Recent content by ChrisinNC

The side pocket mouth measurement should be 1/2” wider than the corner pocket mouth measurement.

In a tournament match, at the completion of the match, if I’m on the winning end, I feel the most courteous and respectful thing to say to my opponent when looking them in the eyes and shaking their hand is to say nothing at all. The last thing I ever want to hear if I’m on the losing end is...

Yes, they are now over $300 wholesale, so the best price you’ll likely find these days if you can get a deal is around $400.

Pool does seem to be on a bit of an upswing for our pool room, as we’ve been open 30 years. Most of that increase being from pure recreational and beginner level players. Our hourly rates are very reasonable, which I attribute as part of the reason for increased play, as compared to...

Our 9 foot Gabriels Pro Signature tables are 25 years old, our 10 foot Gabriels Sentinel prototype (only one produced) table is 10 years old, all are 3 piece 40mm (1.56”) thick, with the 10’ table surface being granite, not slate.

We bring Ernesto here to Family Billiards in Boone, NC every 2 years for the last 30 years to work on our tables - he’s the best and the only one I would allow to work on our tables!

If you get an accu-rack template, rack the 1 ball on the foot spot, break from just off one of the side rails and can’t get a nice spread to potentially run out when you make a ball on the break and get an opening shot at the first ball, it’s not the table, it’s your break.

Our Gabriel’s including our 10’ table are 40mm, 1.56” thick, 3 piece.

JOB’s outside of Nashville had a pit table located just to the left as you go in, don’t know if it’s still there.

Looks like at least 5-6 balls were involved in some series of both caroms and combos which allowed him to make this shot. When initially looking at it, I thought he hit the striped ball directly in front, but after looking at it again, it appears he hit the ball located to the left of the...

The thing about banks - you need to know you cushions as the accuracy of making the bank are so sensitive to speed and spin - all cushions bank differently.

Brass Tap is a legit pool room that has numerous tournaments, big and small. Rail bolts can loosen up over time, but someone usually notices and reports a table with a dead rail or rails to the owner / manager. Any experienced room owner / manager who is a player will periodically check every...

Not that easy if shooting in rotation 1-6, as you have to leave an angle on every shot, but if you leave too much angle, the shots get too hard. Of course it depends on what size table it is and how tight the pockets are on the table. In rotation, I’m guessing on our 7 foot Diamond I might be...

Ernesto is indeed an 800+ table mechanic as well as still a formidable player in his 70s. Oscar however is a professional pool player and a successful room owner. Many years ago as a teen he and his brother helped their Dad out for a few years. He will be the first to admit the work was way...

I agree that if OD did discover loose rail bolts the day before their match, he should have had the courtesy to inform his opponent of his desire to tighten them. At that point, a decision could then be agreed on whether or not they could be tightened, and if so, it should be done by someone...