Straight pool, think you youngsters call it 14.1 today.
The was no other game growing up.
That was the game, we played races to 50 or 100
What game did you grow up with?
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That was the game, we played races to 50 or 100
Straight pool and eight all at the NCO clubs in four different countries. Anyone remember quiet pool halls?
A truly laughable statement! Kind of like saying those who don't like the current 9 ball rules can't kick\jump. Just because someone doesn't like a game doesn't mean they can't play it. It may have been the first game I learned but I "grew up" on Straight Pool. I hate 8 ball but can play it very, very well if I have to.
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Bumper pool at six. Straight pool at twelve. Eight ball a little later.
Nine ball for many years, now mostly ten ball. I am 57 and lovin' it.
Nine ball for many years, now mostly ten ball. I am 57 and lovin' it.
Straight pool. And btw, a game of straight pool is not called a race. That term applies to a number of games played in a set, not the number of balls required to be pocketed to win one game of straight pool.
Using that term is as incorrect as calling pool table cloth felt. They both make you sound like a neophyte.
Using that term is as incorrect as calling pool table cloth felt. They both make you sound like a neophyte.
I came up in straight pool. 9 Ball was played as well, but bragging rights were always decided playing 14.1. Little to no 8 Ball was played in pool rooms back then by "serious" players playing for money.
Today, especially given all the pool played in bars, 8 Ball would have to be the most prevalent game I'd think.
Today, especially given all the pool played in bars, 8 Ball would have to be the most prevalent game I'd think.
Grew up playing 8 Ball. Also played a lot of 3 cushion waiting for a table to open up.
Kelly pool and 9 ball
Some rotation, 8 ball too.
Some rotation, 8 ball too.
really didn't have a choice :smile:
the never-close poolrooms of Wash DC (70's and 80's) had all the seasoned players at any one time. all played OnePocket or 9Ball
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I grew up playing straight pool and occasionally 8 ball with friends but by the time I was in high school and college nine ball was the main game people were playing but I was also playing a little 3 cushion until the only room in town with a carom table closed.
I would tend to agree with that. I also see 8 and 9 Ball being the most prominent game in a pool room with the younger crowd.
True enough. Pool rooms and coin ops are different animals. I too see 8 Ball played in rooms as well but with the exception of leagues mostly by the casual crowd to whom pool is just an accessory to the night out. Certainly on the coin-fed 8 Ball is the most played game.