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Top Pool Bar moves pool event to Tuesdays
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Posted on Jan 19 2005
Citing a scheduling conflict with the 2005 CNMI Billiards League, Top Pool Bar has decided to move its planned weekly 9-ball competition from Wednesdays, as originally planned, to Tuesdays.
Top Pool Bar manager Zheng Jian Qing said the change means the launch date of the pool extravaganza is on Jan. 25 instead of the Jan. 26 kick-off as earlier reported.
After failing to create much of a buzz for pool tournaments last year, Zheng is bringing back billiards to Top Pool Bar starting with the 9-ball Tuesday competition.
In cooperation with Pacific Trading Co. and its Miller Lite brand, the Top Pool Bar 9-Ball Open Tournament begins at 8pm next Tuesday and those interested must fork over $15 to join the pool-fest.
The slightly higher entry fee assures winners an also bigger payday, according to Zheng. The champion of the 9-ball event is guaranteed $150, while the runner-up won’t go home empty handed and receives $90.
According to Zheng, rules of the Billiards Congress of America apply for the competition. He said alternate breaks for players will be implemented and fishing and nine-ball-in-a-break are allowed.
He said good players would also be given handicaps to allow neophytes and average players at least a chance of upsetting the better players. Certified pool sharks would be given handicaps of five, while average players and newcomers need only four games under their belt to be declared the winner.
Zheng noted that the Tuesday tournament could only accommodate a maximum of 16 players and entries would be on a first come, first serve basis.
As well as getting slots for the tournament, early birds also get a chance to practice for free on any of Top Pool Bar’s seven full-size billiard tables an hour before the competition.
Unlike other billiard halls on Saipan, Top Pool Bar boasts of 9-1/2-by-5-foot pool tables usually found in professional tournaments.
Top Pool Bar is located behind GIG Disco at the heart of the tourist district in Garapan.
For more information on the Top Pool Bar 9-Ball Open Tournament, call 233-6999 and look for Zheng. (Mark Rabago)
