I will update website on Thursday before the tournament with player list and rankings. Players will also know every possible scheduling option for their bracket. I believe that it is unfair to players to have to sit around and wait for hours for their match to be called. you will know generally within 15 minutes of your scheduled match.

• By April 11, 12PM - $100 Entry - ($75 Tournament / $25 Green Fees) $30 non refundable deposit, cannot transfer spot

• By April 23, 12PM - $125 Entry - ($90 Tournament / $35 Green Fees) $30 non refundable deposit, cannot transfer spot

• NO ENTRIES AFTER April 23, 2025. I need time to organize, set schedules and brackets for time

• How to prepay

  • Venmo @ryandgaf

  • Cashapp $ryanmdgaf

  • Cash at ay DGAF tournament

• Double Elimination

• Players separated into 4 brackets (A, B, C, D)

  • Handicaps - If you have 200 DGAF Games, I will use that ranking. If not, I will use your Fargo as a BASE to figure out what you should be ranked. It does not AUTOMATICALLY mean you slot into a certain bracket. I will rank you whatever I think is FAIR. If you DO NOT like your ranking, you DO NOT have to PLAY .

  • I do not want to hear about other player’s rankings, and I DO NOT CARE what your opinion is on other player’s. You will risk DQ or outright entry refusal if you bring up other players and their rankings. 

• A Bracket - 31 Players Max

  • Race to 5s, 6s, 6-1s, 6-2s

  • DGAF 3/4/5 or 575+ Fargo 

  • 120 minutes per match scheduled

  • 30 second shot clock

• B Bracket  - 31 Players Max

  • 5+2s & 5+1s

  • DGAF 6/7 or  475 to 574 Fargo

  • 100 minutes per match scheduled

  • 45 second shot clock

  • Switch to 30 second clock at 80 minutes, unless hill hill

• C Bracket - 31 Players Max

  • 3s & 4s

  • DGAF 8/9 or 400 to 474 Fargo

  • 80 minutes per match scheduled 

  • 45 second shot clock

  • Switch to 30 second clock at 60 minutes, unless hill hill

• D Bracket - 31 Players Max

  • 3+2s & 3+1s

  • DGAF 10+ or Under 400 Fargo

  • 60 minutes per match scheduled

  • 45 second shot clock

  • Switch to 30 second clock at 40 minutes, unless hill hill

*Visual Chart at bottom of page*

Take the top 2 from each bracket 

1 winner’s side and 1 loser’s side

8 total players.

• Round 1 Winners Side - Group A will play Group B, and Group C will play Group D. 

• Round 1 Losers Side (For 7th/8th Place) - Group A will play Group B, and Group C will play Group D.

• Round 2 Winners side (2 players remain) - remaining two play each other for hot seat. 

• Round 2 Losers side (4 players remain, for 5th/6th Place) - Loser from the Winners side Round 1 (A vs B) will play Winner of Losers Round 1 (A vs B) and Loser from the Winners side Round 1 (C vs D) will play Winner of Losers Round 1 (C vs D).

• Round 3 Losers side (For 4th Place) - 

• Round 4 Losers Side (For 3rd Place)

• Finals - Single Match, Winner of LOSERS Side gets an extra game added to their score to win

• Up 64 Players | 8 spots (Top 2 from each bracket)

  • 1st 30% / 2nd 22% / 3rd 18% / 4th 12% / 5th 6% / 6th 6% / 7th 3% / 8th 3%

• 65-96 Players | 12 Spots (Top 3 from each bracket)

  • 1st 28% / 2nd 19% / 3rd 14% / 4th 9% / 5th 6% / 6th 6% / 7th 4% / 8th 4% / 9th 2.5% / 10th 2.5% / 11th 2.5% / 12th 2.5%

• 96-124 | 16 Spots ( Top 4 from each bracket)

  • 1st 27% / 2nd 17% / 3rd 12% / 4th 8% / 5th 6% / 6th 6% / 7th 4% / 8th 4% / 9th 2.5% / 10th 2.5% / 11th 2.5% / 12th 2.5% / 13th 1.5% / 14th 1.5 % / 15th 1.5% / 16th 1.5%

• Up 64 Players | 6 spots

  • 1st 32% / 2nd 24% / 3rd 20% / 4th 12% / 5th 6% / 6th 6%

• 65-96 Players | 8 Spots (Top 2 from each bracket)

  • 1st 30% / 2nd 22% / 3rd 18% / 4th 12% / 5th 6% / 6th 6% / 7th 3% / 8th 3%

• 96-124 | 12 Spots (Top 3 from each bracket)

  • 1st 28% / 2nd 19% / 3rd 14% / 4th 9% / 5th 6% / 6th 6% / 7th 4% / 8th 4% / 9th 2.5% / 10th 2.5% / 11th 2.5% / 12th 2.5%

• I will draw 7 tickets, tickets are $10 each, and can purchase as many as you want

• Each winner will be able to choose whatever is remaining from these 7 options.

