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A friendly team pool league in Hamilton. Teams play Monday nights at Celebrity Billiards and King Billiards, every race is set by FargoRate so matches stay close, and each session ends with a championship.
League nights
League nights run weekly at our venues and matches start at 7 PM. Our Monday Night Division plays at Celebrity Billiards and King Billiards in Hamilton. More cities and locations will be added as the league grows.
How the league works
Three sessions a year
- Winter: 18 weeks
- Spring: 18 weeks
- Summer: 12 weeks
Monday night matches
Each team plays its regular league night match at its venue on Monday night. Players are matched up in short individual races, and every race is set by the FargoRate gap between the two players.
Races by FargoRate gap
| Rating gap | Race |
|---|---|
| Up to 67 | 3–3 |
| 68 to 112 | 3–2 |
| Over 112 | 4–2 |
The higher-rated player races to the bigger number.
Division standings
Teams are ranked by points. If teams are tied on points, the tie is broken by win–loss record. See the standings ›
The Massé division
Massé is its own mini division with its own Massé Standings, separate from the division standings. Each night there is one Massé event per venue, separate from the regular match, and each team sends one player.
With 2 teams at a venue, the two players play each other 3 times. With 4 teams, everyone plays each other once (3 games each, 6 in total). A tied round robin counts as a win for each tied team.
Session championship
At the end of every session there is a session championship played for a cash prize pool. Prize pool details will be announced.
Year-end Massé tournament
At the end of the year, teams that qualified through the Massé events during the year play the Massé tournament. The prize is a trip to Las Vegas to play in the BCA Pool League (BCAPL) National Championships.
Team bank & Ten Ball draw
Each team has a team bank, shown for the week and for the season to date, and there is a Ten Ball draw with a jackpot on league nights.
Scores, standings & lineups
Follow scores, standings and lineups in the web app and the Android app.
What is FargoRate?
FargoRate is a rating system that puts amateur and professional pool players worldwide on one scale, based on the games they win and lose against opponents with known ratings. We use it to set the races on league night.
What the number means. The gap between two ratings tells you each player's chance of winning a game. Equal ratings means an even match. A 100-point gap means the higher-rated player tends to win about twice as many games (around 10 games to 5), 200 points is about 4 to 1, and 300 points about 8 to 1.
| Rating gap | Games won (higher : lower) |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1 : 1 |
| 100 | 2 : 1 |
| 200 | 4 : 1 |
| 300 | 8 : 1 |
Typical ratings. There's no top or bottom to the scale. Most league and tournament players are between 200 and 700, pros are generally above 700, and elite world-class players are above 800.
How it updates. New games are added every day, and every day FargoRate recalculates everyone's ratings together to best fit all the results. You're always measured against what your rating predicts: beat that expectation and your rating goes up, fall short and it goes down. Recent games count more than older ones.
Robustness. Robustness is the number of games behind a rating. A rating based on 200 or more games is called established. Below that, a rating is less certain and may be blended with a starter rating until the player reaches 200 games.
Source: fargorate.com and its FAQ.
Contact
Michael Wilbur
Questions about the league, joining a team or starting one? Get in touch.