L.S. Dennis
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The old saying comes to minds, “Better to have played the game and lost than never to have than never to have played at all”.
Question: Why do People Pay to Sign up to get Slaughtered?
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Some people can actually afford the hefty entry fee and actually enjoy it "whether they have a chance or not". It's for the love of the game!
In life you have to try! You can't always be negative and think you can't. You're already setting yourself up for failure. It's something I work on myself whenever I get into a match. Believe in myself and ability. I might not always win, but atleast I tried.
I hardly to never play the Super lotto but when it reached 1 Billion dollars about 2 years ago, I had to buy a ticket each time! Why? Because I had a chance just like everybody else! The worst feeling for me would've been not buying a ticket and "wished I would've won"
Good luck to you
In life you have to try! You can't always be negative and think you can't. You're already setting yourself up for failure. It's something I work on myself whenever I get into a match. Believe in myself and ability. I might not always win, but atleast I tried.
I hardly to never play the Super lotto but when it reached 1 Billion dollars about 2 years ago, I had to buy a ticket each time! Why? Because I had a chance just like everybody else! The worst feeling for me would've been not buying a ticket and "wished I would've won"
Good luck to you
flmusclehead
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Because...
"Haven't you ever loved anything that much" - Kevin Costner (For Love of the Game)
"Haven't you ever loved anything that much" - Kevin Costner (For Love of the Game)
flmusclehead
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Missing out
So you think every pool tournament should be played by 20 players? Isn't the same thing happening in every game and in fact every single thing on earth one can do? There are a few hundred pro golfers and tennis players out there that are in the same exact situation, they know there is a good chance the same 10 people will be top 10 in each event, they still show up. Does the NFL do a statistical analysis of the teams and players and then cut out half the teams that don't have a chance to win the super bowl from playing the season?
There is a saying that I heard Bert Kinister use "it's better to try something and fail than do nothing and be really good at it".
For most of the lower ranked players, events like these are basically a vacation and a chance to be around and play with some of the greats of the game and to see how one would do under some pressure and an audience. The reason you did not play with the better players, some would say "no heart". I know plenty of players that are not good but they play in even race events almost every week with better players and get their ass beat and go play again next week, because they like to compete and are trying to get better. I would much rather play even with a better player than be giving up a spot to some weaker one.
One decent win against a top player can make someone's whole pool career. In fact, my son has pretty much the same story line, he was in the Ocean State and was waiting for a losers side match to catch up to him, Jayson Shaw was in that bracket. Two matches to wait, he pretty much knew that Jayson was going to be playing him in a few hours since, well, it's Jayson LOL He called me and said, it's a long wait, and I will probably have to play Jayson, maybe I should go. He did not go. He also called me back in a little bit and said "I just beat Jayson Shaw". Race to 7, 6-4 Jayson, he scratched on the break. My son ran 3 racks to knock out the #1 player in the world. Because he entered and was there waiting for the match. Since that win he has become one of the top area players and has won thousands in tournaments, and regularly goes in the top 5 in the Calcutta in every event if not the top 2. If he just looked at his rating of 580 at the time vs Jayson's 800, none of that would have happened. He is now going up to reach 630 and who knows how high that number will get.
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Except for players that waste the spot. Maybe they bought in. Maybe they "earned" it through a qualifier. Their solution to professional threat seems to be hamming it. OK the pressure IS ADDED and makes people perform out of character but that's a foul of a different feather. I suggest if you have the opportunity to participate in the majors, please bring a game that is commensurate with the event.
Except for players that waste the spot. Maybe they bought in. Maybe they "earned" it through a qualifier. Their solution to professional threat seems to be hamming it. OK the pressure IS ADDED and makes people perform out of character but that's a foul of a different feather. I suggest if you have the opportunity to participate in the majors, please bring a game that is commensurate with the event.
They tried to make it more exclusive with higher entry fees, did not work as fully as they though it would. I think Earl or someone said all the pro events should be like a $1,000 entry and keep the events top tier. Or we need an actual pro pool tour with world wide or national rankings that are tied together so it's possible to compare the levels with progressively higher payouts in events. Not like the current mess with leagues and handicapped events that encourage cheating to keep rankings low to rob events. I mean if you play for 10,000 and can get away with being a 5 instead of a 7, to many people that is an invitation to cheat. If you are a 5 but the events you are allowed to play in pay you 1,000 instead of 10,000 as a 7 and you are really a 7, and you risk being banned because it's a national rating with no place to hide, well then you go and you play at your real skill to get that extra 9,000
Smutzc
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I really like this write up, I think you could add one more reason.
6. Money isn’t an issue, and a genuine true pool fan who knows they won’t make it to an elite level could pay 750$ to enter for a chance to play/meet one of their hero’s/idols.
In 2019, the most recent year in which the Boston Marathon was run, there were 30, 234 entrants. There are only 6 division winners for the marathon each year, so obviously there are more reasons for entering a competition other than simply winning.
p.t. barnum nailed it exactly with the quote attributed to him.
"there is a sucker born every minute and two to take him"
i can see entering once as some say to experience the thrill if that means something to you.
but to regularly enter the quote is the reason.
"there is a sucker born every minute and two to take him"
i can see entering once as some say to experience the thrill if that means something to you.
but to regularly enter the quote is the reason.
F1 would be worse. No fenders and when tires touch and they lose down force they become F18's
I would consider the PGA Tour to be somewhat different. If you make the cut you're going to get $10,000 not pay $1000. A middle of the road PGA tour player is driving a Lambo.
Same reason I wish to play in the AMerican 14.1 Championship and US Open 14.1 Championship, to test my nerves and skills vs the best in the world. Will I win? Not a chance, but the experience alone is worth it. How do you think Saud Kantarevic must be feeling after taking down Omar in this tournament? He showed jitters near the end but the experience alone he will forever have after that win is enormous.
Greatest comment this year!
You are aware Mika doesn’t have to pay a entry fee? Or anyone else who’s won it. Snd other players get free rolled buy private $ or sponsors.
good luck out there,
Fatboy
Why would you think you would get embarrased? That would be only in your head, no one that understands something about pool should think you're an embarrassment if you entered a tournament like the US Open for the experience but lost 9-0 two times. And if they do think that, then that's on them.
Now, if you're delusional and greatly overestimate your Fargo 350 skill level and think you will win the whole thing, that's another matter. But people like that typically don't feel embarrassed then either. They usually have a talent for creating a narrative in their heads where they somehow come out as some kind of winner in the end, no matter what. Either that, or they find some external factor to blame for their loss.
I know, right?
You can always learn to stroke the cue between the knuckles of your fist, I see lots of people do that in my poolroom. Not that they are particularly successful with that, but at least they are playing.