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htownstaff

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Louisville Derby Tournament
« on: June 20, 2008, 01:26:53 AM »
Does anyone bowl this on a regular basis?  Is it worth traveling to?
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shimerisu

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Re: Louisville Derby Tournament
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2008, 06:57:36 PM »
It is a tournament with $10 brackets. If your a staffer then you must like tournaments. But if you have to travel a long distance then save your money and fine something closer.

htownstaff

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Re: Louisville Derby Tournament
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2008, 07:12:52 PM »
Are you saying this is a larger scale house event?
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lsf_21

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Re: Louisville Derby Tournament
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2008, 07:27:44 PM »
i live in ky but as a youth bowler i dont get to bowl in it but i do know many many people who go every year and ive had to sell 50/50 tickets for ky all-stars and it seems that every shift there are people from many many different states that travel to bowl. every squad ive seen is nearly full around 40 lanes
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Dan Belcher

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Re: Louisville Derby Tournament
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2008, 07:37:54 PM »
I bowled in it for the first time this year.  I struggled badly because my thumb was swollen the entire time, and it took awhile to get used to it and get out of the ball cleanly.  Modified house shout with a little extra oil outside 10.  Easy to get to the pocket, hard to carry.  (That house always is hard to carry in, so that's no surprise)  I ended up roughly breaking even from the entry fee and jackpot/bracket costs off a win and a 2nd place in brackets (I only got in four brackets each day since I wasn't bowling too well at the time) and I got one of the actual game pots.  I didn't cash because I didn't bowl well at all, only shot in the 630s or 640s each set.   They ran the heads after each shift, but left the previous shift's carrydown for you to deal with.  I ended up going back to my Cell for the last games of the shift and moving left because pearl equipment didn't like the carrydown.  Fun tournament, but not worth driving too far.

carlos

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Re: Louisville Derby Tournament
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2008, 07:47:52 PM »
House is notorious for leaving corner pins. Found that out first hand. Then I talked to someone working the Tournament and he that's the only bad thing. Good luck if you go.