I was wondering if this is ethical or not since the owner is the best player in town so usually wins his own tournament 3 times a week?
I was wondering if this is ethical or not since the owner is the best player in town so usually wins his own tournament 3 times a week?
Is there anything wrong with it? No. If he wants players to continue coming to play in the tourney, I would sit out a few weeks or only play maybe once a week. Eventually if the same person keeps winning the local weekly tourney, a lot of the players stop showing up. Ive seen it many times over the years. Here in Houston, we call it the Tommy Milburn affect.
Is there anything wrong with it? No. If he wants players to continue coming to play in the tourney, I would sit out a few weeks or only play maybe once a week. Eventually if the same person keeps winning the local weekly tourney, a lot of the players stop showing up. Ive seen it many times over the years. Here in Houston, we call it the Tommy Milburn affect.
that made me smile. Tommy is a nice guy.
Best answer of the thread. If there is a tourney 3x a week and he always wins, he'll start to have less entrants, so it would be bad for business.
The Carom Room has an open tourney and a no master's tourney. The owner plays in the open. And although he is a great player, he's not guaranteed to win it. But he certainly holds his own.
I play in my own tournaments. My tournaments have a very small pay out. They are mostly just for neighborhood kids. I never win them but I play in them and that ain't gonna change. My 2 cents worth.
I was wondering if this is ethical or not since the owner is the best player in town so usually wins his own tournament 3 times a week?
Of course he should play in it. It's called "reward" for all the hours he put in getting that good. Think about the flip side and put yourself in his shoes for a minute- you spend years getting good enough to actually win some small tournaments. You buy a pool room and put on a tournament. Then people say you can't play in it because you are too good. How do you think you would feel?
Now, let's say he stops playing in it, then, what happens next? Do you go after the second best player in it because now he keeps winning it? And so on until you finally get a chance to win it?
Instead of complaining about all the time he spent getting good, why not spend that time practicing yourself so you can win one too? That, or take the league mentality and only play in handicap tournaments so you don't have to bother practicing and still have a shot at winning.
Why take the attitude that excellence should not be rewarded?? And, so what if he does win it, is it winner take all, or does it pay other spots also? If it pays other spots, go for those until you get good enough to win first place.