The Kentucky Pool Tournament Index
What it costs to play competitive pool in Kentucky — computed from 36 live tournament listings at 19 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 Kentucky pool tournament is $20, level with the U.S. median of $20 (from the 19 Kentucky listings that publish a fee).
- Friday is Kentucky's biggest pool night with 10 weekly tournaments, ahead of Sat (7), Sun (5).
- Corbin hosts the most tournaments in the state (6).
- 9-Ball is Kentucky's game of choice, 21 events to 8-Ball's 7.
- Kentucky venues add $500 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florence | $20 | 5 |
Most tournaments by city
| City | Tournaments |
|---|---|
| Corbin | 6 |
| Florence | 5 |
| Glasgow | 5 |
| Brandenburg | 2 |
| Central City | 2 |
| Elizabethtown | 2 |
| Lexington | 2 |
| Louisville | 2 |
| Owensboro | 2 |
| Waddy | 2 |
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Methodology
Action Buddy aggregates public tournament listings and venue submissions across Kentucky. Each recurring weekly series counts once. Fee statistics use the 19 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/ky/).
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