Ball uniformity in the pool room.
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That is why I stay home and play with myself...why would I leave my house to pay money to play on inferior tables with worse balls and crappy racks and chalk that shoulda been thrown away long ago while I listen to awful music and pay too much for a drink or 9?
And then I have to fade all you humans too?
Brutal.
And then I have to fade all you humans too?
Brutal.
OK....Um......but are your balls the same size?
Let's stay on topic.....
Many times I have had several different type pool balls in a set at a room. Very frustrating.
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It happens all the time. In my college poolroom the cue balls are tiny because they get replacement balls and they're never the same size... I always bring my own Aramith pro cup cue ball.
The 8 balls are also bigger than the rest of the house balls and the racks are NEVER tight. When I bring my own set of balls they're almost always frozen, so I know it's definitely an issue with the balls.
When I'm not at school I shoot at Steinway Billiards and Astoria Billiards Club in Queens, NY and occasionally there'll be a mix of Centennial balls and some random replacement (probably a Chinese replacement)...
The 8 balls are also bigger than the rest of the house balls and the racks are NEVER tight. When I bring my own set of balls they're almost always frozen, so I know it's definitely an issue with the balls.
When I'm not at school I shoot at Steinway Billiards and Astoria Billiards Club in Queens, NY and occasionally there'll be a mix of Centennial balls and some random replacement (probably a Chinese replacement)...
Same... I try to avoid those players for the most part... It can be impossible to get a tight rack.
Super common, basically pool halls seem to fall into two categories... "the owner shoots and gives a shit" or "the owner is not a player and just doesn't care". The first type has uniform sets, the second type will usually have several bad sets mixed with barbox balls or another brand.
Our league hall is the 2nd type and one set has a barbox cue ball mixed with the regular balls. I absolutely hate that.
Our league hall is the 2nd type and one set has a barbox cue ball mixed with the regular balls. I absolutely hate that.
I laughed out loud when I read this post, but it's entirely true. For the most part Friday and Saturday nights are amateur nights at pool halls, even the good ones.
Makes me want to stay home and play with myself. Ha!
Agree with this, it'd be a good investment.
Ball uniformity in the poolroom? I think that's a bit personal, don't you.
I've never asked, and there isn't a locker room where you can see for yourself when the guys come out of the showers, but... what? He was asking about billiard balls?
Sorry. My mistake. :smile:
I've never asked, and there isn't a locker room where you can see for yourself when the guys come out of the showers, but... what? He was asking about billiard balls?
Sorry. My mistake. :smile:
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Agree with Creedo
Yes, that's the case pretty much on every pool table in Gainesville. Fortunately, it looks like we're going to have a new billiard center in town, being created by a POOL PLAYER, so I'm expecting great things...
Yes, that's the case pretty much on every pool table in Gainesville. Fortunately, it looks like we're going to have a new billiard center in town, being created by a POOL PLAYER, so I'm expecting great things...
The odds of having an identically sized set is actually the long shot.
Don't EVER bring a set of calipers to the pool room....that's all I'm saying.
Don't EVER bring a set of calipers to the pool room....that's all I'm saying.
This can work, but....
So I was practicing for a tournament and I had a nearly new set of Aramith Pro balls so I polished them up and took them down to the PH. They played really nicely. Before my next trip, I polished them again. What's the little thing on the 5 ball? A small gouge. Next polish cycle, another one or two gouges. Somewhere there is a little nail head sticking out. I'm not sure which table was the culprit since I played on more than one.
In some pool halls, the trays of balls are numbered to match the tables. I think that would allow the owner -- assuming he's playing attention -- to find out which tables need to have their nails pounded back into the wood.
When you play pocket pool You don't deserve big racks! lol
It's my understanding that the balls being repeatedly slammed into like the one are usually the first ones to wear down and get smaller in size. A local place I play has centenial balls that are at least 20 years olds and so worn out you cant get a tight rack for shit.
At Valley Forge 2 years ago we seen a fork lift bring in a pallet of balls across the parking lot and the pallet fell off. Balls went rolling across the lot. The area where the Pro Am was being played had Arimith Pro and Duramith all mixed together. We were laughing as we seen that knowing that it was probably the result of the dropped pallet.
I think the cloth is much more the culprit than the ball being struck. As chalk goes into the cloth, it becomes like sand paper (chalk is mostly ground-up sand). Between when a ball is hit and when it starts rolling smoothly on the cloth, it is sliding. That means its surface is rubbing against the sand-paper-cloth.