This thread is about 24 hr. places for Pool, or at least,
an after hours place where the games can go on.
What do you feel these places do for Pool in your area of
the woods.
Here, in Wichita, when Maurice 'PaPa' Burke was alive, he
had a low rent motel and Steakhouse on South Broadway.
He opened at 4 pm everyday, and stayed open until 6 am
the next morning. The back room had 1 bar table in it,
the bathrooms at the end, and booths all the way around
the table on 3 sides. The booths could accomodate probably
60-70 people crowded in. The table was like being in a little
bowl area.
Games would start up 5 or 6 many days, but the real action
usually started about 10 pm at the night, and continued
most of the time till 6 the next morning. Players would play
challenge games for $10 or $20 a game, and quarters would
be sliding off the table there were so many. Back then it was
only a quarter for a game of 9 ball. Someone usually got matched
up every night, usually quite a few, for at least a $100 set, and
many times into the thousands. All the road players across the
country knew of Burkes on their way through here. I remember
the night that Buddy Hall came in like it was yesterday.
I know that when I go to Oklahoma City, usually for a tournament,
I always make a point to stop by Mikey's 24 hour place because
of the action going on.
These types of places cater to the players, mostly money players,
and you don't have to put up with ball bangers, or dates, even if
they do happen by, it is ONLY to watch the big money games going
on. Anyone not observing their Pool manners are quickly told to shut
up and sit down and be quiet.
Where do you go after the bars close to continue a game?
an after hours place where the games can go on.
What do you feel these places do for Pool in your area of
the woods.
Here, in Wichita, when Maurice 'PaPa' Burke was alive, he
had a low rent motel and Steakhouse on South Broadway.
He opened at 4 pm everyday, and stayed open until 6 am
the next morning. The back room had 1 bar table in it,
the bathrooms at the end, and booths all the way around
the table on 3 sides. The booths could accomodate probably
60-70 people crowded in. The table was like being in a little
bowl area.
Games would start up 5 or 6 many days, but the real action
usually started about 10 pm at the night, and continued
most of the time till 6 the next morning. Players would play
challenge games for $10 or $20 a game, and quarters would
be sliding off the table there were so many. Back then it was
only a quarter for a game of 9 ball. Someone usually got matched
up every night, usually quite a few, for at least a $100 set, and
many times into the thousands. All the road players across the
country knew of Burkes on their way through here. I remember
the night that Buddy Hall came in like it was yesterday.
I know that when I go to Oklahoma City, usually for a tournament,
I always make a point to stop by Mikey's 24 hour place because
of the action going on.
These types of places cater to the players, mostly money players,
and you don't have to put up with ball bangers, or dates, even if
they do happen by, it is ONLY to watch the big money games going
on. Anyone not observing their Pool manners are quickly told to shut
up and sit down and be quiet.
Where do you go after the bars close to continue a game?
