Pool hall wisdom

And that's AZ Billiards in a bag. Good post. And yes I'm guilty of a lot of them...but I'm sure no one else is on here. Johnnyt
 
Welcome back to the game. Very good observations.

A lot of us here had laid off for a long time, and now enjoy pool from a different perspective. I had laid off for about 25 years.

The differences I noticed:

- the average pockets are a lot tighter.

- the better cloth (Simonis) is a lot better

- the rails (Artemis German rubber) are way better

- the cues are a lot fancier, and a lot of people collect them

- jump cues

- there is much more knowledge available to the player about the physics of pool- thanks to people such as Dr. Dave.

- the really nice pool rooms are really nice, but there are fewer pool rooms.

- the internet has made watching tournament and gambling matches readily available, affordable, and immensely enjoyable thanks to people like TAR.

- the kicking and safety game has been taken to new levels.

- the top players are really incredible

Anyway, I hope you enjoy your comeback and keep an open mind to the knowledge available.

Chris
 
TATE said:
Welcome back to the game. Very good observations.

A lot of us here had laid off for a long time, and now enjoy pool from a different perspective. I had laid off for about 25 years.

The differences I noticed:

- the average pockets are a lot tighter.

- the better cloth (Simonis) is a lot better

- the rails (Artemis German rubber) are way better

- the cues are a lot fancier, and a lot of people collect them

- jump cues

- there is much more knowledge available to the player about the physics of pool- thanks to people such as Dr. Dave.

- the really nice pool rooms are really nice, but there are fewer pool rooms.

- the internet has made watching tournament and gambling matches readily available, affordable, and immensely enjoyable thanks to people like TAR.

- the kicking and safety game has been taken to new levels.

- the top players are really incredible

Anyway, I hope you enjoy your comeback and keep an open mind to the knowledge available.

Chris
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Nice post Tate...and I agree with all of it. Johnnyt
 
Bob Callahan said:
After 17 (+ or - 1) years away from pool, I'm pleased (sad?) to notice, since I've come back, that some things haven't changed much. Therefore, I offer a handful of "truths" in
pool (feel free to add to the list):
  • There will always be players who hate the latest change in pool equipment with a passion, and players who will embrace it with loving arms.
  • There will always be some old guy with a one-piece house stick he's been sanding down for 20 years and swears it's the greatest cue ever made.
  • There will always be some guy with the latest hi-tech cue who swears it's the greatest cue ever made.
  • Watch out for old guys--they have a lot more experience in the specialized kind of lying it takes to make a game than you do.*
  • The hardest shot for you is the one you just missed.
  • There will always, in every town, be a 16-year-old kid who can beat anybody.
  • There will always, in every town, be a shortstop who everyone agrees can, "beat the pros".
  • There will always be some poor sucker who will fall for the old "I'll give you 4 balls after the break"-hustle in 8-ball.
  • There will always--if you live long enough--be a cue you wish you'd never let go of.
  • There will always--no matter how impossible the shot seems--be someone who can make it.
  • You can't beat the carnival trick with three balls and a golf tee in the middle.
  • On eFlea, "Straight" means "Not very crooked", "New" means "It was when I bought it", "Rare" means "Nobody has ever heard of it".
  • Never gamble with someone who says they'll play you with one shoe off.
  • There will always be people who complain about equipment. They are either nits or sharks.
  • The hardest break is not necessarily the best break.
  • "Pool hustler" is a synonym for "sociopath". [See: http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html]
  • One pocket is an addiction.
  • If you have a pet peeve, quit feeding it, and it'll go away.
  • Unless you saw them playing on TV or in a video, you can always beat the guys who come in with a case full of sticks.
  • "I haven't played much lately", means "Less than all day, every day".
  • Bank systems don't work, and are designed to help you shark yourself.
  • Make every easy shot. Make every shot easy.
  • There will always be players who say a light break cue is best.
  • There will always be players who say a heavy break cue is best.
  • There will always be a new "best" aiming system.
  • There will always be players who swear that you get more action on the cue ball with a flip of the wrist or some other such thing.
  • There will always be players who swear they can do anything you can do, but with a "perfect" pendulum stroke.
  • It's you--not the stick.
  • No one was ever the "best" pool player.
  • You almost always lose because you missed an easy shot--not a hard one.
  • Don't play anyone with a new cue until the newness wears off, and they play just as badly as they did before.
  • It's a lot easier and more pleasant to just give your money to someone who asks you to play 10-ball sting.
  • There will always be "science guys" who analyze the game to death.
  • There will always be "feelie guys" who swear it's an art, not a science.
If any of what you read here offends you, I'm sorry...it was all typed in fun, and no characterization was intended to resemble any persons alive or dead. It's a work of fiction. Heck, I don't even claim it's original fiction, since I've probably heard most of them at least once, at 3 A.M., in some godforsaken pool room in the middle of nowhere....

