What happen to pool?

They must play three ball differently. Where I'm from everybody shoots, low number wins, one tie all tie.

We were deep in the hills of Tennessee in a bar that was busy during this day because it was raining. I think the "regulars" may have been construction workers, if memory serves me right, and they didn't have to work, so they came to this bar to play 3-ball.

I was a little green in pool at this time in my life when it came to action games. At first, I thought they were doing it, playing 3-ball, to get more games out of the 25 cents. When you put a quarter in the table, you get 15 balls. In my naivety, I figured they were trying to get the best bang for the buck -- or in this case, the quarter. :grin:

What I do remember vividly was Geese stood on the sidelines for what seemed like an eternity before he got a shot, and he was totally pissed. He got stuck in the game big time within what seemed like 10 minutes, so he kept paying off, hoping he'd get the opportunity to get ahead. Never happened. :embarrassed2:

The first time I ever had "real" moonshine was at this bar. One of the regulars asked if I wanted to go outside and taste some, so I said sure. Man, that stuff burned my throat for a couple days after. It was horrible.
 
They must play three ball differently. Where I'm from everybody shoots, low number wins, one tie all tie.

That's how we played it, but the guys I learned it from called it "Hickey." Not sure where that name came from, but it was like a "skins" game in golf. If there is a tie, the existing pot carries over to the next round.

Good game, though... if you can find 5-6 B, C or D players in a bar, you can just start it at $1-$2 per person to get the game going. After 2-3 carry-overs there is $15-$20 in the pot. As long as everyone is comfortable, about 6-10 rounds in, you can bump it up to $5 per person. Then the action can get to be pretty good, everyone has fun, and nobody gets stuck for too much.

Hmmmmmmm... I may have just planned my Friday night :thumbup:
 
You use to be able to get a cash game and now all the players are tourney players. What's the deal w that?

Today, to get a "good cash game" you just have to post your real name and a photo in this forum, state how much you want to play for, which discipline, race to or ahead number, location and someone will get back to you.
 
Yep...look at all the things we spend our $ on now that did not exist in years opast: cable TV, cell phones, auto debt (including full coverage insurance), huge TVs...sheeat, the list is huge.

I agree with you on this as well.

A lot of our "disposable money" is spent on these disposable items and they keep cranking out upgrades every 6 months or so.

Although I am not an Xbox kind of guy, but that and the number of computer games seem to growing exponentially.
 
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