If you had to choose one size table to play on what would it be? I like 9 foot tables because it is big enough to have the balls scatter and not have clusters as well as its big enough to have long shots if you get out of position.
Favorite size table?
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Never understood why some people buy Diamond pro-am 7tf
tables..Used GC 9's can be had for half as much.
tables..Used GC 9's can be had for half as much.
Some players compete primarily on bar boxes so it would make sense to have a 7 foot table at home. And some don't have the room for a bigger table.
Personally I've always played in pool halls and basically never in bars, so I'm a 9' guy. And for the most part those pool halls didn't even have 7' tables. If I happened to be in a bar that had a BB it didn't even attract my attention. Honestly, before I joined here I didn't realize how much serious pool was played on seven foot tables.
If you don't have the room for a larger table then yes I'd get a 7' over not having a table, but the problem I have with them are is with the smaller playing surface you get a lot of clusters and it is almost impossible to get to the next ball with good position.
Originally from Lake Charles, LA, but recently moved to Jefferson City, MO.
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I was fortunate to grow up in a large home with a Beautiful 5'x10' Brunswick Kling in our parlor ... I began playing regularly at 8 yrs. old (1951) ... My folks sold the table while I was in the U.S. Navy (8 yrs. flying anti-Sub & Recon Missions) ... Dang !!!
Championship 5'x10'
If there was only one table......hmn, interesting but not hard.....Heck, if I could have any table of my choice, it would be a six leg 5'x10' Brunswick table. I was blessed as a young kid growing up in B'klyn back in the 50's and 60's to get introduced to pool when I was 14 yrs old. Back then, the real measure of a player was how well he did playing on a 5'x10' table......the additional length was much harder to play on than when you went from a 4'x8' play to a 4 1/2'x9' play. The angles stretched out a lot more and bank shots seemed like the ball could roll for days....the shot looked like watching a long putt in a golf tournament on TV. Rest assured, after playing on a 5'x10' table, playing on a 9', let alone 8" seemed so much easier and the pockets looked so much closer to take aim at.........and they were. The best part is you could switch tables to play 3 cushion billiards table and the table size remained the same......so you really became accustomed to playing on a much larger table that ultimately helped playing on 9' tables which were the most popular due limited space in most pool halls.
If there was only one table......hmn, interesting but not hard.....Heck, if I could have any table of my choice, it would be a six leg 5'x10' Brunswick table. I was blessed as a young kid growing up in B'klyn back in the 50's and 60's to get introduced to pool when I was 14 yrs old. Back then, the real measure of a player was how well he did playing on a 5'x10' table......the additional length was much harder to play on than when you went from a 4'x8' play to a 4 1/2'x9' play. The angles stretched out a lot more and bank shots seemed like the ball could roll for days....the shot looked like watching a long putt in a golf tournament on TV. Rest assured, after playing on a 5'x10' table, playing on a 9', let alone 8" seemed so much easier and the pockets looked so much closer to take aim at.........and they were. The best part is you could switch tables to play 3 cushion billiards table and the table size remained the same......so you really became accustomed to playing on a much larger table that ultimately helped playing on 9' tables which were the most popular due limited space in most pool halls.
I think it's important to diversify and have one of each...
My oversize 8' was not an option in the poll, so I voted for the next best thing- 9'.
I learned on a poorly leveled 5x10 with dead cushions that sat in the rec room next to my dorm room during my freshman year at college. It was a lot of real estate to shoot over, but you could almost always get a peak at the 1 after the break.
I learned on a poorly leveled 5x10 with dead cushions that sat in the rec room next to my dorm room during my freshman year at college. It was a lot of real estate to shoot over, but you could almost always get a peak at the 1 after the break.