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touchdowntodd · 15 March 2009, 02:42 AM

got some on here?

waiting for my new Schon (well its an oldie, but will be new to me, dont want brand new anyways) to come so I can play it on my table, thought i would ask...

gotta be some guys on here that play pool.. nothin looks better to me than eying up a shot looking at my GMTIIc

Lion · 15 March 2009, 02:51 AM

Yes, I enjoy shooting pool, I love playing straight pool. When I was in college I was pretty good and the semi-pros wanted to play me. Also in college I worked at a pool hall!!!

touchdowntodd · 15 March 2009, 03:07 AM

straight is the KING of games... i LOVE it

generic0 · 15 March 2009, 04:16 AM

I played in college and always did pretty well in intramural tournaments and stuff...

but take it to the next level (city tournaments) and I couldn't hang.

I also never got good at straight pool, which basically means I wasn't that great at pool itself since it is so difficult and uses all the fundamentals.

I still have the ole Viking cue around somewhere...sigh...

touchdowntodd · 15 March 2009, 04:45 AM

send me the cue, i could always use another :0)

tszyu#1 · 15 March 2009, 04:59 AM

Schon is probably the nicest 'production' cue..which model are you getting?

Lion · 15 March 2009, 07:01 AM

I don't know what brand of cue I have. I bought it back in 1975 from a woman player who needed money. It cost a couple of hundred dollars back then and I got it for thirty bucks. Then about a month later she expected me to sell it back to her as if I had given her a loan!!! I said no way and kept it. It has inlayed pearl throughout the bottom portion of the stick and is on the heavier side(don't know how many ounces).
As for straight pool, I will always go for the angle shot instead of using the rails. Accuracy is more important and also with each table the rails will be a little different. So if you can shoot the angle shots you are much better off!!!

swissautopro · 15 March 2009, 07:15 AM

Had a pool table in the house from the time I was 8, and my dad insisted we shoot every day ... 'til the wee hours.

Anyway, I don't shoot much any more. Only when visiting the folks, and a lot of my game is gone. But by the time I was 16 or so, I could beat some of the best with "house" cues. As my dad always said, "if you can't play with a house stick, you can't play."

But at home, we played with, among others, a Meucci signature.

Lion · 15 March 2009, 07:34 AM

Mike, very true you have to learn how to play with house sticks. Because when you are out, like at a bar, you must play with what's available!!!
I also do not play as often as I did and usually when I do, I do not have my cue with me!!!

swissautopro · 15 March 2009, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lion

Mike, very true you have to learn how to play with house sticks. Because when you are out, like at a bar, you must play with what's available!!!
I also do not play as often as I did and usually when I do, I do not have my cue with me!!!

Ain't that the truth! But, c'mon! I know you have seen those "sharks" who carry their own cue everywhere they go, in the hard case. It just "looks" so ... wrong to walk around with your personal cue, IMHO. I always thought it was funny running the table on those guys, and watching the look on their faces when they didn't even get a shot.
"Awww ... break your stick back down and go home. I'll just hang mine back on the rack."

I never actually said anything, but I thought it, as did everyone else within eyeshot of such a display.

Lion · 15 March 2009, 08:29 AM

Mike, couldn't agree more!!!
It's a bit ironic to see a person in a bar come in with their own stick and then lose badly. I just chuckle under my breath and roll my eyes!!!
NEXT!!!

MrRetep · 15 March 2009, 08:29 AM

Have a pool table...suck terribly

It gets used by ME maybe twice a year

Luckily we have parties pretty often and People always seem to enjoy themselves playing pool

swissautopro · 15 March 2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lion

Mike, couldn't agree more!!!
It's a bit ironic to see a person in a bar come in with their own stick and then lose badly. I just chuckle under my breath and roll my eyes!!!
NEXT!!!

Yep, me too. Well, that's a "used to be" for me these days. I'll be 40 next time around, and my days of staying out shootin' stick are pretty much over. I played in a bar last year with the wife and I just don't deal with the drunks as well as I used to. Had a little "altercation" with one, which quickly turned into four, plus a chick. They thought better of it when I told them "you will take me, but before you do, two of you are going to the hospital". But it was uncomfortable, just the same. For the most part, I just play at the folks' house.

swissautopro · 15 March 2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MrRetep

Have a pool table...suck terribly

It gets used by ME maybe twice a year

Luckily we have parties pretty often and People always seem to enjoy themselves playing pool

Man, you are passing up a great opportunity! Shooting pool is fun, and, at your age, really gets the girls going when you shoot well. And, "teaching" the girls to play is ... well ... priceless!

touchdowntodd · 15 March 2009, 09:02 AM

its a Schon SL-3, older model

DoxaDavid · 15 March 2009, 09:10 AM

I play a little bit. Played quite a lot when I was in collage as well. Never won any tournaments but I could hold my own back then and even win a dollar or two from time to time.

swissautopro · 15 March 2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DoxaDavid

I play a little bit. Played quite a lot when I was in collage as well. Never won any tournaments but I could hold my own back then and even win a dollar or two from time to time.

