Pool - Billiards

[Deejay]

Don't expect me to be an expert on Pool, I only seem to play in the pubs etc after a few drinks.. However I shall always have fun bantering with you all about the subject

[snazzydevil]

C'mon mate! In my opinion, you can't be just a lover of one table game, you gotta love them all.
Like cowboy, have any of you played it yet? It's an awesome game for perfecting your cueball control and caroms.
I love all billiard games. 9ball, 8ball, rotation, cowboy, snooker, straight pool,
bowliards, 1cushion billiards, cribbage. 1pocket, bank pool, just to name a few.

If anyone wants rules on just about any game...just let me know.

[Deejay]

I love Snooker and Pool , Im just better at Snooker.. Also an avid darts player.. Reached the Semi's at work 2 years ago and lost on the double top

Moving back to snooker, me and my mate played first to 20 wins.. I was 15-5 ahead, lack lustre of form and poor finishing and the set it was 15-12, I did win 20-16 in the end

[snazzydevil]

Moving back to darts.....LOL.........I'd expect that from a brit. And, I love darts too, though I am WAY out of practice! I could probably go around the board in 40 shots. I have my dart board set-up in my garage. I have this champ board which uses the embedded flat-wire rather than the annoying round-wire that sits on top of the board. I higly recommend it.

Anyway.....
And how long did this epic race to 20 go for? 3 weeks?? Because thats probably how long it would take me.
Where do you play? Do they charge you to play? And are the tables any good?

[Deejay]

Think we managed to finish it in 2 weeks (going there 3 times a week)

I play at a local club (well not so local since I moved), I pay £10 a year membership fee and then pay a cheap hourly price for the tables. Sorted

[snazzydevil]

The tables at my locals are usually coin-op and in dissapointing condition. You can move the cloth on some of them just by putting your hand down.
If i had the money i'd open up my own pool hall.

[Bob]

Well the tip of an American pool cue has a much greater circumference and is less domed (in order to play with the bigger balls) than an English pool cue which has a slightly larger tip than a snooker cue.

[snazzydevil]

Ah, cool. Thanks for that. That would make all my cues snooker cues then. Except for the pub cues I have, which I couldn't care less about.
My table is not exactly designed for snooker, it's 8x4feet but the pockets are snooker table sized, not buckets like the american tables therefore I use the smaller balls.

[Deejay]

Poor conditioned tables and cloths would get right on my.. Anyway.. You can tell the quality of a snooker club, tables kept in playable condition and no old man in his vest behind the bar scratching himself serving stale beer.. woah now Im scaring myself

[snazzydevil]

Yes, it gives me the flamin irrates aswel. I've been to clubs that don't even give their tables a brush. People drink and smoke over them.

SAY NO TO SNOOKER TABLE CRUELTY!

[GreenBaize]

Well the tip of an American pool cue has a much greater circumference and is less domed (in order to play with the bigger balls) than an English pool cue which has a slightly larger tip than a snooker cue.

I would say that most American pool cues have 13mm tips ,
most snooker players use 9mm - 10 mm , and most 8 ball players prefer a smaller tip 8mm - 9mm
its always down to personal taste , but from my experience these are the norm.

[phoenixraker]

Pool

I play a lot of pool and the first thing i did was place a thread about this.

I love all cue sports, but i have to say i am enjoying my snooker at the moment

[snazzydevil]

Sorry to say it, but snooker is boring me at the moment.
I'll always love all cue sports though.

[GreenBaize]

Sorry to say it, but snooker is boring me at the moment.
I'll always love all cue sports though.

same here !
what do you play most of pool , snooker or billiards ?
I get board very quickly if i play to much of any, i think old age is setting in.
I enjoy playing more after a long break and even more after a big break!

[DM72]

I always used to find playing 8-Ball easy after a few frames of snooker. Angles are a breeze on a small table after playing on such big tables.
So my preference would be playing 8-Ball, but only after playing snooker