Sudden Death Seven Ball Rules ESPN

Sudden death Seven Ball billiards was the name of a billiard tournament held annually within the United States of America that began in 2000 and ended in 2005. It was aired as a televised event by ESPN, and hence, is sometimes referred to as "ESPN Sudden Death Seven Ball". Sudden death Seven Ball billiards follows the rules of seven ball, as modified by the items in this sudden death 7 ball rules set.

Sudden Death Seven Ball Rules (ESPN)

Sudden Death Seven ball, sometimes abbreviated to SDSB, was the most publicized and/or notable billiard or pool game involving the game of seven ball billiards. It was, however, short lived in it's televised form, with only six annual events from 2000-2005. Many speculate that ESPN executives replaced it with the International Speed Pool Tournament, which is also an ESPN cue sport event that was hosted simultaneously with the Trickshot Magic event in 2006.

Sudden Death Seven Ball Rules (ESPN)

To stage the annual Sudden Death Seven Ball tournament each year, eight "invited" notable players (chosen by ESPN staff) were chosen to compete in this single elimination event.

Every Sudden death Seven Ball match has two sets, each of which was a race-to-7. To win Sudden death Seven Ball, a player must win both sets. If there is an exchange, the players engage in a single rack decider to determine a winner.

If a player fails to pocket a ball, the other player is awarded ball ball-in-hand priviliges. To prevent this from happening, the player at the table must invoke a safety (by calling it). Each player may call a safety only one time per rack.

The seven-ball had to be called before being pocketed. Failing to call it or calling a pocket other than where it was actually pocketed, would result of the seven-ball being re-spotted and player at the table loses his turn. Also, winning by pocketing the seven-ball wasn't permitted.

Sudden Death 7 Ball Prize money distribution

The total purse of the tournament was $40,000 USD, distributed in the following ratio:

Position	Prize
Champion	$25,000
Runner-up	$5,000
Semi-finalists	$2,000 each
Quarter-finalists	$1,500 each

Sudden Death Seven Ball Champions

Year	Location	Champion
2000	Chicago, Illinois	Mika Immonen
2001	Baltimore, Maryland	Corey Deuel
2002	Baltimore, Maryland	Francisco Bustamante
2003	Uncasville, Connecticut	Johnny Archer
2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	Corey Deuel
2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	Thorsten Hohmann

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Sudden Death Seven Ball Rules ESPN

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Sudden Death Seven Ball Rules ESPN History

Sudden death Seven Ball was a popular televised tournament developed over a period of six years by ESPN. It has since been discontinued.

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