YOU can be a part of a WORLDWIDE pool tournament from your home town!
Click MY ACCOUNT to register as a New Player.
Players can play FREE indefinitely, however, they can’t challenge other players.
>To Challenge other players you must be a registered player and have active Match Credits.
Buy Match Credits if your account is depleted.
>Go to the Brackets/Charts Page and print out the Challenge Cards & Instructions. Make copies as needed. It’s much easier to score your matches on paper prior to data entry on a pc.
Click PLAY NOW! and login to enter Match Scores. (It takes 40 seconds to enter match scores.
>Select option
A) if Player 2 is present (default)
B) Player 2 is not present, which requires email verification.
>Select Submit
Your name should be listed as Player 1
>Login Player 2 and Select NEXT
You have arrived at the EScore Card or the Match Score entry screen!
>Verify Player 1 & Player 2 are correct at the top of the EScore Card
>Enter the appropriate scores. Games Won GW is the minimum data required.
**PRO STATS shot by shot with a calculated WPRating is optional.** Click PRO STATS scoring rules. The colored Stats on the EScore Card are stats that affect the WPRating
**Log out to enter other new players. The log out button is at the bottom of the My Account Page**
>Visit the Leader Board to verify your stats were posted correctly.
HOW TO PLAY?:
1) Select PLAY NOW! from the Home Page
2) Select the EVENT to play in.
3) View the Leader Board STATS:
**Click on [?] to see stats abbreviations***Click MW or GW to change Player Rankings**
Prize Fund $ is the total event prize value
4) Select Challenge someone to play if you want to contact another player
5) Select PLAY
***HELP button is a quick overview***
Click PLAY NOW! and login to enter Match Scores.
NOTE: It takes 40 seconds to enter Match Scores.
>Select option
A) if Player 2 is present (default)
B) Player 2 is not present, which requires email verification.
>Select Submit
Your name should be listed as Player 1
>Login Player 2 and Select NEXT
You have arrived at the EScore Card or the Match Score entry screen!
>Verify Player 1 & Player 2 are correct at the top of the EScore Card
>Enter the appropriate scores. Games Won GW is the minimum data required.
**PRO STATS shot by shot with a calculated WPRating is optional.** Click PRO STATS scoring rules. *****The colored Stats on the EScore Card are stats that affect the WPRating*****
**Log out to enter other new players. The log out button is at the bottom of the MY Account page**
>Visit the LEADER BOARD to verify your stats were posted correctly.
HOW DOES THE REVOLUTIONARY CHALLENGE SYSTEM WORK?
>Challenge any player in the system or invite a new player, schedule to play your match anytime and locate a pool table anywhere.
>Enter your Match Scores in the designated event and monitor your results on the Leader Board. The goal is to get to the TOP 10 and stay there.
>Or your private mini group can compete for the TOP Ranking in their group.
The main format is based on 64 players play a race to 5 wins in 10 matches against 10 different players. When the final match is entered the tournament closes and the stats will be validated. Winners are ranked by Matches Won MW with Games Won GW as a tie breaker.
1) Any 2 players match up and play a real pool match (1 or more games, Race to 5, etc.) and dedicate/link that match into any active Challenge tournament of your choice. You can challenge players from the system or challenge new players.
Self schedule the match to play at any convenient time at any pool table location.
2) The Match scores are listed on the Leader Board and the players are Ranked by Matches Won MW. By clicking on Games Won GW the Player Ranking changes to GW.
3) The Entry Fee is $1 per match purchased by the Challenging Player (Player 1)
4) All players must be registered. The opponent (Player 2) can play for free as long as they wish. However, to have a better chance on moving up the Leader Board you’ll want to challenge other players.
5) Each $1 entry fee accumulates as 100% Payback in McDermott Cues.
6) Create small player groups of 3 -7 and PLAY a round robin format to get your match scores in faster.
***Currently we are suggesting all players that don’t have a local tournament, dedicate your match to the >BilliardCommuinty.com National Challenge.***
7) There are over 5 ways to ensure that the tournament data accurate and the winners win as stated.
If there is NOT an active tournament in your city request one & it can be started within 48 hours.
PLAYER BENEFITS FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS, AGES & NATIONALITIES:
+Monitor your Ranking & Stats immediately +Very Affordable +Many ways to WIN Prizes & Cash for pros and amateurs +40 seconds to enter Match Scores +HI-TECH! monitor your ranking and enter match scores on your smart phone +LOW-TECH! score your match on a paper challenge card and give it to your local promoter or a friend for entry
+Flexibility +Self schedule your matches to play when you want +No waiting between matches +Challenge the players you want to play +PLAY at the venue you want to play at
+PLAY in a small local challenge with close friends +Arrange your own private mini contest of 3-7 players +Include stats from existing events +PLAY in a national mega challenge +PLAY in any challenge in the world and see how you Rank.
The ProPool system empowers players to schedule their own matches and PLAY more pool with less waiting with numerous contest to pick from.
Enjoy 1 or more of the following innovative features:
>The main mission of propool.com is to collect and track pool player lifetime statistics from any current and historical competition including leagues, tournaments, tours and special challenge matches.
>Download our submit form on the Brackets/Charts Page to submit your tournament results:
To download >Click StatMaster W-L Submit Form to list your event and email it to statmaster@propool.com.
>We have developed various tools, applications and forms to make it easy and fun to gather player data and submit it to propool.com for tracking. We have various charts your can download for free on the Brackets/Charts Page.
>We collect various STATS from real games along with providing a World Performance Rating WPR. This rating can be estimated and accurately obtained in our exclusive online EScore Card. The EScore Card is accessed through the PLAY NOW Page.
