The North Carolina Pool Tournament Index
What it costs to play competitive pool in North Carolina — computed from 65 live tournament listings at 25 pool halls and bars. Updated November 2026. Free to cite with a link to this page.
Weekly tournaments by night
Key findings
- The median entry fee for a North Carolina pool tournament is $20, level with the U.S. median of $20 (from the 34 North Carolina listings that publish a fee).
- Jacksonville is the cheapest place to play in North Carolina (median $20); Clemmons is the most expensive at $25.
- Saturday is North Carolina's biggest pool night with 13 weekly tournaments, ahead of Fri (11), Sun (11).
- Cherokee hosts the most tournaments in the state (12).
- 8-Ball is North Carolina's game of choice, 25 events to Mix's 21.
- North Carolina venues add $2,300 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville | $20 | 8 |
| Nashville | $20 | 5 |
| Clemmons | $25 | 10 |
Most tournaments by city
| City | Tournaments |
|---|---|
| Cherokee | 12 |
| Jacksonville | 11 |
| Clemmons | 10 |
| Cary | 6 |
| Nashville | 5 |
| Raleigh | 5 |
| Havelock | 4 |
| Charlotte | 2 |
| Fayetteville | 2 |
| Pineville | 2 |
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Methodology
Action Buddy aggregates public tournament listings and venue submissions across North Carolina. Each recurring weekly series counts once. Fee statistics use the 34 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/nc/).
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