The Texas Pool Tournament Index

What it costs to play competitive pool in Texas — computed from 219 live tournament listings at 135 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 Texas pool tournament is $20, level with the U.S. median of $20 (from the 132 Texas listings that publish a fee).
• Conroe is the cheapest place to play in Texas (median $10); Arlington is the most expensive at $400.
• Saturday is Texas's biggest pool night with 38 weekly tournaments, ahead of Fri (29), Sun (27).
• Austin hosts the most tournaments in the state (12).
• 8-Ball is Texas's game of choice, 74 events to 9-Ball's 60.
• 7 of 219 listings (3%) post a Fargo cap — handicap-protected events for amateur players.
• Texas venues add $9,050 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.

Most tournaments by city

Every pool tournament in Texas → · The national Pool Tournament Index →

Methodology

Action Buddy aggregates public tournament listings and venue submissions across Texas. Each recurring weekly series counts once. Fee statistics use the 132 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/tx/).