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2023 - 2024 Season

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Sanctioning

The 2023-2024 season started on August 1st. Which means it is time to pay your 2023-2024 sanctioning fee.

Your sanction fees get used for tournaments during the season as added money, and Help to pay for some of the ongoing expenses for the Web site.

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Upcoming Tournaments
MPA
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MPA 2023 Annual Christmas Party
Sat, Dec 16, 2023
$1,500 Added
Doors Open at 8am / 9-10am Sign-Up / 10am Start
8-Ball on 7' Diamond Tables / Double Elimination
Open Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Saturday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 09:00 AM.
Master/AA - Entry $80.00     A - Entry $60.00     B - Entry $50.00     C - Entry $40.00    
Sign up early and avoid the rush!!! Everyone welcome to come to our Christmas Party!!
Nobody will be turned away - Come one, Come All!!!!
Pay with your credit card or drop the payment off at CR's.
No Credit Cards will be accepted after December 14, 2023

This is a MPA sanctioned tournament. You MUST be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
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Eastern South Dakota Shootout
Wed, Jan 03, 2024 - Sun, Jan 07, 2024
Eastern South Dakota Shootout - Brookings, SD
9-Ball Singles, 8-Ball Singles, and 4-Person Team 8-Ball
Wednesday, January 3rd, 7pm Start - 9-Ball Singles
Open Singles 9 Ball - Starts on Wednesday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 04:00 PM.
Gold - Entry $60.00     Silver - Entry $60.00     Bronze - Entry $60.00    
8-Ball Warm-Up - Starts on Thursday at 12:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
Warm-Up #1 - Entry $20.00     Warm-Up #2 - Entry $20.00    
Open Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 04:00 PM.
AA - Entry $100.00     A - Entry $80.00     B - Entry $60.00     C - Entry $60.00     D - Entry $60.00    
Open Team 8 Ball - Starts on Friday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 04:00 PM.
AA - Entry $240.00     A - Entry $240.00     B - Entry $240.00     C - Entry $240.00     D - Entry $240.00    
Championship - Starts on Saturday at 03:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
AA - Entry $10.00     A - Entry $10.00     B - Entry $10.00     C - Entry $10.00     D - Entry $10.00    
Consolation - Starts on Saturday at 03:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
AA - Entry $10.00     A - Entry $10.00     B - Entry $10.00     C - Entry $10.00     D - Entry $10.00    
Thursday, January 4th, 7pm Start - 8-Ball Singles
Friday, January 5th, 7pm Start - 4-Person 8-Ball Team
Enter before Christmas and avoid the $10 "PoolCrastinator" Late Fee
Book your Hotel rooms and get entered online.
There will be a $10.00 late fee for registrations received after December 25, 2023
No Credit Cards will be accepted after January 01, 2024

This is Not an MPA Sanctioned/Sponsored tournament. This tournament will be run by the Sponsor.
Riverside Casino & Golf Resort
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Entry Forms

Riverside Casino 2024 - $12,000 Added Tournament
Wed, Jan 10, 2024 - Sun, Jan 14, 2024
$12,000 Added Singles, Doubles, and Team Tournament
Riverside Casino - Riverside, IA
Open Singles 9 Ball - Starts on Wednesday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 04:00 PM.
Pro/Master/AA/A - Entry $60.00     B/C - Entry $60.00    
Open Scotch Doubles 8 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 08:00 AM.
Open - Entry $80.00     Mixed - Entry $80.00    
Women Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 03:00 PM.
Open - Entry $60.00    
Open Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 04:00 PM.
Master/AA - Entry $100.00     A - Entry $80.00     B - Entry $60.00     C - Entry $60.00    
Open Team 8 Ball - Starts on Friday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 04:00 PM.
Open - Entry $300.00    
Women Team 8 Ball - Starts on Friday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Women's Team - Entry $180.00    
Hard Luck - Starts on Saturday at 05:00 PM - Check In starts at 12:00 PM.
Team 2nd Chance - Entry $50.00    
Womens Second Chance - Starts on Saturday at 05:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
Open - Entry $30.00    
Get your Hotel Room at Riverside Casino & Golf Resort - Call 877.677.3456 and mention MPA Pool Block
No Credit Cards will be accepted after January 08, 2024

