National Tournament on 9' Tables?

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With the ability to setup the 9' Diamond Smart Table, it is now viable to have a national tournament held on 9' tables. The issue before is the difficulty of quickly setting up and breaking down 3-piece slate tables. The one-piece slate of the Smart Tables and the new leveling system puts those issues to be.

So, if a national open amateur tournament using the known Master list (BCA, VNEA) was held, and it was open to all current league systems, would that be of interest to enough people?

Should some kind of league system be set up first before putting together a National Amateur 9' Table Championship? Or, should a National Amateur 9' Table Championship be setup first and simply make it available for anyone considering there is already a recognized Masters List? I'm with having the National tournament first and use the existing league structure as a base for players.

Would this be of interest to the league players and other amateurs?

Fred
 
Fred Agnir said:
With the ability to setup the 9' Diamond Smart Table, it is now viable to have a national tournament held on 9' tables. The issue before is the difficulty of quickly setting up and breaking down 3-piece slate tables. The one-piece slate of the Smart Tables and the new leveling system puts those issues to be.

So, if a national open amateur tournament using the known Master list (BCA, VNEA) was held, and it was open to all current league systems, would that be of interest to enough people?

Should some kind of league system be set up first before putting together a National Amateur 9' Table Championship? Or, should a National Amateur 9' Table Championship be setup first and simply make it available for anyone considering there is already a recognized Masters List? I'm with having the National tournament first and use the existing league structure as a base for players.

Would this be of interest to the league players and other amateurs?

Fred
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YES, YES AND um YES! Build it, they'll come.
 
Fred,

I am very glad to see this discussed. As you know, I am affiliated with Diamond tables. Greg and I have talked about this and I am in TOTAL favor of the general concept. In fact we have had some very preliminary discussions with a couple of venues.

This is what the whole purchase of the BCA pool league was about. To get new ideas and get the players (ALL players) involved. This would get more players involved, get the pool rooms invigorated because most 9' tables are in pool rooms and re-establish 9' play. Look around, more play is on 7' tables every year.

The 9' players should have options not readily available. I hope a lot of people speak up. This is a great opportunity.

By the way, hope to see everyone at the BCA Naitonal 8-Ball Championships next week. I think it's gonna be great. We added over $100,000 in our first year and are trying to double that next year. Go to www. playbca.com for all the latest. (Sorry for the "plug").

Mark Griffin
BCA Pool League
 
I prefer 9' tables myself for most games but prefer 8 ball on a smaller table it's an easier game (IMO) on a big table to wide open.
 
GREAT IDEA!!!! I feel shut out of the mainstream amateur pool competition because I don't enjoy playing in bars or on 7 foot tables. I always enjoy having the bar box players over to my house (tight 9 footer). I continuously hear opinions like Kyles about how easy the game will be on the 9 footers, but I truly don't believe it. I still haven't seen anyone yet play better on my table than they do on the barbox (usually much worse - but I will admit to the possibility that some players may). There is certainly more congestion on the smaller table, but pinpoint position on the bigger table is still difficult when the target is farther away. The tighter pockets and extra distance continuously raise the specter of missing the ball - a thought that doesn't even occur to the talented barbox player. Maybe because I am mainly a straight pool player I just have never noticed or been bothered by congestion on the bar box. Because the barbox is so small, the clusters are just very easy to get to, and cluster breaking just seems way too easy on the small table.

Build it and they will come.
 
As a BCA leaguer who plays year-round on 9 ft tables, I completely support this idea. I'm going to Vegas next week with my team to play on 7 ft boxes, have been practicing and trying to adapt to the difference for a month now. Biggest difference for me is to analyze run patterns without side pockets...lol. Both sizes have their challenges, though. Personally I prefer 9 ft tables. :p
 
IMHO, Keep the games on the tables they belong. We should be playing on the same equipment as the Pro's. Every pro 8-ball tournament i have heard of, except one (worldpool.com 8-ball, 7 footers), they play 8 ball on 8 footers. 9 ball on Nine footers. This is the way i like to play both games. Oversize 8-footers are the ones i like and i think are the ones that should be used. Although other people might say that 8-ball is the easiest on an oversized 8-footer, and i would have to say i agree. 9-ball I also find easiest on an oversized 8 footer, but prefer to play on the proper equipment. these 3 1/2 by 7 foot tables make pool a joke. Then again i feel that it requires more skill and Ball control (all of em not just the cue ball) to play on the 7 footer than any other table. i can break and run easier on 8 footers than 7 footers cause of this cluster management.
 
Phil Capelle has an interesting article

rayjay said:
As a BCA leaguer who plays year-round on 9 ft tables, I completely support this idea. I'm going to Vegas next week with my team to play on 7 ft boxes, have been practicing and trying to adapt to the difference for a month now. Biggest difference for me is to analyze run patterns without side pockets...lol. Both sizes have their challenges, though. Personally I prefer 9 ft tables. :p
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For those who have not already seen it Phil Capelle (Author of Play Your Best Pool etc.) has an interesting article comparing 8 Ball and 9 Ball.

Rayjay - I'm not going to Vegas myself but I'm helping a friend I usually play 9 Ball on 9' tables with practice bar-table 8 Ball and I keep catching him trying (and failing) to run out racks by playing the key ball in the side. Oh well, he's got a few more weeks to get the idea into his head that it's not a good idea to plan an run out where you have to enter a 3" position zone across the line of the shot.
 
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