Players Billards

Even though the parking could be better, and it can be packed with people wanting to sing, I think this establishment's karaoke is one of its best assets.  It is absolutely a great, fun time in the karaoke section of Player's.  My wife and I started expanding our karaoke from home out into the likes of Pflugerville with a friend of hers (Frances knows who she is) and about the only things I don't like about it are 1) smoking inside the bar is not banned, and it can get pretty overwhelming at times, and 2) when there's a lot of people wanting to sing, sometimes the order of requests gets mixed up, resulting in longer than average wait times because the DJ's running the karaoke are no more sober than any of the people!  Sometimes there is a lot of cowboy, desperado country stew western being idolized in this environment, and unfortunately that's because it provides this atmosphere by looking like an old saloon from way back when. I know when I am around a lot of cigarette smoke, it makes me want to drink more to keep my mind off of being bothered by it. I still always think people need to step outside every other cigarette just to keep the air fresh and to generally respect the rights of others to breathe the non-smoking air, since there's no separation of smokers from non-smokers. However, my wife and I and her friend come here maybe once every other or every three weeks just so it doesn't get boring, as we try to find out some other places to continue doing our karaoke!

What a dive!!!

Oh Player's....we go way back. So much history.

Located in "downtown" Pflugerville, its one of the only 3 bars. I have been here many times, more than I want to admit. This dive bar is full of locals, and no these people are not your typical WASPy stay-at-home soccer mom's or people you non-suburbians think would go here. People go here normally to get wasted, not to be a sipper.

As always, this is not Austin so there is no ban on inside smoking. On a recent night when I was visiting my folks, some long time friends and I came here. The smoking was a bit too much for me that evening, the cloud of smoke was a bit overwhelming.

We decided that a game of shuffleboard was in order. Girls against guys. I must admit I am no good at this game, but was having a total blast. Must have been the two 28oz. beers I had consumed prior to arriving. After winning the game, unbelievably and no thanks to me, my roommate (who is a total sore loser) disappeared for half an hour. Really? What a child.

Next up was karaoke. My friend signed up to do a song, and the others decided to play some pool in the meantime. There are tons of pool tables here ( I don't play) and I'm pretty sure its free. There seems to be karaoke every time I have gone so I can only assume its every night. Some people were just plain awful, but at least they always have the AC on full blast. There is an outside patio as well, but no one really hangs out there. They also tend to have live local music acts pretty often too, and I tend to go see my friends play every now & then.

I wouldn't say its a place you go out of your way to go to, but its definitely worth a shot if you're in the area or just looking for a REALLY different kind of night so you can say you had one. Is dive-tacular a word? Well it is now. At Player's, you never know whats going to happen. Trust me...I'm a doctor.