I am usually all positive and a cool character but not today.I went and played an 8 an under at The Sets and it was the worst tournament I have attended ever.So let me get started and vent and put this behind me,if it was just one thing I guess I wouldn't need to but it was 5 or 6 things.
Sign up was supposed to be at 11am but the doors were closed to the place and it was amost an hour before they were opened up,ok so not too big of a deal.Its supposed to be a $30 entry but they decided to go with a green fee which added $15 which some players thought was too high but the show must go on.The place is probably 90 degrees inside and its a sauna,no air conditioning turned on for the players,just an industrial fan 10 feet from a few of the tables so you have to play in a wind tunnel and adjusting shot for wind speed like your doing long range target shooting,lol.
A small thing wass the sun coming in through the door to the outside,no tint or anything on the door so anytime you have to shoot that way prepare to be blinded,the sun is bright here in AZ.Another thing was the chalks there are all worn down,the big banger hole chalks which get all over your ferrule,chalk is cheap atleast provide that for the players.
We are playing the tourney with the big cueball well for the first round anyway,then they switched it to the small cueball in the middle of the 2nd round which now the game has changed and has affected all matches played before,during and after this.The next thing that happens just was the icing on the cake.I get called to play my match and I am playing a set with the guy,halfway through we get told that we arent supposed to be playing eachother and they had the brackets messed up,it wasnt just me and him,there were others too who had this happen to them.
I commend tournament directors and organizers because its not an easy job and I can see why Jay Helfert gets paid well to do it because he does it right.I have played tourneys here in AZ and they all have went smooth,even the rinky dink $5-$10 bar touneys go smooth,Kolbys and Metro is great with no problems.I just think if your going to put on a $500 added tourney with the total entry with side pots being a $100 then do it right or dont waste peoples time, energy and money.I went there first to have a good time and have good competition but grew more aggravated as it went along.
So I am done rambling and dont want to be a nit and if I am being one then tell me,if all these things add up to a bad tourney then it is what it is,I just call it like it like I see it.I hope next time they get it right but I doubt I will be there to see it.
Sign up was supposed to be at 11am but the doors were closed to the place and it was amost an hour before they were opened up,ok so not too big of a deal.Its supposed to be a $30 entry but they decided to go with a green fee which added $15 which some players thought was too high but the show must go on.The place is probably 90 degrees inside and its a sauna,no air conditioning turned on for the players,just an industrial fan 10 feet from a few of the tables so you have to play in a wind tunnel and adjusting shot for wind speed like your doing long range target shooting,lol.
A small thing wass the sun coming in through the door to the outside,no tint or anything on the door so anytime you have to shoot that way prepare to be blinded,the sun is bright here in AZ.Another thing was the chalks there are all worn down,the big banger hole chalks which get all over your ferrule,chalk is cheap atleast provide that for the players.
We are playing the tourney with the big cueball well for the first round anyway,then they switched it to the small cueball in the middle of the 2nd round which now the game has changed and has affected all matches played before,during and after this.The next thing that happens just was the icing on the cake.I get called to play my match and I am playing a set with the guy,halfway through we get told that we arent supposed to be playing eachother and they had the brackets messed up,it wasnt just me and him,there were others too who had this happen to them.
I commend tournament directors and organizers because its not an easy job and I can see why Jay Helfert gets paid well to do it because he does it right.I have played tourneys here in AZ and they all have went smooth,even the rinky dink $5-$10 bar touneys go smooth,Kolbys and Metro is great with no problems.I just think if your going to put on a $500 added tourney with the total entry with side pots being a $100 then do it right or dont waste peoples time, energy and money.I went there first to have a good time and have good competition but grew more aggravated as it went along.
So I am done rambling and dont want to be a nit and if I am being one then tell me,if all these things add up to a bad tourney then it is what it is,I just call it like it like I see it.I hope next time they get it right but I doubt I will be there to see it.
