What to Look For When Buying a Pool Table?

 What should you look for when buying? A quality pool table is an investment and is a guarantee to improve your game.

First, decide what role the table will play in your home. Are you buying a table to use as a baby-sitter to keep the kids closer to home or are you buying a table to be able to build your game to a higher level? Is the table to be the center of social activities in your home or will it be used only occasionally? Are you buying a piece of furniture that must blend in with your other furnishings? And, most importantly, what is the size of the room where the table will be installed? Never try to ‘squeeze’ a pool table into a room that is even a small bit smaller than the chart below requires. Having to raise the butt end of your cue in order to avoid a wall will ruin your chances of developing a consistent stroke!

If you consider yourself a ‘serious’ player who is seeking to do well in competition then you should investigate and discover what brand and size of tables the majority of your competition will be played upon and consider buying that table.

Pool Table Size

Cue Size: 48” (rare, known as 'shorty')

7' Tabke- 11' X 14' room

8' Table - 12' X 15' room

9' Table - 12' X 16' room

Cue Size: 52” (rare)

7' Table- 12' X 15' room

8' Table- 12' X 15' room

9' Table - 13' X 17'

Cue Size: 57” (Common)

7' Table - 13' X 16' room

8' Table - 13' X 17' room

9' Table- 14' X 18' room