The expression "behind the 8 ball" can apply to many of life's obstacles, from facing a traffic-court judge to accidentally baking your car keys into a pie. Sink problems into the corner pocket with today's Groupon at Maxamillians Billiards and Sports Bar, located in Tyngsboro. Choose between the following options:

• For $20, you get a 10-hour punch card for pool for up to six players (up to a $160 value).
• For $6, you get one hour of pool for up to six players (up to a $16 value).

Maxamillians Billiards and Sports Bar allows cue gurus to battle it out in a 9,000-square-foot colorful-orb haven. With 14 regulation-size Connelly Ultimate tables, Maxamillians invites chalk jockeys to prove their angle-judging prowess or to illustrate the tricky tenets of Newton's 16th Law of Motion. Balls collide in a cavernous brick-lined room in the 9,000-square-foot bar, leaving plenty of room between tables. An 80-foot bar keeps throats wet, and the Boston Pizza Company dishes brick-oven pies to pool sharks.

Maxamillians’s happening space brims with favorite bar pastimes, from cheering on sports superstars on the HDTVs to flinging rockets in the dart lounge. After a rousing round of stripes and solids, players can retire to the fireplace to enjoy a drink or knit quilts that commemorate their victories.

Reviews

Five Yelpers give Maxamillians a four-star average, and more than 1,220 Facebookers are fans:

• A great local place to play pool watch some sports – lisa b., 12/27/10, Yelp
• Great Pool Tables (the best I've ever played on) – Greg V., 10/15/10, Yelp