lll
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in another thread the issue came up does tight pockets favor the weaker or stronger player when playing with a spot???
lll said:dennis
Dave, there's no debate here, you do what you like with your money but I will say this: if you got 16-4 from one of those guys who gives it to you and you played on 5" pockets and broke even, then you came back the next day and played the same game on 4.5" pockets, you'd win. The tighter table takes away their ball-running capabilities and that's the thing they are counting on when you make a mistake. The tighter table isn't really going to hurt you as much as it hurts them.
Skin said:I think also that tight pockets favor the better position player. If you get out of line on a sloppy table you can always do some pocket cheating until you get back, but on a tight table your run could be over real quick if you leave the cb just a little off your intended line.
Skin
timdog24 said:I would never play one pocket on buckets in the first place.
wincardona said:The key for top players when choosing a table to play on is finding a table with the pocket size that isn't intimidating to himself, but is to his opponent.
I found that my preference was playing on a fairly tight table with 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 pockets, that pocket size offered me that luxury. But when your talking about 4 inch pockets and giving up big weight, well that's something i'd rather not do.
As far as two players playing even I feel the better position player has the best of it playing on tighter pockets. But once again we're not debating on two players that play even, this debate is on giving substantial weight and how pocket size affects the outcome of the game.
Quite simply, 4 inch pockets and smaller is not the pocket size conducive to allow yourself to play your game, and when your giving big weight you want to play on a table where your opponent has problems holding you. If your not then the intimidating factor that top players have will be negated.
Playing on 4 inch pockets reduces the capabilities of the big runs top players rely on to overcome the weight. TOP PLAYERS STEAL A LOT OF GAMES WHEN THEIR BEHIND BECAUSE OF THEIR OFFENSIVE ABILITIES. When playing on 4 inch pockets that ability is almost negated.
Maybe the reason Frost played poorly was because he was mentally defeated, when playing on a table that is talking too loudly sometimes you dont have the answers. Believe it or not, your opponent isn't the only reasons why a player breaks down, often the toughness of the table speaks as loud or louder than your opponent.
If Frost plays the same game on the same table I expect to see the same results. For those who see it differently can make a sociable wager with me.
Billy I.