I went down to Denver last Sunday to play in a small 9-ball tourney. I was about 20 minutes late due to all of the returning weekenders clogging up I-70. So no go on the 9-ball.
The room had one carom table. Now I'm not an accomplished carom player by any means, but I can run 2's a bunch with occasional 3's & rarer 4's. Up until a few months ago I hadn't played 3 cushion for 20 some years. And now I only get to play about once per month when I am in Denver. I was down there for 2 days and never once played regular pool; it just worked out that way. :smile:
The guy I played first was grumbling about the condition of the table and the cloth. He said he was trying to get the owner to recover the table and set it up right. This meant nothing to me because I have never played on a properly set up carom table (until the next day!). Anyway, on this old plank the gentleman ran 6 on me. I told Jerry that in my experience, albeit limited, no one had ever run 6 on me. He said he couldn't see as well as he used to and that back in the day he had more than a few runs of 15.
He also said the best player in Denver was the guy over at the Korean billiards place in Aurora (east Denver). I go into the Korean place and all the carom tables have this bright yellowish green cloth on them. The cloth played like nothing I ever played on (not sure if it was good or bad, just different). The cloth seemed to have a lot of initial skid it and the ball would seem to bounce "funny" off of the rails, esp. the 2nd rail.
I keep hearing rumors of one of the OEM's producing a pool/billiard table with 2 sets of rails. I would be interested in some kind of convertible table, if done right. But what kind of cloth would a guy use? If the yellow/green cloth at the Korean place was indeed the "right stuff" it would seem that it would not be appropriate for a pool table.
My question: If someone eventually makes a quality convertible table, what one kind of cloth would you use for both games? Or would you just succumb to the siren's song, take out the room-stretcher and put in another table dedicated to caroms?
The room had one carom table. Now I'm not an accomplished carom player by any means, but I can run 2's a bunch with occasional 3's & rarer 4's. Up until a few months ago I hadn't played 3 cushion for 20 some years. And now I only get to play about once per month when I am in Denver. I was down there for 2 days and never once played regular pool; it just worked out that way. :smile:
The guy I played first was grumbling about the condition of the table and the cloth. He said he was trying to get the owner to recover the table and set it up right. This meant nothing to me because I have never played on a properly set up carom table (until the next day!). Anyway, on this old plank the gentleman ran 6 on me. I told Jerry that in my experience, albeit limited, no one had ever run 6 on me. He said he couldn't see as well as he used to and that back in the day he had more than a few runs of 15.
He also said the best player in Denver was the guy over at the Korean billiards place in Aurora (east Denver). I go into the Korean place and all the carom tables have this bright yellowish green cloth on them. The cloth played like nothing I ever played on (not sure if it was good or bad, just different). The cloth seemed to have a lot of initial skid it and the ball would seem to bounce "funny" off of the rails, esp. the 2nd rail.
I keep hearing rumors of one of the OEM's producing a pool/billiard table with 2 sets of rails. I would be interested in some kind of convertible table, if done right. But what kind of cloth would a guy use? If the yellow/green cloth at the Korean place was indeed the "right stuff" it would seem that it would not be appropriate for a pool table.
My question: If someone eventually makes a quality convertible table, what one kind of cloth would you use for both games? Or would you just succumb to the siren's song, take out the room-stretcher and put in another table dedicated to caroms?
