justabanger said:
You can play too but you 9's just play safe too much. Lets do something that is more like total offense or old school 9 ball or even a ring game would be fun. I am always good for a donation and I am not opposed to making it open to who ever wants to play no matter what they are rated. Maybe we can even get Ray to play if he is not too busy.
Justin <--- I just want to play!
I would play just about any format that is offered...
I am not a big fan of ring games though.....I never seem to get left an open shot.....but I would give it a shot.
Here is a format that could be fun though...
Everyone starts with a set amount of chips (say 10)...It could even be weighted by current rating if necessry....
you have two challenge tables going. You do a random draw to see who the first four players are, the rest get randomly drawn into a line up....The player that loses gives a chip to the winner and must get back in at the end of the line. The winner stays at the table.
The first person in line will play the winner of whatever table finishes thier game first.
After 30 minutes of play, the cost goes up to two chips...after another 30 minutes of play it goes up to 3 chips...and so on...
You basically play the challenge matches until one person has all the chips.
Everyone throws in $50 for 10 chips.
variations on how this can be played to make it more interesting....
The winner breaks, but you could give the incomming player the option after the break to raise the bet......The breaker would then have the option to re-raise....and the incomming player would have the option to cap the bet at 4 chips.
Note: if a player raises the bet the other player has the option to "fold" and the raiser wins the rack and the previously betted money.
Of course I doubt anyone would fold in the initial rounds, but when the ante becomes 7 or 8 chips or more and someone breaks big and makes 2-3 balls and scratches and leaves a wide open table an 8 chip raise may cause the breaker to fold (if they think the incomming player is going to run out....if they don't think the incomming player will run out...re-raise)
Using the raise route...I would suggest starting with 20-30 chips.
Re-buys could also be an option....$50 for 20-30 chips.
At some point you could also make the raise amount "no-limit"....after the break the incomming player could say....."all in"
Guaranteed pressure builder as the day goes on...
