Regarding the Kasson table being used at the Mosconi Cup. Has anyone else noticed when they show the overhead camera view of the table (I assume from the dead center of the table) the slate radius drop-offs curves in the corner pockets are not squared up? In particular, the top right corner is clearly not squared up correctly with the rail system - which means all 4 corners must be off to some degree.
In match 4 - the doubles match between SVB/Dominguez and Shaw/Alcaide, Alcaide choked on an 8-ball shot after carelessly leaving himself much harder than he should have on it, The OB ended up on end rail, a few inches off the rail, near the center diamond, with the CB about 4-5 feet away, a tough cut shot but one that SVB would make nearly 90% of the time. He undercut it just slightly, the ball did hit the end rail on its way to the pocket before jarring in the pocket, hanging on the edge, and not falling. That was the very pocket that was not properly squared up. That ended up being a crucial miss as Alcaide finished off the game, and the Europeans held on to win that match. I'm not saying that ball would have necessarily fallen, as the shot was slightly undercut, but it possibly could have if the table had been set up the way it should have been.
I'm sorry, but I see no excuse for that error by the table mechanic who set up that table. It takes less than 5 minutes to make sure the rail system and all the corners are perfectly squared up with the slate drop offs curves before torquing the rails bolts tight. It's something we would never miss doing in here on our pool tables whenever we recover the cloth. Does anyone else think this is unacceptable for a tournament of this magnitude, when you only have to set up one single table perfectly? Yes, there is a slight chance the angle of the overhead camera may possibly be off centered making this look worse than it is, but it is clearly off to some degree.
In match 4 - the doubles match between SVB/Dominguez and Shaw/Alcaide, Alcaide choked on an 8-ball shot after carelessly leaving himself much harder than he should have on it, The OB ended up on end rail, a few inches off the rail, near the center diamond, with the CB about 4-5 feet away, a tough cut shot but one that SVB would make nearly 90% of the time. He undercut it just slightly, the ball did hit the end rail on its way to the pocket before jarring in the pocket, hanging on the edge, and not falling. That was the very pocket that was not properly squared up. That ended up being a crucial miss as Alcaide finished off the game, and the Europeans held on to win that match. I'm not saying that ball would have necessarily fallen, as the shot was slightly undercut, but it possibly could have if the table had been set up the way it should have been.
I'm sorry, but I see no excuse for that error by the table mechanic who set up that table. It takes less than 5 minutes to make sure the rail system and all the corners are perfectly squared up with the slate drop offs curves before torquing the rails bolts tight. It's something we would never miss doing in here on our pool tables whenever we recover the cloth. Does anyone else think this is unacceptable for a tournament of this magnitude, when you only have to set up one single table perfectly? Yes, there is a slight chance the angle of the overhead camera may possibly be off centered making this look worse than it is, but it is clearly off to some degree.
