SJM at the 2020 Derby City Classic
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It's my pleasure to share my experiences. Maybe I'll motivate someone who has never experienced the Derby to give it a try, and that would make it all worth it.
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Quit making this about you. (j/k)
I can vouch for the fact that Nostroke was a regular back then at ringside in big matches.
There was a lot of discussion about the Philippine Cartel influencing the Master of the Table outcome. Not that it happened, but a lot of discussion.......[/QUOTE]
The lopsided prize money payouts for Master of the Table, IMHO, contribute to the possibility of "business" being done.
1st: $20,000
2nd: $3000
3rd: $2000
This huge $$ disparity is unfair and the players know it.
The lopsided prize money payouts for Master of the Table, IMHO, contribute to the possibility of "business" being done.
1st: $20,000
2nd: $3000
3rd: $2000
This huge $$ disparity is unfair and the players know it.
The lopsided prize money payouts for Master of the Table, IMHO, contribute to the possibility of "business" being done.
1st: $20,000
2nd: $3000
3rd: $2000
This huge $$ disparity is unfair and the players know it.[/QUOTE]
Tell the event director....
I don't see the great payout disparity as unfair, but there's no denying it is conducive to the possibility of "business" being done. That, to me, is not enough reason to revise the payout structure for Master of the Table, which is top heavy and offers a bonus unlike any other for the player that earns the title of "best all-around player" for the year. To me, it's a winning formula.
The lopsided prize money payouts for Master of the Table, IMHO, contribute to the possibility of "business" being done.
1st: $20,000
2nd: $3000
3rd: $2000
This huge $$ disparity is unfair and the players know it.[/QUOTE]
The players aren't stupid. There is a good way they handle things like this if it looks like it's going to be close. It's called "chop-chop."
The players aren't stupid. There is a good way they handle things like this if it looks like it's going to be close. It's called "chop-chop."
[/QUOTE]Jay are you saying chop,or savers ?
The players aren't stupid. There is a good way they handle things like this if it looks like it's going to be close. It's called "chop-chop."
Jay are you saying chop,or savers ?[/QUOTE]
It can be both or either one. That has been going on in professional pool for decades and it's the way players protect themselves from massive swings in money.
Jay, there's a third way besides chop-chop and savers.
And when it happens, which I've witnessed more than once, it ain't pretty.
enough already; when will they be calling on sjm to be vice coach for MC Team USA? :thumbup:
With so many things already scheduled for when hell freezes over, I suspect this won't happen until the day after hell freezes over.