The pool table I play on is one in my house I’ve been playing on it quite actively for about a year now. We got it from a restaurant my family used to own that we sold and everyone always said it was regulation sized and I was always under that impression, when I watch videos on YouTube it looks more or less the same size

However I went to a local games center (place in my town that has a bowling alley and pool tables) I went to play some pool and noticed the table was significantly bigger, went to the guy at he counter and he said he doesn’t know the size but just knows that it’s regulation

Came back home and measured my table and it was 8x4 pocket to pocket, is that a normal size? Do people compete on 8x4 and is that what is considered a ‘bar table’?