Category: Pool Rooms
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Pool Synergy: The Perfect Pool Tournament
Steps to follow for a great tournament as told by our Pool Synergy writers. In this month’s edition of the Pool Synergy blogging initiative, I’ve asked our panel of opinionated players to tell us what they think makes for a great tournament. It is my hope that pool room owners, tournament directors, counter men and…
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Pool Synergy: Tournament Directors Unboxed
I would like to ask all Tournament Directors to please step out of the box. The scary trend of plummeting tournament attendance requires some fresh thinking. Michael Page, owner of Fargo Billiards & Gastropub, has served up some super fresh twists on traditional tournaments. Maybe having the largest pool room in the western hemisphere and…
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Thirty-One Tips: 25. Understand a Calcutta
Get into the action at a tournament through the Calcutta. A friend of mine asked me to clarify exactly how a Calcutta works at a pool tournament. I have been to many Calcuttas and I witnessed a first just last weekend at Fargo Billiards. The full field player auction of 82 players gathered over $10,000…
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Thirty-One Tips: 21. Patronize Good Tournaments
Attend tournaments that offer good quality and value. When you’re there, show your appreciation buy eating, drinking, and by thanking management and staff. I just rolled into Fargo Billiards and saw the event sheet below. Free breakfast?!  THANK YOU, Mike Page and Rory. No wonder they get players from South Dakota, Winnipeg, St. Louis, Twin…