Atorontopoolplayer
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Agreed, happy to live in GTA now as there seems to be a tournament capped at various levels available somewhere almost every weekend
Ambition to get better slowly decreasing - no tourneys available
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Which room?
10 people entered this tourney and we started at 4pm and it's now close to 12am. The winner would only receive $55 dollars.
Which room did this happen in?
Just echo your pain I entered an 8 ball tournament years ago in a room that is closed now in Colorado.
I came in 3rd and got a $65 payout.
It took 11 hours and besides the $20 entry I had to eat twice.
I may have netted $25 and was exhausted.
We're lucky here in Austin to have Skinny Bobs.
18 9′ Diamond Pro-Am tables
2 10′ Gabriel’s 3 Cushion tables
Plenty of high 600 - low 700 players show up Fri-Sat-Sun. Fields usually fill up.
The break contest (try to break and run a 15-ball rack in rotation) builds up to $4-5K.
18 9′ Diamond Pro-Am tables
2 10′ Gabriel’s 3 Cushion tables
Plenty of high 600 - low 700 players show up Fri-Sat-Sun. Fields usually fill up.
The break contest (try to break and run a 15-ball rack in rotation) builds up to $4-5K.
Hundreds of bb events daily within a 50mi radius? Really?
I think what you use as evidence is actually another reason the events you want to see don't exist.
How many hours of work did the tournament director do to earn that 70 bucks?
What percentage of entry fees is appropriate to withhold for expenses and would you do that work for that?
Shine up the guest room. I'm headed down.
You aren't a single woman, preferably brunette and not completely crazy by chance, are you?
Because they have the most regular business on weekends?
Do they also report scores to FR?
Sorry I meant weekly. Just look on "Denver area pool players" Facebook page and you'll see what I'm talking about. There are hundreds of bars that have barboxes in CO that have tourneys, this is not the issue. The issue is there are premium pool halls in CO like Felt and Mile High Billiards that HAVE 9ft Diamond tables and are not being used because they would rather cater to the "amateurs", since that's where most of the entries come from, BB tourneys.
BTW all, my post telling this cat to quit was sarcasm at its bluntest. All i tried to get across is that if the OP really wants big-table events in his area he's probably going to have to be part of the fix and not just bitching on the sidelines. Sounds like he likes 9ft'r pool like a lot of us but that's not enough to get things going.
Wtf is your problem bro? I laughed and joked with everyone I met at the pool hall, from opponents to TD, I never once said I didn't have fun in the process. How does me complaining about the current state of pool in my area equate to being cringe and a whiner? You're a poor judge of character. And you would never say this to me in person if you met me. I'm sure your wife cringes when you walk in the house.
You should've been polite like this in the first place, gets your farther. Here you are agreeing with me but yet found a way to throw in an unnecessary insult for no reason lol. Despite saying you were done with this thread 15 posts ago or something. Tighten up.
I believe so. I took a 6-yr break from playing any pool there, and only jumped back in last Friday. Haven't seen my matches show up in FR yet, not sure how long it usually takes. But they definitely confirmed my ID and current Fargo and made note of my FR ID.
Why is it "nit" behaviour to follow the rules of the tourney...? If he felt he stood a better chance to win with two shorter sets, why should he not opt for that..?
I'm still fairly new to the term nit. Is being 'nitty' anything that someone else disagrees with...?
Point to the rooms in Toronto with these high fargo tournaments please. The overwhelming vast majority of events are <600. You'll see a spattering of <650. There's been only 2 I know of north of 650 that weren't completely open. The >675 that was won by the current Canadian snooker champ who had a robustness of like 25 but still got to play (min of 200 games)...., and the >725 (32max) that's happening next week.
Yes, I will have played in both
Well if you can't get the 650-750 established then the problem of it being a no man's land is moot. Generally ratings without min robustness are not recognized by TDs
First... fargo is not a handicapping system. The 'equalizer' is a handicapping system. Fargo is a rating system that can be used to handicap. Big difference.
Second... Being a 650-750 player is not the fault of fargo. Even though finding events to compete in within that range is difficult. However this is simply a product of supply/demand. There are seas of <650** players so clearly room owners will cater to them. To do otherwise is a bad service model.
**corrected typo. meant to be 'less than' not 'greater than'
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Atorontopoolplayer
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Legends in brantford runs one every month. Golden break does some but looks like you entered those. Petrinas runs a bunch you can play in as 700+.
Well, the extenuating circumstance is that they have been playing for eight hours and it's midnight. For a 10-player tournament. Maybe the next day was a work day. My approach would have been to offer a split with the other guy and I get second plus $5 and we both get to go home.
If he declines my reasonable offer, I concede and take second-place money. And make a mark next to his name in my notebook.
