US Amateur Championship

[nineballman]

There seems to be a lot of negative messages about the US Amateur Open in FL this week.

For those of you who may not have heard of the US Amateur Championship (not to be confused with the above tourney), it is well worth your money. It may be sponsored by the APA, but you do NOT have to be an APA member. It has nothing to do with ratings or league play. The only qualification I believe is that you do not make the majority of your income from playing pool and that you hold a regular job. I have played in this tourney on three occasions and each time the tables were in excellent condition (4-1/2x9 may I add and not bar tables). It is a professionally run tourney. You will be playing against players who sometimes finish in the money in open tourneys and against player who are capable of running 2-4 consecutive racks. So the competition is not boring.

I'm not sure when the window closes for this year, but I think it is soon.
http://www.usamateurchampionship.com/

It is at Mr. Cues II this year in ATL.

 

[Njhustler1]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[uwate]

I played in the US Amateur Championship last year and its a GREAT tournament. There are regional qualifiers you have to play in to go to the national tournament, but I really liked this tournament for a number of reasons. First, the tournament is held Friday-Sun so you dont have to miss alot of work. Secondly, its a well run event and the host room, Mr Cues 2 in Atlanta is a fantastic room. There is action at the tournament (although you do have to keep your eyes open as the local monsters like Doug Young, Cliff, Paul Song, etc are all there). I hope to play again this year.

 

[Wild Thing II]

The Window close's

There seems to be a lot of negative messages about the US Amateur Open in FL this week.

For those of you who may not have heard of the US Amateur Championship (not to be confused with the above tourney), it is well worth your money. It may be sponsored by the APA, but you do NOT have to be an APA member. It has nothing to do with ratings or league play. The only qualification I believe is that you do not make the majority of your income from playing pool and that you hold a regular job. I have played in this tourney on three occasions and each time the tables were in excellent condition (4-1/2x9 may I add and not bar tables). It is a professionally run tourney. You will be playing against players who sometimes finish in the money in open tourneys and against player who are capable of running 2-4 consecutive racks. So the competition is not boring.

I'm not sure when the window closes for this year, but I think it is soon.
http://www.usamateurchampionship.com/

It is at Mr. Cues II this year in ATL.

On June 15th. Get you entry in now because they will NOT take any late entries. Trust me, I learned the hard way last year.

 

[Bigtruck]

Thanks

There seems to be a lot of negative messages about the US Amateur Open in FL this week.

For those of you who may not have heard of the US Amateur Championship (not to be confused with the above tourney), it is well worth your money. It may be sponsored by the APA, but you do NOT have to be an APA member. It has nothing to do with ratings or league play. The only qualification I believe is that you do not make the majority of your income from playing pool and that you hold a regular job. I have played in this tourney on three occasions and each time the tables were in excellent condition (4-1/2x9 may I add and not bar tables). It is a professionally run tourney. You will be playing against players who sometimes finish in the money in open tourneys and against player who are capable of running 2-4 consecutive racks. So the competition is not boring.

I'm not sure when the window closes for this year, but I think it is soon.
http://www.usamateurchampionship.com/

It is at Mr. Cues II this year in ATL.

Thanks for the headsup!

Definetely sound better than that one in FL!

Ray