Has this ever been done before?

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Say you have a pool room with (8) bar tables and (8) 9 foot tables.

Can you have a 128 player 9 or 10 ball tourney and do mixed play on all (16) tables? You'd only need to do this in the first couple of rounds. Plus, I think the weaker players have a better chance on the smaller tables. Switch to the 9ft only when 32 players remain.

How do you decide which matches are played on the BB and which on the 9ft? First available table?

Will players b!tch about having to change from one table size to the other?

Just brainstorming here.

Your thoughts?

Thanks!!
 
Hungarian...It's certainly been done before. The ones I've seen have always been "first available table", rather than playing favorites with skill levels. I have played in tournaments where there were several bars involved, using 7', 8' and 9' tables...mudball CB's, heavy normal sized CB's, and regular CB's. Crazy tournament, but they generated big calcuttas and drew players from 2-300 miles away. As far as players complaining...as long as they know upfront, there are no complaints...pay your entry and play...or don't.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
128 players race to 7 double elimination over 16 tables means a full day until you eliminate your first set of players...keep in mind how long you will need to have run of the house. Like Scott said once your down to 64 you can switch to one table size, you would have to split the board from the start (64 on each set of tables, let them know before the draw unless your using software for a random draw)and play first available from there....and sure you will get complaints if your not dealing with Pros.
 
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Oh...there will always be complaints and whining...pro or not pro.

There are people that complain no matter what.

I think that would be an okay tournament.

Of course I am flexible and can suck on any table.:smile:
 
Well, let's say you had fifteen tables, three-fourths of which were Brunswick Gold Crown IV's, and the other twenty-five per cent were Sears and Roebuck Pro Series II.
How many players could you invite to a tournament lasting a week and a half with lunch being provided by the pool room? Oh yeah, and free cab service also. :smile:
 
Our last city tournment we played winner side onthe 9ft tables and the loser side barbox. worked out fine! If the players know what they are gettimg into there should be no complaints, they dont have to play:grin:
 
Tramp Steamer said:
Well, let's say you had fifteen tables, three-fourths of which were Brunswick Gold Crown IV's, and the other twenty-five per cent were Sears and Roebuck Pro Series II.
How many players could you invite to a tournament lasting a week and a half with lunch being provided by the pool room? Oh yeah, and free cab service also. :smile:
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So 11.25 tables are Gold Crowns and 3.75 tables are Pro Series II's?

Why the fu@k couldn't you just keep it at 16 tables total so the math would work out?
 
Hungarian said:
Say you have a pool room with (8) bar tables and (8) 9 foot tables.

Can you have a 128 player 9 or 10 ball tourney and do mixed play on all (16) tables? You'd only need to do this in the first couple of rounds. Plus, I think the weaker players have a better chance on the smaller tables. Switch to the 9ft only when 32 players remain.

How do you decide which matches are played on the BB and which on the 9ft? First available table?

Will players b!tch about having to change from one table size to the other?

Just brainstorming here.

Your thoughts?

Thanks!!
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I have never seen it done that way and think it would be very interesting.
 
I play in a tournament every month that is that way.They have 9ft,8ft,oversize barbox and regular barbox.
You play on whats availaible,winner breaks race to 5,9ball.They usually have over 100 people and a waiting list.
Cueballs are all different.
It`s a great tournament but the race to five is brutal if you don`t win the break because there are several players that can run the set out on you.
 
My bad. There was a sixteenth table. It was an old 12 x 6 Riley Viceroy, square leg snooker table. It could be used to serve a buffet style lunch on.
Catered, of course. :smile:
 
foxcues said:
I play in a tournament every month that is that way.They have 9ft,8ft,oversize barbox and regular barbox.
You play on whats availaible,winner breaks race to 5,9ball.They usually have over 100 people and a waiting list.
Cueballs are all different.
It`s a great tournament but the race to five is brutal if you don`t win the break because there are several players that can run the set out on you.
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Sounds cool. In FLA? What pool room is that?

Thx
 
Tramp Steamer said:
My bad. There was a sixteenth table. It was an old 12 x 6 Riley Viceroy, square leg snooker table. It could be used to serve a buffet style lunch on.
Catered, of course. :smile:
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Come on man, this isn't the open discussion thread.

I am being very serious now and soliciting only well thought out opinoins...
 
If I was considering playing in an event like this, I would be far more concerned about the fact that there are 8 times as many players as there are tables than I would be about the sizes of the tables. If it seemed like adequate time had been allowed for the tournament, then I would consider playing despite the mix of tables.

What match is played of what type of table should be as random as possible. First available will work most of the time - just don't want to put a player right back on the table he just played on if you can avoid it.

Aaron
 
MoonshineMattK said:
In my opinion there is no reason to have different size pool tables in a pool room

Have all 9's or all 7's
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Here are two possible reasons:
Some of your customers prefer 9 footers, some 7 footers.
You may not have room for all 9 footers.

My dream room would have 7, 8, 9 and 10 foot tables, plus snooker tables, billiard tables and a bumper pool table! Give people choices!!

Donny L
PBIA/ACS Instructor
 
Donny Lutz said:
Here are two possible reasons:
Some of your customers prefer 9 footers, some 7 footers.
You may not have room for all 9 footers.

My dream room would have 7, 8, 9 and 10 foot tables, plus snooker tables, billiard tables and a bumper pool table! Give people choices!!

Donny L
PBIA/ACS Instructor
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After thinking about this long and hard for 6yrs I've come to my decision.

The pool hall I will be opening will have 10 tables. They will all be 9ft Daimonds.
League or a tournament needs to be played on the same size table.

I don't want to have a tournament and not be able to use all the tables.

If I had 50 tables I might reconsider having different sizes but with 16 or less I feel they all need to be the same size

Also, for the cost of 7ft vs 9ft Diamond tables I cant see buying the 7's

Valley tables are so poorly constructed they are a last resort.
 
MoonshineMattK said:
After thinking about this long and hard for 6yrs I've come to my decision.

The pool hall I will be opening will have 10 tables. They will all be 9ft Daimonds.
League or a tournament needs to be played on the same size table.

I don't want to have a tournament and not be able to use all the tables.

If I had 50 tables I might reconsider having different sizes but with 16 or less I feel they all need to be the same size

Also, for the cost of 7ft vs 9ft Diamond tables I cant see buying the 7's

Valley tables are so poorly constructed they are a last resort.
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:shrug:

What kind of 7 foot table is better made than Valley?
 
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