How it all started
After an enjoyable game of 9-ball one fine evening, a group of amateur pool players observed the scarcity of comprehensive, ranking ‘billiards & pool resource’ sites available in the internet. A hush-hush, spontaneous brainstorming session nudged along with a few round of beers and broken beer bottles resulted in an inspired breakthrough! Like minds think alike (or so they say) and a decision to launch a dedicated pool site for love of the billiards game was conceived.

Springing from the commitment to provide all pool and billiard enthusiasts with relevant and helpful information from general pocket billiards rules to a selection of excellent pool table manufacturers to near everything related to the subject that can be found in one site, PoolSharp.com sprang forth.

Why ‘PoolSharp.com’?
Why not poolshark you ask? Well that’s because we all agree that a pool shark (which by the way, brings to mind a captive shark swimming circles in a pool) has no business at a ball billiards and gaming pool table. A pool sharp on the other hand, (meaning: a rather sharp pool player with a razor sharp cue stick) makes perfect sense.

So basically, we agreed on a simple combination of the words ‘pool’ + ‘sharp’, hence the name PoolSharp.com was chosen. A variety of interpretations about the name have been forwarded, some of which are conveniently enumerated below:

a. By paying close attention to the facts and tips on billiards and pool found
    within this site, one can (ahem) become a sharp pool operator. A hefty dose
    of hands-on practice is of course, highly recommended.
b. This is a straight to the point site that aims to cut through all the crappy and
    unnecessary information that a billiards enthusiast can do without.
c. The tons of available information have been whittled down to include just a
    select number of resource sites on billiards equipment and supplies
    that any individual can appreciate.
d. And the space here is for whatever favorable interpretation you might have
    for our site. Thank you.
e. In the unlikely event that there are unfavorable opinions however, you are
    welcome to take it to other ‘more deserving’ sites.

We do hope that this site will help you rack up the fun in billiards and pool. Enjoy!