While its $1,000 big money tournament last Saturday had a lukewarm response, Top Pool Bar is hoping to have more success with the return of its weekly 8-ball competition starting this Aug. 30 at the Garapan watering hole and sports bar.<\/p>\n
Manager and owner Zheng Jian Qing said unlike the $1,000 Professional 8-Ball Tournament, entry fee for the weekly competition is a more modest $15 per player.<\/p>\n
However, like the big money tournament, the still unnamed 8-ball competition every Saturday will continue to be off-limits to himself as well as fellow pool sharks Roger Espiritu and Jerry Soriano.<\/p>\n
Zheng said he is taking himself out of the tournament and will not extend invitations to Espiritu and Soriano to allow other up-and-coming cue artists to take the spotlight in the weekly 8-ball event.<\/p>\n
He added that it also makes sense that they be excluded from the competition, as their skill and experience tend to scare away the island\u2019s other pool aficionados.<\/p>\n
With the $15 entry fee, the top purse for the tournament is expected to be $110, provided all 16 slots are filled. Correspondingly, Top Pool Bar will award $80 and $50 for second and third placers, respectively.<\/p>\n
Like previous competitions at Top Pool Bar, players can warm up and practice for free before the 8pm start of the 8-ball tournament.<\/p>\n
For more information on the Top Pool Bar\u2019s Saturday 8-ball tournament, call Zheng at 287-7676 or check out the competition\u2019s website at www.saipanero.com\/bars\/toppoolbar.<\/p>\n
Top Pool Bar, located along Hotel Street Garapan a stone\u2019s throw away from the Paseo de Marianas, is as spacious as it is modern and boasts of two 9-1\/2-by-5-foot tables usually found in professional tournaments abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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