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dynamitedaz Home away from home Joined: 21-Mar-2006 Posts: 2200	Posted: 2007-12-18 20:47 jan 4th -11th louisville ,kentucky i went to this event last year prob best week of year for pool for tournaments and especially action all the best players in the world there and pool is played 24/7 none stop action with matches played for over 50k pots my biggest game last year was $35,000 with side bets! cant wait to go again and get involved with the action! myself and karl boyes are going any more british players going? Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-18 20:57 I was hoiping to make it to the DCC this year Daz, but unfortunately that plan went tits up a few months ago. Which discipline events are you guys looking to shoot in Daz? Willie Profile Quote
-boyzi- Just can't stay away Joined: 25-Jun-2007 Posts: 86	Posted: 2007-12-18 21:13 whoo whooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Profile Quote
BigDave Forum User Joined: 13-Mar-2006 Posts: 11008 From: England	Posted: 2007-12-18 21:40 ^^^ Good luck! Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-18 22:07 On 2007-12-18 21:40 , BigDave Wrote: !!! QUOTE !!! ^^^ Good luck! I second that wholeheartedly There is 1 thing that I can't help, but wonder.... Wy on earth has no-one thought about starting up an annual event like the DCC?... were there is plenty of tournaments and action in 1 week? Surely to God that there are enough players in the UK, Ireland and europe that we could come up with a large scale event like the DCC, given the right people organizing it, e.g. Matchroom and have it televised with various disciplined events that are completely open to ALL players who are willing to pay their entrance fee(s), I'm sure that a large scale event like that, can easily attract a good number of players and coverage for pool, not just from the UK and Ireland, but also from Europe Would you guys like to see an event like that in the UK? I think that it would be worth an idea of maybe starting a thread and see how much interest it would generate to have a tourney like the DCC in the UK Willie Edit - I combined both posts to save posting space for other members. ----------------- If ya got 'em, smoke 'em [ This message was edited by: TheWizard on 2007-12-18 22:40 ] Profile Quote
Riggers Home away from home Joined: 30-Mar-2006 Posts: 4454 From: Barnsley (centre of the universe)	Posted: 2007-12-18 22:43 Can't see it happening in the UK but maybe in Europe. Weert would be the place. Profile Quote
dynamitedaz Home away from home Joined: 21-Mar-2006 Posts: 2200	Posted: 2007-12-18 23:15 wizard we will play everything there including big games!! thers a possible chance of playing shane vb on the bar table too! last year was amazing week of pool but did things a little wrong and stuffed my chances in the tournaments because was up all night playing money games , the one pocket i was in 6th round and got scratched because fell asleep at 2pm in my room, and i got 17th in 9ball but run out of steam! so i will focus on both tournaments and money games and find the right balance! cant wait! Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-18 23:33 On 2007-12-18 22:43 , Riggers Wrote: !!! QUOTE !!! Can't see it happening in the UK but maybe in Europe. Weert would be the place. There is no reason as to why not, if the players would like to see it, then all they need to do is say so, after all, look at the amount of interest generated for the GB9BT, that in itself is the perfect example of what players can achieve, just by making there interest known, in fact none of you guys imagined that you would have to be extending the total GB9BT tour to 128, from 96, and so that in itself should be a good enough example to show just how much players in this country want to see some top quality pool tournaments, and as far as I can see, the only ones that is stopping the players from having these tournaments, is their own belief in the possibility that it is possible to have a large event of our own. After all, if you don't try, you'll never find out and the players can't keep expecting oppertunities to come to them, sometimes it takes a bit more effort to get the opprtunities they would like. Willie ----------------- If ya got 'em, smoke 'em Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-18 23:38 On 2007-12-18 23:15 , dynamitedaz Wrote: !!! QUOTE !!! wizard we will play everything there including big games!! thers a possible chance of playing shane vb on the bar table too! last year was amazing week of pool but did things a little wrong and stuffed my chances in the tournaments because was up all night playing money games , the one pocket i was in 6th round and got scratched because fell asleep at 2pm in my room, and i got 17th in 9ball but run out of steam! so i will focus on both tournaments and money games and find the right balance! cant wait! LMAO, that reminds me of when I was in Cardiff '03, I was only able to get a half hour's sleep on the Tuesday Night, and of course I was having to play on the wednesday, by 7pm, I was in the 1/4's or something and just couldn't keep my eyes open enough to make a ball lol I hope that you guys have an awesome time out there and I look forward to hearing the war stories wheen you guys get back again Willie ----------------- If ya got 'em, smoke 'em Profile Quote
