Best 9-ball or 10-Ball Gambling Conditions

mikeyfrost · Mar 3, 2015

I'll keep it real simple. If you have to play for the money and there are 4 tables to play on which one of these are you playing on?

For qualification Tight is 4" or under. Fair is 4.25"-4.75" let's not complicate this. Slow and Fast is the speed of the table.

1) Tight and Slow
2) Tight and Fast
3) Fair and Slow
4) Fair and Fast

I imagine part of the logic would be skill level related. I personally can't stand pool on Fair and fast equipment cause everything goes in. I'm also not accurate enough to play on a tight and slow table.

For my cash I have to play on either a tight and fast table that I can get around without much stroke or my favorite choice the fair and slow table cause you actually have to hit them in and move your rock to stay in line.

Buckets are for league and family fun please leave them out of the discussion.

What do you like???

Atlatlien · Mar 3, 2015

mikeyfrost said:
I'll keep it real simple. If you have to play for the money and there are 4 tables to play on which one of these are you playing on?

For qualification Tight is 4" or under. Fair is 4.25"-4.75" let's not complicate this. Slow and Fast is the speed of the table.

1) Tight and Slow
2) Tight and Fast
3) Fair and Slow
4) Fair and Fast

I imagine part of the logic would be skill level related. I personally can't stand pool on Fair and fast equipment cause everything goes in. I'm also not accurate enough to play on a tight and slow table.

For my cash I have to play on either a tight and fast table that I can get around without much stroke or my favorite choice the fair and slow table cause you actually have to hit them in and move your rock to stay in line.

Buckets are for league and family fun please leave them out of the discussion.

What do you like???

Tight and Fast for me. I think my accuracy is better than my ability (and desire) to move the cueball around the table, so I'd like it to roll farther with less effort. It would also give my opponent more problems if their accuracy is a little off. Having to juice the cueball usually spells disaster for me even with buckets.

I also don't mind a gaffe table that rolls off a little, as long as I know how it rolls before we start.

Black-Balled · Mar 3, 2015

fair and fast...like my wimminz.

or something like that.

RealLive · Mar 3, 2015

Tight +slow!

DAVE_M · Mar 3, 2015

Tight and Slow, gotta let that stroke out.

Colonel · Mar 3, 2015

Tight & slow

ideologist · Mar 3, 2015

Tight and slow strangles most people. Play on a table that wins for you!

MiscueBlues · Mar 3, 2015

I would play anyone on the smallest table, biggest pockets, slowest cloth, and heavy table lean.

Even if I don't know the table. Adjusting is one of my better skills.

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eddie0776 · Mar 3, 2015

I like the tight table with the slower cloth

Spimp13 · Mar 3, 2015

I hate buckets and I hate having to blast the cueball to get it to go where I want...tight and fast.

Apocalypse2017 · Mar 3, 2015

Tight and wet! (is there a poll)

Baxter · Mar 3, 2015

How slow is slow? Nappy bar table cloth? I like tight and average 860 speed. No 760, no nappy bar table cloth.

TWOFORPOOL · Mar 3, 2015

Fair & Slow

I like far and slow. You have to have a stroke to get around the table and at 61 I don't see as well as I should. 4 1/2" pockets

DAVE_M · Mar 3, 2015

Baxter said:
How slow is slow? Nappy bar table cloth? I like tight and average 860 speed. No 760, no nappy bar table cloth.

I guess that's the way I think of slow.

When I think fast, I'm thinking of brand new heated 760 fast.

Kickin' Chicken · Mar 3, 2015

by the time he plays you, Mikey will know all he needs to. :grin-square:

you're in his database now.

best,
brian kc

HawaiianEye · Mar 3, 2015

Slow and fair.

mikeyfrost · Mar 3, 2015

Kickin' Chicken said:
by the time he plays you, Mikey will know all he needs to. :grin-square:

you're in his database now.

best,
brian kc

Good one....I'll be referring to this thread all day long. I just think unless you are a shortstop or better you should not like it on tight and slow tables where you need a big stroke and accuracy from the gods. 5 inning 9 ball is not a good game for anyone!!!

mikeyfrost · Mar 3, 2015

HawaiianEye said:
Slow and fair.

I think that's the best...I can't stand watching a guy get out on me for my money just slow rolling balls in left and right....drives me up a wall.

Colonel · Mar 3, 2015

mikeyfrost said:
Good one....I'll be referring to this thread all day long. I just think unless you are a shortstop or better you should not like it on tight and slow tables where you need a big stroke and accuracy from the gods!!!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Gunn_Slinger · Mar 3, 2015

I pick a table based on how my opponent plays ( if I can).
If he has the better stroke, I want faster and bigger pockets, and vise-versa.
I dont agree with your premise of tight is 4in or smaller or that 4 1/4 and 4 3/4
are the same. Most rooms dont have 4 in pockets, at least not in the dc metro area.
4 1/4 is a tight pocket as is 4 1/2. This obsession with tighter and tighter pockets is
pulling players speeds closer and closer together.
Even TAR went back to 4 1/2 in pockets!
A lot of players that insist on playing on tight pockets cant run out on 4 3/4in
pockets. Same with players that play 10 ball cant get out playing 9 ball.
Pool has become a very strange game.

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