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You owe a ball, and your opponent makes a ball in your pocket. When does that ball get spotted? In discussions at our Center, one view is that it is spotted after your opponent's inning, i.e., before you shoot. Another view is that it isn't spotted until after you shoot and have completed your...

At our senior center one pocket pool is being played more frequently this year, and sometimes the games take a long time to finish. Our general policy is not to play long duration games such as 14.1 and one pocket when people are waiting to play. We have recently started using the...

How long does it take for a 9 ft pool table to settle into a stable position after installation of a new rug? Our community center recently installed a new rug in the billiards room by jacking the tables up, sliding rug sections under the legs, and lowering the tables. The tables are all way off...

Does anyone know about Simonis 760 cloth causing ball roll-off? I heard from a snooker table manufacturer recently that the way Simonis cloth is manufactured creates a certain weave that at slow ball speeds causes ball roll off. Does anyone know about this, or have experience to the contrary?

I’m looking for info on cushion profile dynamics to understand the broad cushion profile used with snooker tables. I play on a new Riley Aristocrat table which has a broad cushion profile similar to the L77 type. It appears from youtube videos, that a similar broad cushion profile is used by...

I’m looking for info on cushion profile dynamics to understand the broad cushion profile used with snooker tables. I play on a new Riley Aristocrat table which has a broad cushion profile similar to the L77 type. It appears from youtube videos, that a similar broad cushion profile is used by...