My thought would be how many games do you want to play for $20 a game, if you lose 5 are you done?
Now, people want to adjust after 1 game and ask for a spot, they also need to google your name, post to a pool forum, and look at Fargo ratings before matching up. Your game may be knocked while you are shooting from the village idiot who wants to slide in and get your money by telling you "you can't beat him, he beat Billy Joe Bob the other day."
Here, $20 games aren't hard to find, once again, it's the amount someone will lose and how even the game is.
Personally, I'd prefer to play a set, but by the game is fine if there is nothing else going on.
