Shorter races+more luck = larger payouts

I will play every top pro race to 5 on bar table 9 ball and bet my record is better than 50 %...Yes I just said that.Meaning I will win more than I lose.Does that have anything to do with this???.No..ha ha


But yes cleary I think that would work..However most top players wouldn't play cause they are heartless..ha
 
Put_upor_shutup said:
I will play every top pro race to 5 on bar table 9 ball and bet my record is better than 50 %...Yes I just said that.Meaning I will win more than I lose.Does that have anything to do with this???.No..ha ha


But yes cleary I think that would work..However most top players wouldn't play cause they are heartless..ha
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It would be fine if the top players didn't play. More for the amateurs. We already have a sort of test bed with the DCC one pocket races to three. I mean there is a situation where decent amateur players have a shot. Even I was able to beat the great Lou Figueroa once in a short race and now he ducks me out of fear of losing in a real race. :-)

Just kidding Lou I know you could give me 12:3 and be stealing but you still have 9:8 if you ever happen to be able to schedule a match.

I don't think that this type of tournament should be the norm but I do think that it would be a great way to have a non-handicapped event that could draw a lot of players.
 
Most posts like the idea of a race to one. Have the best of both worlds in pool. Race to 1 on the winners side and like a race to 10 one the losers side. It would be like a handicap tournament without anyone getting a spot.
 
The money is in snooker not pool. More top players should consider playing in great britain.
 
RADAR said:
The money is in snooker not pool. More top players should consider playing in great britain.
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:-) We have been over this a 1000 times and it's the exact opposite of this discussion. Top pool players cannot make in snooker. The very best pool player might have a chance to crack the top 100 with some hard work (I personally think he could get into the top 32 but no one else shares that fantasy).

The idea here is to create a large base of amateurs and semi-pros who would be willing to take shots at very large prizes based on the incentive that anyone can win a race to five.
 
Put_upor_shutup said:
But yes cleary I think that would work..However most top players wouldn't play cause they are heartless..ha
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I actually really think it would too. And you're right, a lot of the top "pro snobs" would avoid after they lost the first one to a banger. The idea would be it's geared towards the short stops of the world, but anyone can play.

1000 players + $500 entry = $500,000

This theory is based on the WSOP and how that has grew over the years. There is no money added, players+entry=playouts-fees.

Through the '70s, the WSOP entrants grew until it hit 1000 in 1982 and 2000 in 1987. And it's grown very fast from there. It's not that poker tournaments pay out more, they just have more people showing up because more people will put their money down and try because they think they can do it.

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I think many people here are getting the idea. It's not a money added event, nor all matches takes place under one roof. Entry fees will fund the event, and make it self-sustaining. Local bars and poolhalls could start as feeder tournaments.

Lowering the threshold of winning, so more people would enter. If you make it a race to 10 in call shot 10-ball, then of course skill wins out. Make a race to 3 in 8-ball, and lengthen the race by 1 game every level advanced.

Each level could been 4 players, winning player advance to next level taking 1/2 the pot, and the other half funding the next level's pot.

Let's say entry is $10, not including green fees.
Win 1st match, you get your $10 back. Win 2nd match, you get shot at 2nd level. The other $20 goes to the 2nd level pot.
Make it a race to 3. So its maximum 5 games, or 10 games if you advance.

Level 2 fully funded with 4 people will have a pot of $80.
Win 1st match, you get $20 from the pot
Win 2nd match, you advance to 3rd level and the reminder $40 goes to 3rd level.
1st match, race to 3, 2nd match race to 4.



JB Cases said:
The idea here is to create a large base of amateurs and semi-pros who would be willing to take shots at very large prizes based on the incentive that anyone can win a race to five.
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JB Cases said:
:-) We have been over this a 1000 times and it's the exact opposite of this discussion. Top pool players cannot make in snooker. The very best pool player might have a chance to crack the top 100 with some hard work (I personally think he could get into the top 32 but no one else shares that fantasy).

The idea here is to create a large base of amateurs and semi-pros who would be willing to take shots at very large prizes based on the incentive that anyone can win a race to five.
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really don't know do we until someone gives it a shot!:wink:
 
Personally I think its a great idea. I would maybe drop the entry fee $100-$200 and I think that would attract more players with a chance to increasing the pot to more than a $500 entry tourney. Perhaps having "satellites" like the do for the WSOP. Smaller tourneys in each state with the top player entering for free.

Anyone stands a chance to win in a race to 5. Winner breaks - if I won the first rack of 9 ball I would call my self favourite against anyone in the world on a barbox, but maybe that's just me being over confident.

I also think it should be a re-buy, as in poker and a single chance comp. That would surely bump up the prize fund especially if you could get say 20-30% of first round losers buying back in.

I still think the pros would eat up the prize fund, but A standard players aren't going to get a better chance at winning such a big first prize. Maybe even add the chance of a big sponsor for the top 2 unsponsored finishers, aslong as they finish in the top 16.

I'd deffinately buy in and travel to the states for it.
 
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