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It basically means very tight pockets and a deep shelf. The mouth is about as tight as a triple shimmed GC if you ever played on one, but because the shelf is a lot deeper, balls are much tougher to pocket.

ha ha. That's what happens when top pros club baby seals.

An automated shot clock system built into the lights. It knows which player is at the table, knows when all the balls stopped moving/spinning, counts down on its own, etc. It can project the time onto the table in a few spots. True shot clocks on every table in a pool room or tournament venue.

Trying another table is a great idea imo.

Ok, It's on. I'm taking this to the pool hall the next few weeks and will ask people to try on various tables. Note, I tried something similar years ago, I think even before this thread was started. Maybe 20 years ago. I had a hard time finding takers, even with me paying their table time...

The 9' is WAY WAY harder. You can figure it out for yourself in 5 minutes of shooting. Just throw balls on the table and count your misses.

And here is my data for straight pool. Note, the 9' was the same table, but the 7' Diamond was a league-cut red label. Thread here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/14-1-7-table-vs-9-table-statistically-speaking.344551/

Here is my data again. These are my 9 ball ghost scores for the 2024 year. I didn't go down to the ball, I went by game win/losses. But I do think down to the ball would be even better. The 9' GC was my home table, the 7' Diamond was a Pro-Cut pool room blue table Diamond. .05 difference...

Come on dr dave, you've got nothing to lose. Video yourself shooting 200 racks on each table. 3,000 USD goes to BEF if you're right. Change your formula if I'm right. I don't even need to see any video, I'll take it at your word how many balls pocketed on each table.

Well one thing is the BU exam should NOT be the weighting factor. That is self-serving to Dr Dave in advancing it as some sort of a standard. Here is a perfect example of why it should NOT be a weighing factor. Dr Dave scored higher on it that SVB! SVB can give anyone in this thread the 5 out...

Also regarding the "less English on tighter table myth".... Take one pocket. That game, even when played by lower level players, is usually played on the tightest table in the house. Every player, even the lower level ones, is spinning the crap out of the ball a large percentage of the time to...

Not that I know of. Only the eye test. When watching a pro event with pro commentators like Incardone, the only time they say to use different English is when the cloth is brand new, and thus the friction is different. They never say it for tight vs loose pockets. We can look at any of the old...

You're delusional if you think a 7' Diamond Pro-Am with Pro-Cut pockets is only .05 harder to play on than a 9' GC4 with factory pockets (not doctored like the Shaw table). I know your contributions to pool are great, but this was a bad starting point, and you never fixed it. Go play 200 racks...

I agree, the math is correct, and rather the weighting is wrong. On the chart, here are a few interesting examples: 1.02 9' Diamond with pro-cut pockets. 3 of them in a row at 1.02 so its probably fairly reliable. .90 9' Gold Crown 4 with factory pockets (this is my table). .85 7' Diamond with...

This is wrong info. Is there any evidence that pros in recent MR events with Diamond 4" pockets use less spin than events 10 years ago with Diamond 4.5" pockets? Or events 30 years ago with Brunswick 5" pockets? No, there is not. This is an example of a common misconception that using side...

How big is this event in the snooker world? Is it like the US Open in pool? The Florida Open in pool? Other? Just trying to understand where it is in the pecking order of snooker.

Although I strongly dislike tight pockets for tournament play, I don't think that has anything to do with the slow play. Snooker players as a group are about twice as fast as pool player when they go through the motions of walking around the table and finally pulling the trigger. There are no...

Pros are shooting themselves in the foot. The only way to grow their pay is to get more fans watching. Slow play is the number one killer of fans watching.

Small local event, expect about 16 players. Open, Scratch, and FargoRate reported.

Is this the same thing as last year? The WNT World Pool Championship and this WST Snooker event piggy backed off of each other? Were they both in the same venue?