Thankful, Pool photography and playing takes a lot of my energy. But it also gives a lot of energy. At this edition of Pool Synergy I wanna share some my thankful moments. At the Sarajevo Open a player (Karlo) came to me and told me that he likes my pictures a lot and meant…
This month PoolSynergy topic is 10 things. I decided to go for 10 exciting pool moments: 1. My first big tournament in Germany. Organized by a German Forum (www.billard-aktuell). Some Pro’s and a lot of average players were attending. Anyway it was a very exciting tournament for me…first time meeting a lot of pool…
A lot of people may know this sign from some “funny mails” or also from the “Funny pic/gif AZ thread”:
Behind this funny sentence is my favority pool hall. A pool hall full of GC1 tables in super nice condition with tough pockets and a gorgeous old brunswick carom table:
During my visit in Chicago I used to play there with Angel nearly every day. I was hooked to this pool hall from the first second. Ted the owner is such a nice guy and took good care about us every day:
This pool hall has the old school flair and there is a very nice story about “The Color of Money” and Maries…..Just ask Ted and I think he will tell you about that….recently I got the information that Maries will be soon part of a movie…..
There is also a shop in MGC:
Don’t forget to visit Maries if you visit Chicago!!!!!
Address:
Neighborhood: Irving Park
3241 W Montrose Ave
Chicago, IL 60686
(773) 478-2555
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This months topic is what’s in your case.
Instead of shooting pictures of my equipment we did a video.
We are all non native speakers and that was the main reason we had so much fun doing this video;-)
Thanks again to Daniela and Christian for helping me.
Don’t miss the making of and outtakes @ the end of the video.
To watch it in HD change the YouTube Video to full screen an choose 720p.
Or watch the vimeo video underneath (sadly vimeo is a bit juddering….)
Pool Synergy 11 Whats in your case from Markus Hofstätter on Vimeo.
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