*This one is personal--he's almost 80, and beat me 3-0 in bank with a whittled-down house stick....
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Very true!!!
 
From a fellow "returnee"....tap, tap, tap. Well said sir.

Nothing changes...It's all even when the hand hits the cloth.


Hmmmm...I may need to add that to Fast Lenny's thread... :):)
 
mattiefingaz said:
From a fellow "returnee"....tap, tap, tap. Well said sir.

Nothing changes...It's all even when the hand hits the cloth.


Hmmmm...I may need to add that to Fast Lenny's thread... :):)
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:shocked2:: Making fun of The Thumbinator with a name like Mattiefingaz?
 
Bob Callahan said:
After 17 (+ or - 1) years away from pool, I'm pleased (sad?) to notice, since I've come back, that some things haven't changed much. Therefore, I offer a handful of "truths" in
pool (feel free to add to the list):
  • There will always be players who hate the latest change in pool equipment with a passion, and players who will embrace it with loving arms.
  • There will always be some old guy with a one-piece house stick he's been sanding down for 20 years and swears it's the greatest cue ever made.
  • There will always be some guy with the latest hi-tech cue who swears it's the greatest cue ever made.
  • Watch out for old guys--they have a lot more experience in the specialized kind of lying it takes to make a game than you do.*
  • The hardest shot for you is the one you just missed.
  • There will always, in every town, be a 16-year-old kid who can beat anybody.
  • There will always, in every town, be a shortstop who everyone agrees can, "beat the pros".
  • There will always be some poor sucker who will fall for the old "I'll give you 4 balls after the break"-hustle in 8-ball.
  • There will always--if you live long enough--be a cue you wish you'd never let go of.
  • There will always--no matter how impossible the shot seems--be someone who can make it.
  • You can't beat the carnival trick with three balls and a golf tee in the middle.
  • On eFlea, "Straight" means "Not very crooked", "New" means "It was when I bought it", "Rare" means "Nobody has ever heard of it".
  • Never gamble with someone who says they'll play you with one shoe off.
  • There will always be people who complain about equipment. They are either nits or sharks.
  • The hardest break is not necessarily the best break.
  • "Pool hustler" is a synonym for "sociopath". [See: http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html]
  • One pocket is an addiction.
  • If you have a pet peeve, quit feeding it, and it'll go away.
  • Unless you saw them playing on TV or in a video, you can always beat the guys who come in with a case full of sticks.
  • "I haven't played much lately", means "Less than all day, every day".
  • Bank systems don't work, and are designed to help you shark yourself.
  • Make every easy shot. Make every shot easy.
  • There will always be players who say a light break cue is best.
  • There will always be players who say a heavy break cue is best.
  • There will always be a new "best" aiming system.
  • There will always be players who swear that you get more action on the cue ball with a flip of the wrist or some other such thing.
  • There will always be players who swear they can do anything you can do, but with a "perfect" pendulum stroke.
  • It's you--not the stick.
  • No one was ever the "best" pool player.
  • You almost always lose because you missed an easy shot--not a hard one.
  • Don't play anyone with a new cue until the newness wears off, and they play just as badly as they did before.
  • It's a lot easier and more pleasant to just give your money to someone who asks you to play 10-ball sting.
  • There will always be "science guys" who analyze the game to death.
  • There will always be "feelie guys" who swear it's an art, not a science.
If any of what you read here offends you, I'm sorry...it was all typed in fun, and no characterization was intended to resemble any persons alive or dead. It's a work of fiction. Heck, I don't even claim it's original fiction, since I've probably heard most of them at least once, at 3 A.M., in some godforsaken pool room in the middle of nowhere....

