texas bumps format
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Yes, a few years ago the game was introduced as 7th pocket.
Stewart Gardner, the inventor tried that as the first version.
They have made a lot of changes and this is the final version after many experiments and even some tournaments.
We will see how it goes - but they are stepping up and going to have a tournament at the BCAPL Nationals in July at the Rio.
There will be events for everyone and there will be a prize fund of at least $5,000.
More info is availabel on their website: www.texasbumps.com.
BTW - PaulieB - nice win on the Challenge thing on Accu-stats.
(easy $1,000!!!)
Mark Griffin
Stewart Gardner, the inventor tried that as the first version.
They have made a lot of changes and this is the final version after many experiments and even some tournaments.
We will see how it goes - but they are stepping up and going to have a tournament at the BCAPL Nationals in July at the Rio.
There will be events for everyone and there will be a prize fund of at least $5,000.
More info is availabel on their website: www.texasbumps.com.
BTW - PaulieB - nice win on the Challenge thing on Accu-stats.
(easy $1,000!!!)
Mark Griffin
No, we is good Douches. He be bad Douche.
Join up and find out. We are allowed to Douche each other and guys like him.
The name can be deceiving, we are kind of an anti Douche Club in a way. We Douche bigger Douches.
But, we can still be Douches in the process.
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Oh, there is no waiting process involved as we have no Master.
Just pick your name, add it to your signature so we know you are a Brother At Douchiness and yer in.
We didn't bother with a head Douche as we believe that we are all equal.
Welcome to the Club Brother D Bag.
Just pick your name, add it to your signature so we know you are a Brother At Douchiness and yer in.
We didn't bother with a head Douche as we believe that we are all equal.
Welcome to the Club Brother D Bag.
johnny kick a
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The game looks fun, and challenging on line. Looks as though it's all about ball speed and strategy. Reminds me of bumper pool but with a higher skill level. If it's fun to play? Pros and amateurs can play together without a handicap? It would have to be good for the industry. Any new game that can bring more people into the industry is great for pool. I am going to purchase one and give it a try. Maybe I will win the money in Vegas and get to play a pro in the process. Can't play a pro, straight up, in anything else and win, unless they give me a handicap.
Joe T
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Guess I should give you guys my input on TBs since I helped invent the game and that’s my mug up there showing you how to play. Would have done this sooner but been I have running around NY NJ the past week or so and don’t do much az on my phone.
First off I know how it looks, meaning the first impression and I don’t blame anyone who initially thinks wth is this, I would too and fully expected that reaction. Let me tell ya what’s inside so you don’t have to totally judge the book by the cover and so you don’t think Tucker has lost his mind, lol
The game is fun and can be fun for anyone of any level. I have tested it with kids, non pool playing people, couples, league and hardcore players. I have played it in a tournament format, a social setting and with pure gambling.I have owned 5 different tables in 5 different locations and have never seen people laugh so much around a pool table.
We have had 6-8 people switching in and out playing partners sometimes $5 a person sometimes nothing and it is just plain fun watching people dogging a very simple shot over and over, watching them think they have found the secret stroke to success only to watch them lose it 10 minutes later and its dam sure fun when someone whips out $10-$20 to challenge someone on just 1 shot. If you know someone that has a home table you should get them a set because they’ll be able to enjoy their table more by playing this game with their family and friend a lot easier than playing our traditional games which are often too difficult for non players.
The slogan of “Where the average Joe can beat the Pro” is a very strong statement I know so let me tell you where it came from which is also the reason I agreed to help the company. Stew Gardner is the inventor of the 7th Pocket and came to me and said I just want something where amateurs can compete with pros “without” the use of a handicap system. That made an immediate impression on me because we’re always going the other way looking for the perfect handicap system. Stew is not even from the pool world, just played a little when he was a kid, the 7th Pocket idea actually came to him in a dream he had seeing this raised pocket on a pool table.
