy brought his own cheap ass gray colored chalk to play on my clean, dark green simonis cloth!! Everytime he hit the cue ball huge clumps of chalk fell on the table. When we were done playing my table looked like it was used as an ashtray.

I just think if everyone played with a little respect and when their turn was over go sit down and shut up, everyone would be happy. But, no matter what you are doing, there are going to be your collection of idiots.

I like the list though, it covers most of my gripes. lol

 

[Curtis Smith]

By the way, as stated in my last post, using a normal colored chalk especially at someone else's place is good etiquette...

 

[TXsouthpaw]

By the way, as stated in my last post, using a normal colored chalk especially at someone else's place is good etiquette...

Amen to that. I cant stand weird colored chalk its like funny colored cloth, it doesnt affect playability but it just doesnt seem right. It makes me feel like somethings off. Plus different colored chalk reallllly makes ur shaft look ugly.

 

[trueblu8]

Wasn't really a bear hug, more like he grabbed him and shook the living crap out of him in the middle of the match. Bustamante shook his head in disbelief and the referee did nothing.

Now that I read it again, shaking the living crap out of someone is unacceptable. And even less acceptable is the fact that he did it to my boy Bustamante!

Lol. That kind of reminds me of the time when Oliver Ortmann ruffed up Bustamante's hair, then gave him a big hug when he beat him to win the Tournament of Champions one time. I was mad that he lost, but I think he ended up winning it the following year anyways. Yeah, I guess Bustamante is just a lovable, nice guy huh? He is also my favorite player. Very fun to watch, and a master at the game.

P.S. "Da Poet" you played very well last night. I can see that the runouts are becoming more frequent now.

 

[smoooothstroke]

powder/chalk

Got a powder guy who plays on the 9's,A player but if he plays long enough he leaves a thick coating of the stuff all over the table.Last time he was around i couldn't stop laughing when he complained about a ball skidding on him.The stuff also gets on the painted concrete floor making it even slicker.I once showed the dude how to use the powder by rubbing it into his fingers but to no avail.IMO chalk should be held or placed chalk side up to keep it from getting on the rails and ending up on my bridge hand.

 

[Thunderball]

#9)Never grab the rack while your opponent is shooting, no matter if you are conceding that game

I get dam near everything listed (cool thread imo)...but could someone expand on the above quote?

It's got me thinkin' huh??? So I'm wondering what I'm missing here...

 

[Vinnie]

#9)Never grab the rack while your opponent is shooting, no matter if you are conceding that game

I get dam near everything listed (cool thread imo)...but could someone expand on the above quote?

It's got me thinkin' huh??? So I'm wondering what I'm missing here...

I believe it means that you should not grab the triangle rack and start "racking" before your opponent finishes the rack. Especially if the rack is hanging on the light.

 

[Thunderball]

I believe it means that you should not grab the triangle rack and start "racking" before your opponent finishes the rack. Especially if the rack is hanging on the light.

Thanks Vinnie for the direct reply and I see what you are saying,But for me that is a direct "give".I do it,my opponants do it on occasion ect. It's just moving on to the next rack with respect for the out implied.Reach for the rack and concede.

I guess I'm asking becuase its pretty common for me.

 

[Luxury]

Okay I have a new one. Don't ask me if it was a good hit or if you have ball in hand 15 times during a set because you weren't watching and are now coming back to the table.

 

[D-Sub]

If you're not in action yourself, please don't sit on the rail(spectator) and critique every shot each of players make whether you think you could have done much better or not.

funny, but the tournament director where I play does this, and many other "non-etiquette" things. Actually...where I play...pretty much everything that's listed above happens. It's crazy.

I was lucky enough to learn from a pretty "uptight" uncle about keeping quiet, still...trying to stay out of line of site if possible, etc...but it seems to me that pretty much any time I point this shit out to someone they get indignant.

