This past weekend’s (Jan. 28-29) 9th Annual Dick Cox Memorial Bar Box Open employed an increasingly popular format, known in some circles as ‘double jeopardy.’ The format engages players in two separate disciplines, 8-ball and 9-ball. It plays out in various ways; as an example, players in a match allow the individual who wins the lag to determine which of the games they’ll play first in their total number of games to be played; a 5-4 match would feature an even split, four of each because a 5-4 match would not exceed eight games. The APA Leagues employ the double jeopardy format in a way that has members of a five-member team playing both 8-ball and 9-ball matches; 10 matches total instead of the five associated with just one discipline. At the $1,000-added Dick Cox Memorial, which drew 64 entrants to Action Lounge & Billiards in Leonardtown, MD, the two games were played on opposite sides of the bracket; 8-ball on the winners’ side and 9-ball on the losers’ side.
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