How much am I going to win this year?

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For you tournament players out there, do you keep track of how much you win/spend at tournaments? I never have, but I'm going to start. I can't remember the last time I finished out of the money in a tournament, so it'd be interesting to see how much I make playing pool. Good luck.
 
You are one bad dude then! Now stop pickin' on those wannabees!
I am 3- 2.5k for the year. And I bring it with me :eek:
 
Black-Balled said:
You are one bad dude then! Now stop pickin' on those wannabees!
I am 3- 2.5k for the year. And I bring it with me :eek:
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That's pretty good BB. I'm hoping for maybe $2,000.
 
Roll-Off said:
For you tournament players out there, do you keep track of how much you win/spend at tournaments? I never have, but I'm going to start. I can't remember the last time I finished out of the money in a tournament, so it'd be interesting to see how much I make playing pool. Good luck.
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What events do you participate in? Are they local or do you do the road ?
 
Tim-n-NM said:
What events do you participate in? Are they local or do you do the road ?
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When I was in school I would tell myself that the entry fee to a bar tourney was a daily "perk". I took all of my winnings and kept them in a little tin in my room. For an 8 week stretch I put the money in this tin so as I wouldn't spend it on stupid stuff in the next few days. I played in one bar with a 9ball tourney on Tuesdays and 8ball tourney on Sundays that always got about 20 players with a 100% add. It was late at night so it always got over at around 1AM and there was someone new in the finals each week. I did not drink during that 8 week stretch at the bar. After the 8 weeks I had won the 9ball 7 times and the 8ball 6 times. When I counted the money it was at $1200. Then I had some real money that added up to something, not just a $50 here and there that I would spend on CD's or some other meaningless item. I liked doing it that way and will start doing it again now that I reminded myself of it.
 
Roll-Off said:
For you tournament players out there, do you keep track of how much you win/spend at tournaments? I never have, but I'm going to start. I can't remember the last time I finished out of the money in a tournament, so it'd be interesting to see how much I make playing pool. Good luck.
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Well, I used to, and thought I was doing pretty good... UNTIL, I compared expenses to winnings. Damn near made me want to quit pool and take up knitting or something. So, tournament winnings are now play money. I chalk up the money spent on tournaments as fun time, because in this part of the world, if you find a tourney (besides the Midwest 9-Ball Tour) that pays more than $120 to win, then you've found a GEM!

Later,
Bob
 
Roll-Off said:
For you tournament players out there, do you keep track of how much you win/spend at tournaments? I never have, but I'm going to start. I can't remember the last time I finished out of the money in a tournament, so it'd be interesting to see how much I make playing pool. Good luck.
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I had a mate who used to catalogue all his performances. I remember his aim was to win 100 money comps in 1 year. Nearly all of these were local bar competition worth US$60 to US$200 mostly. He was state and runner-up national champion so a good player.

If he didn't win 100, he must have gone close, he was on track half way through the year. There were 4 or 5 comps in the bars we could play in each week. He made an ok living out of it I suppose.

Playing 3 comps a week can get pretty tiresome, especially when the local's faces turn red when you turn up to ruin their fun.
 
UWPoolGod1 said:
. I ... will start doing it again now that I reminded myself of it.
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UWP,
Well, you will start doing it again if the bar owner hasn't shut things down due to lack of income. If you aren't ordering anything at the bar, I wonder how long it will be before he sees these tournaments as unprofitable. For Pete's sake don't order the free water and free peanuts or it will make the rest of us look bad. :) :) Of course if you are already ordering food when you play, then please ignore this post. Of course if you are pumping quarters into some table maybe he won't mind anyway. This high finance crap is just a mystery to me.
 
Tournaments

Seems like more handicapped tourneys are going on lately
than non handicapped and if you win (or consecutive wins)
then your handicap keeps going up and up until it becomes
impossible for you to win unless you have a perfect night.
Then you are better off finding another tournament if that
is possible. People tend to think of a person's true skill level
by what they are as a handicap at a particular Pool room, and
that is not always true. Those room owners adjust handicaps
for local conditions, where a true rating (money rating on a
national 9 ball scale) would not be affected.

Playing in big tournaments can be fun, but if you do it on a
regular basis without much of a chance to get into the money,
the expenses of doing so can take its toll on you, and to me,
it is kind of like banging your head on a wall. As long as you
have plenty of income, I suppose it is okay, but if you have
to watch your pennies, then you would be better playing in
tournaments where you can do some good.
 
Williebetmore said:
... Of course if you are already ordering food when you play, then please ignore this post. ..QUOTE]

Willie-
Yeah the food is a given...if you look at me you know I like my food :)
They had good food there and would eat most every time, its the $3.50 microbrews that cut into the winnings. Especially when you have 5 or 6. HEHEHE
UWPG <--- doesn't know how his liver survived college.
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UWPoolGod1 said:
Williebetmore said:
... Of course if you are already ordering food when you play, then please ignore this post. ..QUOTE]

Willie-
Yeah the food is a given...if you look at me you know I like my food :)
They had good food there and would eat most every time, its the $3.50 microbrews that cut into the winnings. Especially when you have 5 or 6. HEHEHE
UWPG <--- doesn't know how his liver survived college.
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UWPG,
Actually I'm the exact opposite, I can not STAND to eat during or before competition in any sport (including pool). I will order Diet Cokes during a match, but usually just nurse them. I'm probably a pool hall's nightmare customer during competition (I will always order something if I'm just practicing though).
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Roll-Off said:
For you tournament players out there, do you keep track of how much you win/spend at tournaments? I never have, but I'm going to start. I can't remember the last time I finished out of the money in a tournament, so it'd be interesting to see how much I make playing pool. Good luck.
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Perhaps it is time for you to move on to some more difficult tournaments instead of playing in the ones you seemingly so easily win? I bet if I sparred nothing but first dan black belts and below, I'd probably rarely lose either???
 
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Tim-n-NM said:
What events do you participate in? Are they local or do you do the road ?
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I participate in any tournament I can get to. I don't do the road. There's countless saps out there who claim to be "road players", when in fact they're caught in the delusion that they have the game for it. They live in a fantasy world. Good luck.
 
Roll-Off said:
I participate in any tournament I can get to. I don't do the road. There's countless saps out there who claim to be "road players", when in fact they're caught in the delusion that they have the game for it. They live in a fantasy world. Good luck.
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What I'm asking is do you travel to play in tournements, or do you just stay local? I'm just trying to figure out how often and where you are playing. So I can better judge in my mind how to answer the original post.
 
zeeder said:
I'm currently on pace to win $46.38 this year!
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Z,
I'm calling B.S. on this one. Past results are NO guarantee of future performance. Of course if that 46-large pans out, you can invest it in a new cue (which at that price would certainly be a step up in quality from the one you used in Peoria).
 
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