NH Steve
Administrator
Okay it is time to choose our location for our Jun 5-6-7 Members Only Tournament (MOT). We have four rooms to choose from this year -- two new locations and two repeat locations. Here they are with the basic information as provided by our local room liaisons. These tournaments are a blast and are highly competitive! If you have never been to one, everyone who has can vouch for how much fun they are. Rooms that have 12 tables require an early start on Friday (noon). Rooms with 16 tables or more available for tournament play can start at 4 PM Friday. All locations finish by Sunday night at a reasonable hour because we will play to strict progress goals in the tournament bracket both Friday and Saturday night.
Please vote only for a location that you hope to actually attend in 2020 -- otherwise we really don't know how robust our turnout might be. Also please note you can vote for more than one room!
Michael’s Billiards (Fairfield, OH -- Cincinnati area)
Chris's Billiards (Chicago) wants us back - the owners, the local action one pocket players, the side-betters, and the sweaters all want youse guys back!
California Billiards -- Fremont CA
Amazin Billiards -- Malden MA (Boston area)
Please vote only for a location that you hope to actually attend in 2020 -- otherwise we really don't know how robust our turnout might be. Also please note you can vote for more than one room!
Michael’s Billiards (Fairfield, OH -- Cincinnati area)
Michael's is owned by long time Banks player and pool supporter, Michael Medley, and there is a tradition of action in his room. His room hosts a display featuring a granite tablet with the pool legend tribute poem "You'll be up here yet". Cincy_kid and Youngstownkid would be our local reps. Michael is a member here but rarely posts.
12 regulation 9’ tables will be dedicated for tournament use
Food, snacks, and alcohol are available.
Non-smoking room.
Greens fees $25 per person for the weekend.
$500 added money
Chris's Billiards (Chicago) wants us back - the owners, the local action one pocket players, the side-betters, and the sweaters all want youse guys back!
Me and Chicago Mike would be your local representatives/advocates.
There are 16 great playing tables to be dedicated for the tournament - 6 Diamonds and 10 Gold Crowns - and the Gold Crowns have been beautifully redone, with new rubber/rails, and recovered.
There are also 5 heated Euro 3cushion tables and 2 6x12 snooker tables.
Food, snacks, and BYO alcohol are available.
The room is a non-smoking room.
Greens fees will be only $10 per person for the weekend.
$500 would be added.
Chris's Billiards is just two blocks from the freeway entrance/exit...and O'Hare airport, Chicago's major airport, is only 4 exits down from Chris's.
Plus there are two great features at Chris's Billiards/an old school players room, that you won't find anywhere else = #1. There is no jukebox/loud/bad music playing/allowed in the main tournament room - you just hear that beautiful old school sound > the click of the balls (and maybe some loud cursing every so often due to missed shots or selling out, lol)...and #2. No uncomfortable, back-ache inducing, backless barstools like a lot of rooms very wrongly (imo) have for their serious players and sweaters --- instead, Chris's has 2-6 comfortable stadium chairs surrounding every table .
And lastly....we've got 9 members of onepocket.org here in town, and they would all probably play in the tournament, giving an instant jump up to get the full 32 player field.
California Billiards -- Fremont CA
They have 8 - 9’ Diamond tables by them selves, and 20 other tables 9’ available for play; 30 tables total.
Good food
Close to three airports
Major hotel next door
The owner Chris Swart does support One Pocket dot Org and will probably add money. He also gets us a great room rate at the Holiday Inn for about $100/night which includes a breakfast. Now it's on the west coast so it is not centrally located but for playing in a great room with added money and a safe hotel to stay in, you cannot do better than that.
Our local promoters are baby huey (Jerry Matchin) and Scrzbill and the owner Chris Swart is a member here also.
Amazin Billiards -- Malden MA (Boston area)
12 - 9' pool tables mostly Gold Crowns in a well lit room
Mazin Shooni is a former 3 cushion national champion, so he also has 4 gorgeous heated billiard tables as well as a beautiful full sized snooker table! We have a number of local onepocket.org members in the area, including the founder of onepocket.org. In 2019 Mazin's hosted a regional One Pocket tournament with about 32 players, so there is a good interest in the game in the greater Boston area
The room is non smoking, and does not serve alcohol or food (beyond snacks)
Food can be ordered in, and in fact there are is both a separate dining room and a TV area with tables for eating.
Logan airport is nearby
Mazin has an arrangement for a Best Western hotel for under $100/night
Greens fees $25
$500 added
NH Steve will be your local liaison
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