First, this will only work if you have dedicated tables for these tournaments.
A pool hall with 8 tables would be a good start.
This is called a LINE tournament.
With 8 tables you can have 16 players or 17 with a bye and a win.
Line tournaments are played in a set 'time frame' mine are 2½ hours.
All the players are ranked/seeded. With the best players getting the lower numbers (best player is #1 second best is #2 and so on untill the last player is ranked/seeded #16 or #17)
The tables should have numbers according to the seed/rank of the players.
example;
The opening round of play, Player #1 will play Player #2 on table #1
Player 3 vrs 4 on table 2
Player 5 vrs 6 on table 3
xx
xx
Player 15 vrs 16 on table 8
When the first round of play is completed there will be 8 winners.
The winners move up a table number. The losers move down.
example;
if player 5 wins the match against 6, on table 3, P5 moves up to table 2 and P6 moved down to table 4.
When you win on the top table (#1) you stay there.
When you lose on the bottome table you stay there.
Everyone else will be moving to a different table.
In 2½ hours of 9 Ball with average players, you can complete about 15 rounds.
The players with the most wins gets 1st Place
Ties can be played off or split.
The gist of the format is that the top players will be beating up on each other and the bottom players will be doing the same.
Keeping track of the wins for each round is the TDs responsibility and I don't recommend the TD playing in the tournament.
We've been alternating between 9 Ball and 8 Ball on Saturday afternoons since the first of December. Lots of fun and have been averaging 16+ players.
I can see this being done during the week on a slow nite. 730 to 10pm, quick and easy.
A pool hall with 8 tables would be a good start.
This is called a LINE tournament.
With 8 tables you can have 16 players or 17 with a bye and a win.
Line tournaments are played in a set 'time frame' mine are 2½ hours.
All the players are ranked/seeded. With the best players getting the lower numbers (best player is #1 second best is #2 and so on untill the last player is ranked/seeded #16 or #17)
The tables should have numbers according to the seed/rank of the players.
example;
The opening round of play, Player #1 will play Player #2 on table #1
Player 3 vrs 4 on table 2
Player 5 vrs 6 on table 3
xx
xx
Player 15 vrs 16 on table 8
When the first round of play is completed there will be 8 winners.
The winners move up a table number. The losers move down.
example;
if player 5 wins the match against 6, on table 3, P5 moves up to table 2 and P6 moved down to table 4.
When you win on the top table (#1) you stay there.
When you lose on the bottome table you stay there.
Everyone else will be moving to a different table.
In 2½ hours of 9 Ball with average players, you can complete about 15 rounds.
The players with the most wins gets 1st Place
Ties can be played off or split.
The gist of the format is that the top players will be beating up on each other and the bottom players will be doing the same.
Keeping track of the wins for each round is the TDs responsibility and I don't recommend the TD playing in the tournament.
We've been alternating between 9 Ball and 8 Ball on Saturday afternoons since the first of December. Lots of fun and have been averaging 16+ players.
I can see this being done during the week on a slow nite. 730 to 10pm, quick and easy.
