Pool Cue Cases – Your Options
Pool tables are getting quite exotic these days with multi colored cloths, (basically any color you want) and more contemporary table designs to fit in with modern decor. A well crafted pool table is still a very nice piece of furniture if a bit on the large size. Don't forget to allow for cuing room when you buy a table, allow 10 ft on both dimensions to allow for cuing room when playing, so if you have a 6 ft table your room size should be 16 ft x 13 ft to give some room all around the table to manipulate the cue. (17 ft x 14 ft for a 7 ft table etc).
The soft cue cases are just long bags with a zip down the side to put your pool cue in; some have room for a small extender as well. The good thing about the soft versions is that they are usually colourful in design, or have a cool logo like Budweiser on them.
In contrast Carom billiard cues used in playing Carambole, which is a form of billiards originating in France, use shorter fatter cues reflecting the fact the balls used in carom are quite a bit bigger than either American or English pool. The balls are 2 7/16 in size being bigger even than the American game which uses 2 1/4 inch diameter balls and the English game which use a mere 2 inch size balls.
The pool table bases also come in a variety of materials from the traditional types made of wood to the brick outhouse style of steel tables made to stand up to the Hurley burly of pool club life. The choice of table really depends on the use it is put to, with the wooden types looking more decorous in the home environment and the steel and aluminum framed tables are made for the clubs. The aluminum and steel tables also lend themselves to garish outer decoration as you've probably seen in public places with pool tables whereas the home tables are more demure.
The games played on pool tables vary depending on which country you are in from the French which play on Carom pool tables which don't have any pockets! They play a form of billiards on these tables where you score points for hitting the object ball or your opponent's ball or both. The more common tables do have pockets and the games on these are 8 ball which perversely is played with 15 balls with the object being to pocket the number 8 ball and 9 ball pool which IS played with 9 balls formed up into a diamond shape for break off.
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