Open Pool Championship, formerly the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship from 1997 to 2011 Every once in a while a group of 3 will want a fourth to play doubles though.Chesapeake Conference Center, site of the U.S. They're just there to hang out with friends. I wouldn't approach a group playing with house cues. If people have their own cues, they're usually open to talking about pool.
Look for 9' Diamond tables and tournaments.
Gamblers usually have a specific pool hall in town they all go to. Sports bars and places with video games are just for social players, especially on the weekends. The trick is finding the right place and night. It's common for new people to show up alone because they're traveling, just moved, or are getting back into the game after a break. A lot of people who play don't have friends who play at the same level except the ones they met through the pool hall. You either practice or find people to play with for fun or money. Playing pool at a bar, rather than a pool hall, for example, would be a start if you mainly want to socialize, but still play pool.Īll serious players go by themselves but will end up knowing the other players pretty quickly. If you want to socialize, there are a thousand activities that would be more conducive to your goals. In summary, you should go to the pool hall if you want to get good at pool or enjoy the game in general. Good players would likely get annoyed if you bothered them while playing, novices playing in groups would likely not be very open to random people entering the group as you have found out. That is not to say that there is no socializing, you can always socialize in between matches or quietly with other people watching matches, but socializing is not the main activity, the main activity would be playing pool. BUT going the pool hall by yourself is not really a social activity you either practice on your own, play in a tournament, challenge another player (often involves a wager), or watch other players play. Going to the pool hall by yourself is not wierd, in fact, to get any good at the game, you will find that you go by yourself a lot more often than in a group. You'll have plenty of time to meet people in between matches. Handicapped tournaments are more about the social interaction than the money, although there are some people that take them seriously. Play the tournament a couple of times and you'll meet people that you'll see other times as well. The other thing you can do is find out what days they have tournaments. They aren't all looking to gamble, some like me are just looking to play the game. If you get a table alone and shoot around, you'll find that other people will ask you if you want to play as well. You'd be surprised at how many times even a very good player will say yes. If there is, you can usually just say something like "want to bang them around?" which signals that you aren't looking to gamble.
Sit and look around to see if there's anyone shooting alone. You do NOT have to feel obligated to buy a meal. Go to the hall, order a coke (or a beer if that's your thing). I very rarely go to pool halls with other people. they are there just to have a good time with their friends, every table i approached the players did know each other, so I'm basically being intrusive, its not that some players didn't agree play but the hesitation was obvious.Ģ/ this promotes a bad image for my self as i could sound needy and desperate for social interaction, that's not so good for my self esteem.ģ/ so far the the people i played with were seemingly teenagers, I'm not a teenager so it would be preferable to to socialize with someone my age, but everyone my age was either with a girl or in a group sitting next to a table.Ī counter plane i developed for this situation is that i can just go there and chill, order something to drink and occasionally if i see someone approachable i'll ask him if his up for a few games, but the menu is so expansive for me, couldn't afford it on regular basis, but it made sense because its not a place you go to for drinks or food its just a compliment touch.Īll the above made me realize that pool halls is not a good option for a loner like me and I'm looking for other alternatives, whats your thoughts on this did i get anything true? or is it just the atmosphere in this specific hall? So in an attempt to get out of my social isolation lately i thought going to a pool hall in a regular basis would be a convenient option, but i didn't take too many visits to realize its not! actually its the opposite for many reasons.ġ/ people are not quite open to engage in a game with a stranger.
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