Category: Tournament Reports
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Thirty-One Tips: 27. Tell Tournament Directors Your Opinion
To help improve pool tournaments, politely express your opinions to those in charge. This tip is a little bit local, but the idea could be useful anywhere that players would like to see bigger and better tournaments. I’ve put on pool tournaments in the past. There is no doubt promoting, organizing, and running a pool…
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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…
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Trivia Winner! Mosconi Cup Quiz.
Congratulations to Dave Coon for correctly guessing(knowing) that the Mosconi Cup is modeled after golf’s Ryder Cup. He wins a $10 gift certificate to PoolDawg. Here is the format of the Mosconi Cup. Thursday, December 9, 2010 – 7pm Match 1 Team match (all 5 to play) Match 2 Doubles match Match 3 Singles match…