Big Cue ball

[sonnic]

I play in a local bar league and the cue ball at the bar is bigger than the rest of the balls to accomodate the coin opperated table(obviously non magnetic). Anyhow i was wondering if anyone had anything to say on this +'s or -'s about it. Or if there is something that can be done to make a smaller cueball work. I know it is a valley 7 footer.
thanks,
Sonnic

[dags_lax]

Until everyone replaces their old bar boxes with the Diamond table, using a crappy cue ball is unavoidable. Some of our local bar owners supply their own red dot balls for the players. One option you have is to carry good cue balls with you. If you are playing with players you know then you can take your cue balls home with out an argument. That may be the best solution for you.

[Kokopuffs]

Beware of THE CUEBALL HUSTLE. It's where a larger bar table cueball has been substituted for the cueball of a 9 foot table. On a 9 foot table all balls including the cueball are the same diameter and weigh the same. Always always always carry your own standard cueball, a red circle cueball available from either Seyberts or Billiard Fanatic. They only cost around $10.00. To the unwary: watch out for that cueball hustle for it'll bite you on the *ss.

[Sid]

when playing with one of these crappy cue balls, just be satisfied with stop shots and follow. trying to get the cue ball to do anything that resembles a normal cue ball action is just asking for trouble. be satisfied with the basics. When you try to draw or something, that is when you will find yourself hooked all day long.

Any magnetic cue ball will work 95% of the time and is a huge improvement over the bowling ball cue balls.

[Rick]

I would advise getting the new Aramith green logo cue ball and this will work in the bar box also. The nice thing about this cue ball is that it will play real close to the red circle, if not the same.

[CJK]

Do you have more information on the Aramith ball? I play in VNEA leagues, and all the tables use the bigger cue balls. It's much harder to play position, and you find yourself snookered regularly on otherwise good shots. If it would work the same, I would consider getting one or two and carrying them with me to league play, and see if the other team would allow it.

[Rick]

These are the new balls used at the Valley tournaments. You can purchase them online from us at this link http://www.seyberts.com/table_accessories/balls/singles.htm

[CJK]

Okay, then I'm still out of luck if the table uses the larger, non-magnetic balls, right?

[Rick]

The tables should be the same... You can use the over size or magnetic.

[dags_lax]

To CJK: If you play in a VENA League you are probably playing on a Valley coin operated table. To the best of my knowledge all Valley coin operated tables are designed for a magnetic cue ball which is a whole lot better than an oversized cue ball but still doesn't measure up to the standards of a red circle.

[parrothead]

Our league just switched to the new aramith coin op balls, and they are a nice improvement over the old magnet in the middle balls. I have never used an oversized cue ball but I can see how that would suck.

[wobster]

I have only played with the bigger ones twice. once was in a saturday tourney, and by the time I was done I was used to it, so it wasn't a big deal. The other was on my tuesday night APA league, we were close with a team for 2nd place and they pulled the switcharoo. They said they had been practicing with it for 1-1/2 hours before league started, and we practiced for 10 minutes or so. We still won, but it threw a lot of shots off.
My advice is to show up as early as possible and get a good 1/2 hour of practice in if they won't let you use the big ball.