Is your home table the same as the ones you compete on?

[Jimbojim]

I have a question for those of you who have their own table at home and also compete in many tournaments.

Is your table the same brand and/or configured the same as the tables you compete on?

If you do, is it because it just happens that it's your table of choice or because your want to remain "fine tuned" for your tournaments?

 

[trob]

No. I used to have a valley and I played on them a lot but it wasn’t intentional. I will say I never play on my home table the day I’m playing at leagues or a tournament. I don’t want to get dialed into my home table then have to adjust when I get to leagues to whatever we are playing on that night.

 

[Cue Alchemist]

My home table is a dynamic 2 and is nothing like the tournament tables. It is just a case of adjusting. Especially, when you what there going to play like. Only good thing is, the pocket sizes are similar. So it isn't a million miles away. Just the speed of the cloth. Which is super fast.

 

[couldnthinkof01]

Not even close. Cloth, pocket and table size are drastically different. Table and pockets are bigger, cloth is slower.
Adjustment doesn't take long.

 

[boogieman]

I have a question for those of you who have their own table at home and also compete in many tournaments.

Is your table the same brand and/or configured the same as the tables you compete on?

If you do, is it because it just happens that it's your table of choice or because your want to remain "fine tuned" for your tournaments?

Nope. I play on an oversized 8 Olhausen that has work done on the pocket geometry, 4 3/8" pockets. Local tournaments are all either 7' Valley or 7' Diamond.

The OS 8 is good for tuning in on stroke mechanics and working on long shots. It takes me less time to adjust up to a 9' than it used to.

I would have rather had a 9' but not enough room without serious basement structural work (poles).

I'm getting a 7' Diamond because I like how they play and most serious tournaments here play on them. It's nice to learn the table's intricacies. Again, I'd have rather had a 9' Diamond but don't have the budget to remove the poles in the basement.

 

[rexus31]

My home table is a tight and fast Gold Crown I. I bought it and had it configured the way it is because that's what I wanted, a tight but fair fully restored Gold Crown I to play/practice on. There are not many tables I compete on that are more challenging than my home table. Tight and/or fast tables do not bother me in the least when I'm at an event.

 

[Renegade_56]

We have 10 GC4's where i play. Four have 4.5" corners and six are about 4.25ish. They are way too tight for the average crowd and i've tried to get mngmt.'t to open up most of them. All were shimmed so the pockets play pretty brutal. Better players get used to them but the beer-bang crowds struggles to make a ball. Makes no sense to me. Keep a couple tight and make the rest at least 4.5. Most of the players are recreational and i don't see how missing so many shots can be any fun.

It's the difference in paying for play by time or by game. That is usually the big factor in pocket size,

 

[Renegade_56]

In a big commercial room the only thing tight pockets do is discourage all but the serious player. I grew up in post-'Hustler' all GC room and the tables were standard Brunswick 5" jobs. That place was full all the time and people made balls and had fun.

I'll explain, read slowly,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's easier and faster to shoot a game on a table with big pockets than it is with small pockets. If I rent table with big pockets I want coin slots on it.

 

[Renegade_56]

If i own a room i want people making balls regardless. I watch this scenario EVERY day: recreational bangers try playing on tight/shimmed GC's. Its a dumpster fire. I'm guessing only 10%(if that) of the usual crowd is interested in anything but fun and drinks. Go open a place with all tight tables and see how long you last.

figures,,,,,,,, you didn't read it slow enuff did you?

 

[rexus31]

I think you guys are derailing the thread. The OP was asking about home tables. You guys spun off about table time and pool rooms.

 

[middleofnowhere]

I have a question for those of you who have their own table at home and also compete in many tournaments.

Is your table the same brand and/or configured the same as the tables you compete on?

If you do, is it because it just happens that it's your table of choice or because your want to remain "fine tuned" for your tournaments?

Yes, I have a Gold Crown that when I was playing was what you played on. It replaced an antique style table I had that was made 1920 because I wanted a table like was found in most all pool rooms and used in tournaments.

