9-Ball
Topic: haha! snooker/pool cues discussion!

ok I saw this on 'the other' forum! and it made me laugh!

This isn't my view! I just put it on here because this forum has more activity and therefore will bring in more players opinions!

Quote:

"Can anybody tell me why snooker cues are allowed to be used on the bpppa tour when the game is being played on a POOL TABLE with POOL BALLS and its a POOL TOUNAMENT its not snooker. If you cant play snooker with your cue dont play POOL. Myself and many others switched to a 13mm tipped POOL cue , so why cant you lot."

Sometimes I do believe that there should be some sort of limit. Because with a snooker cue there is more control over the cueball. A snooker cue is designed for a snooker ball not an american pool ball. This gives snooker cue users an advantage.

But...

1. if this is so, why don't all use a snooker cue instead?
2. if snooker cues weren't allowed on the tour then alot of talent wouldn't have come through.

Matthew Lawrenson uses a snooker cue and without it, wouldn't have become british junior champion.

And Mark Gray used a snooker cue and i believe is slowly converting to a pool tip? by upping the size of his tip slowly. Maybe this isn't true?

So.... should snooker cues be allowed on the BPPPA. Like the guy said above, this is American Pool, not Snooker!

Pool, Snooker, Carom, its all billiards.

Personally, I don't mind, people can use carom cues for pool, pool cues for snooker, whatever they want.

Certain cues are obviously designed specifically for each game though, so if someone was to play cross discipline, in theory they would probably be at a disadvantage.

I still use a snooker cue, i really dont see what the whining is about as at the end of the day it is still a CUE, there are equal advantages and disadvantages to selecting a snooker cue over pool cue & visa versa

Another point being that the likelyhood is that said players have shelled out a decent wedge of cash on a good snooker cue and dont just have the cash floating round to shell out £200 upwards on a good quality 9 ball cue

Defo. Why not live & let live?

Personally, I feel that a player using a snooker cue in American pool puts themselves at a disadvantage straight away.

Although they may feel more comfortable with the cue, it's impossible to play all the shots.

Would you play squash with a tennis racket?

Would you play tennis with a badminton racket?

Would you play dominoes with a sore head????

Most snooker converts that I know have since switched to a standard (13mm) pool cue. That's because they've realised the points above.

The first name that springs to mind is the Scottish number 1. And he's had more 147's than I've had Thai massages...

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BS

WPA RULES

POOL CUE SPECIFICATIONS:

Player may bring a maximum of 3 cue sticks to a match.

Width of tip: no minimum / 14 mm maximum
Weight: no minimum / 25 oz. maximum
Length: 40 inches minimum / no maximum
The cue tip may not be of a material that can scratch or damage the addressed ball. The cue tip on any stick must be composed of a piece of specially processed leather or other fibrous or pliable material that extends the natural line of the shaft end of the cue and contacts the cue ball when the shot is executed.

The ferrule, if of a metal material, may not be more than 1 inch in length.

The choice is your's............

Mastering pool cue ball deflection is much harder with a snooker cue than it is with a pool cue. I'm not saying it's impossible (as Mark & Matty have proved), however only those with top draw cue actions seem to persist with it, why is that I wonder?

snooker,pool,carom and billiards..theyre all a lot of balls