Welcome to TAP Austin Pool League

Its now all about choices!! We invite you to review the information on this website. Below is a detailed player testimonial section, a side by side comparison of the leagues, a prize and payout history, and the benefits for sticking with TAP and getting your friends to play. No other league in town has the benefits and features TAP provides to the player. We are league run by players for players. Its obvious where players should be playing, TAP Austin Pool League!!

Why play TAP?

The first and only league in Austin with a national handicapping system using over 80 algorithms(Now using over 240 algorithms! due to recent upgrade!!) to determine each skill level. This helps ensure your skill levels are accurate and match up with others across the country.
The first and only league in Austin to provide regional Titleholder team events.
The first and only league in Austin to provide a perpetual trophy stamping your championship team into pool history.
The first and only league in Austin to offer chances to go to a floating national event. (Not in Vegas every year)
The first and only league with multiple team and singles national events.
The first and only league where beginners can be coached every shot.
The first league in Austin to provide stats for players.
The first league in Austin to offer real 9-ball and a 9-ball Scotch Doubles event.
The first league in Austin to offer payment of annual dues online via credit card, debit card, or paypal.
The first league in Austin to offer paid division manager and league manager positions. Get rewarded for your work!
The first league in Austin to give division reps, division managers, and league managers free matches for their work!
Time for you to sign up and become part of the TAP family in Austin.

Do not be left out!!

Prize and Payout History
Exclusive to TAP only in Austin. When was the last time you heard from your league operator how much they paid out in a tournament. TAP provides it online here at this page for our league!!

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A Side by Side comparison of TAP vs Them!!

Category	Features	TAP (Us)	vs	Them	Clear winner
Style of play:
	Real 8-Ball (called pocket, no slop)	No Slop		Slop allowed	TAP
	Real 9 Ball (including rollouts)	Yes		No	TAP
	End of session qualifiers and national qualifiers tournament format	Single Elimination		Modified Single Elimination	TAP - Keep part of your weekend!
	Open Break, Call Pocket, Call Defense in 8 Ball Great for beginners	Yes Yes - Skill level 2s have unlimited coaching during their matches. Learn from the ringers on your team.		No No - Slop causes players to learn bad habits and incorrect mechanics. Reliance on slop is not great for new players.	TAP TAP - Learn to play the right way
National Tournament:
	Is there a National Tournament	Yes - 2 Tournaments each year		Yes- 1 Tournament	TAP
	How do you get qualified for the tournament	Play throughout year and qualifiy 3 times during the year!! or form your own team and play at Rally in the Valley buy-in National Dream Team tournament.		Play throughout the year and win the area championship. No buy-in National tournament.	TAP
	How many teams sent each year	about 3 out of 24, no limits, so if we have 160 teams, we will send about 16 teams!		Limited- consistently sending 4 teams out of approx 160 teams per year. 1 out of 40 ratio.	TAP
	Do we have to pay anything up front once the team qualifies to go to Nationals?	No, you win the prize purse, so you get the money to book your own travel! Additionally your team entry fee is covered.		Yes- $250 entry fee asked up front once qualified.	TAP

Local Level Play:

	What % of payout is paid out locally?	Up to 50% of the weekly dues are paid back locally to the top winning teams.		Exact number unknown, but only about 10%	TAP

	Trophies at the end of each session	Yes- We give away trophies that mean something. Only the Titleholder 1st place winners win trophies. Plus winners are on the Cup forever!! The trophies are big and cool		Yes to all 1st and 2nd place teams in each division. Little ones that end up in the garage.	TAP
	Payout and prize history shown to players	Yes		No	TAP
	In-depth stats including game/match win loss	Yes		No	TAP
	Handicaps managed Nationally or locally	Nationally - All players are ranked based on over 240 mathmatical formulas weighing multiple points of data for each match played. The system determines your handicap, not the local league operator.		Locally - "Your handicap is based on a mathmatical formula...the computer program has been developed to assist the league operator to ensure skill levels are calculated accurately" Source "Anti-Sandbaggin Measures"- APA Training Manual 01.13.00	TAP

est $66125 in cash and prizes paid out locally in this league since March 2006!!

3 Teams and 7 Singles Players from the Austin Area have qualified for TAP Nationals 2010 being held in Vegas in November! Are you next?

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TAP Austin Pool League, LLC
Email: info@tapaustin.com
Matt: 512-633-2253
Mark: 512-415-5094