Anyways I told Stew I liked the idea of no handicap so I would try to help him. After a few months of tinkering, early days of bumper pool came to me and I asked Stew to put 2 raised pockets on the tables and then I set up 5 balls on each side and Texas Bumps started there. For the next couple of months I had to come up with rules and ways to try to keep the game skill and strategy based with very little luck while trying to take control away from the higher level players, not an easy task. When we first played it was very easy for me to move Stews balls away from my end of the table while moving my balls down table (it is a lot like 1 pocket thinking). So I made a rule that made a strong impact, you cannot shoot directly at your opponents balls, you can hit them but you have to hit something else first which means you can kick at them, combo into one of your balls and then theirs. This took a lot of control away from me over Stew who is around a D level player if I had I rate him. Obviously the better you play the better you’ll kick or create so the better player definitely still has the advantage but cannot control the game as they normally do, the amateur IS going to get their shots at winning for sure. And if that amateur A B C or D player gets real good at rolling that ball into a 7th Pocket they can dam sure put the heat on any professional player. Does the pro have an advantage? Hell yes, they kick better and they see more options, that’s the fun part for me, creating shots that move multiple balls around the table.
The 2 best examples I can give you of this in action are the tournament we ran for 32 players and one particular gambling session I watched. The tournament went very smooth and in the finals we had a league 4/5 rating beat a semi pro level player. First place was $500 and second was $100 and trust me the semi pro (a friend of mine) was kind of sick about losing that one. Short race to 3 of course but there are a lot of innings in each game. The other was as much fun to watch and probably more. I watch a local strong B player play an Open level player for a couple of hours at $100-$200 a game, lol even had 1 rack they played for $400. After 2-3hrs the B player who usually loses money getting weight won around $1,700 playing even, lol He does have a lot of gamble and had a good feel for the game. Not telling you to go out and start hustling bumps, I’m just sayin.
If you’re going to the BCAPL nationals in July you should invest in a set of bumps cuz they are having that $5K event and its going to be a lot of fun watching our amateurs put some heat on our some of pro level players.
For room owners, forget beer pong and get some bumps going. If you host any kind of birthday or company parties and you want to see them have fun show them how to play this game, they’ll laugh all night. I haven’t seen it yet but if you do any kind of fundraiser or charity events this game is going to be a winner for you.
The part about the lease or licensing is in case they do form any kind of league or qualifying tournaments. Right now they’re the only ones that can use the raised pockets and if they give up their rights (which they spent a lot of money on) to the intellectual property it may be a mistake, nobody knows so they’re just playing it safe. Personally I would love to see cheap qualifiers held everywhere leading up to bigger events just like they do with poker. They can do it with poker because there is no handicapping and while I believe the pros will always have the edge in this game as they do in poker due to experience the amateur has never had a better chance to beat them at a skill based game with no handicap.
As for the rules, there are a lot of situations covered in them but the answer is, get your 5 balls into your target pocket before your opponent gets theirs in, the cue ball is wild which means if you score with it you can take any one of your balls off the table, can’t shoot directly at your opponents balls, very similar to bumper pool but a lot more fun.
Bottom line for me, I helped the company because I think the game can help the industry in a few small ways and I hope it does.
First off I know how it looks, meaning the first impression and I don’t blame anyone who initially thinks wth is this, I would too and fully expected that reaction. Let me tell ya what’s inside so you don’t have to totally judge the book by the cover and so you don’t think Tucker has lost his mind, lol
The game is fun and can be fun for anyone of any level. I have tested it with kids, non pool playing people, couples, league and hardcore players. I have played it in a tournament format, a social setting and with pure gambling.I have owned 5 different tables in 5 different locations and have never seen people laugh so much around a pool table.
We have had 6-8 people switching in and out playing partners sometimes $5 a person sometimes nothing and it is just plain fun watching people dogging a very simple shot over and over, watching them think they have found the secret stroke to success only to watch them lose it 10 minutes later and its dam sure fun when someone whips out $10-$20 to challenge someone on just 1 shot. If you know someone that has a home table you should get them a set because they’ll be able to enjoy their table more by playing this game with their family and friend a lot easier than playing our traditional games which are often too difficult for non players.
