In many cases, the competitor who spends a lot of time on the loss side of a double-elimination bracket, gets more bang for his pool-playing buck than the guy (gal) who goes right into the hot seat and waits for the loss-side winner to show up. Take, for example, the two-days-before-Christmas (Dec. 23) final stop of the year on the 2023 Premier Billiards.com’s Q City 9-Ball Tour.
Matt Gibson chalked up six straight on the winners’ side of the bracket to claim the hot seat. His entry fee ($55), divided by the six matches, means he paid a little over $9 to play each match. Dustin Coe, paying the same $55, lost his opening match and by the time he finished with the semifinals, ready to face Gibson in the finals, he’d played 11 matches. Same $55 entry fee, but Coe only had to pay $5 per match. Sounds like a per-match, almost half-price bargain for the loss-side guy.
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Matt Gibson chalked up six straight on the winners’ side of the bracket to claim the hot seat. His entry fee ($55), divided by the six matches, means he paid a little over $9 to play each match. Dustin Coe, paying the same $55, lost his opening match and by the time he finished with the semifinals, ready to face Gibson in the finals, he’d played 11 matches. Same $55 entry fee, but Coe only had to pay $5 per match. Sounds like a per-match, almost half-price bargain for the loss-side guy.
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