Its been going on since '94. You think MR would still be involved if it didn't improve their bottom line? Kinda doubt it. Purse is 150grand. IIRC its 20g's/man winners, 10g's/man losers. Not bad for 4 days of pool.What did the winners and losers earn?
Think Matchroom made a decent profit from putting this on?
30K to winning players eachWhat did the winners and losers earn?
Think Matchroom made a decent profit from putting this on?
That's cool. The 150g's i saw must have been just the winners side.30K to winning players each
15k to losing players each
So $225,000 in payouts just for the players
I don't know how much coaches make ?
Last year was 20k to winners & 10k losers = 150kThat's cool. The 150g's i saw must have been just the winners side.
What did the winners and losers earn?
Think Matchroom made a decent profit from putting this on?
In addition the players' expenses are taken care of. Tyler told me they got $40 per day of walking-around money. The Starbucks at MB is not cheap.
I think that the Cup has only recently started to turn a profit. I remember the first year it was in Las Vegas. The venue could be described as cozy and intimate. And the stands were not full. This year 1700 seats sold out and the stands were packed at 11 AM each day for the first shot.
Also, there is considerably more television coverage. One of the Las Vegas editions was going to have a two-hour summary in the US on ESPN or Fox Sports until they noticed that there was music involved and they didn't want to pay for the rights. I believe last year was the first time you could get live coverage in the US of the whole thing.
For part of the final match I ended up sitting next to Barry Hearn. He mentioned that he was delighted that it was finally doing well financially. Next year at Alexandra Palace there will be 3000 seats. I imagine the US fans will be stronger there than ever. (He also mentioned that the US Open 9-Ball could conceivably go to 512 entries.)
I spent a fair amount of time in a few different sports books while I was there, and didn't see any that were taking bets on the Cup.Can you place a bet on the matches in Vegas?
I spent a fair amount of time in a few different sports books while I was there, and didn't see any that were taking bets on the Cup.
Hopefully MVP Skyler gets a bonus.
Ken
So many false rumors about that nonsense is what killed pool betting in Vegas lolA long time ago Vegas took action on a pool tourney, that didn't work out too well for them. As far as I know, they haven't booked pool since.
So many false rumors about that nonsense is what killed pool betting in Vegas lol
1991 was the famous Challenge of Champions Mike LeBron vs. Buddy Hall
They still booked action on pool after that, here is the betting lines for same event in 1994
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