The South Carolina Pool Tournament Index
What it costs to play competitive pool in South Carolina — computed from 39 live tournament listings at 18 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 South Carolina pool tournament is $17.5, below the U.S. median of $20 (from the 26 South Carolina listings that publish a fee).
- Saturday is South Carolina's biggest pool night with 7 weekly tournaments, ahead of Mon (5), Wed (5).
- Hampton hosts the most tournaments in the state (7).
- 9-Ball is South Carolina's game of choice, 13 events to Mix's 9.
- 1 of 39 listings (3%) post a Fargo cap — handicap-protected events for amateur players.
- South Carolina venues add $700 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hampton | $30 | 7 |
Most tournaments by city
| City | Tournaments |
|---|---|
| Hampton | 7 |
| Aiken | 6 |
| Conway | 4 |
| Irmo | 3 |
| Rock Hill | 3 |
| Simpsonville | 3 |
| Cayce | 2 |
| Myrtle Beach | 2 |
| North Charleston | 2 |
| Beaufort | 1 |
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Methodology
Action Buddy aggregates public tournament listings and venue submissions across South Carolina. Each recurring weekly series counts once. Fee statistics use the 26 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/sc/).
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