The Excitement of Free Online Pool Games

Until quite recently I would never have considered myself to be an online gamer. In fact, I am pretty sure that apart from playing the arcade game ?Pac Man? back in the 1980?s, I had never actually played any other online game at all. What?s more, I used to consider the millions of people who played these games a little pathetic, and lacking worthwhile pastimes. How wrong I was.

I recently came across one of the large online skill gaming companies whilst browsing the web and thought I would find out what all the fuss was about. I decided to have a go at one of their free online pool games. No way was I going to part with any money knowing the level of whiz kid competition online today. I played a few games and I have to say, I loved it! I was officially hooked and had in the space of just a few minutes become one of those online gaming geeks I had ridiculed for years; what a hypocrite I had quickly become.

During my four years at university I had spent many a night in the pub playing pool and I became very good at it. What I noticed about the online version is that it had been designed so well that the cue power, top spin and back spin etc were almost as accurate as the real life version. I therefore found that I quickly became just as good as I had at the real life game.

Playing these free online pool games against the computer was no longer enough for my greedy soul; it was time to play for cash. There was a free online multiplayer games option where I could challenge others online for no fee but I felt that I had achieved the necessary skill level to forge ahead to the real money stage.

I uploaded some funds from my credit card and started playing again. Although I was now only putting up a