Who's at the Reno Open.....
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Tom In Cincy said:
Thats all? Seems kinda like a weak calcutta. I'd think SVB would go for well over 1000?
JCIN said:
Well, now that I think about it, it's not like local or smaller tournaments where you know there are going to definitely be 3 or 4 guys at the end, which causes an inflation if you will. I mean these guys are capable of beating eachother in any one set. So, I guess I'd be a bit leary in risking too much in a tournament like this where anybody is capable of winning. Although, you would think guys would form corperations and make it a little more exciting and at least get 4 digit numbers up there for the elite such as SVB.
Smorgass Bored said:
no richey o.........its moose season in alaska
1on1pooltournys said:
This tournament isn't what it used to be. 20 years ago the Sands was a $20,000 added $300 entry event, and they were getting all the best players from everywhere. Its more of a regional event now. Last time I went to this event was about 3 years ago. The Sands has been making good money of pool events for a long time, its hard to believe that they can't get the Sands to put up more than 12K for this event. When I was there I noticed the tables on the casino floor were full with spectators and players from the tournament. I then went to other casinos in the area and could not find a casino that even had any dealers on the floor, the Sands was the only place around where you could play blackjack or craps and the reason was the tournament.
The tribal casinos in California are really killing the casinos in Reno right now. It seems to me that putting on big events in Reno would be a win-win situation. If a casino in Reno would put up $100K for an event similar to DCC, they would probobly get around 350-400 payers which would bring many more spectators the majority of which are gamblers. The problem is that it seems that we as the pool community seem to be happy with a low level of money being added to such a long running event.
Richie O. to the moose, "you certainly have a nice rack, honey"
Well, that explains it, but I thought he already had a girlfriend...
Doug
jamesroberts said:
Well, that explains it, but I thought he already had a girlfriend...
Doug
vinmaps
POOL CLASS *****istrator
Reno Open 6pm matches, Wed 12/5
Pick the winners and win bragging points:
Oscar Dominguez vs Damien Allishan
Tony Chohan vs Warren Lew
Michael Stansbury vs Gary Paton
Danny Kuykendall vs Nick Cano
Chuckie Holyoke vs Larry Davis
Melvin Sharp vs Stevon Gonzales
Mark Tiu vs Rich Magnun
Dave Olson vs Ramin Bakhtiari
Deo Alpajora vs Josh Burbel
Colin Mazaika vs Rylan Hartnett
Matt Scanlon vs Tinsley Johnson
Nick Kruger vs Jerry Sharpen
Douglas Wu vs Kings Santy
Tom Goulter vs Larry Storey
Derek Pergoski vs Danny Medina
Brian Law vs Bill Brown
Who you rootin' for?
Pick the winners and win bragging points:
Oscar Dominguez vs Damien Allishan
Tony Chohan vs Warren Lew
Michael Stansbury vs Gary Paton
Danny Kuykendall vs Nick Cano
Chuckie Holyoke vs Larry Davis
Melvin Sharp vs Stevon Gonzales
Mark Tiu vs Rich Magnun
Dave Olson vs Ramin Bakhtiari
Deo Alpajora vs Josh Burbel
Colin Mazaika vs Rylan Hartnett
Matt Scanlon vs Tinsley Johnson
Nick Kruger vs Jerry Sharpen
Douglas Wu vs Kings Santy
Tom Goulter vs Larry Storey
Derek Pergoski vs Danny Medina
Brian Law vs Bill Brown
Who you rootin' for?
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Come on BIg Dog get it right
Sands put up 26,500, 15,000 guarnateed for first.
Man u are wrong on the other casinos being dead. Remember the Sands Casino floor is smaller than any other downtown. We and my large group never stayed there to gamble unless we had to. We went to the El Dorado mostly and the old Flamingo. You are wrong. Other casinos were packed, expecially on the weekend and more so when the summer tourny ran.
The Sands venue can barely handle a venue of 200 much less 350-400.
thebigdog said:
Sands put up 26,500, 15,000 guarnateed for first.
Man u are wrong on the other casinos being dead. Remember the Sands Casino floor is smaller than any other downtown. We and my large group never stayed there to gamble unless we had to. We went to the El Dorado mostly and the old Flamingo. You are wrong. Other casinos were packed, expecially on the weekend and more so when the summer tourny ran.
The Sands venue can barely handle a venue of 200 much less 350-400.
An interesting, curious, situation.
I just talked to a friend of mine on site and he relayed this wierd story.
He remembered seeing Mark Tadd play years ago and was real impressed but he was not sure this was the same guy entered in this tournament cause he had not heard of him playing again. So he stopped by to watch his first match with some guy named Frank.
Lo and behold Mark ran the first 3 racks, then missed on a 4 ball, then get this, he proceeded to push the balls to the rack area, forfeiting the game. He continued the same procedure. He never let his opponent shoot. If he missed, game over, and a loss. He did win the match, but don't know the score. I have never seen anyone do that, not even Earl.
P.S. Well I still havent cause I am not there. Might fly up tomorrow though.
I just talked to a friend of mine on site and he relayed this wierd story.
He remembered seeing Mark Tadd play years ago and was real impressed but he was not sure this was the same guy entered in this tournament cause he had not heard of him playing again. So he stopped by to watch his first match with some guy named Frank.
Lo and behold Mark ran the first 3 racks, then missed on a 4 ball, then get this, he proceeded to push the balls to the rack area, forfeiting the game. He continued the same procedure. He never let his opponent shoot. If he missed, game over, and a loss. He did win the match, but don't know the score. I have never seen anyone do that, not even Earl.
P.S. Well I still havent cause I am not there. Might fly up tomorrow though.
Whoever wins between Jeff Clark and Dick Wadsworth is in BIG trouble in their next match.
nfty9er said:
Meh... I guess being a born again Christian determined to win souls hasn't made him any more of a good sport.
The first time he did it should have been loss of two games. The second time, loss of match. How the hell is his opponent supposed to catch a stroke if he never lets them hit a ball unless they sink a ball on the break?
Yup.. I am STILL convinced Mark is a jerk. A very very VERY talented jerk... But still a jerk.
Russ
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vinmaps said:
Good for them! They get to go home with scalps, and they'll be the talk of their poolrooms for quite a while..
Russ
nfty9er said:
I thought I read on the AZ home page that there was 12K added, maybe I was mistaken. But one thing I do know, is that the Reno casinos are hurting. I know about the casinos struggling there because my dad worked for El Dorado in operations management up until about 4 years ago. The Reno casinos are taking a beating from places like Thunder Valley and Jackson Rancheria.
As for the Sands not being able to accomodate 350, I can tell you this. I played in the USPPA Pro-Am there back in Dec 1990 and there was 332 players in that event if I remember correct. Think about that over 330 for the pro am and the following week the pros had around 120. Its been done, at that very location. You can ask Jay Helfert he directed the tournaments at that time.