june-bug said:

I like the sound of ball return tables.

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You can develop a rhythm on Valley's by pocketing the next ball while one is still rolling in the return

For 9 ball I have no preference. For 1 pocket and banks I don't like drop pockets at all, because the score is not visible at a glance. The players will usually leave their balls in their hole and not use the ball holders on the end of the table at all. When the holder starts getting full, they will then use the side pocket as well. So to find the score you must minimally go to two pockets plus do math.

DeeDeeCues said:

My GC holds eight. I can't remember a ball ever spitting from other balls in the pocket.

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Agreed. If you're concerned move a ball or 3 from your pocket to a side pocket.

muskyed said:

My Diamond Professional easily holds 10 balls, 11 gets a little touchy if you hit the 12th in hard

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My GC holds eight. I can't remember a ball ever spitting from other balls in the pocket.

philly said:

I love drop pockets.
Keep moving get your steps in.

Unless I'm in a tournament I rarely sit down. I understand that you can burn about 100 calories an hour playing pool if you don't sit down especially if you are walking around the table pulling balls out of pockets. 4 hour session, 400 calories. Little by little, steady as she goes. It's just math.
Five 4 hour sessions a week is 2000 calories burned. That's over 100,000 calories burned in a year.

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I find it funny when I hear players complain about having to walk around the table to retrieve balls. It's 30ft.

Funnier still are the same guys who walk half-way around the table three times just to judge each stop shot from four different positions.

I've only seen this on MR events. The smaller streamers use whatever table is at the venue, which these days is 95% a Diamond Pro-Am with a ball return. I assume its because MR has a lot more mics near the table than the other guys.

Put me down for the sound as well being the reason.

There were some early TAR Studio matches on a Pro-Am coin op, which is even louder than the standard pro-am. We'd hear the ball rolling in the mechanism and then popping out on every single shot.

Does anyone know how MR modifies the Pro-Am to be drop pocket? Do they stuff the pockets on site, or does Diamond special make them for them?

My Diamond Professional easily holds 10 balls, 11 gets a little touchy if you hit the 12th in hard