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You might have just played on an 8 ft table then. Just like with American tables, they come in smaller sizes for small establishments. Where did you play it? Around where I live, 90% of the Chinese tables I've seen are 8ft. It was a huge PITA to find a full size table to practice on.

does this unfurl https://cheatingthepocket.substack.com/p/i-went-on-a-free-trip-to-play-pool

https://cheatingthepocket.substack.com/p/i-went-on-a-free-trip-to-play-pool

IMO by far the biggest differences, other than the pockets, are Snooker cloth instead of pool cloth Height of the table - Joy tables are same height as snooker tables. Personally, it makes getting down on the shot much easier Cushions - much more reactive than what you'd find on most American...

I also love the cognitive dissonance of the Taiwanese players having Chinese flags next to their names, but still being put in the international group.

Likely your browser autotranslated the Chinese. Indeed, Temuujin was the birth name of Genghis Khan, so the translation is technically accurate 😂 It's a popular Mongolian name nowadays.

I don't think your pro is the norm. Even the Fillers have 4.125" pockets on their home table.

Let's not forget that she's sponsored by Predator and probably "highly encouraged" to prefer the Revos.

I think in this case a 482 rating tells us he's not "one of America's best pool players".

Those two are far from bangers and they actually do seem to be getting out pretty consistently. Tong Lu specifically is a top 25 player in China.

Matchroom just posted this clip with the caption "Mohammad Soufi flies into the last 64. One of the fastest players on Tour showing exactly what his game's about". Yet his pace is still slower than the guys in that video in the original post...

I'm guessing it at least helps them avoid getting delisted by platforms like Amazon

I think they claim the name is actually Jossii and not Joss 2, just to avoid the legal liability 😂

He had some very solid cashes in Matchroom events last year and it doesn't take much to get a bye in a weak field since only Matchroom results count for rankings. Great players, e.g. Chang Yu Lung in US Open a few years back, often don't get seeded because they haven't played many Matchroom...

One thing I've noticed about mainland Chinese players, both pros and amateurs, is that some of them shoot bizarrely hard and fast. Shooting hard makes sense because of how the Chinese tables work, but I can't figure out for the life of me why they're playing at such a fast tempo and how they're...