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ChalksBilliards said:
Smoking or non-smoking?
Smoking or non-smoking?
ChalksBilliards
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Smoking is allowed. We have 4 large Hepa units always running and and ozinator for the smell. Once in a while it can get a little smokey, but usually it isn't a problem.
Some Hard Facts About Pool's Image
Topspin, there's definitely some truth in what you've written. The hustler helped pool by giving it lots of attention but, as you note, did some moinor damage by solidifying some elements of its negative image. Gambling, smoking and booze were, as you noted, reinforced as being tied to the game.
I returned today from the BCA week in Vegas, one of the game's defining events. a great event, and while the brilliance of Robles and Corr was noteworthy, equally noteworthy was the unbearable smoke in the halls, the drunkenness of a few too many, and all the gambling
surrounding the event. According to widespread rumours, the action included two "big money" races to twenty-one (at the nearby Cue Club) on Wednesday night between Immonen and Pagulayan, despite the fact that both were still alive in the draw of the BCA Open. On Thursday, Alex went on to defeat Reyes, Immonen, Morris, and Bustamante, so I guess it put him in dead punch. We'll never know whether, between Wednesday and Thursday, Alex burned himself out and whether it contributed to his truly awful performance on Friday against Santos with a spot in the BCA Open finals hanging in the balance, but we will all have to wonder whether we got his best effort.
Can you imagine two participants in any other sport gambling with each other while a major tournament is in progress and both remain in competition? Don't get me wrong, I'm not passing judgment on whether what Mika and Alex (allegedly) did was OK, but it shows you where our sport is. I do understand the predicament facing the typical pro player, where action earnings are needing to supplement tournament earnings to enusre a decent living. Still, I suspect that pool as a sport must evolve past this sort of thing to get into the limelight.
It was the same with snooker once upon a time, so it's not irreversible. I believe that, more than anything, the introduction of tuxedos in competition was the turning point in the image rebuild of that sport.
Top Spin said:
Topspin, there's definitely some truth in what you've written. The hustler helped pool by giving it lots of attention but, as you note, did some moinor damage by solidifying some elements of its negative image. Gambling, smoking and booze were, as you noted, reinforced as being tied to the game.
I returned today from the BCA week in Vegas, one of the game's defining events. a great event, and while the brilliance of Robles and Corr was noteworthy, equally noteworthy was the unbearable smoke in the halls, the drunkenness of a few too many, and all the gambling
surrounding the event. According to widespread rumours, the action included two "big money" races to twenty-one (at the nearby Cue Club) on Wednesday night between Immonen and Pagulayan, despite the fact that both were still alive in the draw of the BCA Open. On Thursday, Alex went on to defeat Reyes, Immonen, Morris, and Bustamante, so I guess it put him in dead punch. We'll never know whether, between Wednesday and Thursday, Alex burned himself out and whether it contributed to his truly awful performance on Friday against Santos with a spot in the BCA Open finals hanging in the balance, but we will all have to wonder whether we got his best effort.
Can you imagine two participants in any other sport gambling with each other while a major tournament is in progress and both remain in competition? Don't get me wrong, I'm not passing judgment on whether what Mika and Alex (allegedly) did was OK, but it shows you where our sport is. I do understand the predicament facing the typical pro player, where action earnings are needing to supplement tournament earnings to enusre a decent living. Still, I suspect that pool as a sport must evolve past this sort of thing to get into the limelight.
It was the same with snooker once upon a time, so it's not irreversible. I believe that, more than anything, the introduction of tuxedos in competition was the turning point in the image rebuild of that sport.
You could advertise shit and it will still stink. Poolhall Junkies didn't make money because it was a bad movie. The main actors couldn't play pool or act well.
Chaz and Walkins are both great actors but they can't make up for the rest of the crap in the movie.
kollegedave
Chaz and Walkins are both great actors but they can't make up for the rest of the crap in the movie.
kollegedave
Cardinal_Syn said: