As a Tournament Director, I tip my hat to New World Venture Pro Shop for taking a chance. I look forward to lacing them up!
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Hey Tony, do you have any more on the tourney at 11pm on the 21st?  Where is that at?
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"Typical House Bowler"

Is this still going on this friday night?
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"Typical House Bowler"

Results of the March 21 Tournament:

25 Entries
Winner-Take-All 1st game pot paid $250
2nd game pot paid $175 (1st) and $75 (2nd)

Cut score to top 16 was 365 for 2 games
1st - Bobby Hall $300
2nd - Carlos Payne $150
Semi Finalist - Tommy Gollick $57
Semi Finalist - Johnny McGill $57

Thanks to the staff of NWV Pro Shop for hosting a well run event!  Next tournament will be April 4th.

Stephen,

1) After the two qualifying games, the field is cut to a "bracket multiple" (16, 32, 64 etc.).  In the case of the first tournament, the field was cut to 16 for single elimination match play.

2) I spoke to the tournament organizer and I will do my best to accurately convey his thoughts.  Based on the nominal entry fee and number of entries, he wants to still have good payouts for the winners.  If the number of entries increase for future tournaments, the prize ratio could reduce to 1 in 4.

This is a new undertaking for him and he is open to hearing ideas that could make the tournament better.

I hope you can make it to the next tournament on April 4th and bring some friends.

Take care,
Keith

Just curious are they going to change it to a 3 game qualifying block so they can run brackets?  The high game were the only side action that we had last week and since its only 2 games, its gonna make it harder to get more guys to participate.
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"Typical House Bowler"

Stephen,

In this case, i see where the ratio of 1:8 comes from. Because its a bracket format, one has to look at paying folks in powers of 2, in other words paying just 1st and 2nd, or the top 4 (since 3rd and 4th lost at the same time), or the top 8 (since 3rd 4th lost at the same time, and 5,6,7, and 8 all lost at the same time). If you look at the entries needed to get to the cut number (ie you need between 16 and 31 entries to cut to the top 16, between 32 and 63 entries to cut to the top 32), then the corresponding ratio to pay in power of 2 is actually 1:8. For example, for 16 entries, everyone would make the cut into the 16-person bracket, and you would pay the top 2. You could pay the top 4, but now your ratio is 1:4 and like was stated, with minimal entry fee and no added cash, its hard to pay 1:4. How many tournaments do you play in that have a 1:4 without having money added to the prize fund?

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Latise Parker
40 Boards & A Ball
www.40boards.com

Edited on 3/31/2008 9:26 AM