In our tournaments in which we have a Calcutta (our weekly tournament as well as our bigger tournaments) only the participating players are allowed to bid / buy in the Calcutta auction.
Additionally, in our bigger tournaments, generally only our regular weekly tournament players that have supported our weekly tournaments at least to some level of regularity are allowed to play.
Chris,
What you are doing is a different kettle of fish than open events down here. Anybody in the world can play and with the prize money and calcutta in maybe four to six events a year knocking on a 100 thousand dollars we attract international fields sometimes and every big dog in the country generally comes down sooner or later. Sometimes these guys take our money, sometimes not, but they have played for it and earned it. I just object to the people that don't even play pool coming to the hall and rolling out deep pockets to take the calcutta money. Generally calcutta money is wide open to bid on so Even locals we never see before or since at a pool hall slop up to the trough. These people in general, gamblers that don't even play pool coming from near and far, they are the ones that annoy me.
I have played in events like yours, end of year championships, where you had to be at least somewhat of a regular to play, pistol matches and stock car races. Won a few of those so they must have been OK!(grin)
Hu
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