*This one is personal--he's almost 80, and beat me 3-0 in bank with a whittled-down house stick....
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If i thought all this would fit on a T-shirt I'd be printing it right now !!!!!
if anyone else does it but the author you deserve eye,anus and testicular cancer.
 
Nice list.

I'd like to add that there's always a guy saying "I suck now but I payed my way through college playing pool."

And "I suck on a 9 foot but I rule on a bar box"
 
Bob Callahan said:
After 17 (+ or - 1) years away from pool, I'm pleased (sad?) to notice, since I've come back, that some things haven't changed much. Therefore, I offer a handful of "truths" in
pool (feel free to add to the list):
  • There will always be players who hate the latest change in pool equipment with a passion, and players who will embrace it with loving arms.
  • There will always be some old guy with a one-piece house stick he's been sanding down for 20 years and swears it's the greatest cue ever made.
  • There will always be some guy with the latest hi-tech cue who swears it's the greatest cue ever made.
  • Watch out for old guys--they have a lot more experience in the specialized kind of lying it takes to make a game than you do.*
  • The hardest shot for you is the one you just missed.
  • There will always, in every town, be a 16-year-old kid who can beat anybody.
  • There will always, in every town, be a shortstop who everyone agrees can, "beat the pros".
  • There will always be some poor sucker who will fall for the old "I'll give you 4 balls after the break"-hustle in 8-ball.
  • There will always--if you live long enough--be a cue you wish you'd never let go of.
  • There will always--no matter how impossible the shot seems--be someone who can make it.
  • You can't beat the carnival trick with three balls and a golf tee in the middle.
  • On eFlea, "Straight" means "Not very crooked", "New" means "It was when I bought it", "Rare" means "Nobody has ever heard of it".
  • Never gamble with someone who says they'll play you with one shoe off.
  • There will always be people who complain about equipment. They are either nits or sharks.
  • The hardest break is not necessarily the best break.
  • "Pool hustler" is a synonym for "sociopath". [See: http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html]
  • One pocket is an addiction.
  • If you have a pet peeve, quit feeding it, and it'll go away.
  • Unless you saw them playing on TV or in a video, you can always beat the guys who come in with a case full of sticks.
  • "I haven't played much lately", means "Less than all day, every day".
  • Bank systems don't work, and are designed to help you shark yourself.
  • Make every easy shot. Make every shot easy.
  • There will always be players who say a light break cue is best.
  • There will always be players who say a heavy break cue is best.
  • There will always be a new "best" aiming system.
  • There will always be players who swear that you get more action on the cue ball with a flip of the wrist or some other such thing.
  • There will always be players who swear they can do anything you can do, but with a "perfect" pendulum stroke.
  • It's you--not the stick.
  • No one was ever the "best" pool player.
  • You almost always lose because you missed an easy shot--not a hard one.

    [*]Don't play anyone with a new cue until the newness wears off, and they play just as badly as they did before.
  • It's a lot easier and more pleasant to just give your money to someone who asks you to play 10-ball sting.
  • There will always be "science guys" who analyze the game to death.
  • There will always be "feelie guys" who swear it's an art, not a science.
If any of what you read here offends you, I'm sorry...it was all typed in fun, and no characterization was intended to resemble any persons alive or dead. It's a work of fiction. Heck, I don't even claim it's original fiction, since I've probably heard most of them at least once, at 3 A.M., in some godforsaken pool room in the middle of nowhere....

*This one is personal--he's almost 80, and beat me 3-0 in bank with a whittled-down house stick....
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aint that the truth. new cue= momentary 1 to 2 ball increase in their game.
 
There will always be guys who won't bet water is wet who think it is their god given right to come run their mouth at you the entire time you are playing someone else for money.
 
Well put... that's a long list for points of wisdom. Since there aren't that many folks in my Pool Room, most of the players in my Pool room must have several of these attributes..., maybe more than several...
 
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