Starting weekly 8 ball tournament
- Thread starter jocnat
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Have a break pot and allow second ball break.
Also make it move fast, cap the field around 20, play 9 ball on the B side, winner breaks...make it over in less than 4 hours and it's a good weekly tournament.
Short race 4/3, small field, break pot on big tough table (some around here are in the 5-digits.)
Good luck
Good luck
If you have short races (race to 2 or 3), loser breaks is a good format.
Keep the payouts medium shallow...pay around 1/4 of the field.
I used to sell extra raffle tickets for the 8-ball break pot opportunity. Everyone got one ticket for entering the tourney but they could buy more. Draw one or more tickets as you are playing the first round of the losers side. Good way to juice up the 8-ball pot quicker. Seed the pot with $50 or $100. If people make the 8 too often you can give half the pot to an 8-ball break and the whole pot if they call the right pocket. Consolation prizes for sinking X number of balls on the break could be free entries into future tournaments.
A way to keep people coming back is to save a portion of the entry fee into a pot and use it for an end-of-year tourney. To get into this tourney you have to earn points thru the year by playing weekly tourneys.
Keep the payouts medium shallow...pay around 1/4 of the field.
I used to sell extra raffle tickets for the 8-ball break pot opportunity. Everyone got one ticket for entering the tourney but they could buy more. Draw one or more tickets as you are playing the first round of the losers side. Good way to juice up the 8-ball pot quicker. Seed the pot with $50 or $100. If people make the 8 too often you can give half the pot to an 8-ball break and the whole pot if they call the right pocket. Consolation prizes for sinking X number of balls on the break could be free entries into future tournaments.
A way to keep people coming back is to save a portion of the entry fee into a pot and use it for an end-of-year tourney. To get into this tourney you have to earn points thru the year by playing weekly tourneys.
I think chip tournaments are best for weeklys. Mixes the crowd up and 'anyone can win 1 game'.
I played in a Sat night tourney here for several years until my fave pool hall became a sports bar! Anyway, it was a handicapped tourney and alternated 8 ball one week and 9 ball the next. TD kept records and adjusted handicaps. Strangers were rated high to prevent the obvious. Flip for the break and alternate after. Number of games in each player had to win was based on handicap. Double elimination, $10 buy in, no calcutta. We often had 30+ players and had a good payout with $ added from the bar. Tourney started at 7pm and was usually over by 11. I ran this tourney a few times when the TD couldn't make it. He had a shareware (I think) program on his laptop that did just about everything except handle arguments!
I play a weekly 8-ball tournament. Race to one. 8 on break wins. Valley rules.
$10 entry. Bar adds $2-person.
Optional 8-on-break pot for $1/week. Must break from within 1 diamond of center.
Double elimination.
Draws 23 to 32 players.
Once a month first place is guaranteed $200.
$10 entry. Bar adds $2-person.
Optional 8-on-break pot for $1/week. Must break from within 1 diamond of center.
Double elimination.
Draws 23 to 32 players.
Once a month first place is guaranteed $200.
+1.....
These are easy to run , and gives the most flexiblility to custom fit the situation.