$10 a Week Dues $5 GF

Saw this seems $teep to me.
New league $10 a week, 1/2 goes to the league operator.
X 25 teams X 5 players per team.
If league filled, the LO makes $2,400 a month.
Seems a little steep 50% bite/thoughts?
It's an amateur recreational league. It's a social night out. If the LO does a good job, he's earning the money. How much would you charge to deal with 125 pool players every week? Also, what are the LO's expenses?

That having been said, most of the leagues I've played in returned 80% to 100% of the weekly fees as prizes at the end of the season or each week. The room owners donated the table time and the LO donated his time (maybe for free entry each week). In one league, there was a $2/week/player league fee, but half of that was for the record keeping and half was prizes for the season finale.

DCC one pocket speed-up rule

Unless there is a major change, I don't see DCC getting rid of it's scheduling issues to the point where you can drop the final Sunday and get to bed by 10PM on Saturday after the 9 ball finals.

I think there are better ways to fix the one pocket match lengths than these new rules, but it will be interesting to see how they work.

As for whether it will still be one pocket ... maybe start thinking of one pocket as two different games: private-match one pocket and tournament one pocket.

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DCC one pocket speed-up rule

Stu, I don't think the issue is "dead money' per se, it's more like the "no-money" players.

Guys who get in just to get the badge and entry to the event but have noooooo business playing. Over and over I have seen two guys draw each other in the first couple of rounds whose idea of playing 1pocket is to just bunt all the balls upstairs. And then they are in their comfort zone and their match goes forever. That, along with all the years the desk didn't keep track of which tables had completed their matches and were available for another was also an issue.

IMO, now in the era of FR, I think players should have a minimal level of proficiency to play. What? I dan't know like maybe a 575? Once again, from what I've observed over the course of over 20 DCCs and a couple of Tunica events is that most matches do not need special rules. But it's their event and they can do as they please but what they're doing... it's really too bad.

Lou Figueroa
Agree with the spirit of this post. FYI, I have suggested before that a rule could be added that any race featuring two players of less than 600 Fargo be a race to 2. Still, I do not favor cutting off entry based on Fargo. To me, that robs the Derby of its identify every bit as much as the new one pocket rules rob one pocket of its identity.

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Can't wait...already reserved a room at the Caribe

DCC one pocket speed-up rule

Depends on you goal i guess. I don't for one second see the interest in going to an event knowing before-hand you have ZERO shot at sniffing the $$. That to me is the beauty of FargoRate, you have a shot and aren't just pure cash-in-hand cannon fodder. Playing comp. far above my level and getting drilled to me has never been fun/beneficial. i don't think you learn anything getting run over.
Obviously, your point of view makes perfect sense for any player with any aspirations competitively, but so many of those who play at the Derby are there because they consider it a thrill to get beaten up by a top player.

ID 2 Cues and 5 shafts please?

Yup.

With a simple four point with veneers cue, no inlays or rings, it really has to be "something" to make this value range viable.

Without any documentation, it would take a really solid identification by a reputable person to make that a reality.

I do notice it isn't banged up. Inasmuch as it was found wrapped in a blanket with that OB, obviously someone's player, it was taken care of for a long time. Now, some people are just more careful with their cues, but the general condition of that butt did draw my attention.

One indication of age is that it seems to have little finish left on it. So, it didn't originally have a very modern finish. That takes wear. Wear requires use. And with that use we don't see nicks, dents or scratches? I found that remarkable.

The overall design is pretty standard, it hit's a lot of points on that, which also makes it frustrating for some because it resembles many but does not exactly match any as far as what has been publicly pointed out.
I noticed the lack of finish as well. My theory, and just that, is the cue had a lacquer finish that wore off with a lot of use. The wrap shows a lot of use too. Lacquer tended to do that over time, whereas the follow-on polyurethane and 2-part car finishes were much more durable. If that's the case, I put this cue sometime before 1980, when makers were largely switching to the 2-part car finish. At the time, Dupont Imron, not sure what it may be currently.

International Open

It’s a great location, and the world’s greatest convenience store / gas station chain ( Buc’ee’s) is less than a mile. There is a restaurant within the parking lot of the hotel. I was only there for the pro 9-ball, but I didnt hear any conplaints on the scheduling.
There are a lot of restaurants within a 10 minute drive, and St. Augustine is a 30 minute drive.

There are a couple of pool rooms in Jacksonville, which is maybe an hour drive. One of them appears to have new Rasson tables, and is about 30 minutes straight up I-95 (Legends). Another is Diamond Billiards, a little farther. Does anyone have info on those?

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