"No Conflict Rules" 5th and most successful event yet in Erie, PA
This was the 5th and the best event yet with the “No Conflict Rules”.
http://www.goldcrownbilliardseriepa.com/noconflict.html
We had 73 players who each paid a $35 entry fee. The prize fund was $3060. The Calcutta purse was $5540. The event was over in 14 ½ hours. The details were: Nine-Ball on 9’ Gold Crowns, double elimination, race to 7 on winner’s side, race to 6 on the loser’s side.
The rules worked well as expected. Not one rack in the entire tournament was pattern racked. There was no rack checking. There was no studying the little spaces between the balls. There was no re-racking. There were no soft breaks. Logic to do so was erased. There were no arguments. No time was lost. This tournament moved along quickly without all the usual maladies of the racking and breaking process.
As the tournament proceeded, it became patently obvious that there are significant benefits to the rules. This being the 5th event with the largest participation to date, there was a definite level of acceptance. The rules worked and produced the intended result.
I will say it again for those who are not familiar. A good break is when the cue ball is controlled, the 1-ball is controlled, and a good spread of the balls is achieved. That is good enough. The ball on the break is mostly a slop shot. Get rid of it and all the problems that exist on the front end of our games just go away (Eight, Nine, and Ten-Ball).
The Spring event will be in late April. I will announce the exact date in a couple weeks.
Congratulations to Runner-Up Wally Bentley from Cleveland, OH and the Champion Dave Grau from Rochester, NY.
This was the 5th and the best event yet with the “No Conflict Rules”.
http://www.goldcrownbilliardseriepa.com/noconflict.html
We had 73 players who each paid a $35 entry fee. The prize fund was $3060. The Calcutta purse was $5540. The event was over in 14 ½ hours. The details were: Nine-Ball on 9’ Gold Crowns, double elimination, race to 7 on winner’s side, race to 6 on the loser’s side.
The rules worked well as expected. Not one rack in the entire tournament was pattern racked. There was no rack checking. There was no studying the little spaces between the balls. There was no re-racking. There were no soft breaks. Logic to do so was erased. There were no arguments. No time was lost. This tournament moved along quickly without all the usual maladies of the racking and breaking process.
As the tournament proceeded, it became patently obvious that there are significant benefits to the rules. This being the 5th event with the largest participation to date, there was a definite level of acceptance. The rules worked and produced the intended result.
I will say it again for those who are not familiar. A good break is when the cue ball is controlled, the 1-ball is controlled, and a good spread of the balls is achieved. That is good enough. The ball on the break is mostly a slop shot. Get rid of it and all the problems that exist on the front end of our games just go away (Eight, Nine, and Ten-Ball).
The Spring event will be in late April. I will announce the exact date in a couple weeks.
Congratulations to Runner-Up Wally Bentley from Cleveland, OH and the Champion Dave Grau from Rochester, NY.
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