Congrats
Lenny, but most likely, they will raise you where you can not win it, that's usually how it goes.
I have heard the Arizona rating system sucks, per a friend of mine, Donnie Brown, who moved back to OKC because of it.
It is one thing to handicap to get participation, but the rating system should not keep raising someone higher and higher till they do not have a chance to win anymore, which many do nowdays. When a handicap system raises someone ABOVE their skill level, the system is flawed.
BTW, who all is playing in a tournament this Super Bowl Weekend. I am playing is a monthly tournament (first Saturday of the month) at Southrock Billiards. 9 ball, 32 players, race to 6, $25 entry fee. $500 added for 32 players, $300 added for 16 players. Calcutta, and 1 day tournament
And I am going to buy some raffle tickets for the $1,000 Shurtz cue they are giving away on Sunday at the Superbowl party. $10 for 4 tickets.
Southrock frequently raffles off Shurtz cues at quite a few of their tournaments during the year, the big ones anyway. Bob Owen get credit too for contributing the cues for this.