The good olde days

[Baby Huey]

Jay, I remember seeing that film spot with Johnny Mountain running out of Hollywood Billiards with only his underwear on. It was hilarious.

 

[jay helfert]

Hey Jay, excuse my ignorance but how exactly is 'liability' played? They never played it much in the midwest. All 9ball/1p and maybe golf on snooker table.

I never played Liability on the snooker table. I believe it's like golf on the snooker table, but if you sell out to the next player you have to pay him/her for any pocket they make.

 

[pt109]

Hey Jay, excuse my ignorance but how exactly is 'liability' played? They never played it much in the midwest. All 9ball/1p and maybe golf on snooker table.

In some places it’s called points, in Canada we call it follow. You pay whatever you leave to the guy who shoots next….usually.
In a ring game, everybody pays you for what you make.
Uses snooker balls.

 

[Baby Huey]

In Liability Snooker, it's a ring game except you only pay or collect from the person you follow or the person who follows you. If the person you followed sold out to you, any points you made were paid by him and if he hooked you and you fouled you paid him.

 

[Gonzo09]

anybody on here remember The Drexel in Jacksonville IL??? Played there a little the summer of 67. Like to know what happened to it out of curiosity.

"My" hometown pool hall smelled like old man BO and cigarette smoke, had about 5 spittoons scattered around for those that dipped or chewed. Five old Schmidt tables of WWI vintage, each weighing about a ton, literally.

George Ashby could probably tell you, I think maybe his Dad ran the place. I lived there from 1971 and loved to just sit and watch George play 3-cushion. IL Governor Thompson used to love coming in for a game when he was in town.