Blonde Girl Playing At The Billiard Table

Pocket billiard tables come in different sizes, typically referred to as 9-foot, 8-foot, or 7-foot tables. In all cases, the playing surface (the dimensions between the noses of the cushions) is rectangular with a 2:1 ratio. For a 9-foot table, the playing surface measures 100 inches by 50 inches (254 cm × 127 cm) with a 1/8 inches (3.175 mm) margin of error for either dimension. For an 8-foot table, the playing surface measures 92 inches by 46 inches (233.68 cm × 116.84 cm), again with a 1/8th of an inch margin of error for either dimension. These are the only two sizes authorized for tournament play by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). The playing surface for a 7-foot table is 76 inches by 38 inches (193.04 cm × 96.52 cm).
Pockets
Pockets, usually rimmed with leather or plastic, may have leather bags to catch the balls, common in home billiard rooms and pool halls, or (most commonly in the coin-operated tables found regularly in bars/pubs) may lead to ball-return troughs inside the table, which channel the balls into a collection chamber on one side of the table (or, in non-coin-op models, on the racking end of the table). A disadvantage with pockets with bags is that if too many balls go into the same pocket, it will fill up the bag and prevent any more balls from going in that pocket.