Joey Tate, undefeated to the hot seat, is ‘official’ winner of Q City 9-Ball Tour Championships

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By becoming the ‘official’ winner of the PremierBilliards.com’s Q City 9-Ball Tour Championships this past weekend (Sat., Dec. 14), Joey Tate became the first competitor to win both the Q City 9-Ball Tour and affiliated TOP (The Open Player) Tour Championships. As it happened, Tate was the ‘official’ winner of both. He claimed the inaugural TOP Tour Championships title a little over a year ago (Dec. 2-3, 2023) when he came from the loss side, defeated Josh Roberts in the opening set of a true double-elimination final and then, negotiated a split of the top two prizes with Roberts, which […]

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I wonder if the time of the evening had anything to do with the split. It often does.
 
azhousepro said:
I understand the reasoning behind splits, but they still drive me crazy.
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What drives me crazy are the TDs who arrange for the final match to be at 3:30 AM. I think the players get a pass even if it's only 11PM. Most pool players have day jobs.
 
I used to run tournaments in a past life, and there was always a difference with the room owner and the players. When we would start to see an event was going to run deep into the morning, the players wanted to finish things up, no matter how late it went. The room owner wanted the event to come back the next day (more business, didn't have to pay the staff to stay extra hours).

It's always a juggling act to run events.
 
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