You know what really grinds my gears..?!

[TXsouthpaw]

beat em by theyre own rules. it makes it that much sweeter. If you beat em by your rules then they think that you can only win playing your way. Beat em at theyre own game, thats the only way to do it.

 

[BHQ]

beat em by theyre own rules. it makes it that much sweeter. If you beat em by your rules then they think that you can only win playing your way. Beat em at theyre own game, thats the only way to do it.

that's all fine & dandy for sure!
but jesus h christ, when they throw out a rule about the cueball not going 6 inches..............
god only knows what they'll come up with the next time you play them

 

[TXsouthpaw]

yeah i know and how would you even go about checking that

 

[TXsouthpaw]

double post

 

[Gregg]

Rule of thumb;

Even if you are Johnny Archer himself, don't ever, ever, ever (pause for effect) EVER try to impose your silly BCA, TAP, APA, or what ever league rules on a bunch of drunks in a bar.

This rule will keep you out of a lot of trouble, and I'm glad they didn't stick your cell phone with the BCA rules stored in it up where the sun don't shine!@#

 

[Big Perm]

that's all fine & dandy for sure!
but jesus h christ, when they throw out a rule about the cueball not going 6 inches..............
god only knows what they'll come up with the next time you play them

Well, if they play miniature golf, maybe they are allowed to move the ball the width of the cue off the rail.....you know, like moving it the length of the putter

Did he have that one too, LOL.....

 

[TheNewSharkster]

Rule of thumb;

Even if you are Johnny Archer himself, don't ever, ever, ever (pause for effect) EVER try to impose your silly BCA, TAP, APA, or what ever league rules on a bunch of drunks in a bar.

This rule will keep you out of a lot of trouble, and I'm glad they didn't stick your cell phone with the BCA rules stored in it up where the sun don't shine!@#

If I won the table I will make it call pocket ball in hand 10 out 10 times. That is essentially BCA.

 

[TheNewSharkster]

Well, if they play miniature golf, maybe they are allowed to move the ball the width of the cue off the rail.....you know, like moving it the length of the putter

Did he have that one too, LOL.....

LOL! I actually had someone ask me if they were able to do that just the other day. My response was that even if you are a new player you should get used to shooting off the rail.

 

[Get_A_Grip]

Just last week I told the next player at the table that we have been playing BCA rules -- and his response was: "There's no way I'm playing those ball-in-hand rules. I'm way to drunk for that!".

I wasn't sure what being drunk had to do with the rules we were playing...but he was so pushy about it...I wasn't about to argue with him... NOTE: He was right about the drunk thing, he couldn't make a shot and I won easily... :thumbup:

 

[tjlmbklr]

The bar rules i know are as follows:

u have to shoot whatever u make on break,
if u make either a solid or a stripe u then have a choice,
dont have to call pocket or ball,
sinking of cueball means cueball behind line and only shoot up table,
if u shoot and fail to hit any ball its no foul,
hit ur opponents ball first its no foul,
u have to call the pocket on 8 ball and how its going in,

if u are playing these rules u are playing a banger lol.

I almost got into a tilt a......Snip..........................

I agree with all of the banger 8ball rules except the bold one. You have to call EVERYTHING off every rail, ball, combo. And there are a bunch of drunks you have to deal with all the while...lol

 

[tjlmbklr]

If I won the table I will make it call pocket ball in hand 10 out 10 times. That is essentially BCA.

I always always will play BCA when it is known. And if there is any question when i do the meet and greet before a game I mutter..."BCA", If they hesitate for more then 2 seconds give up and play the banger rules.

 

[TheNewSharkster]

I always always will play BCA when it is known. And if there is any question when i do the meet and greet before a game I mutter..."BCA", If they hesitate for more then 2 seconds give up and play the banger rules.

Around here no one knows BCA rules but if you say Vegas rules they know it is ball in hand variety. At that point I usually ask if they know they need to hit a rail for a legal hit.

 

[tjlmbklr]

Texas Redneck 8-ball

Rack solid, stripe, solid, stripe all around the outside...
You are whatever you make on the break...ie, you make a solid, you are solids
Call shot - call bank shots or making balls off of other balls...ie, 7 clean in the corner, or 7 off the 8 in the corner...
No safeties
Any scratch is always in the kitchen...
No man hits a woman.....you do and four cowboys the size of giants will be taking you outside for a learning session....

Granted, I like BCA better, but smalltown pool can be profitable....won a lot of drinks and a few dollars as a kid under these rules....

Granted I haven't play much barbox 8ball outside of Milwaukee county but these are the same rules hear too. But the only one that always should be clarified is when shooting at the 8ball if you scratch and miss you lose.

This rule is NOT common where I shoot but a 15 mile radius outside Milwaukee it is. And I am above knowing if a shot is has scratch potential thses days anyway.

