Can anyone post a chart that would be fair for all players to be able to get in the money. Preferably using aaa,aa,a,b+,b,b-,c+,c,c-. It has to be for 9 ball and must use ball weight, game weight is just not enough.
Tournament weight that would be fair to all
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Good luck with ball weight in a tournament...not sure you wouldn't run off a lot of your better players, especially the ones just below the top level. Games on the wire seem to be the easiest to adjust and monitor; plus the better players aren't too put off by that.
A cool idea I saw was player bounties...if you've got the same 4-5 guys taking all the cash, start putting a small amount from each entry fee off to the side and pay out bounties to the players that knock them out of the tournament. I played tournaments before where the bounties were more than the first place payout (the bounties roll over to next week if the top guy makes it to first place). Bounties are only open up until the quarterfinals (otherwise the best players will keep taking the bounty money, too).
The Great Southern Billiard Tour seems to have a games on the wire handicap system that works well. The only time I'd use ball weight is if a touring pro was playing your tournament as part of a promotion and you had a bounty or something on him/her. Giving weight at all levels would seem too big a headache for the TD and players to keep up with, but that's just my opinion.
A cool idea I saw was player bounties...if you've got the same 4-5 guys taking all the cash, start putting a small amount from each entry fee off to the side and pay out bounties to the players that knock them out of the tournament. I played tournaments before where the bounties were more than the first place payout (the bounties roll over to next week if the top guy makes it to first place). Bounties are only open up until the quarterfinals (otherwise the best players will keep taking the bounty money, too).
The Great Southern Billiard Tour seems to have a games on the wire handicap system that works well. The only time I'd use ball weight is if a touring pro was playing your tournament as part of a promotion and you had a bounty or something on him/her. Giving weight at all levels would seem too big a headache for the TD and players to keep up with, but that's just my opinion.
I agree that ball weight is a put off, and I don't even qualify as one of the better players in most tournaments. Usually, the most noticeable effect of spotting someone balls is increasing their chance of getting lucky by having a combo show up early in the rack. Last time I played a tournament where I had to give up a few games and the 8 to my opponent, the 8 ball hung up near a pocket 3 times off the break, and he managed to combo 2 of them in.
Some might say that it could have just as well been the 9 that was hanging in the pockets, but I think that the 9 is far less likely to hang near a pocket off the break if you rack 'em tightly.
I have considered attempting to increase participation from lower ranked players by giving them a discount on the buy-in for the tournament so they get odds on their money. Has anyone on here ever done anything like that before? If so, how did that go?
Some might say that it could have just as well been the 9 that was hanging in the pockets, but I think that the 9 is far less likely to hang near a pocket off the break if you rack 'em tightly.
I have considered attempting to increase participation from lower ranked players by giving them a discount on the buy-in for the tournament so they get odds on their money. Has anyone on here ever done anything like that before? If so, how did that go?