This is a MPA Sponsored tournament. You Do Not need to be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
CR's Sports Bar
Tournament Flyer

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CR'S 3 Person Team
Sat, Jan 13, 2024
CR's 3 Person Team - $1000 added
Combined FargoRate not to exceed 1799
Late fee of $30 if not signed up by January 12
Max 3 player combined fargo is 1799 - Starts on Saturday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 09:00 AM.
1799 & Under - Entry $180.00    
Played on 20 7' Diamond tables / Added money based on full field of 32
Taking first 32 teams signed up and paid
Tournament Director Discretion
CR's LiveStream

This is a MPA sanctioned tournament. You MUST be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
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Northern Lights Casino
Tournament Flyer

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Tournament Flyer
Northern Lights Casino $10,000 Added
Wed, Jan 17, 2024 - Sun, Jan 21, 2024
Northern Lights Casino - $10,000 Added Singles and Team Tournament
Northern Lights Casino - Walker, MN
Open Singles 9 Ball - Starts on Wednesday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Upper Division 9-Ball - Entry $60.00     Lower Division 9-Ball - Entry $60.00    
Warm-Up - Starts on Thursday at 12:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
Warm-Up #1 - Entry $20.00     Warm-Up #2 - Entry $20.00    
Open Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Master/AA - Entry $100.00     A - Entry $80.00     B - Entry $60.00     C - Entry $60.00    
Second Chance - Starts on Friday at 02:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
Second Chance - UPPER - Entry $20.00     B Division - Entry $20.00     Second Chance - C Division - Entry $20.00    
Open Team 8 Ball - Starts on Friday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Open - Entry $300.00    
Mark your calendars!!! More details to follow....
Get your hotel booked ASAP - the rooms always fill fast!!!
No Credit Cards will be accepted after January 15, 2024

This is a MPA Sponsored tournament. You Do Not need to be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
CR's Sports Bar
Tournament Flyer

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CRS $1000 Added Scotch Doubles
Sat, Feb 03, 2024
CR's Sportsbar Scotch Doubles - $1000 Added
First 32 Teams Paid In Full Per division / Venmo - Cash - Check
No Online registration for this event / Side Pots Available / Winner Breaks
Open Scotch Doubles 8 Ball - Starts on Saturday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 08:30 AM.
Division #1 1235 & Under - Entry $150.00     1050 & Under - Entry $150.00    
Doors Open 8:30am / Play Starts 10am
2 Divisions / Division #1 1235 & Under / Division #2 1050 & Under
Questions or to enter Call Billy Benson @ 763-486-2887 or Stop at CR'S Sportsbar
CR's LiveStream

This is a MPA sanctioned tournament. You MUST be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
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Two Stooges Sport Bar & Grill
Tournament Flyer

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13th Annual Upper Midwest Bar Table Shootout
Fri, Feb 16, 2024 - Sun, Feb 18, 2024
11th Annual Upper Midwest Bar Table Shootout
Singles and 5-Person Team 8-Ball Tournament
Open Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Friday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 09:00 AM.
Pro/Master - Entry $100.00     AA - Entry $80.00     A - Entry $80.00     B - Entry $60.00     C - Entry $60.00    
Second Chance - Starts on Friday at 05:00 PM - Check In starts at 03:00 PM.
Upper - Entry $20.00     Lower - Entry $20.00    
Open Team 8 Ball - Starts on Saturday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 09:00 AM.
Open - Entry $300.00    
2nd Chance Team - Starts on Saturday at 06:00 PM - Check In starts at 04:00 PM.
Second Chance Team - Entry $50.00    
Master, AA, and B Divisions will play at CR's. A and C Divisions will play at Two Stooges.
Saturday 5-Person Team 8-Ball - $300/team entry - Handicapped Format
Play will continue through the weekend, with Finals on Sunday. See you there!!!
Enter Online, Mail in your entry, or drop your entry off at CR's or Two Stooges.
Out of Town Players - Get a Hotel reserved early!!!!
No Credit Cards will be accepted after February 13, 2024

This is a MPA sanctioned tournament. You MUST be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
Aberdeen Cue Club
Tournament Flyer

