The Outlaw 8 Ball Chip Pool Tournament

Schedule

Sat Apr 30 2022 at 04:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Location

The Outlaw | Ogden, UT

Must play 50% of this session to be invited to the end session event.
$20 entry fee, $10 added money, deeper payouts for 1/3 of the field.
There will be strict late entry penalties. No call ins, no friend referral, you must be present to enter for yourself.
Once tournament has started (first matches called) any entry after this will be considered late and lose one chip. At 4:31 til 5:00 you will lose 2, 5:01 til 5:30 3 chips will be removed from total. 5:31 til 6 4 will be removed. No entry accepted after 6:00. You are not 5 minutes late at 6:05 you are 2 hours and 5 minutes late.
Traditional tournaments take too long? Tired of long waits to play? Do you never place in the money? This format is for you! Want a fair event for fun and competitive 8 Ball? No one runs a better event in Northern Utah. Deeper payouts, faster play, great learning experience. This format offers everything in one cool event. Top players need to bring their best, and everyone gets to compete.
Signups start at 3:30pm - Breaking balls starts at 4pm! At 4:30 late entries start and 6:00 ends the late entry window.
Late entries are taken, but there are chip penalties the longer you wait. Tournament director has final say on chip allocations.
$20 entry fee per player, $10 added per player/$2 of added money goes to $2 8 Ball Breaks and Session ending tournament*
VNEA Rules, each match consists of one game of 8 ball, flip for every break, loser pays the extra quarter and racks, no long waits to play, winner stays at table, loser gets a chip removed. Many people can compete and win this format.
Play until you lose all your “chips”. Chips equal loses, there is not a handicap between two players, just how many chips you have before losing out. **
Chips allocated based on FargoRate. If you do not have one yet we will assign you one. They are free, it is just a way to rank players by ability around the world. Chips may be adjusted by the tournament director based on field size or time. This will be evaluated and done prior to play with near full field. See TD for additional details.
InGen Tournament Software used (submitted to FargoRate).
.25 scratches used for additional payouts. First player not in “the money” of the tournament payout gets quarter pot.
Late entries will be chip adjusted based on the field and by the TD.

8 Ball Breaks…must be legal, no fouls, scratching does not count. See the TD for the payout after you make one. There is no limit. 8 ball breaks are not a win. VNEA rules dictate a spot of the 8 or a re-rack. See bartender to open table and get the 8 ball out of table or to re-rack game.
After at least 10 weeks (approx., depends on location schedule, announcement and invitations will be sent) the balance of the pot will become added money for a session ending tournament. This will be on a Saturday in place of the normal chip tournament. Chip totals will be increased for the special tournament. Players will need to be ranked from previous play in the tournament. The software keeps track of events and participation. It will be by invitation only.
**The FargoRate is not set by the tournament director except for players who do not have one, then the TD will create a starter rate for you. Men at 525, ladies at 425 unless known skill level is different. Results are uploaded to the FargoRate database, and then the FargoRate group will update player ratings. Typically this is updated every week. These are publicly available on the FargoRate app and website. You can look up any player in the world to review their rating. While a player is under a preliminary rating, TD may adjust to meet player ability (if artificially high or low due to low number of games played). This is rare and requires special circumstances. Once established (200 games played), that becomes the players official FargoRate. This can be used anywhere in the world that uses the FargoRate system for handicapped events.
There are ranges that the FargoRate and tournament software will use to allocate chips to a player. If you are close to one of those numbers, you may jump between number of chips from event to event. One hypothetical scenario could be a 539 rated player and a 540 rated player. The 540 will get 3 chips and a 539 will get 4. While this can seem unfair, the chip level is set, and a player’s chip total will be set with these thresholds in place. The tournament director will use the FargoRate listed on the day of event.
FargoRates do not have a direct correlation to any other handicap format (A/B/C or Old Utah Open 3-7 rating, etc.).
Dr Dave has a detailed rating systems chart here...
https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/rating/abcd/
The rate gives you chips (loses). There is no handicap between any two players in the event. The ranges become smaller for higher FargoRates, which serves to reduce chips for higher rated players.
These chip field ranges are meant to be fair and allow the tournament to complete on time. They are based on the players who regularly attend this event. Current ranges are set after several years of running this chip style event. Recalculation would be considered if warranted.
If you have multiple FargoRates, the highest will be used. Do not request additional chips. They are set by your FargoRate and the preset ranges in the software. There will not be alterations of ranges or chip counts on the day of the event.
Full fields, Slow play and leaving the event:
As the field nears being full, there will be a requirement in place to time matches. To complete the event prior to bar closing, a 10-minute clock will be used. After the 10-minute threshold, a shot clock will be used for both players.
Matches will be timed in the software. National averages of 8 minutes per game will be set. Once a match is called, each player has 2 minutes to break the game. While any one game can take longer to play, safeties, misses etc., there will be monitoring of matches. It is 100% the players responsibility to be ready for the start of the game, to make honest attempts to play to the best of their ability and not “cheat” the field by using slow play tactics. Smoking, restroom use and getting drinks need to be done before a match is called. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED TO A MATCH TO DO THESE THINGS!
If you have any doubt, look at the tournament board and see where you are located. If you are within 4 players from a match, you will be called at any time.
Leaving the location will need to be planned accordingly. There will be no special time exemption when a player leaves the event location. As the matches progress, if a player is absent, they will be afforded the 2-minute grace period, and then will be given a loss for that game. If there is an extenuating circumstance, the player must alert the tournament director. If approved, a onetime reset of a called match may be allowed (the player will be moved back into the waiting queue one round. This is at the TD discretion (this is not a privilege and does not need to be approved). If the second scheduled match is called, the 2-minute rule applies.
Penalties for slow play or missing a match. After the 2-minute grace period, the late player will lose the match and a chip. If the loss of chip is the last chip, the late player will be eliminated from the event. Even if you leave the location, this will be enforced. We do not want this to happen, but it is the players responsibility, not the location or tournament director. Players who abuse or take this to the limits will be placed into the slow play shot clock protocol as described below.
If there is slow play in a game, a 60 second shot clock will be implemented. 1st foul is a warning, 2nd is ball in hand for opponent, 3rd foul is loss of game. The shot clock will apply to both players if invoked. You must contact the tournament director to implement these timers. You cannot do this yourself. The penalties carry over to the next match(s), and a player who was penalized will start at loss of game for remainder of the event for continued slow play.

SLOW PLAY RULES. The nature of a chip tournament means lasting longer gets you closer to the money. In the spirit of fun and fair play, intentionally stalling or slow playing will be penalized. There are certain moments during a game that may require extra thought or concentration. However, continuously taking 1 to 3 minutes between shots is not acceptable. Giving the appearance of stalling to make the match last longer will result in removal of chips, up to being eliminated from the days tournament. The TD can see what is going on and has been around a long time, has seen all the moves, and knows the difference between a difficult shot and just sandbagging. It is up to the players to respect all the entrants. No one wants to place these restrictions on players, but they will be when it is needed.

The tournament director will assign a player to time the match. After a warning, any longer than ONE MINUTE between shots will be a foul as addressed above.

These rules are in place to protect the field from anyone who intentionally tries to stretch the rules. These will be enforced more strictly after this behavior is observed. There could be a slow play clock put on players who repeat this violation.
Players entering the tournament late will have chips removed from their starting total based on the field average of lost chips.
See Tournament Director (TD) for additional details.

Where is it happening?

The Outlaw, 1254 W 2100 S,Ogden,UT,United States

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