Professional pool played on 7 footers... I don't get it

[AtLarge]

... I think if we could tease out the data well enough we would see a difference between short-stop level players and world-class level players on this issue. ...

Perhaps. But, with a few exceptions, the players in the streamed matches for the 6 events covered in post #75 were high level. The average skill level for the field as a whole for the US Opens and the Bar Table Championship probably would not be as high as the average skill level for the players who appeared in the streamed matches*.

[*Subject to varification with FargoRates. ]

 

[AtLarge]

You are taking top players and dead $ (A, B, And C players and mixing them together. ...

By "You" do you mean me? The stats I posted earlier in this thread are based on some pretty highly skilled folks.

 

[Bobkitty]

Has anyone mentioned the basic math involved? 7' tables have about 6% more pocket space vs. non pocket space verses a 9 ' table. Just that alone should change the stats somewhat. Guess the odds of making a ball on the break would be at least 6% higher for example. 6% more chance to scratch too.

 

[mikepage]

Has anyone mentioned the basic math involved? 7' tables have about 6% more pocket space vs. non pocket space verses a 9 ' table. Just that alone should change the stats somewhat. Guess the odds of making a ball on the break would be at least 6% higher for example. 6% more chance to scratch too.

But by that same math, a given ball is #% more likely to have its path to the pocket obstructed on a smaller table.

 

[Bobkitty]

But by that same math, a given ball is #% more likely to have its path to the pocket obstructed on a smaller table.

Definitely true!

 

[gxman]

If 7ft and 9ft tables are about close in difficulty, guys like Sky, Shane Winters, Billy Thorpe, Shane McMinn would dominate on the 9ft scene. Team USA would actually stand a chance to win the MC.