>The EScore Card Live feature allows any video streamed match to have the Pro Stats shot by shot activity posted to the internet and available to the announcers for immediate game conversations.
>If your streaming any matches you should try out our PRO STATS shot by shot scoring program that interacts with the video crew and generates the immediate stats for the video and the announcers.
>The SUPER8 tournament linkable EChart also has many cool features, which allows any size event to be built by linking these 8 player double elimination ECharts together.
>The PC>TV Display feature is a free hi-tech way to display the video’s and the Event data on your BIG Screen TV.
This VIRTUAL POOL feature allows players to go online and complete playing a virtual game on a virtual pool table and tracking your stats in a real system. It’s remarkably like playing real pool. You can compare your online skill against your real skill. It’s fun & interesting. Watch for a lot more on this feature. We have a convenient link to yahoo games, but you can use any virtual game you want. Enter the stats on the Virtual Event listed on the THE EVENT CENTER Page. Click the Virtual Pool Challenge to give it a try.
World Performance Rating, WPR:The PRO STATS system is an accurate shot by shot online EScore Card with a WPRating Calculator. You can see how you shoot against the pros immediately. The WPR is a skill level number that indicates a player’s performance on a single game to a series of games. We provide a written description as a reference for a new player when estimating their initial WPR fairly accurately to within 50 points. The estimated WPR can be adjusted by comparing it to other players. We also, have a cross reference table that compares the WPR against several common systems giving any player a quick way to compare their performance to the pros and other players regardless of organization affiliation.
Go to the PLAY NOW page to get started.
>As we locate and upload other current and historical tournaments or event we list a universal World Performance Rating WPR representing the players performance for the specific event or league.
NOTE: {We estimate the tournament rating and apply it to the first place player, then we use a formula slightly reducing each players rating indicating the estimated players performance rating WPR for that tournament. Any blank WPR fields are being evaluated and an estimated WPR is being added.}
Some historical tournaments have calculated ratings posted. We can develop a merge program that takes into account the converting system and post a more accurate estimated rating. Once players are listed from any event they can have their personal profiles updated as necessary by using the EScore Card Program.
However, the preferred method is to use the online EScore Card & WPR calculator to get an accurate mathematically calculated number from 0 to 1000. This can be used in a 1 on 1 Match>Up Challenge or part of a tournament. It also adds a great deal of interest, when using it real time during video tapped matches.
STATS: Stats are collected in any of 5 groups:
A) Pro Stats shot by shot scoring with a calculated World Performance Rating WPR.
B) Matches Won, Games Won & Games Lost. The Stats Leader Board is typically sorted by Matches Won MW. This allows lower rated players to be high on the list by just volumn.
C) Final Position and $ Won. >To Win a McDermott cue click StatMaster W-L Submit Form
D) Send us results in any format,
E) Or Use the ECharts that automatically run tournaments and collect stats. For Free programs go to the ECHARTS Page and the HOW TO PLAY? Page for more programs.
ACCURACY VALIDATION:
1) Our first level of validation is a default to rely on the two competing players to ensure their stats are correct.
2) The second level is to have a third party witness, which is ALL the other players in the Venue, tour or area.
3) And the third level if necessary, is to include a Venue or event representative to validate the scores. Note: Every shot is measureable, so a referee can make an accurate determination.
WPR Floating Handicap is the best way. We advocate a performance based rating, which is a basis for handicaps. Ideally, competing players should be grouped by skill divisions, which make it much easier to manage and more fun for the players. Handicaps only add another layer of complexity and confusion to the payers concerns at a tournament. However, handicaps do exist and are common, so it helps to have an accurate rating to work from.
Most ratings and handicaps have steps from one skill level to the next. That’s not reality. A Player skill varies quite a bit from several contributing factors. Using a handicap that is fixed until it is manually changed from one level to another is brutal. Using the 1 – 10 method as an illustration shows the weakness. A) If a high 6 plays a low 6 that’s a substantial skill difference, yet the players play even and B) If a high 5 plays a low 6 it’s a game handicap yet the players are even in skill level. This method only encourages fear and effort to try to stay from a new high number. There is no way to have this system accurate and current… This is a very weak system in these hi-tech days.
Our WPR floating system using the 0-1000 span, which gives plenty of fine adjustments to identify a player’s accurate rating and handicap. Currently we are suggesting 75 points per game. If a 575 plays a 625 they play even. If a 510 player plays a 590 player that’s a one game handicap. Players and directors can determine their own ranges.
World Performance Rating Description
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| Cross Reference to National Systems | ||||||||||
| World Rating | 1000 | 900 | 800 | 700 | 600 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 200 | 100 |
| Title | Top Pro | Top Pro | Pro | Semi-Pro | Expert | Advanced | Novice | Amatuer | Starter | Starter |
| International Systems | ||||||||||
| 1 to 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 to 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 0 to 100+ | 95 UP | 65 to 95 | 50 to 65 | 35to 50 | 30 to 35 | 25 to 30 | 25 down | |||
| 0 to 1000 | 1.000 | 0.900 | 0.800 | 0.700 | 0.600 | 0.500 | 0.400 | 0.300 | 0.200 | 0.100 |
| 4 to 10-2 | 10-2 | 10-1 | 10 | 8 to 9 | 6 to7 | 5 to 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| ABC | AAA | AAA | AAA | A | B | B | C | D | E | E |
| 0 to 15 | 8 | |||||||||
| These cross-reference numbers are approximate comparisons to the accurate World Rating Calculation. | ||||||||||
| We can analyze any pool rating system and determine an equivlent comparision. | ||||||||||
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