 

[tjlmbklr]

We played local rules where I started playing pool. Pretty much the rules mentioned above. When somebody wanted to whine about the rules it usually started with "this is the way we play in Houston" My reply was always short and simple. "You ain't in Houston."

Everywhere I went tended to have different rules in the bars. It cost me a few games learning the local rules I didn't think to ask about but it wasn't a big deal in the long run. I actually had fun nailing the folks that made up the rules as they went. Before long I would use their own rule against them. That really spun them up.

Some towns play bank the eight as a given. I almost hit the guy that told me I had lost because I didn't bank the eight the first time I learned about this. Fortunately there were four or six tables in the place and I noticed that everyone was indeed banking the eight. It was a good rule for hustlers because it made games between bangers of different levels appear closer and banking the eight gave players a substantial edge. I was wishing the rule was more widespread after I saw how well it worked!

Hu

I love LOVE bank the 8, or as I call it One on the 8 three on the Cue ball. I have a huge advantage on this game. What erks me though is when a person misunderstood the rules and one rail kicks the CB into the 8 to win, or at least they think they won.:killingme:

 

[Scott Lee]

chin0...You're plenty good enough to play in APA (it's a beginner's league)...btw, the APA rules are that you have to shoot whatever you make on the break. BCA rules state that the table is open after the break, regardless of what is pocketed. Since nobody else mentioned it, I thought I'd let you know.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

I need to go read my APA and BCA rules, I'm not in any league, not good enough or confident enough to play in one. But I better go read them because I didn't get the part where he made solids on break and shot stripes. I need to start digging holes everywhere I go now, so I can have a place to hide lol.

Chino

 

[Thunderball]

Well, if they play miniature golf, maybe they are allowed to move the ball the width of the cue off the rail.....you know, like moving it the length of the putter

Been there,seen this...pretty dam funny.

Here's a bar rule fo ya,,,, (I can't make this stuff up).....One low on the break and one high on the break.You do not have choice,but you are indeed .....wait for it .....whichever went in first lol. Yup...have heard this once or twice over the years.

 

[tjlmbklr]

and i'd bet my left nut, she left with him
she'll get smacked again, count on it
have you heard this bar rule?
i play a safe, hide the cue behind my ball
he doesnt have a shot
he hits cue ball a few inches, then starts to shoot again!!!
of course i went off like a rocket, asking just wtf he was doing
he said,
IF CUE BALL DOESNT GO 6 INCHES, IT'S NOT A SHOT
i just about blew a gasket over that
now, there's one silly sob , that should be slapped!!!!

That is definately a first. I have seen may times they see me play whaT I know is a legit safety. Then they return a hit the CB into anything close to it or even worse shoot one of mine in. And of course since it is just banger barbox 8ball there isn't a thing you can do!

 

[tjlmbklr]

I caught an earfull one night because I used the rake on a shot I couldn't reach. My opponent said it was cheap and it was a granny stick. He said he wouldnt pay me if I used it and won the game.

I was like WFT do you think it is there for? The fricken pros use them without thinking twice about it

Wow!, maybe you should have did a behind the back shot and make them cuss you out because you were showing off!

 

[tjlmbklr]

that's all fine & dandy for sure!
but jesus h christ, when they throw out a rule about the cueball not going 6 inches..............
god only knows what they'll come up with the next time you play them

Anyone ever heard this one. I was about to shoot my 8ball (all his balls on the table) I had one shot in the corner but it had to go off his 1ball. He claimed I couldn't go off anyof his balls on the 8ball. So I think I ended winning in a later round via banking the 8. Now it's my table, my rules....He left! :thumbup:

 

[Jaden]

A real man will ALWAYS intervene.

I know, and I know it's stupid to get involved for the most part. I have gotten involved on more than one occation and I've regretted the outcome to some degree. Almost cost me my life once. But, I just can't help it.

I intervened once and had my whole apartment complex spreading rumors about me having an affair with his wife.

I was casual friends with him and his wife and I had even started teaching him and some other guys there how to play pool.

I was a handy man at the apartment complex that my parents owned while I was in college. I come from fixing a water heater and I hear her say F*c@ you I'm leaving and then he follows her outside, grabs her by the hair and slams her into the patio fence hard enough to break her sunglasses.

I yell, what the F%cK r u doing across the courtyard and run up and slam him into the wall, I've never seen anyone turn from a face of complete rage to a face of complete fear soo quickly,

She stood up and latched onto me and I took her to the office and had her call her parents to get away from the situation.

She went back to him, and later came on to me (which might have started the rumors) along with a previous time that she had me go to the hot tub with her while her husband was playing pool right next to the hot tub.

Then I almost got into a fight with the guys dad, who was also a wife beater and started talking $h1t about people needing to mind their own business to someone when I was within ear shot.

No man should let a woman be beat on in his presence by another man.

Jaden