Billiards Supplies Tips and Info.

Don’t you have to wonder why Billiard Games are always being displayed on various TV shows and Movies? You would think that with all of these plugs the sport as a profession would be more popular.

Billiards is not treated the same as other sports. The top professionals are not paid the same as other sports such as golf, foot ball, basket ball, base ball, etc. Even Poker takes care of top players in a much higher monetary way.

For the person who is not into billiard games as a serious pool player, there is much luck involved in the game. People who only play pool once in a while and never watch it on ESPN feel that the entire game is lucky. Many people will even bet on the game, thinking they are pretty good when they don’t even play shape. (cue ball position)

I love running into this type of player in a tavern out of my home town. They think they are betting on a game of chance. My game does not leave a whole lot to chance. Any serious pool player takes luck out of the equation through practice and education.

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Why are some pool tables fast, while others are extremely slow?

I play pool in 3 pool leagues. My home tavern is the same on all 3 teams. The tavern is Diamond Jim’s in Pueblo Colorado. We have 6 tables there and they are all Diamond smart tables. These tables have Simonis 860 cloth on the bed and the rails and they do play fast.

The schedule for all 3 pool teams calls for one week in our home tavern and the next week we are in the other teams home tavern. To the best of my knowledge, we have the only Diamond pool tables in town. The most common tables in the other taverns would be the Valley Cougar or one of the older Valley bar tables. (A.K.A Bar Box)

There are a couple establishments in town that specifically cater to billiards players. The owners of these bars understand that true pool players like a nice level and fast table with reasonably tight pockets. These tables are good to play on and I even have an old Valley Bar Box with double shimmed pockets and fast cloth in my house. (No room for 9 foot Brunswick Gold Crown)

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We looked for a cool Billiards Poster for the main wall, when I opened a small Pool Hall about 20 years back.

There is just something about having pictures and sayings relating to pool and billiards in your pool room. It ads that finishing touch and gives it the pool hall look and feel.

I did some research and scouting around for billiards posters and found quite a wide range of designs and prices. I found single posters selling for over $800.00. There were many in the $20 and below range as well.

The poster we had on the main wall of the pool hall was a giant cue ball with A giant cue tip striking it. The cue ball was about to car-em off of a smaller numbered ball and roll down the rail on the tangent line to pocket the nine ball. The poster was titled ride the 9. It was totally cool.

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