A fortnightly pool club in London.

AMES

The format, in one breath

Come paired or come solo.

One shot each.

Miss and you're back to the queue.

The strongest pairs make the knockout.

The night moves in three acts

  1. 19:00

    The room opens

    Doors, drinks, pairing of solo players. The table runs casually. The host works the room.

  2. 19:45

    The rotation

    One shot each, partners alternating. Miss or foul and the pair goes to the back of the queue. The next pair plays it where it lies. Every scoring visit is a point, a rack win is five.

  3. 21:30

    The room closes in

    The top eight point scorers enter the knockout. Quarter-finals one frame, semi-finals one frame, the final best of three. Ends 23:00.

The next room

Room004

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Doors
19:00
Rotation
19:45
Knockout
21:30
City
London
Capacity
40 guests, 20 pairs
Venue
The Virgin Queen, London

Every pair plays. And keeps playing. Both of you shoot every visit, one shot each, and a pair that pots nothing goes back to the queue. The top eight on the board make the knockout.

Rooms 001 to 004 are free, the launch. Every room after is 8 pounds. The list hears first.

The room

One table. One room. One pair holding it.

Clean play and good people. Recurring faces, music, one stage the whole room watches, a host who keeps the call order impossible to miss, and a proper ending everyone stays for.

Good players. Good people. One room.

Come for a frame. Stay for the room.

The game

AMES Pool

One table. One red eight. A run of frames, each one a composed pool problem, played in visits of two shots. The score is the streak.

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Prefer email? Write to ames@avdience.com