Recent content by DetroitLarry

Once you hit start, Nomad draws the brackets and puts them into tabs at the top. You should see "Waiting List", "Winners", "Losers", "Timings", etc. The Winners/Losers tabs are for the brackets. Thanks for your interest! Let me know if you have any other questions. -Larry

I'll throw my hat into the ring and mention my website for running pool tournaments. It's called nomadpool.com and it is completely FREE. There's a big green button on the front page where you can create and configure your own tournament. You tell it which venue the tournament is running at so...

Scotch quintuples seems like it could be fun. I'd enforce that the order would stay the same as the order of the starters. So you could look at either scoresheet to know who shoots next. I'd also consider using a shot clock if you allow talking, especially if it's more than one game.

Hi Paul, Are your brackets available online anywhere? I looked into them a while back and it looked like they would allow you to use more tables deeper into the tournament at the expense of a more traditional payout structure. Seems like it could be a very useful option for bigger tournaments...

If a bar tournament would interest you, I run one every Friday at a bar called Happy Lounge on Geary at 2nd Ave which isn't far from Family Billiards. Happy opens at 5pm for free practice. Here's the link to tomorrow's tournament... http://nomadpool.com/tournaments/464 It's a blind draw...

You could always cross the bridge over to SF and come play in our Blind Draw Scotch Doubles tournament on Friday at Happy Lounge. Signup online... http://nomadpool.com/tournaments/464 - $10 entry - Starts at 7:30pm sharp (aim for 7pm) - One free drink - One random partner - BCA #8ball (short...

So I figured I'll throw my two cents in on this. I have been running weekly tournaments for a few years now, mostly in the 20-40 player range but some bigger ones as well. Tonight will be my 188th tournament as TD. I wrote and actively maintain a website called NomadPool.com to help make my...

What system is this?

RSalerno, Does Twitter have a pool table? -Larry

That's called the Elo system and it's the system I used for NomadPool's rankings... http://nomadpool.com/leaderboards/2 *edit* I should mention that the rankings are informational based on past games and not used for handicapping. There are a lot of variations of the Elo system but the way I...

Best case I've ever bought by far has been a cheap j&j case that I picked up for $40 in Vegas during league nationals. It's a 2x3 case with a long pocket that also holds the ass end of a jump cue in a side zipper which makes it more like a 3x3. The case is so compact that it looks more like a...

This helps a ton. I run a weekly tournament using a website that I created which lets players sign up for a free account using a text message. They can then enter my tournament by texting "join tournament larry" ("JT Larry" for short) to the same number and their name will pop into the list of...

I somehow ended up on a Facebook forum that has a lot of players from that league in nyc. They seem to like it and there is some concept of a "virtual team" that sounded pretty interesting. You might want to ask around about that. -Larry

I've seen that done and it's always annoying because not only does it waste your time but it's also fairly short sighted on their part. The smart play is to make the tournament run as smoothly as possible so that people have a good time and come back. This allows the tournament to actually...

Some tips, especially soft and/or layered can be prone to mushrooming. Breaking with that sort of tip will cause the mushrooming that much quicker. Other than that, I'd say break away! -Larry