'"5 and under" tournament question.

[StrokeofLuck]

Not sure why you're worried about sandbaggers, pool players are a notoriously honest bunch.

 

[9andout]

Do you need to be rated in that league to go to that tournament?

I don't think so. You should contact the TD Eric. Info is on the DELMARVA site.

It has been my experience that in a typical APA 9 ball match, a player completes his total points in 15 innings when playing well and 20 innings when not playing so well. For a skill level 5 (goes to 38 points), when playing well he/she would average 2.533 points per inning or 1.9 points per inning when not playing so well.

Any player averaging 6 points per inning would be skill level 9 (6 X 15= 90 points). A skill level 9 only needs 75 points to win the match.

Points are scored 1 point for each ball 1-8 and 2 points for the 9 ball.

Innings calculations in this post do not account for defensive shots.

Very informative! Since I've never played in a league.

Thanks for all your replies. I've basically been watching a lot of their videos and sizing up the players. Saw some I felt close to my game playing in the tour and that 5 and under.
With the above explanation of ranking might be playing above that 5 number.

Whatever the case I'm in an Open Am in Feb and may jump in with the regular tour in March. Maybe skip the 5 tourn altogether.