If the pockets dictate the kind of position you can get with the CB....then IMOP I don't even want to play on that table.....thats not pool.
I've played on 3" 7/8 and 4" on up........4.5 is sweet all around and I love 4.25 pocket for playing one hole.
Super tight pockets do not promote a professional style of play.....they make for learning a foolish style of play, always shooting a 50yarder b/c you can't hit the balls with speed or it wont fall............If I split the wicket with SPEED and the ball doesn't fall your table sucks bawls, especially if the OB is on the rail and just rattles when hit hard.....BIG PILE OF BS
Stop trying to make pool into snooker.......pool is pool, snooker is snooker.
Thats why they should bring back the 10' table as the championship size.....then you could have a little bigger pocket to compensate for the massive sized playing surface and long shots.
Another food for thought is that the women don't play on very tight tables when you see the matches on ESPN.........the men play on???? OH WAIT THE MEN DON'T EVEN HAVE A TOUR lol..........
Making the pockets tighter is like baseball shrinking the strikezone b/c it would really show who's more "perfect" or making the ball parks alot bigger.....or hell just make the bat or ball smaller?
-Grey Ghost-
I couldn't agree more!!! Locally 5 or six of the tables are what I consider over the top, some are near impossible.
I have shot balls that I KNOW should have gone in and were rejected. It is frustrating beyond words. If I REALLY need to play as well as Mika to make balls on these tables then it is a waste of my time and money.