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                                                                01/28/2010

Hello everyone: as our leagues go full force into the second half of the season, and  we get closer to our annual challenge of participating in the National Amateur 8-ball Championship in Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel;  we decided to open  this page to those of you that may have comments, thoughts and opinions about any of the activities that concern our Diablo Valley Pool league.

Feel free to share with all of us your concerns. Don't mind if do. It seems that lately the tournaments in the area have become much of a routine donation to  those excellent players that dominate the scene week after week..

We have decided to make some adjustments to try to mix it up and let other players have a chance at getting to the top money.

Your feed back is welcome.

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                                                               01/27/10

Cony;

 
Although I haven't played in the Vinnie's tournament and don't plan to,  I thought I would chime in with a response to your new regulations when there are less than 16 players.
The longer the race (from a single game to two or from two to three) favors the better player as anyone can win one game or a short series but the longer the series goes the better player has the advantage. 
So in essence increasing the amount of games needed to win a match is something that will ensure better players will move on and not the other way around!

            R.M

 

 

  

                        

New Guidelines for Friday Nite Vinnie's Tournament! 

-We have been holding this tournament for over a decade, the last 5 years at Vinnie's Bar.  This tournament is known for it's high caliber of players who come from all over the bay to compete.  In order to give all players more of an even playing field we are creating new guidelines and see how this works.   

-Master Players and players over an 8.5 average in Open league - will be asked to give handicap to lower caliber players.  The tournament director will use their discretion as needed for handicapping. 

-When we don't have more that 16 players and we do a race to 2 these players will race to 3 and the rest will race to 2. 

-When we have 16 players or more and we play a single game, these players will race to 2 while others will race to 1 game. 

-As far as other tournaments currently experiencing the same such as BarNone, I truly suggest that the qualified players kindly sit out of the tournament until the play off so that other players can have a chance to qualify for prices too. We ask our players to please use discretion while participating in other tournaments. 

thanks