@Texas3cushion is right. As someone who has spent years practicing carom games on a pool table… there is almost no slide, you lose a ton of energy off of the rails, long short longs mostly track to near the corners, and trying to properly go longer introduces side pockets as obstacles. The rubber is extra soft near the edges of pockets and this destroys a lot of 3C shots. Pool tables are easier to control short rail first shots, opposite of carom tables.
Pool tables are still great for 1 cushion, even with pockets. These skills transfer well. Also 235 / Taiwanese carom is an awesome game on both a pool and carom table. But 3C just gets too weird and forceful on a pool table and there are a lot of sliding and nuanced skills that won’t work in pool. It’s better to take simple direct carom options instead like 1 or 2 rails in pool.