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2024 ABERDEEN OPEN
Thu, Feb 22, 2024 - Sun, Feb 25, 2024
2024 ABERDEEN OPEN - Singles and Team Pool Tournament
Ramkota Hotel, Aberdeen, SD
Open Singles 9 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 06:00 PM - Check In starts at 03:00 PM.
Master/AA/A - Entry $75.00     B - Entry $50.00     C - Entry $40.00     D - Entry $30.00    
Open Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Friday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 09:00 AM.
Master/AA - Entry $70.00     A - Entry $70.00     B - Entry $50.00     C - Entry $40.00     D - Entry $25.00    
Open Team 8 Ball - Starts on Saturday at 08:00 AM - Check In starts at 08:00 AM.
Silver Division - Entry $240.00     Gold Division - Entry $240.00    
Finals - Starts on Saturday at 04:00 PM - Check In starts at 02:00 PM.
Gold Championships - Entry $240.00     Gold Consolation - Entry $240.00     Silver Championship - Entry $240.00     Silver Consolation - Entry $240.00    
$25 late fee, strictly enforced for the Team Tournament
Mark your calendars!!! More details to follow....
Call the Ramkota at 605-229-4040 or 800-528-1234. Mention Pool Tournament Block
FaceBook
No Credit Cards will be accepted after February 17, 2023

This is a MPA Sponsored tournament. You Do Not need to be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
Grand Falls Casino Resort
Tournament Flyer

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Tournament Flyer
Grand Falls Casino $10,000 Added
Wed, Mar 06, 2024 - Sun, Mar 10, 2024
Grand Falls Casino - $10,000 Added Singles and Team Tournament
Grand Falls Casino - Larchwood, IA
Open Singles 9 Ball - Starts on Wednesday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Upper Division 9-Ball - Entry $60.00     Lower Division 9-Ball - Entry $60.00    
Warm-Up - Starts on Thursday at 12:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
Warm-Up #1 - Upper - Entry $20.00     Warm-Up #2 - lower - Entry $20.00    
Open Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Master/AA - Entry $100.00     A - Entry $80.00     B - Entry $60.00     C - Entry $60.00    
Women Singles 8 Ball - Starts on Thursday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Womens - Entry $60.00    
Second Chance - Starts on Friday at 12:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
Upper Division - Entry $20.00     Second Chance - C Division - Entry $20.00    
Open Team 8 Ball - Starts on Friday at 07:00 PM - Check In starts at 05:00 PM.
Open - Entry $300.00    
Team 2nd Chance - Starts on Saturday at 05:00 PM - Check In starts at 10:00 AM.
Open - Entry $50.00    
Get your hotel booked ASAP - the rooms always fill fast!!!
712-777-7777 - Mention Pool Tournament Block
No Credit Cards will be accepted after March 01, 2024

This is a MPA Sponsored tournament. You Do Not need to be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
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CR's Sports Bar
Tournament Flyer

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CR'S Sportsbar High Roller #2
Sat, Mar 09, 2024
CR'S Sportsbar High Roller #2 $1000 Added
2 Fargo Rate Divisions / Limited to 32 players per division / 200 game robustness or TDD
Your entry MUST BE PAID in full to be entered.
Race to 5 both sides / Winner Breaks
Played on 20 7-foot Diamond tables.
Questions or Information Call Billy Benson @ 763-486-2887
CR's LiveStream

This is a MPA sanctioned tournament. You MUST be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
CR's Sports Bar
Tournament Flyer

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CR'S Mixed Scotch Doubles
Sat, Mar 30, 2024
CR's Sportsbar Mixed Scotch Doubles - $500 Added
48 entries must signup at CR's ahead of the tournament
No Online registration for this event
Mixed Scotch Doubles 8 Ball - Starts on Saturday at 10:00 AM - Check In starts at 08:30 AM.
Race To 5 winners 4 losers - Entry $100.00    
Doors Open 8:30am / Play Starts 10am
Fargo Rate Cap 1199
Questions or Information Call Billy Benson @ 763-486-2887
CR's LiveStream
No Credit Cards will be accepted after March 30, 2024

This is a MPA sanctioned tournament. You MUST be a MPA Sanctioned Member to participate! This Tournament will be run by the MPA.
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Changes for the 2023-2024 Season