  • 1 from each bracket will receive a first round bye (4 Total)

  • 1 ticket can select their first round opponent

  • 1 ticket will receive their $100 entry back

  • 1 ticket will be for the Break and Run pot

• Players Greeting starts at 8:00PM SHARP Friday Night. 

• All info will be in the Player’s Guide

• Very strict rules and procedure, no buy backs, no waiting, DON’T TEST IT. If you are NOT PRESENT for the auction, you CANNOT participate in the tournament. NO REFUNDS. 

• Quickly go over rules, sportsmanship, procedures, schedule etc. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS, DO NOT INTERRUPT during the players meeting (You should’ve read the players guide BEFORE and asked me questions BEFORE, PRIVATELY 

• Draw raffle tickets

• Every player has a right to ½ of themselves. It is a $100 minimum bid. If a player does NOT take the minimum, another player may buy them for minimum $200 bid

• 6 Blind Bids

• Auction Group A, then B, then C, then D

• Must IMMEDIATELY pay, no discussing 1/2s, portions, etc. Have your $$$ ready, go to the ATM before, be an adult. If you are not at counter within 2 minutes, you forfeit your buy, forfeit any future buys in the tournament, and you are also DQd from tournament.

2nd Auction on Saturday night at 9:30PM

• Players must be present in 3 designated, taped off areas on the auction floor 

  • Spot 1 Player currently auctioned

  • Spot 2 Player next in line to be auctioned

  • Spot 3 Player next to be next in line

• We are not waiting, you have about 60 seconds to get into Spot 3. If you are NOT in Spot 3 when Spot 2 OPENS, you are DQd. Do not push the boundaries. Everyone knows the auction schedule list

• No standing in the doorway to downstairs, all bidders MUST be over by tables 16/17 and or the bleachers. I do not want the bleachers by the doorway available to sit, only the left part of the bleachers by tables 16/17

• Players must be available 15 minutes BEFORE Schedule time in case a table is available to be called. If your match is called, you have 5 minutes before you forfeit 2 GAMES, 10 minutes to forfeit

Friday Night

• 8:00PM Players Meeting / Rules / Auction 

• Immediately after auction, Groups C & D, will play two matches 

Saturday

• First match 10:15AM

• Last match called 12:15PM

Sunday

• First match 10:15AM

• Zero tolerance for poor sportsmanship. No sharking, bitching, complaining about handicaps. Don’t make me the bad guy. I’m not afraid to DQ anyone

Warnings

• Do not walk around the table while your opponent is shooting.

• Do not grab chalk off of the table while your opponent is shooting.  Stay in one spot.

• Do not talk to your opponent while shooting. Let’s also try to be aware of others that are shooting. If someone is playing a game, please wait until that game is over to talk to them.

Loss Of Game

• If you say “good game”, before they shoot the $$$ ball, the game is conceded.

Automatic DQ

• If you slam a stick on the table or knock balls off the table

Policies

• ALCOHOL - I cannot restrict people from drinking, but what I can do, is say that if you are drinking, you lose all credibility and benefit of doubt in any questionable situation

• EARBUDS - No earbuds are allowed. If you require hearing aides, etc, please let me know before the tournament, and your opponent before the match.

• DO NOT ENGAGE POLICY - We are all allowed to question another players intentions BEFORE a shot, but I will not allow any disagreements between 2 PLAYERS. If there is a dispute of ANY KIND, please come get me. This DO NOT ENGAGE policy will be very very very strict! If any party gets loud and I have to come over to separate, they will be IMMEDIATELY DQ’d for disrupting the tournament and other players. I’m done with MACHO BULLSHIT and PRIDE and I’m done with people who can’t just play pool. I repeat, DO NOT ENGAGE!!!! If someone says something that you disagree with, you come and get me and I will resolve the dispute accordingly. If you DO NOT COME AND GET ME, you are just as at fault! Check your PRIDE, EGO, & TONE at the door

Close Shots

The biggest cause of grief and arguments in tournaments that I’ve seen are close shots…Close shots SHOULD be filmed.

• If you need a shot watched, FILM IT in slo-mo - It is the NON-SHOOTERS responsibility to ask for the shot to be watched, but i would prefer if SHOOTERS also get in the habit of asking their own shots to be watched

• If you are SHOOTING, and it’s close, give the non shooting player a chance to analyze. This means 10 seconds AFTER the cue ball stops moving….this does NOT mean 10 seconds AFTER a shot is called. Players need to be aware of the table AT ALL TIMES. You CANNOT stop them once they are in warmup strokes.

• If you are not shooting, you have to ask for MOST shots to be watched….

• EXCEPTIONS - These shots must be filmed, if there is a dispute, and these shots were NOT filmed, it is automatically a FOUL. Do not abuse this privilege, don’t be a rat. Both players should be working with each other to get close shots filmed!

  • If a ball is LESS than 2 balls width from the rail, and you are kicking at it

  • EVERY FROZEN BALL SCENARIO

  • If the cue is less than a chalk distance from object ball

• IT IS NOT UNSPORTSMANLIKE to CONFIRM if you have ball in hand after a shot by simply asking “Ball in hand?” OR “Foul?” I would PREFER that the SHOOTER acknowledge a FOUL before the NON SHOOTER has to ask

• IT IS UNSPORTSMANLIKE to say anything else….such as ANYTHING REGARDING YOUR OPINION ON THE SHOT.

