Roy Steffensen said:Perhaps you two can match-up at the event too
I won't be doing any matching up at this event.
2009 Los Angeles Open
- Thread starter jay helfert
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I won't be doing any matching up at this event.
jay helfert said:
Thanks for your response.
I will try and do what I can to help with the Ticket sales. I know when Charlie brought the UPA here almost no league players knew it was here at all. There are probably 1000 league players in metro LA alone and they will attend and spend money if they are made aware. Most just are not into pool like the rest of us. They never hear about tournaments.
I am good for 50-100 tickets. I will gaurantee 50 right now. If some other SoCal guys will do the same then it would help.
Somebody could start another thread to take smaller investments-say $25, $50, $100 & be responsible for making sure they get paid if there is any return. $25 equals 1 share & so on, when it hits $2,000 bang another investor. It should be a respected member who would have the time. Just a thought for everone who would like to contribute, but doesn't have the $2,000.
jay helfert said:Thanks Joey for the advice. Most of this I pretty much know about already.
I do plan to start on a Saturday and end the following Sunday, nine days total. As far as gambling and making a line, it won't happen. This is L.A. baby. I don't want to have my tournament shut down. If spectators want to gamble among themselves, I have no problem with that.
I would like some large Tournament Sheets though. I need one for 64 players and two for 128, all Double Elimination. I'll enlist you to make them for me. OK?
And you can come and play too Joey. I did say there is a One Pocket division.
I'd be happy to do the tournament sheets for you. What would the official name of the tournament be?
I'll have to see how I do in the one pocket tournament in Gulfport, MS Nov 8-9. John Henderson is coming to town and if he decides to visit Buffalo Billiards, I'll find out pretty quick how I stand up to some of California's one pocket players. :yeah: Who knows, I might even get me a line on you.
JoeyA
There have been some events recently that had high entry fees and I believe it hurt the turnout. (Johnnyt thinks that there should be higher entry fees because sponsors are hard to come by)
The total if you want to play in all three events is $975. That is a lot of coins for an unstaked player. My question: Lets say that bank pool is the first tournament. Can a player just pay for his bank pool entry fee and if he/she cash, they can still enter the next tournament if their not full? Johnnyt
The total if you want to play in all three events is $975. That is a lot of coins for an unstaked player. My question: Lets say that bank pool is the first tournament. Can a player just pay for his bank pool entry fee and if he/she cash, they can still enter the next tournament if their not full? Johnnyt
Johnnyt said:
Sure, why not. With three full fields, this tournament will generate over $150,000 in prize money. What I can do is let a player who is coming for all three events, pay an advance entry fee of $950 total, saving them $25. That's about all I can do on this one.
There are no associations to join or other hidden costs. Just the small reg. fees. My other choice would be to take the $10,000 in Bonus money and put it directly into the purses. Thus making the Bank Pool $15,000 Added and the One Pocket $20,000 Added. The Ten Ball will remain $25,000 Added. I just may do that. Thanks Johnny!
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Johnnyt said:
Please read my edited post and tell me what you think. This may be more of an inducement for the "specialists" who don't play all games.
jay helfert said:
I like that idea better than the bonus for the all around. Especially with Banks involved. Some of that games top guys might not want to enter all three.
Will players HAVE to stay onsite? Do you think you will have to give the venue a guarantee of room nights?
A nine night stay is a long stay for most players.
Marvel said:
The registration fee is added to each entry. It is $25 per event. Pretty standard in the industry today to help defray costs.
frankncali said:
The players will not have to stay at the host hotel, but I will strive to get them competitive rates. I'm sure that I will have to guarantee a certain number of room nights to get the ballroom for free. That's also standard when dealing with large hotels.
Two questions Jay. Would investors get any break on room rates, and why not THE LOS ANGELES OPEN & ALL AROUND POCKET BILLIARDS"WORLD" CHAMPIONSHIP? lol:smilewinkgrin: My son and I may be interested, the only drawback for us is the distance and time involved.jay helfert said:
DoubleA said:Two questions Jay. Would investors get any break on room rates, and why not THE LOS ANGELES OPEN & ALL AROUND POCKET BILLIARDS"WORLD" CHAMPIONSHIP? lol:smilewinkgrin: My son and I may be interested, the only drawback for us is the distance and time involved.
I like that name as well. I should be able to get a better room rate for players and investors. That may be slightly lower than the rate for regular visitors.
jay helfert said:
I don't understand what the difference between the registration fee and the entry fee. No-one is joining anything. Why not just increase the entry fee by $25? Otherwise make it so you only pay the $25 once no matter how many events you enter, which works out to a $50 discount if you enter all three.
Until I know the dates I have no idea if I can volunteer to help out at the event, but I should be able to help you out with graphics, DTP and a website. Send me a PM if you want to get together and discuss this in detail. (I'm in south OC.) You can also put me down as 1/2 an investor. ($1,000)
BTW Does anyone have any idea what the UPA event schedule is? Will they have an LA tournament in January again? I've looked at their website and the "Tour Schedule" link does not seem to work.
AuntyDan said:
The way it works is this. On the $225 entry fee for the Bank Pool, $200 goes into the purse and $25 is the registration fee. Once again a pretty standard fee on most pro tournaments. In fact, many take out far more in comparison.