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View Poll Results: What is your favorite game to play | |||
9 Ball | 10 | 52.63% | |
8 Ball | 3 | 15.79% | |
Striaght Pool | 1 | 5.26% | |
One Pocket | 5 | 26.32% | |
Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll |
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January 12th, 2007, 12:57 PM | #1 |
What is your favorite game to play?
My personal favorite is 9 ball. I am sure I would enjoy 1 pocket and straight pool but just do not play them. I think I am going to start soon - then my answer might change.
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January 12th, 2007, 04:39 PM | #2 |
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I'm going with 9-ball, too.
Straight pool's too frustrating. When I was a kid, I could run 50-60 balls like rolling off a log. Now, I have trouble running a rack. And, the ideal break shot is a shot I have trouble with now. Forgetaboutit! I'm not in love with 8-ball, but I don't mind playing by Texas Express rules. One-hole? Maybe when I grow up. Right now I have enough trouble making the balls in 6 holes. I would enjoy some 50 cent Chicago or Pill Pool if I could find players willing to partake. |
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January 12th, 2007, 07:42 PM | #3 |
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it doesn't matter to me
so it really doesn't matter to me which game I play...as long as I get to play.
7, 8, 9, straight, one pocket, three cushion etc....... |
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January 12th, 2007, 10:59 PM | #4 |
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Keeps changing, but right now it's back to 8-ball.
I guess the question could be, which one are you currently least bored of. Right now, I'm really tired of 9-ball. |
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January 13th, 2007, 06:04 PM | #5 |
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OMG, I HATE ONE POCKET.
Not that I don't respect the game, I just can't stand the tempo of it. I go to a pool room to make balls in holes, not beat around the bush all night. 9 ball reigns supreme in my world. Straight pool is also a favorite of mine, I rarely play 8 ball. |
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January 13th, 2007, 07:15 PM | #6 |
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Lineup Anyone?
I learned on Lineup, then 8-Ball on bar boxes, now 9-Ball 9 Fter's, it's fun to let whitey do some things!!
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January 14th, 2007, 03:20 AM | #7 |
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I think this poll is a little biased, it's like asking "What's your favorite color? Red or Blue?" It just gives you 4 choices and disregards everything else. If you're going to list one pocket, then why didn't you list games like snooker, golf, bowlliards, rotation 8, 7 ball, 10 ball, 15 ball, carom or bank pool? I went for a while only playing rotation 8. We were playing 15 ball tonight and only had one BNR, if we were playing 9 ball then you could go games before getting to the table.
Why is it that everyone loves 9 ball so much? I think it has more to do with being the tournament game that gets the most TV coverage. I'm sure if TV switched to something else, most of those same people would start to love that other game instead. But just because TV likes it, doesn't mean it's the most fun or challenging game to play. It could also be that they grew up playing 8 ball, as most of us did, that they're so sick and tired of it that anything else is an improvement. Don't get me wrong, I think that both 8 & 9 ball are great games, it's just that there are a lot of different games that you can play on a pool table. And if more people were open to trying those games, they may find something they like better than just the old standards. Or at least something to break the monotony of playing the same old game for ever and ever. |
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January 14th, 2007, 04:38 AM | #8 | |
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point well made
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ahhh i agree with you on that one! |
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January 14th, 2007, 12:51 PM | #9 | |
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I've been running a poll on my pool home page (http://www.poolandbilliards.aceswebworld.com/) for a few years. As of this morning, here are the totals: WHAT IS YOUR GAME OF CHOICE? Nine Ball 485 (28%) Eight Ball 566 (33%) Straight Pool 131 (7%) One-Pocket 33 (1%) 3-Cushion Billiards 36 (2%) Snooker 102 (6%) Other 21 (1%) When I started the poll there wasn't much talk about 7 ball or 10 ball or I might have included them. The omission of bank pool was a mistake on my part. As for the novelty games, like cribbage, etc., there are just too many of them and should probably be the subject of another poll. One thing, the universe of players who visit my site and vote may be different from the universe of those who visit this forum. |
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January 14th, 2007, 03:13 PM | #10 | |
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January 15th, 2007, 02:20 AM | #11 |
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I just got my first home table last month and virtually all of my friends that are casual recreational players only play 8 ball. Only one or two people I know play 9 ball.
So who I'm playing with usually dictates what I play. We actually end up playing a decent amount of cutthroat when there are three of us. BTW, what are the Texas express rules of 8 ball mentioned above? |
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January 15th, 2007, 11:23 AM | #12 | |
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January 16th, 2007, 11:07 AM | #14 | |
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January 16th, 2007, 12:56 PM | #15 |
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