Big tables or bar box

[Derek]

assuming same layout....wouldn't the use of stop shots be the same on both tables??? sometimes more travel is tougher, and sometimes more congestion is tougher.

Longer shots on a 9 footer are going to screw some people up with the same layout, but I agree with you. I personally don't find position play all that difficult on a small table. It's much easier to get out-of-whack on a big table.

Congestion is a different matter which would be the only thing that makes small table play more difficult. Even at that, I think breaking out clusters and playing hide-n-seek is easier to perform on a small table.