Initial thoughts after playing on a 12 foot snooker table for the first time.

[jviss]

If you are talking about Billiards Cafe, the "pool" balls for the snooker table are the same size as the standard snooker set just done in pool colors and numbers.

I don't play pool on that table, I play snooker! What I was thinking of was that, since it's a Brunswick Gold Crown 12' snooker table, which someone said was made for the Canadian market, I thought it might have been set up for American standard snooker balls, which are 2 1/8", not the English 2 1/16".

 

[iusedtoberich]

I played on a handful of 12’ snooker tables with snooker balls over the years. In my experience, cutting balls is the same as pool. No difference in aiming is required.

 

[straightline]

It seems like I vaguely remember from the old days of playing with the big cue ball on a barbox table, that you had to cut a ball more than you normally think you have to cut it with the big cue ball as opposed to a standard size cue ball. I guess the same concept applies?

I always thought the big ball hits thinner because the respective "noses" of the balls will differ in height. The effect seems to be negligible on full ball shots and marginal on thin cuts. Pocket slack tends to mask the effect too.