Masters Tournament

October 27, 2025 7:22 PM

Masters Tournament

October 27, 2025 7:22 PM

Masters Tournament at 5th Street Billiards, Bar, and Grill in Dupo. Saturday, November 1, 2025

Sign-up starting at 11:30 PM

Board draw at 12 noon with play to begin immediately after

― Winner will make up 1 person of a 3 person Masters Team and will play in the Masters Championships in Vegas, April 28 – May 1, 2026

― No Skill Level limit

― U.S. Amateur rules and format apply

― Race to 7 (8 games of 9-Ball and 5 games of 8-Ball)

― Players will earn one point for each game won

― Players will lag; winner of the lag chooses game (8-Ball or 9-Ball) or break. Once the format has been chosen, the entire set of that format must be completed before moving to the next format – 5 games of 8-ball / 8 games of 9-ball

― No coaching

― The use of jump cues is allowed; one push allowed after the break in 9-Ball, the push must be called

― Players must have at least twenty (20) scores/matches played within the two-year period between Feb 23, 2024 and Feb 23, 2026. Matches can be any combination of 8-Ball format or 9-Ball format.

― Players must be on a 2025 Fall Session Midwest Illinois APA team roster. Winning player must

remain on an active Midwest Illinois APA Spring 2026 roster

― $50 entry fee

― 2ndPlace receives $50 prize money with the remaining entry fees to be added to the other two Master’s players winners entry fees (minus 2nd place’s $50 payout) and split evenly between the 3 Masters players to help pay their way to Vegas.(minimum $500 guaranteed per player for travel expenses)

― Tournament format TBD

Sunday Bell DJ Division 270/271 Schedule Change

10/16/25 - 3:17 pm

Heads up Sunday Bell DJ Division 270/271: a team dropped taking away the Bye. New schedules are online. New hard copies are in your team envelopes.

Sunday Trackside Team Needs a Player

10/4/25 - 2:30 pm

Any skill level 4s or lower still looking for a Sunday team? Due to work obligations, Charles Schlottner's Sunday DJ Trackside team had a player drop for the rest of this session. If you are a skill level 4 or lower or are a brand new player and you'd like to join the Trackside DJ Cue Culprits team, contact our office (618) 578-8955 or send a PM to Charles Schlottner

Official Team Manual (OTM aka Rule Book)

10/2/25 - 3:18 pm

Suggestion: Instead of arguing about a rule, calmly look it up in the OTM (Official Team Manual otherwise known as the rule book). Pages 53 and 54 state every ball-in-hand foul. If it is not listed in the FOULS section as being a foul, then IT. IS. NOT. A. FOUL.