This place that I am officially no longer allowed to go to has got to be the worst poolhall in America, and the sad thing is that the tables are great in great condition and everything is well arranged with plenty of room between tables and a good atmosphere.
The thing that makes it the worst poohall is the idiocy and gullibility of the owners. It seems from everything that I've seen there that some road sharks and hustlers got to the place before the owners knew any better and convinced them to gear their tournaments towards them.
I didn't figure this out until tonight although I don't know why I didn't figure it out sooner. I mean I should've figured it out after the first eightball tournament I played in. Their tournaments are handicapped ok? Well, the handicap in eightball is one or two balls off the table after the break. As soon as solids and stripes are determined the player with the spot takes his balls off the table, regardless who is at the table. Sounds familiar right? That's because it's a hustle that they used in poohall junkies.
Now they have me rated as an A in their tournaments. They have a Tuesday night eightball and a Wednesday night nineball tourney. Last night I was running a couple of minutes late but it was still possible that I would make it on time. I called just to be sure and said "hey, I'm five minutes away, can you put my name down?" They replied, "yeah, if you can be here in five minutes." I said ok and tried to make it.
The tournament starts at 8 o'clock. I show up at 8:02 and wait at the counter for a couple of minutes. They come up and I say" I'm here for the tournament."
They reply, " SOrry the tournament already started."
I reply, " But I just called in and told you that I would be here?"
"Nope, sorry we have a cut off at exactly eight."
Ok, fine. I can understand that; however, they had two people with bye's.
Alright no problem. I wasted the gas driving there so I stay and end up playing some golf with some friends and paying $30 in time.
fade out to tonight. I show up in plenty of time to enter the tournament. I play in the tournament. They have always had a problem with me from day one even though when I first came in and they said that they start everyone as a B, I told them that I was a strong A and people might be upset if they played me as a B. So, I'm playing a guy to see who goes to fourth place and he gets the wild 8 from me. He proceeds to rack it in the wing of the rack. The owner is watching our match. I say to him, you probably don't want to rack it in the wing. Rack it in the front. The owner hears and sees this.
I end up winning 4-1. Next match. I'm playing a supposed 2 A which is their equivalent to a short stop. SO I'm getting the wild eight from him. He racks it in the wing for my break. He's a 2 A so he should know better than to do that so I don't say anything. I break and knock it in. He comes back over and I say I knocked in the eight on the break.
he replies, "Ok , so what it stays down."
I said "What?"
HE said it doesn't count as a win.
I say ok and walk over to the owner he says to talk to his son but he thinks that that is right. So I say to the son" ok, that's fine, but he racked it in the wing spot, in the future he shouldn't be allowed to rack it in the wing."
They reply," he can rack it wherever he wants."
" I say, F-----ing b***IT, but let's just play. and start to shoot my next shot."
The son, tells me he's going to eject me from the tournament, and I said what, come on. You guys might not know any better, but this guy is a shortstop and he does know better, he's taking advantage of you and everyone he plays here."
The guy forfeits and walk out. They blame me and say that if I don't like their rules I can stop coming. I said ok fine, after tonight I won't come back. So, after the forfeit I'm in third place and should be playing for second. THey continue the tournament with the next players and I say you can't do that. They give me my money back without giving me thrid place finish and tell me to leave before they call the cops.
Here, I am trying to help them overcome the deficiencies of the influence of hustlers on them and make it more fair for the lesser players and they pull this crap.
Sorry for the long post, but I had to get this out so I could go to sleep tonight because I am soo livid.
I'm probably going to write an article to submit to AZ about this place that's more detailed talking about the sad state of affairs in the pool community because of hustlers and sharks. This is supposed to be a gentleman's game and you can't even have that in a local tournament. It's really sad.
The thing that makes it the worst poohall is the idiocy and gullibility of the owners. It seems from everything that I've seen there that some road sharks and hustlers got to the place before the owners knew any better and convinced them to gear their tournaments towards them.
I didn't figure this out until tonight although I don't know why I didn't figure it out sooner. I mean I should've figured it out after the first eightball tournament I played in. Their tournaments are handicapped ok? Well, the handicap in eightball is one or two balls off the table after the break. As soon as solids and stripes are determined the player with the spot takes his balls off the table, regardless who is at the table. Sounds familiar right? That's because it's a hustle that they used in poohall junkies.
Now they have me rated as an A in their tournaments. They have a Tuesday night eightball and a Wednesday night nineball tourney. Last night I was running a couple of minutes late but it was still possible that I would make it on time. I called just to be sure and said "hey, I'm five minutes away, can you put my name down?" They replied, "yeah, if you can be here in five minutes." I said ok and tried to make it.
The tournament starts at 8 o'clock. I show up at 8:02 and wait at the counter for a couple of minutes. They come up and I say" I'm here for the tournament."
They reply, " SOrry the tournament already started."
I reply, " But I just called in and told you that I would be here?"
"Nope, sorry we have a cut off at exactly eight."
Ok, fine. I can understand that; however, they had two people with bye's.
Alright no problem. I wasted the gas driving there so I stay and end up playing some golf with some friends and paying $30 in time.
fade out to tonight. I show up in plenty of time to enter the tournament. I play in the tournament. They have always had a problem with me from day one even though when I first came in and they said that they start everyone as a B, I told them that I was a strong A and people might be upset if they played me as a B. So, I'm playing a guy to see who goes to fourth place and he gets the wild 8 from me. He proceeds to rack it in the wing of the rack. The owner is watching our match. I say to him, you probably don't want to rack it in the wing. Rack it in the front. The owner hears and sees this.
I end up winning 4-1. Next match. I'm playing a supposed 2 A which is their equivalent to a short stop. SO I'm getting the wild eight from him. He racks it in the wing for my break. He's a 2 A so he should know better than to do that so I don't say anything. I break and knock it in. He comes back over and I say I knocked in the eight on the break.
he replies, "Ok , so what it stays down."
I said "What?"
HE said it doesn't count as a win.
I say ok and walk over to the owner he says to talk to his son but he thinks that that is right. So I say to the son" ok, that's fine, but he racked it in the wing spot, in the future he shouldn't be allowed to rack it in the wing."
They reply," he can rack it wherever he wants."
" I say, F-----ing b***IT, but let's just play. and start to shoot my next shot."
The son, tells me he's going to eject me from the tournament, and I said what, come on. You guys might not know any better, but this guy is a shortstop and he does know better, he's taking advantage of you and everyone he plays here."
The guy forfeits and walk out. They blame me and say that if I don't like their rules I can stop coming. I said ok fine, after tonight I won't come back. So, after the forfeit I'm in third place and should be playing for second. THey continue the tournament with the next players and I say you can't do that. They give me my money back without giving me thrid place finish and tell me to leave before they call the cops.
Here, I am trying to help them overcome the deficiencies of the influence of hustlers on them and make it more fair for the lesser players and they pull this crap.
Sorry for the long post, but I had to get this out so I could go to sleep tonight because I am soo livid.
I'm probably going to write an article to submit to AZ about this place that's more detailed talking about the sad state of affairs in the pool community because of hustlers and sharks. This is supposed to be a gentleman's game and you can't even have that in a local tournament. It's really sad.
