The Hustlers

It was a lifetime I did not play pool... I think since the High School time when we used to skip school and used to spend some winter mornings in a smokey but charming room.
Ever since I have probably played twice or thrice, then it was with pleasure I joined a couple of friends for a friendly "tournament".

I never entered a Chinese pool room and so was curious about it: the hall was huge, with many tables either for pool and snooker. Obviously the brand new anti-smoke regulation was left outside the door of the joint and everybody was happily puffing. What would be a pool room without a cigarette? I don't smoke, but I understand how different it would look like without the hazy gangster like atmosphere so I bore in silence and tried to master my cue!