 

[D-Sub]

Here's some of mine:

- Don't chalk your stick at the table after missing a shot

Can you explain this? I mean...if someone misses, grabs chalk, chalks, then sits down...that wouldn't really bother me, although it's certainly not part of my routine.

 

[D-Sub]

Not to keep harping on the chalk but I try to keep my table at my house in pristine playing condition. I personally hate a filthy table. I had two guys come over to play, the one guy kept putting the chalk face down until I finally had to tell him about it and the other guy brought his own cheap ass gray colored chalk to play on my clean, dark green simonis cloth!! Everytime he hit the cue ball huge clumps of chalk fell on the table. When we were done playing my table looked like it was used as an ashtray.

I just think if everyone played with a little respect and when their turn was over go sit down and shut up, everyone would be happy. But, no matter what you are doing, there are going to be your collection of idiots.

I like the list though, it covers most of my gripes. lol

Some DIPSHIT used to come into Danny K's with RED FCKING CHALK on green felt. After about the 5th time I just had to say something, and of course he got defensive.

you know what? Rule number 1500 or whatever it is:

when someone points out a possible breach in etiquette, listen to what they're saying, think about why they're saying it, and apply it. The vast majority of the time if someone has a complaint it's legitimate!

 

[TXsouthpaw]

Okay I have a new one. Don't ask me if it was a good hit or if you have ball in hand 15 times during a set because you weren't watching and are now coming back to the table.

I get something similar at least one a week,

whats worse though is playing 8ball with people whove had to much to drink, and having them ask u five times if theyre stripes or solids. Pay attention to the freakin game.

 

[alstl]

Now that I read it again, shaking the living crap out of someone is unacceptable. And even less acceptable is the fact that he did it to my boy Bustamante!

Lol. That kind of reminds me of the time when Oliver Ortmann ruffed up Bustamante's hair, then gave him a big hug when he beat him to win the Tournament of Champions one time. I was mad that he lost, but I think he ended up winning it the following year anyways. Yeah, I guess Bustamante is just a lovable, nice guy huh? He is also my favorite player. Very fun to watch, and a master at the game.

P.S. "Da Poet" you played very well last night. I can see that the runouts are becoming more frequent now.

It's funny to me when I see all these rules people come up with which they conisder sharking and then in big money matches this kind of obvious sharking is allowed. Imagine in the world series if they allowed the batter to go out to the mound and grab the pitcher to shake him up, or a basketball player toing up to a guy shooting a free throw and doing that to him. Tennis, bowling, golf, none of those sports would allow this stuff. Imagine if somebody did that to Tiger Woods during a tournament, it would never happen.

Part of the problem is there is no sanctioning body in pool to fine people for idiotic behavior.

 

[Vinnie]

Don't chalk your stick at the table after missing a shot

Can you explain this? I mean...if someone misses, grabs chalk, chalks, then sits down...that wouldn't really bother me, although it's certainly not part of my routine.

I think they are referring to the situation where its your turn at the table and you go to grab the chalk and your opponent is using it after missing. That certainly bothers me.

 

[soulcatcher]

I think they are referring to the situation where its your turn at the table and you go to grab the chalk and your opponent is using it after missing. That certainly bothers me.

I think it is more along the line of:

Your turn is over. Go sit down. You can chalk before your next shot....if you get one. You don't need fresh chalk on your stick to sit in your chair.

 

[dabarbr]

Don't ask if you have ball in hand after the cue ball scratches into the hole. I know APA says that you always need to confirm ball in hand. But sometimes it ridicules.

 

[crawfish]

Please take no offense to this. But.... I just love the "I used to be a great player in my day older fellas" telling me where to break from or why I didn't get on the ball, after I missed only one ball in the last six racks. Just kills me.

 

[turbo]

Do not, seriously, DO NOT, grab a piece of chalk and take it back to your seat AND leave it there after your every inning, eventually leaving no chalks on the table, and THEN stare at me trying to figure out what the f$&@ I'm looking for under the table or inside the pockets. If you HAVE TO take it with you, bring it back!!?