Balukas 's introduction to play was at 4 years of age , not on one of her father 's tables but on a 4-1⁄2 by 9 foot pool table in the cellar of her childhood home , purchased by her parents to keep her four billiards-playing brothers out of local pool rooms .
Her first play was on a 4 1\/2 by 9 foot pool table in the basement of her childhood home .