dynamitedaz Home away from home Joined: 21-Mar-2006 Posts: 2200	Posted: 2007-12-19 00:41 problem doing something similar in uk or europe nobody really gambles or plays for big money in europe! only guy i can think of is marcus chamat!! so cant see it been nearly the same as dcc! but a pool festival would be good! english 8ball we used to hold pontins festival in southport holiday camp that used to be best week of year for english 8ball in the 90s! sadly it dissapeared ! the event had money games,flyers,open event,plate event,pro/am,professional event,amatuer event,ladies events,junior events,team events,doubles events, 14-1,was great! but am sure if somebody had the time to do it and right location it could work! Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-19 01:55 Although I had never been to any of the Pontins Pool Festivals, I do remember them very well as they were always advertised a few months in advance of when it was due each year and it always had a great turnout, as I used to enjoy reading all the results from the variuous events there during the week long festival The DCC is pretty much a festival of pool as well, but only with the addition of on-site gambling and side games Surely it's bound to be more than possible to set up a pool festival, with the right organization, promotion and pool knowledgable people, it can be done and become a regular and successful event too Surely with online and on-site betting, it's bound to be possible to get a few sponsors and possibly a good sized confrence hall like the Alexandra Palace, to hold the tournament. With the amount of success that British players have had this past few years, is a good reason to stop and say to ourselves... "Right, we know that we got pool players in the that are definitely capable of competeing on a world class level, Dazzler, Boyzi, Pat Holtz, etc being the perfect examples of that, and so we must be doing something right... Lets try and build on that and see what more we can do" Willie Profile Quote
mal_clarke Home away from home Joined: 16-Nov-2006 Posts: 286	Posted: 2007-12-19 12:45 In thoery if enough people were interested you could contact betfair and get a market going on there cos they will add anything. Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-19 15:58 Why settle for just "theory"?... We all know that the players want to have the best tounraments with the best prize money and to have the recognition that the sport deserves, and the ONLY way that the sport can ever see that is if the players start to create oppertunities and speak up about what they want to see happening for American Pool in the UK There's no reason why we can't seek the necessary sponsorship, promotion, location, etc, to set up and host an annual event to the calibre of the EC, DCC, etc, all that is needed is for the Pool Organisations to worth WITH each other and ORGANIZE 1 annual event together, that there aren't going to be any date clashes with any other regional tours/events Instead of of saying and having the same old trash view of saying "It'll never happen" or "Maybe in Europe", lets change our attitudes and say "Let's do it", "Lets go for it and achieve something for ourselves, instead of expecting everyone else to do it for us" In the end of the day, if you want to make something better, you have to put some effort in, after all, you ain't gonna run a rack of ball, if you can't be bothered to pick up your cue and play. It's time for the UK to start making it's own oppertunities and to stand up for itself in the world of American Pool, The Phillippines has done it, a good number of European countries have done it with Germany being the perfect example of that, and the UK now has the oppertunity to become the next major force in American Pool, but we need to set goals and NOT compromise on them. Willie Profile Quote
BigDave Forum User Joined: 13-Mar-2006 Posts: 11008 From: England	Posted: 2007-12-19 19:24 On 2007-12-18 20:47 , dynamitedaz Wrote: !!! QUOTE !!! jan 4th -11th louisville ,kentucky i went to this event last year prob best week of year for pool for tournaments and especially action all the best players in the world there and pool is played 24/7 none stop action with matches played for over 50k pots my biggest game last year was $35,000 with side bets! cant wait to go again and get involved with the action! myself and karl boyes are going any more british players going? Try to get a match or two in The Action Room and we should be able to watch you playing from here, as a lot of it will be streamed for free by The Action Report: Profile Quote
