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Agree, definitely consider that cheating.

Yeah this is akin to placing the black on the edge of the spot in snooker to get bit more (or less) angle.

I didn’t know you could do that!

I think he is now past Shane’s high run.

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These stats would suggest that if John played under similar conditions as Jayson, he would likely run similar numbers as Jayson. I think the lack of the template rack is what may stop him from getting 400+ in the next couple days.

My table has pockets that are bit looser than 4.25”. Most of my friends and family only play pool casually. They find my table to be unplayable and get pretty frustrated with it. Now imagine what it would be like if it were actually 4”. I’m a big fan of 4” pockets for the pros since I think...

Maybe, but MR is specifically focused on 9 ball and wants to set the standard for 9 ball equipment. Although the prospect of 14.1 on 4.25” pockets intrigues me, I recognize that I’m in the minority here. And frankly, we don’t have a good history of differentiating pocket specs, conditions or...

I’m a bit shy of that. 38 and counting. But I’m a history nut. If someone found lost footage of Greenleaf, Caras, Ponzi or Mosconi, I’d faint.

I agree, sadly a lot of pools history is locked in a vault somewhere. I’d rather have a poor quality version of an old 80s match where Mizerak was near his prime than nothing at all.

Ok so I’m totally on board with hating the purple 5. But what’s all this about the brown 7? Are we all interior decorators now and maroon and brown are so different from each other? It reminds me of picking out cupboards for my kitchen when I said I wanted white door panels. They pulled out...

Congrats on the purchase. I’d love to see the Vimeo service continue. The last communication I had (prior to the sale) was they were going with another platform. Personally, I prefer to watch matches on my big screen tv, so Vimeo fills that need nicely since the have an AppleTV app. I wasn’t...

I agree, it’s going to be much harder action for snooker players these days. I think just the ability of the top players with the jump cue will make it impossible to go far. But as long as pool is fully open, they have a chance to go a few rounds in since there are plenty of amateurs and...

I noticed a couple of snooker players. Martin Gould is in the draw and he is a former ranking event winner. Gary Wilson is there too. Gary is currently ranked 33rd but has been as high as 17th. I didn’t see any others. Given the timing of this I expected them to get others top players...

I like tight pockets and I’d get my home table adjusted to 4” if I didn’t enjoy play straight pool so much. But unless a pool room is changing the cloth on a regular basis and has a strict cleaning regimen, 4” pockets in a public pool room would be brutal.

And pool isn’t a reaction based sport, so therefore it’s not comparable. My last post on the matter, because these discussions get rather silly, is pool/snooker always gets the short end of the stick in these comparison. It’s always comparing how hard it is to hit a 90 mph baseball vs. how...

If I remember correctly it's designated as a sport by the IOC. But whether it is or not is just semantics. It's a competitive activity so it's worthy of including in the discussion, IMO, because it does force you to evaluate whether athletic ability truly is the prime factor that determines...

I agree with everyone who says we can’t compare sports. Which sport you consider harder or easier is really dependent on the factors you deem most important. If reflexes, hand eye coordination and strength are the only factors which contribute to difficulty, then elite level chess must be a...

I’ve watched a few of their videos. If I didn’t know better I would have assumed it was 7” pockets. You can miss near the side pocket and still have the ball slide into the corner.

Of course it entirely depends on who is throwing the baseball. Just as pools difficulty is dependent on who is sitting in the chair.