Gambling One Pocket with Tight or Big pockets?

haystj said:
yeah, I agree with this (you).

I liked his statistics, and I think he is correct.
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Hay; btw, I don't know if you're gonna be playing down your way or up my way but you are aware of " the those two " tables up at Top Hat right?
 
try him on the tighter table and see if its better for you
you already are losing on big pockets
then tell us if it made a difference so we can learn from real life experience..:)
 
Black-Balled said:
Logic error. Your situation's specific- he only out shot you- does not apply to situations where the "better than" includes moving skill.
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Not to mention that if he out shot you on a looser table that effect should be magnified on a tighter one. Example : why all of a sudden would you be hitting the heart of the pocket on a 3.5 inch table when you couldn't find the pocket on a 5 incher?
 
jtompilot said:
If your talking 4 1/2 vs 5" it's not going to make much difference. Now if your talking 4 1/8 I prefer to play better players on the tight table. I've played plenty of very top players and I would never ever ever play them on a 5" table. I played Efren twice on a 5" bucket and he never missed and I didn't win one game. The third time I played Efren I got him on an 4 1/8" pocket and it was a completely different game and outcome.

The way I look at it is than they will never miss on 5" buckets but I will. At 4 1/8" they become human and still shoot at almost everything. When they miss they will easier shots for me. Of course I regularly play on 4 1/8 and miss plenty but I'm more comfortable playing on them against good players
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Hey I know you can play but... you saying efren:thumbup:
 
lfigueroa said:
My personal experience, from occasionally having given up spots like 13-5 and 12-6, is that the weaker player should prefer the looser table. On the easier equipment the weaker player will run and score more balls.

Lou Figueroa
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I'm not a one pocket player and have a question about the spot.

How does 13-5 or 12-6 work? How do you play a game where the combined scores equal more than the 15 balls on the table? What happens when it's 11-4 and you're out of balls?

JC
 
the guy spotting- spots the number of balls over 15 after the innings he makes them.
 
lfigueroa said:
My personal experience, from occasionally having given up spots like 13-5 and 12-6, is that the weaker player should prefer the looser table. On the easier equipment the weaker player will run and score more balls.

Lou Figueroa
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There are plenty of YouTube vids of guys running 15 and out. None of them will be doing that on 4 1/8" pockets.
 
JC said:
I'm not a one pocket player and have a question about the spot.

How does 13-5 or 12-6 work? How do you play a game where the combined scores equal more than the 15 balls on the table? What happens when it's 11-4 and you're out of balls?

JC
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Example: 13-5 is 18balls,right? Thats 2 over 16,right? So, i would have to spot 2balls then go to 11. Got it? 12-6 i'd spot 2 and go to 10. You spot the number of balls over 16. BTW, Ronnie Allen used to play guys 21-3, one-handed jacked-up. He's have to spot 8 then go to 13. Get ya some of that!!!
 
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garczar said:
Example: 13-5 is 18balls,right? Thats 2 over 16,right? So, i would have to spot 2balls then go to 11. Got it? 12-6 i'd spot 2 and go to 10. You spot the number of balls over 16. BTW, Ronnie Allen used to play guys 21-3, one-handed jacked-up. He's have to spot 8 then go to 13. Get ya some of that!!!
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Yes, 16 is the number you go from.
 
maha said:
the guy spotting- spots the number of balls over 15 after the innings he makes them.
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Over 16, not fifteen. An even game is 8 to 8 or 16 total. Player upping the weight has to spot the number of balls over 16. If spot adds-up to 16 or less there is no ball spotting. Ex, 9-6 or 11-5- no spotting.
 
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garczar said:
Example: 13-5 is 18balls,right? Thats 2 over 16,right? So, i would have to spot 2balls then go to 11. Got it? 12-6 i'd spot 2 and go to 10. You spot the number of balls over 16. BTW, Ronnie Allen used to play guys 21-3, one-handed jacked-up. He's have to spot 8 then go to 13. Get ya some of that!!!
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Got it. I figured balls were spotted just didn't know when.

Thanks,

JC
 
garczar said:
Ronnie Allen used to play guys 21-3, He's have to spot 8 then go to 13. Get ya some of that!!!
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I believe you because I have no reason not to....

But, 21-3 is very hard to believe.

Was the guy Ronnie was playing blind?

Seriously hard to believe.

Difficult to answer, but what would a similar amount of weight would that be in 9 ball? The wild 3-9?
 
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