Weekly local 9 ft. table 8-ball tournaments?

good question. I run a 8 ball tourney on the big tables. Only we alternate weekly between 9 & 8 ball. I Get more players showing up for the nine ball however.

It seems that all the other weekly 8 ball tournaments around here are on bar boxes though. I think most people are used to playing 8 ball on smaller tables.
 
We have an IPT rules 8ball tourney on 9 footers every week at
Uncle Jack's in Lynnwood (used to be called The Breaking Point).
 
Tuesday nights, 8 Ball World Standard Rules

Hardtimes Billiards Sacramento CA

Signups start at 7pm close at 730 sharp.

Format is a "Line tournament" you play for 2½ hours.
Played on very tight 9 foot Gold Crowns in our special Tournament room
 
Tom In Cincy said:
...Format is a "Line tournament" you play for 2½ hours.
Played on very tight 9 foot Gold Crowns in our special Tournament room
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What is a "Line tournament"?
 
Billy_Bob said:
What is a "Line tournament"?
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A 'line' tournament consists multiple rounds of single games of (in this case 8ball)

The players are ranked by skill level. If there are 16 players you must have 8 tables to keep the tournament moving.
Skill levels will be from the #1 player to the #16 player.
Player #1 will play Player #2 on table #1
Player #3 will play Player #4 on table #2
5 vrs 6 on 3
7 vrs 8 on 4
and so on until you have player 15 playing player 16 on table 8.

One game of 8ball is played (this is call a round). The winner advances to the next highest table (if you win on table 2 you move to table 1) and the loser moves down a table (if you lose on table 2 you move to table 3)

The TD keeps score of the wins for each round (getting the info from the players after their one game is played. The winner is responsible for reporting the win to the TD.)

In 2½ hours with average play, you can get 12-15 rounds of 8ball.
First place is the player that has the most wins, if there is a tie, those two players split the 1st and 2nd place cash.

I've had as many as 8 winners (including ties) in a 16 player field.

This format also provides for the lessor skilled players to have a chance at some of the prize money. The bottom half of the field (8-16) usually ends up playing against each other and the player(s) that get hot, can usually place in the cash. Of course the upper level players are beating up each other on the first 4 tables.

No late nites for the players, the tournament is over at 10pm and the entry of $10 is, in most cases, less that 2½ hours of paying for table time, with a chance to win $$.

There is enough time between rounds for players to take a quick break, so they aren't allowed any breaks while playing their ONE game.
 
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