A wise man once told me the best way to have good ideas is to have lots of ideas. ...It's up to you to decide whether this is one of the good ones ;-)
But before I get to that, we did a little pool-hall opening celebration on Saturday with an 8-ball tournament.
Free entry,
$800 added,
Flights of 8, single elimination race to 2. Winner gets spot in the final bracket.
unlimited $10 buybacks to get into a new flight of 8
We had 100 players with about 80 buybacks--so a $1600 pot. Final bracket was a single elimination race to 4.
This is much like the format Bob Jewett recently described. I thought it worked out pretty well.
But here's the new idea:
Those of you who have been to the big 8-ball tournaments have seen speed pool--a carnival-like game where a player races against the clock sinking all the balls with the 8-ball last.
Well here is the twist we did.
Throw away the clock; go mano-o-mano instead
Played on four tables --Gabriels 7-foot with 6.5 feet of space between them. A flight of 8 goes off as two groups of four. When the TD--that would be me or Rory--says "go," all four break and attempt to sink all the balls with the 8-ball last. Sharking from the crowd is encouraged.
If the 8-ball goes in early, player must spot it and continue.
Cueball must be stopped to be struck.
On a scratch, a player must pull the ball out of the pocket, take a lap around the table, touch the same pocket , and then take ball in hand.
Top two from each group of four make a new group of four. Winner from that group gets to the final bracket.
Free initial entry, $200 initial pot. $5 retrys. We got about 40 retrys, so another $200 was added to the pot.
This entertained us for quite a while.
I cant wait for the next celebration:
Full-Contact Scotch Doubles Speed Pool
...
But before I get to that, we did a little pool-hall opening celebration on Saturday with an 8-ball tournament.
Free entry,
$800 added,
Flights of 8, single elimination race to 2. Winner gets spot in the final bracket.
unlimited $10 buybacks to get into a new flight of 8
We had 100 players with about 80 buybacks--so a $1600 pot. Final bracket was a single elimination race to 4.
This is much like the format Bob Jewett recently described. I thought it worked out pretty well.
But here's the new idea:
Those of you who have been to the big 8-ball tournaments have seen speed pool--a carnival-like game where a player races against the clock sinking all the balls with the 8-ball last.
Well here is the twist we did.
Throw away the clock; go mano-o-mano instead
Played on four tables --Gabriels 7-foot with 6.5 feet of space between them. A flight of 8 goes off as two groups of four. When the TD--that would be me or Rory--says "go," all four break and attempt to sink all the balls with the 8-ball last. Sharking from the crowd is encouraged.
If the 8-ball goes in early, player must spot it and continue.
Cueball must be stopped to be struck.
On a scratch, a player must pull the ball out of the pocket, take a lap around the table, touch the same pocket , and then take ball in hand.
Top two from each group of four make a new group of four. Winner from that group gets to the final bracket.
Free initial entry, $200 initial pot. $5 retrys. We got about 40 retrys, so another $200 was added to the pot.
This entertained us for quite a while.
I cant wait for the next celebration:
Full-Contact Scotch Doubles Speed Pool
...
