Simonis 860 made pool easier for lower level players. The old GC1&2&3 pockets were avg 4 3/4-5 in.. The idea was to get more players into pool.
Then, good players would put racks together, and the 'powers that be' said: we
cant have this! Why? Anyway, instead of going back to a slower cloth, 'they' said:
Make the pockets tight. And they did. But that didnt work ( cloth was still too easy ).
So, the pkts got tighter and tighter ( 4 in at hard times, 4 1/8 at TAR, etc ).
Then, opps, nobody can run out but the best in the world! The rest of us suffer;
'They' dont care about us....duh.
So, now, the tighter the pockets, the closer everyone's speed is closer together.
Its the same on the old bar tables, the smaller the tbl and the bigger the pockets,
the closer everyone's speed comes together.
So, the ;powers that be' gave up (BCA) and now every TD/ promoter sets their own
standards. As my man Alvin says: 'It's Chaos! ".
Play on whatever you LIKE! Pool will never be slow again: too bad, you needed a good stroke then, now ...D players move whitey 4-5 rails...its a joke.