10ball B&R contests.....??
- Thread starter garczar
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We have a mandatory, ongoing 10 ball break and run contest at our local pool hall during the Sunday 9 ball tournaments. It adds $2 to the entry fee for every player, regardless of their ability. If your name is drawn you get a chance to break a 10ball rack. Contestants are paid by the ball count, 10% of the pot per ball potted. However, at least one ball needs to be made after the break. Players can quit at any time after they pot a ball and take the percentage of the pot they have earned. If a player continues to run out and misses all monies are forfeited back into the prize pool. I've never been drawn for the opportunity but I don't get to play in that tournament bri often.
Did a search and found pretty much what i needed. Should'a done that first i guess.
How much does house add? $2/player isn't very much to add to the pot. Say on first night the house added $100 and twenty people played then the pot would only be 140bux or $14/ball, right?
You aren't taking into account how rarely these are hit.
Pots get really big some in 10's of thousands. That brings out road crews buying up 100 worth of tickets each for their try at running one rack.
Pots get really big some in 10's of thousands. That brings out road crews buying up 100 worth of tickets each for their try at running one rack.
It's fairly new and I'm not sure what was added but I believe the pop is somewhere between $650 and 700 currently and has never been hit. Some of the stronger players do buy extra tickets each tournament.
Which creates problems. Namely large sums of cash that sometimes goes missing for various reasons.
Best way is to cap it at say 1k, and run easier draws throughout the weekly tournament night for the overage if the first draw doesnt break and run.
You can designate certain balls made on the break win the pot etc. Keeps them easier to run, less cash to manage, and ensures someone will still get paid each week.
We had a guy in Oneida NY heist 8k in 10 ball....not sure how he didn't disappear...
We run 5 dollars a ticket..buy as many as you like. You have to be 8n the tourney to play and have recently plated 3 tournaments. Can't let people off the road rob your regulars...
We run 5 dollars a ticket..buy as many as you like. You have to be 8n the tourney to play and have recently plated 3 tournaments. Can't let people off the road rob your regulars...