Do you prefer to gamble on a bar table or 9 footer?

Kris_b1104

Kris_b1104

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I have found it is easier to gamble on a bar table.

When I am missing or playing bad, I like to meditate when I sit in my seat,
and because the bar tables are smaller, it means less distance from the end of the table to my chair. This means I can get to my chair faster and calm myself down, but on a 9 footer it would take me longer to walk to my chair since it is a big boy table.

How about you guys?
 
Kris_b1104 said:
I have found it is easier to gamble on a bar table.



When I am missing or playing bad, I like to meditate when I sit in my seat,

and because the bar tables are smaller, it means less distance from the end of the table to my chair. This means I can get to my chair faster and calm myself down, but on a 9 footer it would take me longer to walk to my chair since it is a big boy table.



How about you guys?
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Wouldn't the longer walk to from table add to the cool down time?
 
Kris_b1104 said:
I have found it is easier to gamble on a bar table.

When I am missing or playing bad, I like to meditate when I sit in my seat,
and because the bar tables are smaller, it means less distance from the end of the table to my chair. This means I can get to my chair faster and calm myself down, but on a 9 footer it would take me longer to walk to my chair since it is a big boy table.

How about you guys?
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What does the distance from the end of the table to your chair have to do with how large or small the table is??

If you have to walk farther on a miss on the big tables, then you are missing at the wrong end of the table. Several ways you can remedy that. You can practice missing only at one end of the table, and then place your chair at that end. Or, if that practice just isn't working out for you, then use two chairs. You have two cues, get two chairs. Place one at each end of the table, then when you miss at the wrong end of the table, it will still be the right end of table due to your new chair. (who says equipment doesn't help??)
 
Just try to miss when you are close to your chair... that'll help out. Then you can play on both size tables.
 
Neil said:
What does the distance from the end of the table to your chair have to do with how large or small the table is??

If you have to walk farther on a miss on the big tables, then you are missing at the wrong end of the table. Several ways you can remedy that. You can practice missing only at one end of the table, and then place your chair at that end. Or, if that practice just isn't working out for you, then use two chairs. You have two cues, get two chairs. Place one at each end of the table, then when you miss at the wrong end of the table, it will still be the right end of table due to your new chair. (who says equipment doesn't help??)
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Thanks I'll try this out, would it be unsportsmanlike conduct if I took my opponent's chair and use both?
 
randyg said:
Doesn't make any difference.

randyg
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There are several advantages from gambling on a bar table as opposed to an adult table.

Pros

1) If you're old you don't need to rely on your eyesight.

2) You can impress more people in bars because the baby table is easier, they will think you are a superstar that has descended from pool heaven.

3) You will be less tired because the table is smaller and you'll be walking less back and forth.

4) Every shot is make-able.

5) You don't need to know how to play to play on a bar-box.

6) You can even have a competitive game with your toddlers or young kids since anyone from ages 2 and up can play pro-level pool on a bar table, hence the name baby table. Thus causing you to go out to pool halls less frequently and trying to find competition from strangers. More family time for you.

Cons

None.
 
Kris_b1104 said:
There are several advantages from gambling on a bar table as opposed to an adult table.

Pros

1) If you're old you don't need to rely on your eyesight.

2) You can impress more people in bars because the baby table is easier, they will think you are a superstar that has descended from pool heaven.

3) You will be less tired because the table is smaller and you'll be walking less back and forth.

4) Every shot is make-able.

5) You don't need to know how to play to play on a bar-box.

6) You can even have a competitive game with your toddlers or young kids since anyone from ages 2 and up can play pro-level pool on a bar table, hence the name baby table. Thus causing you to go out to pool halls less frequently and trying to find competition from strangers. More family time for you.

Cons

None.
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This pretty much sums it up.
 
Well, if it's a bar box you know well, you can have an advantage, especially if it's beat to hell. I used to play at this bar next door to me where I knew one rail rebounded so dead it was unbelievable, one side rail was so warped you didn't dare try to run a ball down it, and the slate by the foot rail was so ****ed up it was impossible for a ball to rest against the rail.

Also on a bar-box you're typically playing 8-ball and if you make the mistake of trying to hustle a hustler you may luck out, because even the best players in the world will face an 8-ball pattern they won't run out, especially on a beat up bar box, either because too many balls are tied up, because the balls are all badly mismatched in weight, chipped and dirty making it hard to predict CB position, or because they haven't had time to get a feel for the speed of the table. On a 9-footer, if you're trying to take money off of someone who is better than you, once they're at the table with anything close to an open shot, you're flat out of luck.
 
I don't see where the size of the table should get in the way of the game anyway. Hard enough making a game without disputing the size of the table.
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gpeezy said:
I don't see where the size of the table should get in the way of the game anyway. Hard enough making a game without disputing the size of the table.
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Glad I was able to help bring you out of the woodwork.

Skyler Woodwork.
 
Kris_b1104 said:
There are several advantages from gambling on a bar table as opposed to an adult table.

Pros

1) If you're old you don't need to rely on your eyesight.

2) You can impress more people in bars because the baby table is easier, they will think you are a superstar that has descended from pool heaven.

3) You will be less tired because the table is smaller and you'll be walking less back and forth.

4) Every shot is make-able.

5) You don't need to know how to play to play on a bar-box.

6) You can even have a competitive game with your toddlers or young kids since anyone from ages 2 and up can play pro-level pool on a bar table, hence the name baby table. Thus causing you to go out to pool halls less frequently and trying to find competition from strangers. More family time for you.

Cons

None.
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Very BIASED!
randyg
 
I prefer to play in the place where they have a mat for the guy's seeing-eye dog to lay down on. I don't like stepping on its tail when I walk up to the table.
 
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