I tried it once, had no idea what I was doing but my dad was really good at it.

>>10198 yup it was fun >>10199 seen this too. all boomers have a buff in their ability to play it

In high school I had a pool table in our garage. We fixed the garage up as a hang out spot and a bunch of friends would show up every weekend and sometimes everyday. I'd wake up in the afternoon and there would already be a party going in our hour. We played a lot of pool and I got very good at it. I could make really hard bank shots, was really good at english and could do trick shots. But I stopped playing years ago and now I suck compared to how good I was back then. So it's kind of frustrating to play. Pool isn't that hard. It's all angles and putting spin on the cue ball. You just have to play a lot and get a feel for it. We played a lot of 9 ball usually with 5-6 people. My friend's neighbor was really good at pool and let us hang out in his shop where he had a table. He stayed out there most nights because his wife was addicted to the internet/computer. He had a bunch of friends that were pool sharks. We learned a lot playing with them. They were so good that if you missed on your turn you were likely not getting another shot for 20+ minutes. Sometimes we'd have 8 people playing one game. Since we were young they didn't play for money when they played with us. They just practiced their game. They'd all go to pool halls and play for money. They took us a couple of times and I won a few games. I lost a lot too. The pool hall was really cool they had tons of tables and a bunch of 9 foot tables. You wouldn't think it'd make much difference but that extra foot really makes things much harder. I loved playing on those tables. They let you smoke and drink inside. You could bring your own liquor and everything. There aren't any pool halls here anymore now. When our state passed the no smoking inside law most of them closed up within a year. I think they're closing up most everywhere now. Young people don't go to them. When I went I was by far the youngest person there. Most people were 40+ years old and a lot of elderly guys. I think the pool hall sub-culture is dying off.

>>10465 pool halls are terrifying i'd reckon people lose lots there to boomers >no smoking inside law grim, the people still remains must've had fun seeing new people come in though

>>10474 Back when I went to pool halls in high school the pool hall was a really smoky place. It looked like a fog bank in there. Same goes for the arcade. The only place I know of where people still play pool in public are some local bars. I've played a few games for money but never like in the pool halls. In the pool halls they played a lot of 9 ball and rotation. Rotation is really hard game and you can lose a lot of money fast. They also played a lot of 7-ball which is a lesser known variation of 9-ball. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-ball Really hard game to play if you aren't already really good.