-Opinions on the TAR table-
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right my mistake.
Personally I think a Diamond with 4.25" pockets would be just right for the top players. Super tough but playable. Some say the extra eighth-inch won't make any difference, but it does! That said, you must play a little different game on this super tough table. There are certain shots you can't go for, you have to play safe instead.
One other misnomer, this table is not just about who shoots the straightest. It's more about who controls the cue ball the best. To play well here, you must play CLOSE POSITION at all times. Long shots will kill you! I can think of one or two players who might eat this table up (not really but they will play good on it). Dennis Orcollo and Yang Chun from Taiwan. These are two cue ball masters, along with Wu maybe the best in the game. Ralf is another player who might beat anyone on equipment like this. He can stop the cue ball on a dime.
In his prime, no one could have beaten Efren on a table like this. His cue ball is one speed above the rest of the world. That is the secret to why he was the best One Pocket player. You must put the cue ball in small spaces and through tight openings, with perfect control. No one ever did that better than Efren!
One other misnomer, this table is not just about who shoots the straightest. It's more about who controls the cue ball the best. To play well here, you must play CLOSE POSITION at all times. Long shots will kill you! I can think of one or two players who might eat this table up (not really but they will play good on it). Dennis Orcollo and Yang Chun from Taiwan. These are two cue ball masters, along with Wu maybe the best in the game. Ralf is another player who might beat anyone on equipment like this. He can stop the cue ball on a dime.
In his prime, no one could have beaten Efren on a table like this. His cue ball is one speed above the rest of the world. That is the secret to why he was the best One Pocket player. You must put the cue ball in small spaces and through tight openings, with perfect control. No one ever did that better than Efren!
Here's something for all of you to think about, Earl was 100% right about something he said during the Podcast about the pockets. I can take a Diamond with 4 1/2" corner pockets...and without changing the pocket angles at all, and make it play as tuff as the TAR table with 4 1/8" corner pockets. What you have to change is the durometer rating of the facings to a lower rating, from 60 to say 50, or 45 on a durometer reading. By making that change, the pockets with the same exact angles Diamond already uses, will play a lot more rejective when it comes to the object balls coming into contact with the pocket facings as they're trying to make their way into the pocket, meaning a lot more bouncy. You'd swear playing on a table with 4" pockets....was easier
I agree with these synopses. Raj *does* have a habit of losing mental focus at varying times during matches, and relies way too much on the table "accepting" shots that, on tighter equipment, wouldn't score.
One important thing about Raj, is that he's an overt advocate against Diamond tables. Raj seems to think Diamond tables are a "gaff" when compared against the Brunswick Gold Crowns he's used to practicing and playing upon, and even went as far as to say Diamond tables shouldn't be used for pro events.
I wish I could find the YouTube video where Raj was interviewed after a match, and he launches into a manifesto against Diamond tables.
If course, I don't share Raj's opinion one bit (I personally LOVE Diamond tables), but it might be helpful to point out Raj's previously-opined stance on the matter.
-Sean
If Raj played in the mainly US he would really hate life. I mean whens the last time you saw anything but a Diamond at big event here?
I dont have much time for table complaints from any player. You're supposed to be a pro. Professional's adapt to changing conditions and perform on demand. It's what makes them pro's. Whenever I hear a pro start complaining about a table that has Simonis on it, clean quality balls and is level with good pocket angles I just start to hear this high pitched whine that grows in intensity until I want to stick my head in a wood chipper to make it stop.
Jcin,
Love you more and more each day. You are on the front line keep telling it like it is. RESPECT.
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Love you more and more each day. You are on the front line keep telling it like it is. RESPECT.
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Your putting the wrong persons head in the wood chipper.
Just saying.
JCIN keep doing your own damn thing and don't sweat the people who couldn't set up a lemon-aid stand.