I also when I was doing a lot of bar table playing, while I still did play on the gold crown I always use the big cue ball because that's what was on bar tables back in those days.

 

[tim913]

Yeah I have friends that go out and play at local bars and have a blast. I ask why they don’t go to local hall with nicer bar and better sound system? They say it’s no fun cause the balls just rattle in the pockets

 

[Cue Alchemist]

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My home table is a tight and fast Gold Crown I. I bought it and had it configured the way it is because that's what I wanted, a tight but fair fully restored Gold Crown I to play/practice on. There are not many tables I compete on that are more challenging than my home table. Tight and/or fast tables do not bother me in the least when I'm at an event.

Looks like you got a cracking table, set up just right. Love them pockets. Mine are close. I can't get two balls through the Jaws. It also helps with a deep self too.
Great set up!!

 

[MitchAlsup]

I have a question for those of you who have their own table at home and also compete in many tournaments.

Is your table the same brand and/or configured the same as the tables you compete on?

If you do, is it because it just happens that it's your table of choice or because your want to remain "fine tuned" for your tournaments?

a) my house only has room for an 8-foot table.
b) my home table uses 760 Simonis which makes me concentrate on the delicate end of shooting
c) my home table has narrower pockets which makes me concentrate harder
d) my home table is actually dead flat
e) my home table has rails that are not dead

 

[Logandgriff]

I have an 8-foot 30 year old Olhausen at home. I compete on very tight Diamond 8-footers at the pool hall. Pretty different between home and the pool hall but I often find that when I practice hard on the Olhausen I play better on the Diamonds. So for me, I think practicing on any table will be beneficial if the practice helps you groove your swing and better figure out how to move the ball around.

 

[SeniorTom]

My friends and I practice on a 9 ft, tight pocketed tables before League starts, then go over to the 7 ft tables that seem like toys for League play. If you can play on the 9-ft tables you can play most anywhere in my opinion.

 

[L.S. Dennis]

My home table is a tight and fast Gold Crown I. I bought it and had it configured the way it is because that's what I wanted, a tight but fair fully restored Gold Crown I to play/practice on. There are not many tables I compete on that are more challenging than my home table. Tight and/or fast tables do not bother me in the least when I'm at an event.

Yeah I'd say that is pretty tight, and glad to see that you have nicely polished correct colored ball to play with as well!

 

[Jimbojim]

My friends and I practice on a 9 ft, tight pocketed tables before League starts, then go over to the 7 ft tables that seem like toys for League play. If you can play on the 9-ft tables you can play most anywhere in my opinion.

My home table is a tight and fast Gold Crown I. I bought it and had it configured the way it is because that's what I wanted, a tight but fair fully restored Gold Crown I to play/practice on. There are not many tables I compete on that are more challenging than my home table. Tight and/or fast tables do not bother me in the least when I'm at an event.

There is a used Gold Crown 1 for sale near where I live for around 4k Canadian Dollars but the thing is I have never played on a GC, no pool rooms here carry them and I'm not sure I trust that store to do a perfect install but it would be about half as expensive as getting the same table that I compete on (brand new) straight from the manufacturer and they are the ones that do the installation all over so at the very least I know it would probably be installed and setup the same way as what I'm used to.....which is what my instinct is telling me to do.

 

[Charlie Hustle]

My home table is a tight and fast Gold Crown I. I bought it and had it configured the way it is because that's what I wanted, a tight but fair fully restored Gold Crown I to play/practice on. There are not many tables I compete on that are more challenging than my home table. Tight and/or fast tables do not bother me in the least when I'm at an event.

I remember following your restoration thread, you have one of the most beautiful GCs ever buddy.

 

[Sheldon]

I have a Diamond 9' at a buddy's house and a valley 8' with Ridgeback Pros on it at home. There are still a lot of Valley tables in the area, pretty much every bar has a couple of 7 footers. If you're lucky, they have 3 or 4. Literally ZERO Diamonds that are public.
I mostly play 1 pocket on my 9 footer, but I do like to play on 9s as often as possible, so if I have to I'll play the more boring games on it.