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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 2513928, member: 24633&quot;]I didn&#039;t start playing League 8-Ball until the 80&#039;s because it is such an easy game. I played 8-Ball in BCA and Valley leagues for almost 20 years, and I was a National Referee in BCA until 2007.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve played Snooker on rare occasions, but most of the poolrooms in the DC metropolitan area didn&#039;t have them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, Straight Pool (14-1 Continuous) was the first game I learned to play when I was 9 years old. By the time I was 13, I could run 100+ balls almost all of the time. I played a series of exhibition matches with Willie Mosconi in 1963, just before I turned 16.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite game has always been One Pocket. It&#039;s like a good game of chess. I used to play 9-Ball with a gambler from Frederick, MD, and he got tired of losing. He would ask if I knew how to play One Pocket which was his best game. So, he introduced me to a one pocket champion from West Virginia in 1963 so I could learn the strategies of the game. The next time I saw him, he asked if I was ready to play some One Pocket. I beat the heck out of him, and he said that he was going to find some other game to play me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another game that was quite common in the Washington, DC area was 3-Cushion Billiards. If you&#039;ve never played it, the 5&#039;x10&#039; table has no pockets, and there are two cue balls and one red ball. The balls are 63mm which is quite larger than standard 2-1/4&quot; pool balls.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best thing about One Pocket and 3-Cushion Billiards is that they can teach you so many strategies that a typical pool player would never dream of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535160[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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