How important is the table you play on for tournament?

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Bob Romano

Bob' Wife
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Hi All,


I was wondering how important it is to you on what type of table equipment you play on for tournament play.

Does it matter to you if it is a particular table, i.e., Diamond, Valley, Brunswick when registering for a tournament?

This is a very important question for me and I would appreciate everyone's comments because they ALL count!

In addition, what is your favorite table for tournament play and why???


Eydie
 
I dont care who the manufacturer of the the table is so much, as a player it is my responibility to adapt the the differences in play on each table. If I could choose which table I would play on for each tourney, I would pick a Brunswick because I can read them better than other tables. I play on Brunswicks most frequently.


My primary concerns are the setup and play on each table.
I want to be able to hit a ball full length slowly enough for it to die in the pocket and still roll straight. No table rolls.
I like the felt to be clean and free from pilling or any nicks, marks.
The pockets should all be cut identically.
I like adequate room around each table, so that if I am playing a shot I dont have to wait for a player on the next table to finish his shot for fear of bumping into him. That breaks my rhythm.

Those are the most important things my book Bob & Eydie.
 
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i dont care about the table's dimensions, who made it, whatever. all im looking for is that the cloth should be new, (not necessarily new, but not bald) there should be no dead rails, and the the rubber, or whatever compound it is on the rail, should not be exposed especially in the pocket's jaws, meaning, there should be no holes in the cloth in the jaws of the pockets, because this would make the balls to rattle when they touch those openings.
 
Cloth is a very important factor

I regularly practice on a table that has nice clean balls and cloth, but it is a regular "felt" style cloth. Where I play in tournaments they have napless Simonis 860 cloth. Although very little else is different about their tables or balls the cloth seems to make a big difference in play. I find the balls can roll much further, and also that ball-ball collisions at an angle are affected.

I'm assuming that this is because there is less friction between the balls and the cloth so that at the moment of impact the cue ball and object ball are able to slide/skid a little. I find this affects judging the correct angle for cut shots quite a bit. It usually takes me several hours to adjust to the cloth each time as I don't get to play there more than once or twice a month.
 
The things that I think are most important when changing gears from your usual practice table as mentioned above cloth,balls,rails etc..They all play a big roll in how well you will be able to play, but changing from bar tables over to 9-footers or from 8-footers to 9-footers in my opinion is probably the hardest adjustment.As far as table brands or manufaturers i dont think that makes a huge difference unless the pockets are designed much tighter or something else irregular.
 
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