Billiard Coach – Mike Fieldhammer

2015 Bet Fred World Snooker Championship

Posted on 26. Apr, 2015 by Mike Fieldhammer.

There’s 8 days to go and 12 players remaining, soon to be eight. I’m glad I’ve got things to do Monday. I won’t be missing but a handful of frames of snooker.

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Betfred World Snooker Championships 2015

Posted on 17. Apr, 2015 by Mike Fieldhammer.

World Snooker Championships begins tomorrow!

My favorite event all year gets underway tomorrow morning! For the uninitiated, it is the final event of the snooker season and a huge one at that. It’s a seventeen day tournament with the top 16 in the world seeded playing 16 qualifiers that have played in the previous weeks to secure a spot. The draw is on the World Snooker website or updated in near real time at Wikipedia. Links below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_World_Snooker_Championship

http://www.worldsnooker.com/

 

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Bonus Ball, where have you gone?

Posted on 17. Apr, 2015 by Mike Fieldhammer.

Seems like a lifetime ago, but I think Bonus Ball’s whimpering demise was just over a year ago. Any chance it will make a return? Does anyone know if the studio still sits vacant in Las Vegas?

 

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Brand New Pool Tournament Format

Posted on 08. Sep, 2014 by Mike Fieldhammer.

Saturday Action Challenge

Presented by

Billiard Coach and Jimmy’s Pro Billiards

(Flyer verbiage)

20 pool players matching up in the same pool room over eight hours. At minimum, 40 sets for at least $50/set. Spectators, have you ever seen action on ten tables and five different games? Get involved in the Saturday Action Challenge. Bring cash — In God We Trust, All Others: Post Up!

(End flyer verbiage)

Rules Draft 2

Twenty invited players will randomly match up in four $25 sets in five varieties of pool.

At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday October 11, 2014 at Jimmy’s Pro Billiards, twenty players will pay $100 entry plus the $10 daily special to participate in this groundbreaking action packed event. The first round of matches will be determined by a random draw. One player from each of the ten matches will pull a scrabble tile out of a bag to determine the game format of their match. Tiles distribution and resulting game format is as follows:

Letter Drawn	Number Tiles in Bag	Game
T	3	Ten Ball on 9 Foot Table — Winner Break, Race to 9
E	3	Eight Ball on 7 Foot Table — Alternate Break, Race to 7
O	2	One Pocket on 9 Foot Table — Alternate Break, Race to 3
B	1	Banks (short rack) on 9 Foot Table — Winner Break, Race to 4
S	1	Straight Pool on 9 Foot Table — Race to 80 points

 

Winning players must report the match score and collect their $50 winnings immediately. Players will be placed on an overall standings board ranked by points earned, then secondly as fewest points given up as tie breakers.

Points awarded for games won/lost in 8-ball and 10-ball will be given to exactly reflect the final match score. For example, a match ends with Chuck beating Buck 7-4 in 8-ball. Chuck gets 7 points with 4 points as a tie break while Buck gets 4 points with 7 points as a tie break. Louie beats Dewey 9-7 in 10-ball. The standings board looks like this after these matches:

Overall Standing	Player	Win Points	Tie-Break Points
1	Louie	9	7
2	Chuck	7	4
3	Dewey	7	9
4	Buck	4	7

 

 

 

One-Pocket points will be awarded by games multiplied by 2 and bank pool scores multiplied by 1.5. Straight pool points in a game will be divided by 10. For example, Will edges out Bill in banks 4-3, Don crushes John 80-27 in straight pool, and Jack beats Mack 3-1 in one-pocket.

Adding these three matches to the overall standings results in this:

Overall Standing	Player	Win Points	Tie-Break Points
1	Louie	9	7
2	Don	8	2.7
3	Chuck	7	4
4	Dewey	7	9
5	Will	6	4.5
6	Jack	6	2
7	Bill	4.5	6
8	Buck	4	7
9	John	2.7	8
10	Mack	2	6

 

After all ten first round matches are completed, pairings for the next round will be by standings. 1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, etc. and player with the odd ranking will draw the tile to determine the game. Player with the even rating will be given the option for the first break in the match.

Side bets are encouraged between players, spectators, or anyone within shouting distance. Racking procedures (e.g. rack your own, magic rack, 10 on the break, etc.) are to be negotiated between players before their match begins. If negotiations fail, the tournament director (a.k.a. stake holder) will step in and dictate terms.

Each round should take a maximum of two hours. Rounds three and four will commence just as round two. In the unlikely event of an exact tie in win points and tie-break points, a coin toss will determine the player’s positions in the chart.

In the event of an emergency, a player may leave between rounds but before the game has been drawn given that he/she finds a replacement player and notifies the tournament director. Entry money will not be refunded, but the player may make a deal with their substitute.

This event is sure to fill and pre-registration/posting up is required. Please let me know if you’d like to reserve a spot and pay (post up) Jimmy or me to lock in your spot as soon as possible. I’ll list the confirmed players in the next message in this thread.

Thanks,
Mike Fieldhammer

 

Updated player list will be in the forums here: http://www.billiardcoach.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2816

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