• BCA rules - Flip or lag for break

• Rack your own - Can’t win/lose on the break - $$Ball spots immediately or re-rack

• Call ball & pocket, no slop

• You can call safety and make a ball

• Call non obvious shots! (Ball & Pocket) Situations

  • If the cue ball goes directly into object ball, and that object ball goes straight into the pocket, then it is obvious, you don’t have to call

  • If the cue ball hits a rail before contacting the object ball (kick or bank), you must call

  • If the object ball is being banked, you must call

  • If the cue ball or object ball caroms off of another ball, you must call

• Racking - a solid and stripe on the wing, 8 ball in midddle

• Open after the break (Cannot use 8 as 1st ball).

• Cue ball scratch on 8 is NOT a loss unless 8 ball is pocketed.

• In the $$$ rounds, if it is hill/hill and your opponent hits a break and run, you have a chance to cancel that game with a break and run yourself. If both players break and run, the next game stands regardless of break and run

• This isn’t meant to be strict…..it is meant to keep people moving and accountable for their speed. 

• It is a “Soft” time limit, meaning you can go over, but you MUST have called your shot, be in your stance and down on the cue ball BEFORE the time limit. If a player is a few seconds over, that’s generally ok. If they are about ready to shoot their shot, don’t be an asshole and interrupt them because the time limit hit exactly. The whole point is to keep things moving, not cause interruptions. The SPIRIT of the rule is to stop 60-90 second shots, every shot….NOT 31 second shots. I don’t like rats….if I find that a certain player is ratting out other players throughout the tournament, I will investigate, and you risk possible DQ. Play efficient, play quick, communicate with each other, be a good sport, help your opponent play efficient and quickly. If you feel that your opponent is taking advantage of your niceness, then please come and get me.

• Once ALL balls stop moving, shot clock begins

• You CANNOT change your shot OR stand up AFTER time limit 

• Players are allowed 1 single 60 second EXTENSION per rack.

• Players are allowed to look for a bridge AFTER you have decided your shot, this will NOT be a shot clock violation provided your shot decision was within time limit. I do not want players thinking about their shot while they are searching for a bridge….and then change their shot.

• Players are allowed to look for a referee AFTER you have decided your shot, this will NOT be a shot clock violation provided your shot decision was within time limit. The SHOOTER must go get the referee, and CANNOT change their shot, don’t waste my time If you come and get me, and then change your shot, IT IS A FOUL.

• Players are NOT allowed EXTRA time to put together a jump cue

• Violations - For each individual MATCH. 

  • 1st - Warning, players must come and get me

  • 2nd - Ball In Hand Foul

  • 3rd - Loss Of Game

  • 4th - Loss of Match

• If a player has MORE THAN 7 violations combined in the TOURNAMENT, they will be DISQUALIFIED. After each match, players must report Violations 

Match Clock

You be be allowed to finish your current game at the end of your allotted time

• If a match is hill hill at the end of the allotted match clock time, players will be allowed to complete the last game, with a 30 second shot clock

• If a match is NOT hill hill at the end of the allotted match clock time, but ONE player is on the hill, that player wins

• If neither player is on the hill, BOTH PLAYERS are DISQUALIFIED for slow play

It is UNSPORTSMANLIKE to use a bathroom break as a sharking tactic

• Group A & B allowed 1 BATHROOM break of 5 minutes, if longer than 5 minutes, you forfeit the next game 

• Group C & D, if you take a bathroom break, you are automatically on a 30 second shot clock for the rest of the match. 

• I’m not an asshole, if you need a break BEFORE your match starts, let me know, I will give you whatever time you need for BATHROOM and FOOD…..NOT to smoke…do that on your own time. If I catch you outside smoking while on a bathroom/food break, you forfeit your match.

• I’ve noticed a growing trend of players trying to pattern rack, manipulate the head ball, etc, etc. It should not take more than 15 seconds to rack. I understand balls sometimes grab the rack and move. You have 3x to reset balls and pull the rack ( A total time of 60 seconds ). After that, you come and get me. I will either rack or ask someone to rack. YOU CANNOT LOOK AT THE RACK, YOU MUST BREAK. If you don’t break, you forfeit the game. I don’t care if you think it’s fair or not…..because what’s not fair is you taking 5+ minutes to rack and slow down the tournament for everyone else.

• Players will keep score through the DigitalPool app/texting/tablets

• Players can use blank scoresheets as well to fill in their violations, extensions, and initial breaker

• If there is room in the area, you can have 1 other person sit and watch your match. Keep the chat to a minimum during each rack, or you risk being called out for being coached. Between racks talking is fine. Use them to your advantage if you need food/drinks. Do not make me the bad guy and ban your partner from the area.

• Planning for Sunday. Will update schedule as event gets closer