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Appleton, Boyes and Melling robbed APA Nationals?

sjm
benjaminwah said:
Masters is APA, not BCA. If they played Masters that’s a bit better but Masters only has 4 players on a team, I believe he listed more than that for the team they had. The normal APA team events have 8 player teams.
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Ah, I was referring to singles, not teams. There was a Masters division in singles, and Appleton managed a second place finish in the Masters Division 8ball at the BCA Nationals.
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Appleton, Boyes and Melling robbed APA Nationals?

benjaminwah
trob said:
No it doesn’t lol any pool player knows what he meant

Kind of funny when a sport that people on here glorify hustling and robbing people get angry when they do

There isn’t enough info available reading this. Which league was ir? Was it masters? Then they were amateurs and they weren’t robbing anyone
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That’s where I’m hoping someone with knowledge of the specifics chimes in. Masters has 4 people per team, he lists 6 in the interview, so most likely the team event. And if that’s the case your roster can’t have 5 players whose handicaps add up to more than 23 , so what handicaps were they playing under?
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Pool is Thriving in Texas!

JasonATX
TwistedTexasStyle said:
The Grand, in Austin, hosts leagues all the time. They have plenty of 8 and 9 foot tables. League play is always on the 8 foot tables. I heard a room owner say he makes more money on league nights than tournament nights. He sees the money is in league play with extra seating for nonplayers to watch, eat and drink.
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It also helps that the owners of the Grand play league, so they keep up the tables and the room. Or at least did, I haven't been there in a couple years.

With regards to making money, tournament players aren't drinking and may or may not eat, so the venue doesn't make much from that. League players are spending more money and leagues typically pay a green fee. The same was true for the Texas Open last week.

mnorwood said:
When I first moved to Houston in 2001 there were around a 100 rooms classified as pool halls not including bars.
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I went to Big Tyme the last time I was in Houston and I was impressed. Were I ever to open a pool hall, it would probably look a lot like Big Tyme.
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Appleton, Boyes and Melling robbed APA Nationals?

lfigueroa
benjaminwah said:
Because they did not belong to the APA or any similar league. Their friend made up a fictitious league to get them in there.
APA is handicapped. I wonder what their fake handicaps were?
And yes, if you go into a tournament like this drastically under handicapped you are robbing the tournament.
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Would not have been the first time a stacked team got themselves snuck in.

Lou Figueroa
just sayin'
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Pool is Thriving in Texas!

jay helfert
maha said:
bar boxes are great for getting new players into pool. for sure. and fit in well in bars. and create league play.

however many pool rooms are replacing 9 foot tables with smaller ones even to the extent the small tables out number the large ones.

that will start to turn the smaller tables into the standard size for pool rooms possibly.

i was around when most poolrooms had one or more ten foot tables. and usually two ten foot billiard tables. now either is hard to find most anywhere close by. and if they are its only in older rooms. of course someone can find exceptions as its a big country.

so will the 9 foot table start to go the way of the ten foot to make more room for tables or to cater to 8 ball players. remains to be seen.
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In my first room i had one 10' snooker table. No one wanted to play on it so i took it out and put in two bar tables. The kids loved them! Even at .25 a game they each brought in $100 a week. From then on i always had at least two bar tables, along with 16-20 big tables.
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