DieselPete
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Maybe this is a "thing" everywhere, but I am seeing it more often...
The premise:
Example: Paradise Billiards, $4,000 added (by Dr. Michael Fedak) 9 Ball Tournament. 56 players.
600+ :$75 (drew 23 players;17 in the 600s and 6 in the 700s)
500-599: $60 (drew 25 players)
499 and under: $50 (drew 7 players)
(One player doesn't have a Fargo listed on Digital Pool)
The highest placed $60 player (569) came in 9th, with a 4-2 record. The top 8 were 600+ players.
The PROBLEMS this could help solve:
There seem to be too many American players that don't want to improve (or don't want to raise their Fargo) because they seem "handicap dependent." They won't pay even money if they have no hope of cashing. Will they pay less for an opportunity?
America is lagging behind the countries that play more "straight up" tournaments, that focus on getting better and "earning it" and don't handicap the hell out of everything. We need to drive improvement, which handicapping doesn't seem to help.
Gives players with little chance to cash a more affordable way to test themselves, even if they will only get two matches.
It raises the prize pools, which gives better players even more reason to work and improve.
Thoughts?
(Yes, I suppose a player could sandbag down to save $10 on an entry fee. That player is weird, and probably rare. I think there would be more sandbagging for handicaps than to save $10).
The premise:
Instead of handicapping the tournament, play it like a true professional tournament with no games on the wire.
Incentivize participation for lower Fargo players by charging them less, on a sliding scale. They are probably not going to cash. They are paying for the experience and to test themselves against better players, and perhaps to "over perform" and raise their Fargo rating.
Better players want more "dead money" in the tourney to increase the prize purse.
Example: Paradise Billiards, $4,000 added (by Dr. Michael Fedak) 9 Ball Tournament. 56 players.
600+ :$75 (drew 23 players;17 in the 600s and 6 in the 700s)
500-599: $60 (drew 25 players)
499 and under: $50 (drew 7 players)
(One player doesn't have a Fargo listed on Digital Pool)
The highest placed $60 player (569) came in 9th, with a 4-2 record. The top 8 were 600+ players.
The PROBLEMS this could help solve:
There seem to be too many American players that don't want to improve (or don't want to raise their Fargo) because they seem "handicap dependent." They won't pay even money if they have no hope of cashing. Will they pay less for an opportunity?
America is lagging behind the countries that play more "straight up" tournaments, that focus on getting better and "earning it" and don't handicap the hell out of everything. We need to drive improvement, which handicapping doesn't seem to help.
Gives players with little chance to cash a more affordable way to test themselves, even if they will only get two matches.
It raises the prize pools, which gives better players even more reason to work and improve.
Thoughts?
(Yes, I suppose a player could sandbag down to save $10 on an entry fee. That player is weird, and probably rare. I think there would be more sandbagging for handicaps than to save $10).
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