Sound like me playing Texas Hold 'em these days!

tszyu#1 · 15 March 2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by touchdowntodd

its a Schon SL-3, older model

Those are the classic looking ones. I was gonna buy an STL 07, but I kind of stopped cue collecting. Schon and Joss hit very similar, with Schon having the harder hit imo. Nice cue!

DoxaDavid · 15 March 2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by swissautopro

Sound like me playing Texas Hold 'em these days!

Oh well, I'm not very good at that either. You got a deck of cards?

Mike B · 15 March 2009, 10:22 AM

I used to LOVE to play pool. We had a Brunswick Gold Crown V 9' Pro table in our basement. My father and I would watch the pro videos, buy books, and practice all the time. We've since sold the pool table (since we've moved) and haven't played pool in like 4 years :(

Andad · 15 March 2009, 10:27 AM

I played a lot of pool on the mini tables when I was younger but we play mainly snooker now and sneak out the the snooker room when we can. If we have a few friends round we will play some Kelly pool.
I have a few average cues but I find that cue quality and price doesn't change my game much.
The table is an early 1900's B & W that I had re-furbished by a local guy who was an absolute master on these tables.

Come round for a game anytime.

Mike B · 15 March 2009, 10:30 AM

WOW, that's one super nice pool table !

MrRetep · 16 March 2009, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by swissautopro

Man, you are passing up a great opportunity! Shooting pool is fun, and, at your age, really gets the girls going when you shoot well. And, "teaching" the girls to play is ... well ... priceless!

Well since you put it that way..I might just start practicing

Any Tips?

tszyu#1 · 16 March 2009, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swissautopro

Man, you are passing up a great opportunity! Shooting pool is fun, and, at your age, really gets the girls going when you shoot well. And, "teaching" the girls to play is ... well ... priceless!

swissautopro · 16 March 2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by tszyu#1

Hey, Steve. Pete is a teenager living at home. Sorry it wasn't up to your standards. Oh, that's right, you didn't offer any advice. Since you like the Simpsons ...

swissautopro · 16 March 2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MrRetep

Well since you put it that way..I might just start practicing

Any Tips?

Pete. My first tip ... don't take advice from Steve.

Tip 2 - Just take the time to learn to play. You don't have to be great. Then start having some friends over on the weekends. It's safe, it's a lot of fun, and you won't worry your parents. They will know where you are.

tszyu#1 · 16 March 2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by swissautopro

Pete. My first tip ... don't take advice from Steve.

Tip 2 - Just take the time to learn to play. You don't have to be great. Then start having some friends over on the weekends. It's safe, it's a lot of fun, and you won't worry your parents. They will know where you are.

Ok, keep showing the 'ladies' how to 'shoot some stick' cause they love a guy who can 'stroke it'

swissautopro · 16 March 2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by tszyu#1

Ok, keep showing the 'ladies' how to 'shoot some stick' cause they love a guy who can 'stroke it'

Really ... now your telling me something I didn't know. But you sound like a professional, so I will take your word for it.

15 March 2009, 02:51 AM	#2
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Yes, I enjoy shooting pool, I love playing straight pool. When I was in college I was pretty good and the semi-pros wanted to play me. Also in college I worked at a pool hall!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

15 March 2009, 03:07 AM	#3
touchdowntodd "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Todd (Richard) Location: Milwaukee, WI Watch: Deep Sea Sea Dwell Posts: 535	straight is the KING of games... i LOVE it __________________ 2013 DSSD! (ME) M Series OP No Date,White Arabic,Smooth Bezel(WIFE) Yachtmaster 1 SS/PLAT (wife)

15 March 2009, 04:45 AM	#5
touchdowntodd "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Todd (Richard) Location: Milwaukee, WI Watch: Deep Sea Sea Dwell Posts: 535	send me the cue, i could always use another :0) __________________ 2013 DSSD! (ME) M Series OP No Date,White Arabic,Smooth Bezel(WIFE) Yachtmaster 1 SS/PLAT (wife)