Hello Everyone, and WELCOME to the 2023-2024 MPA Pool Season! We have some exciting new changes taking effect this year, and we are implementing these changes at our upcoming tournaments. The largest move we've made is with our rankings, and placing our players according to FargoRate. In an effort to make our rankings similar to neighboring states, we will be using the following FargoRate numbers for our respective divisions:

MPA Fargo M8/Fargo M8 M8-2 CSR CSI Comment
Pro > 730 > 700 n/a   > 175    
Master > 625 651-700 > 140 146-175 > 1850 > 1844  
AA 576-625 601-650 116-140 116-145 1801-1850 1781-1843  
A 526-575 551-600 86-115 86-115 1741-1800 1719-1780  
B 476-525 501-550 60-85 56-85 1651-1740 1656-1718  
C 426-475 426-500 < 60 41-55 1576-1650 1594-1655 Really < 476
D < 426 < 426 < 40 < 40 < 1576 < 1593 Selected tournaments only

For those players on our database already, we will be making the adjustment to reflect their division raking based on their current FargoRate. For other players coming into our system, we will place them according to their FargoRate. If the incoming player does not have a FargoRate, we will need some documentation of performance from league play, or that player will get defaulted into the "A" Division, unless there is some kind of "known ability" of that person that would put them elsewhere. We will not allow new players to come and "rob" our lower divisions. Our concern is with protecting the divisions for the loyal MPA membership.

For most of our smaller events, we will be restricting the field sizes of our divisions. We are doing this so we can get the event done by closing time (or shortly after), and so the tournament continues to run smoothly without long wait times between matches. Most of our smaller events will be restricted to the first PAID 32 players per division (128 players total). Players will be able to register and pay online. Registering online and not paying for your entry will NOT guarantee you a spot, and you will be replaced with a paid player if one registers.

Larger events, like the Upper Midwest Shootout, and casino tournaments, will still have larger fields. But we will post our field sizes at other events.

The MPA currently has over 23,000 players in the database with over 5,200 playing at least one event since 2018, and we proudly host over $100,000 annually in added money tournaments. I know the COVID put a slow-down on our efforts, but now that we're back, we're looking to build more tournaments, and look forward to making your pool tournament experiences pleasurable!

We'll be seeing you at some upcoming events!!!


Online Registration for the 2023-2024 season!

If you are trying to register for a Tournament/Event you will need to have a UserID and Password for the MPA site in order to register online. If you do not have one try using your google or Facebook account.

MPA Online registration information.

Having trouble getting logged on? Send me an Email.It only takes a minute to set you up if you do not have a userid. You must be in our database to get a userid, so if your aren't in our database click the "Join MPA" on the tool bar and answer the questions, shouldn't take more than 2 minutes of your time. That will get you in our database and also setup your UserID and Password. If you don't know if you are already in, click on the "Player Lists" link and look yourself up.

Note that you will not see the registration links until you are logged on.


MPA Sanctioned Teams can qualify for the ACS Nationals!

As many of you may know, we have been looking at doing a tournament in Vegas.

But instead of doing our own MPA event, we talked to John Lewis from the ACS and have worked out an arrangement that will allow all MPA League sanctioned players to play in the ACS Nationals on May 11-18, 2024.

You must be sanctioned through your LEAGUE. Individual ($20 MPA Individual Sanctioned) members will not be included, as they must meet the criteria of playing a minimum of 8 weeks of league in order to be eligible for the ACS Nationals.

Our MPA players will now be able to play in all of the events out there (singles, doubles, 9-ball, 8-ball, team, etc), and the Tropicana is a great location for this event. I went out there last May and got my national referee certification at this event, and it's well run, organized, and reasonably priced for the pool player's budget. I hope that many of you will plan on participating in the 2023-2024 ACS Nationals. Plan early - get your rooms and flights reserved, and I hope to see you out there!!!

You can find more information here

Please feel free to field any questions to John Stich, as we are very proud of this relationship we've developed, and think it's a great thing for both the MPA and the ACS.

For more information on the ACS Nationals, go to their website - americancuesports.org Thank you.

When you get a minute.

So if you are an individual or a league operator make sure you understand the sanctioning rules for the upcoming by reading the 2019-2024 League Operators Manual .

Finally

We would appreciate comments and suggestions on what we have or what content, as a pool player, you would like to see on this site. Send comments to us at MPAPool.

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