[shiver]

Hi there,

Anyone here know a decent place to play billiards. social or for money?

btw please exclude Kings hotel and bars with pool tables

looking for something like Hong Kong Pool Club..

thanks

[PDLM]

Just to be clear, you mean "billiards" in the Filipino sense (i.e. Pool, probably 9-ball, in the rest of the world) not "billiards as understood in many places which is a game played with three balls only on a full-size snooker table?

If so, then do a search for posts by "Jumpshotrocky" in these forums - he is always up for games, preferably for money, and knows the places to go.

[shiver]

Billiards as in American Billiards 8 ball, 9 ball games... as far as am concern, I think the word billiard is not a Filipino sense but plainly English just forgot to add the american..

But thanks for the reply..

Originally Posted by PDLM

Just to be clear, you mean "billiards" in the Filipino sense (i.e. Pool, probably 9-ball, in the rest of the world) not "billiards as understood in many places which is a game played with three balls only on a full-size snooker table?

If so, then do a search for posts by "Jumpshotrocky" in these forums - he is always up for games, preferably for money, and knows the places to go.

[bobbyjo]

Hi. I think if you put a real billiards table infront of someone here there would be a lot of head scratching going on....... 3 balls...2 red..... 1 white ... no holes ...omg! There i go go showing my age again.

[PDLM]

Hmmm, well that's yet another form - as played in continental Europe as far as I know. The British/Indian/... form has three balls and holes on a 12'x8' (full-size snooker) table.

As opposed to "bar billiards" which is something else entirely.

(As is "pocket billiards" for that matter.)

[tomkitten]

um... no dude original billiards definitely no holes - and as proof I offer Charles Dickens' in his bleak house in Broadstairs, Kent, which I played on. Before being thrown out.

I'm very, very interested in playing pool or snooker - please pm me.

[gawdchyld]

good place is joe billiards. its in Wan Chai. very spacious, clean, new, food and drinks, great price.. highly recommended. its opened by the famous writer's son.. i dunno his name.. but his girlfriend is the famous singer Vivian Chow and they both love playing pool thus the pool hall.

[PDLM]

Joe's Billiards is the place in the King's Hotel which the OP said they weren't interested in (for reasons undefined).

[shiver]

Originally Posted by PDLM

Joe's Billiards is the place in the King's Hotel which the OP said they weren't interested in (for reasons undefined).

Joe's Billiards is pretty good but.. tried visiting there like 3 times in a row but tables are not available or have to wait like 2 hours to get one.. Which is not worth waiting for.. plus the fact that the place is so crowded and noisy (what if you were playing 10k race to 7 games )

[Jump Shot Rock]

Seems to be a long way around to answer the mans question.Whatever name one wants to call it, its the two and a quarter inch balls with a number on them, on a 9 X 5 pool table. Well if you dont want Joes at kings Hotel, perhaps the billiard house at Whampoa gardens ( near the shopping mall designed as a ship), which has about 6 9 X 5 Pool tables there.

Click on "practice places" for other pool playing venues around the world @ <www.rockylane.org> , should you travel and looking for good places in other countries. Best regards, Rock.