Rasson Table/Mosconi Cup

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The old leather ones w tassels. Lol. Quiet as a church mouse. Balls just kind of 'Sigh' when falling.

The problem is that the pocket doesn't absorb the ball's energy -- it is too solid. A mesh pocket is better for that.

 

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In previous discussions.... I was once playing Tony Annigoni and when he had to hit a ball hard, he would make sure there were exactly two balls in the pocket. Not one, not three, and certainly not zero. I thought he was crazy. It turns out, like a fox.

In that style of pocket -- GC drop pockets -- with no ball in you get a simple loop-the-loop. With one ball, sitting in the dust hole, if you hit a ball dead center it can land right on that single ball. Two balls mix up the action enough the ball doesn't come out. Three balls and the pocket is marginally too full.

I last saw it on GC3s about 2003.

Rasson needs to fix their broken pocket design.

That's what we did. Learned it as a youngster from the hall owner where we played. He mentioned the two ball thing. Thanks for bringing that up!!! Good memories.