The Florida Pool Tournament Index
What it costs to play competitive pool in Florida — computed from 156 live tournament listings at 90 pool halls and bars. Updated September 2026. Free to cite with a link to this page.
Weekly tournaments by night
Key findings
- The median entry fee for a Florida pool tournament is $15, below the U.S. median of $20 (from the 94 Florida listings that publish a fee).
- Ocala is the cheapest place to play in Florida (median $5); Winter Park is the most expensive at $20.
- Saturday is Florida's biggest pool night with 37 weekly tournaments, ahead of Sun (27), Fri (22).
- Winter Park hosts the most tournaments in the state (7).
- 9-Ball is Florida's game of choice, 58 events to 8-Ball's 46.
- 2 of 156 listings (1%) post a Fargo cap — handicap-protected events for amateur players.
- Florida venues add $1,125 per week of guaranteed added money across the weekly tournaments that publish it.
Median entry fee by city
Cities with at least 5 fee-listing tournaments, cheapest first.
| City | Median entry | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Ocala | $5 | 6 |
| Tampa | $10 | 5 |
| Cape Coral | $20 | 5 |
| Winter Park | $20 | 7 |
Most tournaments by city
| City | Tournaments |
|---|---|
| Winter Park | 7 |
| Daytona Beach | 6 |
| Miami | 6 |
| Ocala | 6 |
| Tampa | 6 |
| Cape Coral | 5 |
| Davie | 5 |
| Lauderhill | 5 |
| Orange Park | 5 |
| Sebring | 5 |
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Methodology
Action Buddy aggregates public tournament listings and venue submissions across Florida. Each recurring weekly series counts once. Fee statistics use the 94 events that publish an entry fee. Figures regenerate automatically as the dataset refreshes; media are welcome to cite this page (attribution: Action Buddy, https://actionbuddy.app/pool-tournament-index/fl/).
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