The slogan of “Where the average Joe can beat the Pro” is a very strong statement I know so let me tell you where it came from which is also the reason I agreed to help the company. Stew Gardner is the inventor of the 7th Pocket and came to me and said I just want something where amateurs can compete with pros “without” the use of a handicap system. That made an immediate impression on me because we’re always going the other way looking for the perfect handicap system. Stew is not even from the pool world, just played a little when he was a kid, the 7th Pocket idea actually came to him in a dream he had seeing this raised pocket on a pool table.
Anyways I told Stew I liked the idea of no handicap so I would try to help him. After a few months of tinkering, early days of bumper pool came to me and I asked Stew to put 2 raised pockets on the tables and then I set up 5 balls on each side and Texas Bumps started there. For the next couple of months I had to come up with rules and ways to try to keep the game skill and strategy based with very little luck while trying to take control away from the higher level players, not an easy task. When we first played it was very easy for me to move Stews balls away from my end of the table while moving my balls down table (it is a lot like 1 pocket thinking). So I made a rule that made a strong impact, you cannot shoot directly at your opponents balls, you can hit them but you have to hit something else first which means you can kick at them, combo into one of your balls and then theirs. This took a lot of control away from me over Stew who is around a D level player if I had I rate him. Obviously the better you play the better you’ll kick or create so the better player definitely still has the advantage but cannot control the game as they normally do, the amateur IS going to get their shots at winning for sure. And if that amateur A B C or D player gets real good at rolling that ball into a 7th Pocket they can dam sure put the heat on any professional player. Does the pro have an advantage? Hell yes, they kick better and they see more options, that’s the fun part for me, creating shots that move multiple balls around the table.
The 2 best examples I can give you of this in action are the tournament we ran for 32 players and one particular gambling session I watched. The tournament went very smooth and in the finals we had a league 4/5 rating beat a semi pro level player. First place was $500 and second was $100 and trust me the semi pro (a friend of mine) was kind of sick about losing that one. Short race to 3 of course but there are a lot of innings in each game. The other was as much fun to watch and probably more. I watch a local strong B player play an Open level player for a couple of hours at $100-$200 a game, lol even had 1 rack they played for $400. After 2-3hrs the B player who usually loses money getting weight won around $1,700 playing even, lol He does have a lot of gamble and had a good feel for the game. Not telling you to go out and start hustling bumps, I’m just sayin.
If you’re going to the BCAPL nationals in July you should invest in a set of bumps cuz they are having that $5K event and its going to be a lot of fun watching our amateurs put some heat on our some of pro level players.
For room owners, forget beer pong and get some bumps going. If you host any kind of birthday or company parties and you want to see them have fun show them how to play this game, they’ll laugh all night. I haven’t seen it yet but if you do any kind of fundraiser or charity events this game is going to be a winner for you.
The part about the lease or licensing is in case they do form any kind of league or qualifying tournaments. Right now they’re the only ones that can use the raised pockets and if they give up their rights (which they spent a lot of money on) to the intellectual property it may be a mistake, nobody knows so they’re just playing it safe. Personally I would love to see cheap qualifiers held everywhere leading up to bigger events just like they do with poker. They can do it with poker because there is no handicapping and while I believe the pros will always have the edge in this game as they do in poker due to experience the amateur has never had a better chance to beat them at a skill based game with no handicap.
As for the rules, there are a lot of situations covered in them but the answer is, get your 5 balls into your target pocket before your opponent gets theirs in, the cue ball is wild which means if you score with it you can take any one of your balls off the table, can’t shoot directly at your opponents balls, very similar to bumper pool but a lot more fun.
Bottom line for me, I helped the company because I think the game can help the industry in a few small ways and I hope it does.
Hello out there to all Pool Players & future Pool Players. Stewart & Joe have uncovered their genius, when they developed this great new game. Texas Bumps is designed for all skill levels to play & compete on the same table. This new mix of Joe's & Pros will do wonders for bringing in lots of new players. TEXAS BUMPS can be their starting place .The game may look simple, but just you wait until it's your turn to make a 11 inch shot for $1800.00. You might not be able to pull the cue back or keep from firing the cue ball across table 3 times. Just you wait....
Try it, you'll like it.
Try it, you'll like it.