Slow rolling balls die comin off the rails. I wonder what the players have to say about it?
Trent from Toledo
How about the cupped end rail facing?
Slow rolling balls die comin off the rails. I wonder what the players have to say about it?
Trent from Toledo
The table looks like it's playing a little better for day 2 - pockets playing not quite as generous. I noticed when a cue ball was very close to a corner pocket, the ball appeared oblong and not round, which tells me what I thought was the slate drop-off radius not being aligned was just the distorted view from the overhead camera. The cloth just seems to be playing a little slower than I would expect for new Simonis.Just to state a few points concerning the pockets of RASSON tables at all events:
1. As a professional table manufacturer who have near 30 years of experience in billiard products(actually the biggest solid wood table manufacturer&exporter in the market now), RASSON are defenitely able to make the tables and cut pockets strictly according to the requirements of tournament organizations or customers.
2. Pockets specs RASSON usually make are WPA, Matchroom, EPBF, GB9, Dragon Promotions (All of them require different pocket sizes for their tournaments).
3. One tournament/organizor may require to change the pocket sizes for same event in different years; or for different events at same year.
4. Table pocket template/sizes are governed&required by the organizor, not RASSON
5. All players play on same table
The end rail facings do not look straight to me .I had a chance to talk with the table fitter while he was tweaking it on Wednesday afternoon. The Rasson table has a metal frame and a bunch of adjustment screws. The carpet is still settling. I didn't notice any roll-offs during the first day of play.
The corner pockets will take two balls onto the flat of the facings but not to the drop. They are maybe very slightly larger than Diamonds if you measure them the same way. I would call that a 4.5-inch pocket. I was surprised by the measurement -- I guess the new cloth and the lights are at work. Like others I was surprised by some of the balls that are dropping.
I did feel the facings and they don't seem to be particularly soft but that's not a test I do a lot.
Likely to save $150? As long as they are Artemis, what's the difference, assuming the subrails are designed for the Artemis pool 66 (K66 profile) as opposed to the Intercontinental (K55 profile) ?The end rail facings do not look straight to me .
They look like they have a cupping.
Also, Rasson went dumb on their cushions.
Sure, they are Artemis. But, why K66 profile ( pool 66 ) instead of K55 (intercontinental 66?
The pockets appear to be playing ridiculously big for this level of competition, and the players know it, so are they are playing very aggressive and cheating the heck out of the pockets when necessary, and making balls on clearly missed shots even when there is no reason for them to be cheating the pocket.
Overall very disappointing for a Mosconi Cup table, in my opinion.
Some of the overhead camera views can be deceiving / distorting, which may account for what you think you are seeing regarding the cupped corner pocket facings. At one point today the cue ball was right in front of a corner pocket and from the overhead camera view the cue ball appeared to be not round but oval shaped - very strange.The end rail facings do not look straight to me .
They look like they have a cupping.
Also, Rasson went dumb on their cushions.
Sure, they are Artemis. But, why K66 profile ( pool 66 ) instead of K55 (intercontinental 66?
Different location and maybe even a different table.Did anyone watch the Mosconi practice matches last week? The table seemed like it was playing very slow, a ball that you expected to roll down the table and hit the short rail and bounce away 2 diamonds would not even make it to the short rail. Is the table still playing slow like that? It seemed to be the cloth as much as the cushions causing it to play slow.
Different location and maybe even a different table.
Can someone post a video of shots going down the rail and sliding/falling in that makes people think the pockets are too big? Or the table is playing too easy?
I cant seem to find anything along these lines myself. I'd like to see if its as bad as what some are saying.
r/DCP
I thought this one was particularly interesting. Even Niels thought it was going to pop out long before the ball got to the pocket
https://youtu.be/nQcuEi1x1tM?t=1204
The end rail facings do not look straight to me .
They look like they have a cupping.
Also, Rasson went dumb on their cushions.
Sure, they are Artemis. But, why K66 profile ( pool 66 ) instead of K55 (intercontinental 66?