The Player's Tour
Web Site:
www.empirepooltour.com
Contact:
darylpeach@empirepooltour.com - Founder, Sports & Tournament director
markmills@empirepooltour.com - Events Organiser:
The new EPT web site - make sure your sound is turned up!
Empire Pool Tour announces no membership fees
The EPT is the only pool tour in the UK that concentrates solely on American 8ball pool. The EPT's main goal is to provide a new level of professionalism for pool events in the UK, with the focus point being on you the player from start to finish.
Pro9.co.uk is delighted to be chosen as the official news source of the new Empire Pool Tour and will be sending award winning 8-Ball Pool reporter Big Dave Knight to cover the tour's inaugural event in Manchester.
We wish the EPT all the best of luck with their new venture and look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.
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The prize money
The first thing a pool player wants to know is the prize money of an event. Well when it comes to prize money the EPT is very different to other tours as its aim is to satisfy ALL its players not just the winner of an event. If a player reaches the last16 of an EPT event he/she will receive a payout that WILL cover the entry fee, the hotel bill, the travel expenses, and still make a profit! That is our promise to you, the player. One of the main factors for this is because we will only hold a maximum of 6 events in season, meaning that a lot more prize money can be put into each individual event. Where as if there was for instance 20 events in the season the prize money would have to be spread out over too many events, meaning that players would only receive worthless payouts. Another benefit for having fewer events means much less traveling expenses for the player in the long run.
The ranking points
Another big thing for a pool tour is a good solid and fair ranking system. The EPT ranking system is just that, and it rewards players for reaching the top bracket, and offers great incentives for players who are aiming to get there.
No membership fees
Yes you heard right! There are no extra membership fees for EPT players, in fact there are no "extra" anything. The only thing you will ever pay as an EPT player is your entry fee into each event.
A final word from the EPT founder
Hello, my name is Daryl Peach and I have played pool on a global scale for 10 years now. I have played in tournaments from Las Vegas to Tokyo, and the one thing that most events had in common was the fact that in one way or another, the players were not getting what they wanted out of a tournament. So throughout 2005 i started asking pool players in the UK and overseas what THEY would like to see when it comes to a pool tour. I gathered all the information that the players had to offer and put it all together to create the EPT. I also put some ideas forward myself as I have been around the block a few times as a player, and I believe totally that having actual players organising a tour is a tremendous thing. At the end of the day I believe that I understand what players want in a pool tour and I will give 110% to make sure that players get what they deserve from all aspects of a pool tour.
For more information visit the EPT's new web site: www.empirepooltour.com