The 9 ball was always to 7. They raised it to 9 for WPA a few years ago. Useless change then, and even more useless now, imo.
DCC 9 Ball - Who's left?
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I found myself rolling my eyes at every single thing you said.
adding days means also adding hotel nights and other expenses. adding more tables would probably be optimal but i guess they would need another venue then? i don't mind race to 7 but with winner break and single elim with buy back.. may effect pro participation
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I don't know really, just throwing out ideas. I just think this may require going bigger instead of smaller.
I get that. I just think they need to be careful about capping the number of entries. Do they really want to start turning people away? I've seen that for years at local tourneys and all you end up doing is having players scratch it off their list. I think they could add another weekend. Maybe even throw in an amateur event to start things off. Maybe steer a bit of the dead money toward a different event.
I don't know really, just throwing out ideas. I just think this may require going bigger instead of smaller.
quietest final i have ever heard and SVB's position play looks just a little better than mine at this point 4-1 Gorst.
He got it to 4-2-Open table Got bad by the 3 for no reason and missed. Could have been the 5 i guess. You never know which color the balls are going to be these days.
He got it to 4-2-Open table Got bad by the 3 for no reason and missed. Could have been the 5 i guess. You never know which color the balls are going to be these days.
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Morning sunshine!
I have a different count that I got by downloading the results and pulling out the names. My results are:
499 Banks
426 One Pocket
526 9 Ball
426 for one pocket matches AtLarge's post.
I suppose it is possible that there were no-shows. I scanned through the lists looking for typos and such but apart from one or two fake names like Milwaukee Fatts, the file looks good.
How many tournaments have you EVER been to that had 500 per event??? They'll never add more days. IMO 256 per event is more than enough. They(Diamond) makes a lot of money off the buybacks i get that but still trying to run three events with 400+ entries plus a ring game and Bigfoot is looking to be too much to properly run/schedule.
I watched about 5 or 6 Fedor matches and then woke up and watched his his match against Alex and the finals against Shane.
Best of my recollection, Alex was the only player in the final day that even challenged him.
I don't think I ever witnessed someone play that good as he carved his way through the event. He's a run out machine. It was amazing.
Best of my recollection, Alex was the only player in the final day that even challenged him.
I don't think I ever witnessed someone play that good as he carved his way through the event. He's a run out machine. It was amazing.
We are going to see a lot more of that over the next few years. Everyone else is playing for 2nd. He plays as good as pool can be played. I don’t see any weaknesses.
I saw him play poor shape on ''one'' ball. Ended in a hung 5 ball, but SVB had too play bank shape to get from 5-6. Otherwise saw no other errors. Only reason he hung the 5 was cue ball speed grabbing a little before the carom finished. Plus the 5 ball is orange and it picks up dirt more than those striped balls.
"literal violation of labor law". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Spoiler!
last i looked, he was shooting 756
None. This is an amazingly unique event. That's my point. Start capping the entries, and then who knows -- say Matchroom adds a few more events, or Predator. Cap the entries at 300. 200 players decide not to go next year. Then the year after they raise it back up but the players have moved on.
I'm NOT pretending to have the answer, I just hope they look under every rock before they start limiting the field.
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They don't need to reduce the number of players or the number of matches. The problem is that the current format does not keep the tables busy. If they kept the tables busy, there would be enough time.
I agree, though, that if they keep the current format, the horrible scheduling problems will continue unless they reduce the entries. If they cap entries some people won't attend if they can't play in an event.
I've already proposed an alternative buy-back format that has been used successfully around here. They were not interested. That format keeps the tables busy.
So you would have turned away close to 500 players just this year alone???
Surely, there's a better answer than that. It sounds like Bob J. has proposed a fix already. Hopefully they go his direction and not your's.
Not arguing Bob
Where’s the explanation of the buy back or re-buy format being used in NorCal? I’m curious as to how it works.
I agree the Derby format needs to be reviewed as it seems to have out grown itself. Which is GREAT as it shows pools expanding. Any event needs refining as it grows or contracts. I’m just glad it’s expanding.
You were right-the “over” on 630am was a lock!
Best
Eric
