markjames said:

thanks to sjm and everyone for reporting on the graveyard shift

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You're welcome. Yeah, these Asian tournaments are a challenge for a New Yorker, but sacrifices must be made in the name of watching great pool. Now to catch up on my sleep.

thanks to sjm and everyone for reporting on the graveyard shift

BobbyD963 said:

Wouldn’t tighter pockets be more of a challenge? So if im practicing on a table with tight pockets and ultimately end up being able to drain shots, wouldn’t that mean my game improved? Forgive me if im not up to speed on billiard terminology but I don’t understand what you mean by buckets. If the table didnt have a ball return or didn’t have drop pockets and whenever you made a shot the ball just dropped to the floor, you still made the shot. What difference does it make if its drop pockets, “buckets”, or sand pales catching the balls? I dont mean to come off rude, just kind of matching your vibe.

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For reference ....just because I am not sure what you mean........Buckets refers to the size of the opening of the pockets.........Drop pockets are not buckets...and buckets are not (necessarily) drop pockets....Drop Pockets can also be buckets....but buckets are never considered drop pockets.......Drop Pockets are just inserts that catch the balls to keep them from falling to the floor....in place of a return track that sends the balls up table....I removed the ball returns for noise reduction....GCI and GCIIs tend to make a racket when the balls return.

My personal reasoning for 4.25 pockets...(technically a tad bigger 4.3-4 depending on how measured).....I told RKC that two balls should not go in the same pocket side by side without freezing up against each other.......IMO anything bigger is big pockets....anything smaller is a Gaff table. (perhaps a One Pocket would have tighter pockets as a standard)......I just told him to go with what I thought should be the universal standard for pocket size..(width of 2 balls side by side)......not buckets...not Gaff.....Of course others may have a different opinion.