How tight are your pockets?

MOTHER OF GOD!!!!!

Are those 4.25" pockets?

Those look so tight, they could make a grown man cry lol.

The tightest I've played on was a trip-shim GC4, several yrs ago. I couldnt make but a couple balls in a row on that table. But scratching lol, alot of the time, It seemed that was easier than making a ball lol.

Now I am stuck with playing on a 9ft Diamond Pro-am for tight pockets.
 
Infamous table #16 at Broadway Billiards in NYC. Notice also the tip of the pocket -- they're semi-round like a snooker table. The sad thing is that this isn't even the tightest pocket, nor the one with the roundest "tips" (if you can even call them that!). I was happy the first time I ran a rack on this table! Once while playing the ghost I almost ran two, but missed a very makeable 9-ball (tho on this table, anything can be missed!)

Good luck trying to shoot a ball down the rails! Even at pocket speed you're happy to get it in!

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i don't have a job so my pockets are pretty tight. ha i've played on pockets almost as tight as in the pictures but not quite. i still couldn't run more than 4 balls it frustrated me so much. i bought some pocket tighteners and i keep 'em in my car now
 
Hollywood Billiards has a table that tight (#16). I've stopped going to that pool hall recently, but when I was I was shooting pretty comfortably into those. Really helps your game out and builds your confidence - after it strips you of it.
 
Seriously, why do that? I abuse myself enough already at this game. That's insane.

Tightest table I ever played on was at Barry's place (Cue Masters) in Virginia years ago.

They rightfully nicknamed that table the "Virgin Mary".

Stones
 
The place I frequent has 1 table that's as tight as the first picture (more or less). The others can fit 2 balls and room for some change. Yeah, pockets at hollywood billiards are tight, at least all 7 tables that I've used there, the others are probably just as tight.

EDIT: Just realized from another topic that the hollywood billiards I mentioned was different from the one mentioned above. :D
 
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Steven,

I think playing on that table might cause me to go and hang myself lol. Although my family might sue the pool hall then lol jk.

As much as i love playing on tighter tables, I hate looking like a banger on them. But on the flip side, when you go from a tight table to a regular GC lol, its like everything is way too easy and you make everything lol.
 
haha its almost like playing regular pool on a snooker table minus the size of the actual table.
 
they look like 4 inch pockets

In the pictures in the first post, those look like 4 inch pockets
to me. That's the size of the pockets on all of the tables at
one place I play at. Makes for a tough tournament (nine-ball).
 
I've been hitting balls lately on a triple shim GC with pocketss just like in the first pics. After a while you forget about the pocket size and just play, but I'm reminded how tight they are when a ball rattles! the best I put on that table is 42 after about 6 hours on it. Lke has been said, after that...all other tables seem super soft.

I wouldn't recommend a newer player practicing on tables like that. It can do nasty voodoo stuff to your stroke long term!:)

Gerry
 
here's my triple shimmed GC III with the shims slightly angled to make the pockets a little tougher. the side pockets are close to the same. it took me a little time getting used to but runouts are pretty common now.

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My GCIII has single shimmed pockets, they measure 4 5/8".

IMO, those pockets shown are insane. Except for one pocket tables like that are useless.

Paul Mon
 
My Diamond pockets are 4.25". You have to shoot the ball into the hole. No nonchalantin :D .

I have more fun on my grandsons 7 ft table which has 5" pockets and virtually no shevles. Everything close goes in. I look like a freakin pro when I play that table.
 
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moccabee said:
Check them out, one of our Gold Crown's just got re-done at Cornfed's here in Columbus, Oh. Just in time for the Viking tour this weekend.

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Hmm, didn't realize they played snooker on the Viking tour. :eek:

Well, I guess you won't have to worry about anyone running out the set on you.

Aaron
 
Paul Mon said:
...IMO, those pockets shown are insane. Except for one pocket tables like that are useless.

Paul Mon
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I am in agreement, there are far too many shots that cannot be done w/ pockets that tight.
 
I don't know about this supertight pocket thing. I went on a tight pocket practice binge last summer and I noticed that I started stroking the ball for pocket speed for nearly every shot, and focusing less on leave throughout my whole game. My feelings are supertight pockets, although fun once in a while, if you're not careful they can discourage certain critical elements, at least for me anyways.

I don't understand why some folks angle the pockets so much when they shrink them down. It can make a routine rail shot where you need to get the cue ball back to the other end of the table nearly impossible. I don't see the value in that.
 
Stones said:
Seriously, why do that? I abuse myself enough already at this game. That's insane.

Tightest table I ever played on was at Barry's place (Cue Masters) in Virginia years ago.

They rightfully nicknamed that table the "Virgin Mary".

Stones
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Right. If you run a ball straight down the rail at a reasonable speed and the ball does not drop in the pocket, just move on.:rolleyes:
 
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