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[deep]

Lucky you having a room ten minutes from you.
Are those 9 footers or 7 footers?
If they are 9 footers and set up well then eventually serious players will be coming around.

They have 6 9ft Rasson tables and 3 English pool tables. Talked to the manager and he was happy to see someone who takes the game seriously in there, hopefully it might get a few more of us in there.

 

[deep]

Deep , if I had a nice place to play that had 4 1/2' x 9' tables I darn sure could careless on the color of them .

I've got a 130 mile drive one way to play on a 9' table care to trade ? Ha ha

Wow, that's dedication!
I thought I had it hard having to catch a 20min train ride!!

 

[George the Greek]

Deep , if I had a nice place to play that had 4 1/2' x 9' tables I darn sure could careless on the color of them .

I've got a 130 mile drive one way to play on a 9' table care to trade ? Ha ha

There are 3 places within 45-55 minutes from me to play pool. All are 4.5x9"s ,one has a 6x12 (has to be booked) and the place I go to has two 7 footers that rarely get used. I might check out the place that has the snooker table and see if I can hit a ball 12ft away. I have a 9ft at home but like to get out and play some

 

[philly]

There are 3 places within 45-55 minutes from me to play pool. All are 4.5x9"s ,one has a 6x12 (has to be booked) and the place I go to has two 7 footers that rarely get used. I might check out the place that has the snooker table and see if I can hit a ball 12ft away. I have a 9ft at home but like to get out and play some

Yup.
Playing at home is not the same as playing in a poolroom.
Gets repetitious.

 

[Pierre Shakes]

They have 6 9ft Rasson tables and 3 English pool tables. Talked to the manager and he was happy to see someone who takes the game seriously in there, hopefully it might get a few more of us in there.

Can you make a living on nine tables?

 

[deep]

Can you make a living on nine tables?

It also has a large separate bar area that also does food and another room for live bands etc. Its also in a quite hip location so I'm sure it will do fine.

 

[jay helfert]

The article is from Mobile Bay Magazine.

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MOBILE BAY MAGAZINE

A group of men pose inside Jim’s Billiards on Davis Avenue in Mobile, 1939. Davis Avenue, ironically named for the one-time president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, was a well-known thoroughfare in the heart of Mobile’s black community. In 1986, the street was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.

Do you recognize anyone in this picture, or do you know anything about Jim’s Billiards? Let us know! Email ahartin@pmtpublishing.com.

Photo courtesy of Wilma B. Dixie, The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama | Colorization by Dynamichrome Limited.

I see Eddie Murphy, the small guy fourth from the right. I can read the room. The sharp looking guy in the white jacket second from the left is the best player and hustler in there. I would advise avoiding him.

 

[mareh]

Finally, i was at Bata Bar&billiars am Hauptbanhoff in Berlin.
Me and my friend got early, and went for10ft diamond table. I dont know if its the table Earl and Bata played on, but it was really a nice experience.
It was saturday, raining a bit, so that hall got crowded early in the afternoon.
Excellent!