Where is the Best Action in the US at this moment?

Be careful what you wish for, old buddy. I am about to start coasting down the hill.

Cuebuddy>>>Ain't quite over the hill yet.
I will try you some, bet what you want, any game you want! 8 or 9 foot table is fine-



But you must use one of your small cues to play with.
 
From all of my travels, I'd have to agree with this. I've had mediocre players willing to play hundred dollar sets just to see where we're at. Nowadays, most places require an ID and a Fargo rating just to enter the pool hall. :D

The ID thing I get, as Metro Sport Bar in Peoria, AZ had incident years ago, with under age kid, with false ID. Door man got fooled, kid gun drunk, played Evil Kenevel on Crochrocket, bought farm. Metro was in deep Doo Doo.

Fargo is not what I am use too, AZ Rating Card, not big deal to get. Maybe Fargo is new system, but not going to Fargo, North Dakota to get rated.
 
getting action in a room doesnt mean to most as being able to get the a road player or the best player in the area to play for big money even up.
its being able to find players of like ability or slightly better to spot you and still get down for decent money.
other wise you are talking about seeing big action.
 
The ID thing I get, as Metro Sport Bar in Peoria, AZ had incident years ago, with under age kid, with false ID. Door man got fooled, kid gun drunk, played Evil Kenevel on Crochrocket, bought farm. Metro was in deep Doo Doo.

Fargo is not what I am use too, AZ Rating Card, not big deal to get. Maybe Fargo is new system, but not going to Fargo, North Dakota to get rated.
AZ dropped their rating system. All of the notable tournaments and leagues in the Phoenix valley report to Fargo now. Go play sometime and see for yourself.
 
AZ dropped their rating system. All of the notable tournaments and leagues in the Phoenix valley report to Fargo now. Go play sometime and see for yourself.

Have not done a tournament in over 5 years, the novelty got lost long ago.

Old system worked well, see no reason to change.

So with this new system if I got the bug, I would have no rating. So that take me out of loop.
 
getting action in a room doesnt mean to most as being able to get the a road player or the best player in the area to play for big money even up.
its being able to find players of like ability or slightly better to spot you and still get down for decent money.
other wise you are talking about seeing big action.


You can't walk into a place as a stranger and expect a spot. If your play is well known, if you have a robust fargo rating, then you may be able to negotiate a spot. There were a very few times in ten years of near nightly gambling when a stranger came up wanting to play and then wanted a spot. I remember those times at least happening because they were funny! We all knew stories of strangers coming to town and the spot shifting from two balls one way to two balls the other way over a few days!

You can almost always get a spot from somebody in a crowded place though. Come with hundred dollar bills dripping out of your pockets and somebody will take a chance.

As I was replying to your post I remembered your post in another thread. You are absolutely right, a lock artist can't get action everywhere they go! Smart gamblers don't give lock artists enough action to say grace over. I can think of at least a half dozen local places to walk in the door and get action. I can't think of a single place to be guaranteed walking into the place and finding a sucker every time!

From the gambling addiction thread:
i am addicted to gambling (monetary risk taking), and gamble all the time at different things. but i make it so i win when i gamble. i am not the sucker that gambles and loses as he isnt gambling, he is donating to the other person or place.
the person that loses isnt a gambler, but nothing but a fool who cant control himself. and if he wants to quit he has to do it cold turkey or get mental help.
no different than a cigarette smoker. one gives up his money, and the other gives up his money and future life and health for some kind of mental fix..

Hu
 
Have not done a tournament in over 5 years, the novelty got lost long ago.

Old system worked well, see no reason to change.

So with this new system if I got the bug, I would have no rating. So that take me out of loop.
They would convert your old AZ rating into a fargo range and go from there. It's not rocket science. The old rating system was super lame. Anyone from out of town had to play as a 10 to get into the tournament. AZ players are extremely afraid of playing even...
 
They would convert your old AZ rating into a fargo range and go from there. It's not rocket science. The old rating system was super lame. Anyone from out of town had to play as a 10 to get into the tournament. AZ players are extremely afraid of playing even...

Actually not🤣. Several places like Metro Sports Bar would do it, as “Jazz” would do rating if you walked in before he got busy. He was rating Committee Member, and if I recall committee would meet monthly to charge rating if people got better, or worse.

No rating is perfect? Someone will game it. Like locks some are just hard to pick or cut, but most are not 100% burgle proof.
 
you get action if new to a room by starting small finding a player weaker or around your speed and playing for small stakes. that establishes your speed in the room. from there you can give or take spots and work them up or down depending on how good you are at negotiating and how you appear to the others.
yea if you walk into the room as a stranger and ask for a game you are going to play and lose to the best players working your way down till you are broke or find your level of competitors.
 
The ID thing I get, as Metro Sport Bar in Peoria, AZ had incident years ago, with under age kid, with false ID. Door man got fooled, kid gun drunk, played Evil Kenevel on Crochrocket, bought farm. Metro was in deep Doo Doo.

Fargo is not what I am use too, AZ Rating Card, not big deal to get. Maybe Fargo is new system, but not going to Fargo, North Dakota to get rated.
Wait, stop the thread.

Did you think everyone gets their FargoRating by actually going to Fargo, North Dakota?
 
Actually not🤣. Several places like Metro Sports Bar would do it, as “Jazz” would do rating if you walked in before he got busy. He was rating Committee Member, and if I recall committee would meet monthly to charge rating if people got better, or worse.

No rating is perfect? Someone will game it. Like locks some are just hard to pick or cut, but most are not 100% burgle proof.
I've played a lot of tournaments around the valley since they disbanded the ratings committee. They will absolutely let you play. Don't argue, just go see for yourself.
 
I've played a lot of tournaments around the valley since they disbanded the ratings committee. They will absolutely let you play. Don't argue, just go see for yourself.

Was not arguing, stated my opinion. Just gave you a history lesson before you came here.
Wait, stop the thread.

Did you think everyone gets their FargoRating by actually going to Fargo, North Dakota?

That was joke, actually was in Fargo once.

Was June, and cold & foggy.👎
 
Was not arguing, stated my opinion. Just gave you a history lesson before you came here.


That was joke, actually was in Fargo once.

Was June, and cold & foggy.👎
I hear it is nice but best to avoid certain areas if you hear or see a wood chipper running.
 
I hear it is nice but best to avoid certain areas if you hear or see a wood chipper running




Fargo, ND was stop one on a two stop trip. Then on to Moorehead, MN next town over, another place I would never on purpose go to. Joke about Moorhead, MN was asking a local if Sun ever shined there. Reply was quite funny, usually for few hours on August 6th. Both place do not need Dermotoligist special in skin cancer. Few days of sun, weather is crap, cold, fog, rain, it sucks.
 
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