HOBWEERT Not too shy to talk Joined: 30-May-2007 Posts: 34	Posted: 2007-12-19 23:45 Folks, I have thought about something similair like the DCC for few times. And the next door Hotel is interested as well, even to put in some tables, and they are open 24/7! Although i think One Pocket and Bank Pool is to unknown in Europe to attract huge number of players like the 300-400 as in DCC! For example i have a small One Pocket tournament this weekend, and i am lucky if i get 16 players... On the other hand i like the Action matches idea, although as Darren mentioned, European players are not much of gamblers... I have 4 tables on another floor in my room wich are perfect to hold moneymatches, but also perfect to hold small mini-tournaments (16 players) with high stakes! Maybe i throw in a few of those tournaments during the Open Weert, just hand over some ideas.... Next year (2009) is my tournaments 10th edition and i want the World to know. We will have a spectaculair tournament, with the best players around the world, and top prize money. Maybe we do it DCC style, i will ask around what players like... MH House of Billiards Weert The Netherlands ----------------- Profile Quote
Ads Home away from home Joined: 07-Sep-2007 Posts: 1894 From: Essex, England	Posted: 2007-12-20 07:57 I would love to organize an event like the dcc but wouldn't know where to start. The only experiance of running events is a local monthly league for very little money at all and it only lasts a day lol. It would be a very big task for anybody to organise this, but would pay off greatly for UK pool if somebody did manage it. Profile Quote
Riggers Home away from home Joined: 30-Mar-2006 Posts: 4454 From: Barnsley (centre of the universe)	Posted: 2007-12-20 09:00 On 2007-12-19 15:58 , TheWizard Wrote: !!! QUOTE !!! Why settle for just "theory"?... We all know that the players want to have the best tounraments with the best prize money and to have the recognition that the sport deserves, and the ONLY way that the sport can ever see that is if the players start to create oppertunities and speak up about what they want to see happening for American Pool in the UK There's no reason why we can't seek the necessary sponsorship, promotion, location, etc, to set up and host an annual event to the calibre of the EC, DCC, etc, all that is needed is for the Pool Organisations to worth WITH each other and ORGANIZE 1 annual event together, that there aren't going to be any date clashes with any other regional tours/events Instead of of saying and having the same old trash view of saying "It'll never happen" or "Maybe in Europe", lets change our attitudes and say "Let's do it", "Lets go for it and achieve something for ourselves, instead of expecting everyone else to do it for us" In the end of the day, if you want to make something better, you have to put some effort in, after all, you ain't gonna run a rack of ball, if you can't be bothered to pick up your cue and play. It's time for the UK to start making it's own oppertunities and to stand up for itself in the world of American Pool, The Phillippines has done it, a good number of European countries have done it with Germany being the perfect example of that, and the UK now has the oppertunity to become the next major force in American Pool, but we need to set goals and NOT compromise on them. Willie Are you going to organise it then Willie? Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-20 12:41 I have thought about it a little bit, but then I won't because if an event like that would be organized, I would be looking to play in it, and I completely and wholeheartedly disagree with tour directors/operators playing in events that they are organising. Hence why I suggested that it would be worth while the players all saying whether they would like to see an event like the DCC being set up and run as an anual event in the UK, so that promoters like Matchroom can take notice of players' and also be able to another world class event onto their current schedule Willie Profile Quote
Riggers Home away from home Joined: 30-Mar-2006 Posts: 4454 From: Barnsley (centre of the universe)	Posted: 2007-12-20 14:02 Ok but something needs to stimulate this to happen and your post in this forum is not enough so what are you going to do to make it happen? It's all very well saying that stuff but who is going to grasp it and make it happen. Ultimately that's what i had to do with GB9 because there was lots of talk about a new tour and new format but no one would do anything. In the end you have to stop talking about it and do it. So are you going to do it? If not who will? [ This message was edited by: Riggers on 2007-12-20 14:04 ] Profile Quote
TheWizard Home away from home Joined: 18-Mar-2006 Posts: 823	Posted: 2007-12-20 14:44 I agree wholeheartedly and Hence why I'm looking to see what kind of response it would get and if the players are be interested, then yes I will contact Matchroom and ask them about starting such an event and to the standard that it can be done right to be successful, after all, look WPM, that started off with being held and televised in a shopping Centre and look at it now All I'm saying is, instead of letting oppertunities be missed, just go for it and try and create oppertunities in the process Like I said though, I wouldn't be interested in running the event because I would be looking to compete in it as well as anyone else that would like to compete in it BigDave, How about opening a new Poll for all players to vote in, as for ALL players to decide if they would like to see a American Pool Festival type event in the UK being set up and become an annual event, but I would like it set up that members can only vote 1 time during the entire poll, is this possible? Willie Profile Quote