Mezz Cues Baltic pool tour - stage IV (SENIORS)

PLAN of the tournament:



Friday - 18th October

Arrival date

 

16:00 - Mini

16:00 - PRO

Saturday - 19th September

Open, women, seniors start

 

09:00 – start of the matches

 

19:00 - end of day 1

 



Sunday - 20th September

Open, women, seniors single knock out

 

09:00 – continue of the matches

 

16:30 – Final

 

17:30 - Award ceremony



Max limitations per city: 

Vilnius (Uptown) – 72x16x24 (open x women x seniors)
Klaipeda (Black Ball) – 72x16x24
Riga (Bams) – 96x16x24
Tallinn (Hill Hill) and Club 147– 96x16x32
Tournament regulations:

Dress code

Saturday: The dress code is nice and tidy pants or jeans in one color, polo shirt or long sleeved shirt with collar. No untidy clothing is allowed.

Sunday: Dress code B.

The head referee reserves the right to decide on the clothing. Additionally, the organizers reserve the right to make exceptions on clothing based on the circumstances, e.g. sweater for cold pool hall, short smart pants for very hot weather etc. All the exceptions will be announced no later than 2 days prior to start of the matches.

Entry fee (mandatory for Riga stage)

All players HAVE to pay their entry fees by transfer to below details before registration ends:

IBAN: LT273250007823857496

Receiver: Gintaras Petrovas

Purpose: Entry fee for BPL xxxxx (xxxx means division, i.e. open, mini, senior or all together or separate)

Paying at a tournament desk on the day of the tournament is 50€ extra.

Time out

Time out can be taken at any time in a match in between the racks. Time out cannot be more than 5 minutes and no smoking and drinking alcohol during time out is allowed. Time out can be taken by any player.

Alcohol, smoking, snuff, chewing tobaco or any other drugs

It is not allowed to use any of these drugs during the match. It is not allowed to use alcohol during whole tournament day. As time out is part of the match it is not allowed to use any of these during time out.

Mobile phones, smart watches

It is not allowed to use mobile phones or smart watches during the matches, unless smart watch is on flight mode. If such a situation occurs, participant will get a warning at first occasion and at 2nd - penalty is 1 rack to opponent.

Unsportsmanlike behavior

Unsportsmanlike behavior will not be tolerated and will be evaluated by the head referee and penalized accordingly to the WPA tournament regulations.

Protest against referee decision

There might be some situations where athlete will not agree with referees decision. In these circumstances protest can be given by an athlete in writing no later than 3 days since the situation happened and 100 Eur paid at the front desk as a protest analyze fee. If after investigation protest is valid to athlete side, fee is returned and valid actions to be taken. In case the athletes protest is not satisfied the 100 Eur fee will not be returned to the athlete.

Tournament page and setup system

Tournament will be running in www.cuescore.com and all tables for main event will have score boards for scoring. There will be no live scoring for Riga`s stage. 

Late cancellations

Participant has to pay an entry fee if on the day of the tournament or after draw they cancel their participation.

30 minutes before the match

Each participant has to be 30 minutes before the match is scheduled as ther might be that the match will be called earlier.

Seniors:

Name

Mezz Cues Baltic 9 Ball Tour Seniors division event

Description

Seniors division will be played at the earliest convenience as possible on day 1.

Saturday

9 AM

Player type

Singles

Tournament type

DOUBLE ELIMINATION

Game type

9 ball

Race to

7 - until last 16, 9 from last 8.

Bracket size

max 32 participants

Tables

As many as possible

Break format

Alternate break

Rules

WPA

Entry fee

60 Eur

Draw type

Best players according to MCBPL2024 rankings will be seeded. The rest will be randomly drawn.

Draw to single KO

Losers qualification winners will be drawn to single elimination to meet winners from Winners qualification.

Tournament Organizer and Leader

Gintaras Petrovas

Payouts (guaranteed)+ 200 Eur (in case of maximum participants number is reached)

Place

Payouts

1st

400€

2nd

200€

3rdx2

100€

Total:

800€

Prize money will be paid during award ceremony only.