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re: Do people still go out an shoot pool/Billiards?

Posted on 11/16/21 at 5:09 am to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
34845 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 5:09 am to
A new pool hall just opened in Monroe.
Posted by themunch
Earth. maybe
Member since Jan 2007
64745 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 6:00 am to
My cousin does pool tournaments still.
Posted by 54BogTiger
Bogalusa
Member since Aug 2004
257 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 6:08 am to
Buffalo Billiards in Elmwood still has almost 30 tables. Tournaments for big money regularly.

Also has 8 Foosball tables with weekly tournaments and a crowd that supports
Posted by FCP
Delta State Univ. - Fightin' Okra
Member since Sep 2010
4800 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 6:14 am to
A new BYOB pool hall opened up here (Denham Springs, north Hwy 16 near Lockhart). Started just prior to Covid but still open a while back (I think anyway).

Got my kids a small table (3.5x7) but planning to find a full size for myself in the next year or so. And then a couple pinball machines after that.
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13565 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 6:22 am to
Two Sisters in Slidell is still thriving - I gave up pool for bowling when I left for college, but every time I pass by there it's pretty full. There's also a really nice spot in Hammond that a few friends of mine shoot in a league during the week. Pool halls can be pretty classy or extremely trashy, just depends on the owner.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90885 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 7:41 am to
I have a pool table at home that friends come over to shoot on and watch football. I turned the living room in the attached mother in law apartment into a sports bar with a pool table, Poker table, 8 foot bar with barstools and 60 in tv along with Mississippi state sports pictures and such
Posted by bgtiger
Prairieville
Member since Dec 2004
11438 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 7:41 am to
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A new BYOB pool hall opened up here (Denham Springs, north Hwy 16 near Lockhart). Started just prior to Covid but still open a while back (I think anyway).


Billiard Brothers is the name. Nice wide-open place to play. Has ping pong table, cornhole equipment, the punching power machine, and they sell tables and billiard equipment. Good people
Posted by Joe_Dirte
Southwest LA
Member since Feb 2019
650 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:07 am to
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five nights a week


damn I'm jealous of the amount of free time you have
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
6605 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:10 am to
I have never gone out solely with the intent to play pool, but if I go to a bar that has a table(s), I'll usually play.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
73856 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:17 am to
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I have a pool table at home


I've got a beautiful pool table in the game room upstairs, complete with big screen tvs, a wet bar, other bar type games and video machines.... I think
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
36905 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:23 am to
Houston has a bunch of pool halls. And there's a ton of smaller pool halls that are seemingly exclusively for Asians. Other people can go but you definitely get funny looks.

I spent a week in Vegas last month for pool.
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
16932 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:27 am to
Me and my frac baws used to run the tables at Fast Eddie’s in Amarillo while throwing down a pack of smokes every night. Great times
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
16920 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:29 am to
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I used to live at the poolhall.


Pool halls are the Mecca’s
of gambling activities.
Posted by bgtiger
Prairieville
Member since Dec 2004
11438 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:32 am to
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I spent a week in Vegas last month for pool.



9 ball tourney? Team name? You might have beaten us.
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11397 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 8:45 am to
One summer, me and my boy held down the table at the balcony in NOLA for a couple weeks. We were SUPER good we just had a frickin unreal run and took down some serious players.....good times.
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
36905 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 10:33 am to
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9 ball tourney? Team name? You might have beaten us.


Yup, we were there for 9 ball. Team name was Clutch Time Shooters. We didn't play anyone from Louisiana though. We played one team from Texas, one from California, one from Florida, one from Maryland and one from West Virginia. I think that's it. Placed way better than I expected. 33rd out of the 835 teams.
Posted by Abstract Queso Dip
Member since Mar 2021
5878 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 10:39 am to
Darts for me. I can get down on some pool though. If I'm going "out" it will be to a place that has good beer selection. Great wings, and preferably a dart board or ski ball. Good pool tables are hard to find here. The best tables are at an all cash place right down the road from a strip club. Pretty sure money laundering is this primary source of revenue. These are professional level tables you see on the circuit and there are hustlers there.
Posted by luvdoc
"Please Ignore Our Yelp Reviews"
Member since May 2005
923 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 10:49 am to
I miss the Bayou
Posted by mcpotiger
Missouri
Member since Mar 2005
6941 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 10:51 am to
I do. I also just got a table set up in my basement. Great way to spend time with friends and family. I'm the reigning champ! LOL
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68930 posts
Posted on 11/16/21 at 11:44 am to
I did until covid. A lot of bars legit covered their pool tables so you couldnt use them.

I can sit with you unmasked at a table, but couldn’t play pool with you masked.

Then I just completely stopped going to bars when they instituted vaccine mandates.
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