OVERVIEW
- A SERIES CONSISTING OF EIGHT, EIGHT BALL TOURNAMENTS. ALL TOURNAMENTS WILL PROVIDE AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF PLAYING TIME AND PRIZE MONEY TO ALL SKILL LEVELS.
ELIGIBILITY
- OPEN TO ALL BIGWIGS LEAGUE PLAYERS WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR FORMER LEAGUE PLAYERS. THE MAXIMUM FIELD FOR EACH TOURNAMENT IS 32 PLAYERS.
SIGN-UP SHEET
- A SIGN-UP SHEET WILL BE POSTED PRIOR TO EACH TOURNAMENT. ALL SIGNED PLAYERS MUST ARRIVE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE DRAW. OPEN SPOTS WILL BE FILLED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.
TIMES
- ALL TOURNAMENTS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY. THE DRAW TAKES PLACE AT 12:45 P.M. AND PLAY WILL BEGIN AT 1 :00 P.M. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO COMPLETE FINAL MATCHES BY 8:08 P.M. OR A MAXIMUM OF ONE HOUR PER MATCH.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
- THE FIELD WILL BE PLACED IN ASCENDING ORDER FROM THE TOP SEED "HIGHEST RATED" TO THE BOTTOM SEED "LOWEST RATED". THE FIELD WILL THEN BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS OF EIGHT. FLIGHT A BEING THE TOP EIGHT SEEDED PLAYERS, FLIGHT B BEING THE NEXT EIGHT SEEDED PLAYERS AND SO ON.
- ALL RATING TIES FOR FLIGHTS WILL BE DECIDED BY A CARD DRAW. PLAYERS IN EACH FLIGHT WILL BE SHUFFLED FOR PLAYING POSITIONS.
EACH FLIGHT OF EIGHT PLAYS A DOUBLE KNOCKOUT UNTIL THE FLIGHT FINAL, WHICH IS
A SINGLE KNOCKOUT TO DETERMINE ONE WINNER FROM EACH FLIGHT. THE WINNERS FROM FLIGHTS A & B PLAYOFF, AND THE WINNERS OF FLIGHTS C & D PLAYOFF. (SEE PAYOUT SHEET). |
ENTRY FEE AND PAYOUT
THE ENTRY FEE FOR EACH TOURNAMENT IS $25.00. FROM EACH ENTRY FEE, $15.00 GOES TOWARDS THE MAIN EVENT, $2.00 GOES TOWARDS FINAL OPPORTUNITY-LAST CHANCE.
HANDICAPS
AS EACH FLIGHT WILL BE POPULATED WITH LIKE SKILLED PLAYERS, WE EXPECT MOST MATCHES TO BE HANDICAPPED WITHIN ONE GAME OR TWO GAMES.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY...LAST CHANCE
PLAYERS KNOCKED OUT BY THE THIRD ROUND ARE ELIGIBLE. THE ENTRY FEE IS $2.00, THE DRAW IS TOP SEED DOWN AND THE FORMAT IS SINGLE KNOCKOUT.
CRAZY EIGHTS FINAL
- PLAYERS MUST COMPETE IN A MINIMUM OF TWO TOURNAMENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FINAL.
- ENTRY FEE IS $25.00 FOR PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN SIX OR MORE CRAZY EIGHTS TOURNAMENTS. FOR PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN LESS THAN SIX TOURNAMENTS, THE ENTRY FEE IS $25.00 PLUS $8.00 FOR EACH TOURNAMENT PLAYED UNDER SIX.
- THE FORMAT WILL BE THE SAME AS MONTHLY CRAZY EIGHTS TOURNAMENTS, HOWEVER, THERE COULD BE EIGHT FLIGHTS OF EIGHT PLAYERS. MAXIMUM FIELD IS 64 PLAYERS.
- BIGWIGS ADDS ALL GREEN FEES COLLECTED FROM ALL MONTHLY CRAZY EIGHTS TOURNAMENTS TO THE PRIZE POOL FOR THE FINAL.
THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT CRAZY EIGHTS
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