What are the sizes of pool tables and what are the pocket widths?

Answer 1

The pocket openings for pool tables are measured between opposing cushion noses where the direction changes into the pocket (from pointed lip to pointed lip). This is called mouth.

Corner Pocket Mouth: between 4.5 [11.43 cm] and 4.625 inches [11.75 cm]

Side Pocket Mouth: between 5 [12.7 cm] and 5.125 inches [13.0175 cm]

*The mouth of the side pocket is traditionally ½ inch [1.27 cm] wider than

the mouth of the corner pocket.

Answer 2

Under BCA and APA Rules, the regulation pool table sizes are 9 foot, 8 foot, and oversize 8 foot.

Until fairly recently, a regulation size pool table was the 9 foot table which has a 100 inch by 50 inch playing surface. The 8 foot table was added to regulation size as well, and has a playing surface of 88 inches by 44 inches.

Answer 3

Regulation pool table sizes are termed 9 foot, 8 foot, and oversize 8 foot. There are also 7 foot pool tables that are very common in bars and pubs. All pocket sizes are the same regardless of pool table size. For this reason, a win on the break is more common on a 7 foot table than on a 9 foot table, if done by the same player. The pocket widths are 4 7/8 x 5 1/8 for the corner and 5 3/8 to 5 5/8 for the side.

Answer 4

Regulation pool table pockets are the same size whether for an 8 foot or 9 foot table. These are also the same size on a 7 foot table. The pockets are measured both at the mouth and the throat, and are different for sides and corners. There are other measurements needed, but these are the important ones for most people -

Corner pockets - mouth 4 7/8 inch minimum, 5 1/8 inch maximum

Corner pockets - throat 4 inch minimum, 4 1/4 inch maximum

Side pockets - mouth 5 3/8 inch minimum, 5 5/8 inch maximum

Side pockets - throat 4 3/8 inch minimum, 4 7/8 inch maximum
Under BCA Rules, corner pockets are 5 inches, side pockets are 5 1/2 inches, both are plus or minus 1/8 inch.
Under Billiard Congress of America Rules the corner pockets are required to have a 5 inch opening, plus or minus 1/8 inch, and side pockets must be 5 1/2 inches, plus or minus 1/8 inch.
Under BCA Rules, only the following pocket sizes are legal -

Corner Pockets - Mouth 4 7/8 to 5 1/8 inches; throat 4 to 4 1/4 inches

Side pockets - Mouth 5 3/8 to 5 5/8 inches; throat 4 3/8 to 4 7/8 inches

Answer 5

http://www.billiardsforum.info/billiard-equipment/official-wpa-pool-table-and-billiard-equipment-specifications.asp

Answer 6

The pocket is required under BCA Rules to have an opening of 5 inches, plus or minus 1/8 inch.

Answer 7

A 9 foot table is is 62 inches wide, an 8 foot is 56 inches wide.

Answer 8

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