15 March 2009, 07:01 AM	#7
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	I don't know what brand of cue I have. I bought it back in 1975 from a woman player who needed money. It cost a couple of hundred dollars back then and I got it for thirty bucks. Then about a month later she expected me to sell it back to her as if I had given her a loan!!! I said no way and kept it. It has inlayed pearl throughout the bottom portion of the stick and is on the heavier side(don't know how many ounces). As for straight pool, I will always go for the angle shot instead of using the rails. Accuracy is more important and also with each table the rails will be a little different. So if you can shoot the angle shots you are much better off!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

15 March 2009, 07:15 AM	#8
swissautopro "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Mike Location: South Carolina Watch: 3.3M 1655 Mk I Posts: 2,384	Had a pool table in the house from the time I was 8, and my dad insisted we shoot every day ... 'til the wee hours. Anyway, I don't shoot much any more. Only when visiting the folks, and a lot of my game is gone. But by the time I was 16 or so, I could beat some of the best with "house" cues. As my dad always said, "if you can't play with a house stick, you can't play." But at home, we played with, among others, a Meucci signature. __________________ "A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man." Proverbs 24 "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt." Unknown "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food." Proverbs 12

15 March 2009, 02:42 AM	#1
touchdowntodd "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Todd (Richard) Location: Milwaukee, WI Watch: Deep Sea Sea Dwell Posts: 535	pool players? got some on here? waiting for my new Schon (well its an oldie, but will be new to me, dont want brand new anyways) to come so I can play it on my table, thought i would ask... gotta be some guys on here that play pool.. nothin looks better to me than eying up a shot looking at my GMTIIc __________________ 2013 DSSD! (ME) M Series OP No Date,White Arabic,Smooth Bezel(WIFE) Yachtmaster 1 SS/PLAT (wife)

15 March 2009, 04:16 AM	#4
generic0 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Houston Watch: BP FF Bathyscaphe Posts: 116	I played in college and always did pretty well in intramural tournaments and stuff... but take it to the next level (city tournaments) and I couldn't hang. I also never got good at straight pool, which basically means I wasn't that great at pool itself since it is so difficult and uses all the fundamentals. I still have the ole Viking cue around somewhere...sigh...

15 March 2009, 04:59 AM	#6
tszyu#1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Real Name: Steve Location: new york Watch: Day Date Posts: 1,044	Schon is probably the nicest 'production' cue..which model are you getting?

15 March 2009, 07:34 AM	#9
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Mike, very true you have to learn how to play with house sticks. Because when you are out, like at a bar, you must play with what's available!!! I also do not play as often as I did and usually when I do, I do not have my cue with me!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

15 March 2009, 08:29 AM	#11
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Mike, couldn't agree more!!! It's a bit ironic to see a person in a bar come in with their own stick and then lose badly. I just chuckle under my breath and roll my eyes!!! NEXT!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

15 March 2009, 08:29 AM	#12
MrRetep "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Real Name: Pete Location: Orange County, CA Watch: the Lakers Posts: 686	Have a pool table...suck terribly It gets used by ME maybe twice a year Luckily we have parties pretty often and People always seem to enjoy themselves playing pool

15 March 2009, 09:02 AM	#15
touchdowntodd "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Todd (Richard) Location: Milwaukee, WI Watch: Deep Sea Sea Dwell Posts: 535	its a Schon SL-3, older model __________________ 2013 DSSD! (ME) M Series OP No Date,White Arabic,Smooth Bezel(WIFE) Yachtmaster 1 SS/PLAT (wife)

15 March 2009, 09:10 AM	#16
DoxaDavid "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: David Location: Minneapolis, Mn Posts: 3,271	I play a little bit. Played quite a lot when I was in collage as well. Never won any tournaments but I could hold my own back then and even win a dollar or two from time to time. __________________ DOXA-AFICIONADO "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. " Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

15 March 2009, 10:22 AM	#20
Mike B "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Real Name: Mike Location: Gilbert, AZ Watch: DSSD, Omega SMP Posts: 3,055	I used to LOVE to play pool. We had a Brunswick Gold Crown V 9' Pro table in our basement. My father and I would watch the pro videos, buy books, and practice all the time. We've since sold the pool table (since we've moved) and haven't played pool in like 4 years :(

15 March 2009, 10:30 AM	#22
Mike B "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Real Name: Mike Location: Gilbert, AZ Watch: DSSD, Omega SMP Posts: 3,055	WOW, that's one super nice pool table !

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