Pocket Facing Angles - Why Not Parallel?

[rexus31]

Oops. Beg pardon...

pj
chgo

 

[iusedtoberich]

What's your call on this pocket?

Optical delusion

This is why photographic evidence in a courtroom is inadmissible without the testimony of the photographer who took the picture (at least that is what I "learned on TV" when I was a kid)

 

[dr_dave]

Cue Dr. DAVE.

As others have pointed out, parallel facings make the pockets play much easier. For more info, see:

Table Difficulty Factor (TDF) (what makes tables play harder or easier?)​

 

[CanadianGuy]

all shapes are arbitrary
the game can easily be enjoyed with any shapes/sizes, etc......would just require re-learning of sorts

I wish pool tables were like golf courses with larger elements of variance

 

[Cuedup]

Occasionally run into the L shaped table or an octagon. I'm game.