Big cueballs...what a difference

UWPoolGod1

UWPoolGod1

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So I have been in Bakersfield the past week and played pool at the pub (Pour House on Fruitvale) by my office almost every day while having some cocktails with co-workers. They have one table and it has a big cueball. Previously I've only played maybe 20 games with a big cueball while I was getting better but I have played about 50 games this week and it definitely makes a difference in the way you have to approach runouts and what you can do with the ball.
***On a side note...$1/game in a dive bar ?!?!?!?! I should have asked for even more money while still negotiating the move just to cover the bar costs. Sick***
I have alot more respect for players like McCready who play with that ball at top level. Give me a red dot, red circle, or aramith any day of the week.
What do you guys think about that cueball and the difference?
 
There is a huge difference in the amount of spin you can put on the ball...

I have played in many tournaments at bars with the Big ball and slow cloth... Its a very different game!!!

The magnetic ball also seems to affect play in a similar way....

I agree that the older generation of players had it much tougher than we do... Technology has definately made pool more enjoyable for the non pros....
 
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I just ordered a big cue ball from mueller, to practice on my old 8ft with. hopefully it will help hone my skills for my future plans.
 
I hate them big sob's..."The stark fact is that the game of pool cannot be played as God intended with an obese cueball because, except for champions, it is almost impossible to impart proper draw action. Unable to make their cueballs back up, hundreds of thousands of average players-fine men and women who are possibly innocent of any crime-are being denied one of life's sweetest pleasures. In some cases they impute their failures to a personal inferiority and drink more than they should. A noble game is being eviscerated, and yet the government remains indifferent. The public drinkers of this country have a serious grievance that is not being redressed. Violence seems inevitable, though nothing I say here should be construed as advocating it." Robert Byrne.
 
matcase said:
I hate them big sob's..."The stark fact is that the game of pool cannot be played as God intended with an obese cueball because, except for champions, it is almost impossible to impart proper draw action. Unable to make their cueballs back up, hundreds of thousands of average players-fine men and women who are possibly innocent of any crime-are being denied one of life's sweetest pleasures. In some cases they impute their failures to a personal inferiority and drink more than they should. A noble game is being eviscerated, and yet the government remains indifferent. The public drinkers of this country have a serious grievance that is not being redressed. Violence seems inevitable, though nothing I say here should be construed as advocating it." Robert Byrne.
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While I don't disagree with those sentiments -- nor do I advocate violence in avenging this atrocity -- if you simply accept that you can't easily draw the ball and go for the path the cue ball wants to take, I don't think the ball is any harder to control than a standard cue ball. It's only when you think it will behave the same that you get into trouble. Instead, think follow.
 
big cueballs aren't too bad, i like playing with the rocky cue ball ( that heavy bastard that looks like a dinosaur egg) seeing the look on someones face when they intend to back the cueball up about 5-6 inches and having it roll ahead a few inches is priceless
 
I think it is just shy of an eighth of an inch. The weight is also significantly different. These cueballs remind me of the line in the Crocodile Dundee movie "you can live on it...but it tastes like sh?#." You can play pool with these...but they play like sh?#.
 
Ant812 said:
are these the balls that you find on 99% of bar tables?
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It depends on your location. Lots of coin-op vendors have gone to magnetic or optical returns. When I played in a bar league in the 1980's, many of the tables had a magnetic cue ball with a visible plug.
 
There are some things you can do easier, with the big cueball, than with a regulation cueball. These are covered in The Owner's Manual for the Complete Pool Player, check out pjbilliards.com
 
A BIG cue ball, slow cloth, crooked cues, and dead rails. These are the facts of life in a bar. Just remember that the equipment is the same for everybody and the better player should win in the long run.

Adapt and Overcome.

Andy
 
On our small table we have 1 7/8 inch balls. We just got a 2 1/4 inch dotted aramith cue ball. You try drawing that bastard! :p
 
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