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Join Today
Join our TAP League Family! Meet new people and make new friends, as well as current friends. Be part of a fun and growing community of Billiards Players!
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Choose a Format
Here at TAP, we have many formats of League play to choose from, or play in multiple formats. TAP League has 8 different Divisions. CLICK HERE to view all that we have to offer.
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Start Playing
Once you have joined TAP, you can choose to either join in on an existing team, or start your own team and even "Captain" a team! Either choice will allow you a chance to qualify to play in our "National Championship" which is held in a different city every year!
Titleholders Qualified Singles And Teams
Click on the Image below to see The Current Qualifiers
about us
The Super Billiards Expo is held annually at:
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks
100 Station Ave
Oaks, PA 19456
We’re proud to be the home of the TAP League Rally in the Valley event every year!
TAP, LLC Pools Amateur Tour, Rally in the Valley Dream Team Event is a TAP Players Only event.
Players from all over the USA and Canada, build dream teams with players they meet from other areas at this event and TAP Nationals. They can have any player from all TAP Areas play on this built dream team, just for this event. They do not have to play together weekly.
When Loyd Schonter, FOUNDER and CEO of TAP, LLC came up with the concept of a dream team event, it was a concept original and of its own in the billiard industry. Loyd and Allen Hopkins decided in 1996 to partner up and in conjunction TAP would hold their own event, during Allen’s Super Billiards Expo. Hence, a perfect time to release the TAP Rally in the Valley event/concept.
Over the last 22 years, the event has grown tremendously, sold out every year, and every year it grows and sells out again.
Today, the TAP Rally in the Valley event is not only 8 Ball Dream Team, which it started with, but now includes 9 Ball Dream Team along with Singles and Scotch Doubles.
If you aren’t a TAP Player and want to become one, please go into Www.Tapleague.Com and check out our League Locator. If there is no TAP League in your area, please see TAP’s Sales Director, Sam Rullo at EXPO Booth # 656 or call him at 1-800-984-7665 (ext 2). Sam will be able to help you become a TAP Operator and build a TAP League in your area.
Any event information you want for this event you can email Kelly Nace, TAP Corporate Event Director at [email protected] or call 1-800-984-7665 (ext 4).
Looking forward to another successful TAP Event and seeing Allen and his staff along with the Vendors and Players at the prestigious Super Billiards Expo.
This event is played on Diamond Smart Barbox (3.5’x 7′) tables with Simonis 860 Cloth, the best quality equipment in the industry.
The concept of our organization was on the drawing board as early as 1989, with the hopes of being the best. We are achieving our goals every day, and are now proudly serving tens of thousands of members every week, throughout the United States and Canada.
Some say we are the “Players League”, some say we are the “Rolls Royce League”. I say we are the league of sportsmanship, the league for the present and future generations. Not the biggest, but the best. The league with a vision for you “The Player”!
Loyd L. Schonter
Founder & President
TAP Goes Places!
Our National Championships are held in a different city every year!
KC TAP Area League Divisions
- Green text = Now Enrolling
- White Text = Closed Enrollment (Currently in Session)
- 8-Ball Teams @ Side Pockets Blue Springs Now in Session & Enrolling Through April 28th
- Scotch Doubles Mon @ Tavern 24 Started March 3rd: Next Session Begins May 19th
- 8-Ball Singles Women League Mon @ Side Pocket BS starts: March 31st
- 9-Ball Singles Mon @ Side Pockets Blue Springs Started March 3rd: Next Session Begins May 19th
- Triple Doubles Teams Mon @ Edge On 7 Forming Teams Now (Promotional FREE SESSION - New membership annual fee not included) Session Starts March 31st
- 8-Ball Teams Women’s Only Division @ Tavern 24 – Independence Starting April 15th
- 8-Ball Teams @ Edge of 7 (Gem) in Blue Springs 7:00 PM. Next Session begins April 23rd
- Juniors League 8-Ball Singles (Coaches and Juniors) @ Diamond Bowl and Billiards Independence. Enrolling now! Start League March 30th
Singles & Teams Tournaments Payouts
ALL SINGLES (10 WEEK SESSIONS)
- $10 Weekly Dues
- Payout Pot = $30 Per Player In Division {Example: If Division has 20 Players, Prize Pot Will Be $600}
- 1st and 2nd In Points Will Receive Entry To The Title Holders (National Qualifying Tournament)
With 10 Or More Players, If Less Than 10 Players, Only 1st Place Shall Receive The Entry - 1st Place Prize Money is $100 And A Plaque, 2nd Place Receives $50 (This Is Overall Session Points)
- The Playoffs Shall Consist of The Top 6 Players, In Which Will Play For The Remainder Of The Session Prize Money At a 60/40 Split For 1st And Second Place Of The Playoff Tournament.
- $10 Per Player ($20 Per Team)
- Payout Pot = $75 Per Team In Division {Example: If 10 Teams In Division, Prize Pot Will Be $750}
- 1st and 2nd In Points Will Receive Entry To The Title Holders
(National Qualifying Tournament)
With 10 Or More Teams, If Less Than 10 Players, Only 1st Place Shall Receive The Entry - 1st Place Prize Money is $100 And A Plaque, 2nd Place Receives $50 (This Is Overall Session Points)
- The Playoffs Shall Consist of The Top 6 Teams, In Which Will Play For The Remainder Of The Session Prize Money At a 60/40 Split For 1st And Second Place Of The Playoff Tournament.
- The Remainder of the Tournament, Lowest Seed Will Play Highest Seed.
- $10 Per Match, Teams Play 5 Matches
- Payout Pot = $100 Per Team In Division {Example: If 10 Teams, Prize Pot Will Be $1000}
- 1st In Points Will Receive A Plaque And An Entry To The Title Holders (National Qualifying Tournament)
- The Playoffs Shall Consist of The Top 2 Teams, In Which Will Play A Race To 3 For The The Session Prize Money!
With 6 Or More Teams, Top 2 Will Pay Out At A 60/40 Split For 1st And Second Place Of The Playoff Race.
Qualify to play in the National Championships
To Qualify For Play, Members Must Play In The Format That They Qualified For During The Time That "Titleholders" Is being played, and Must Be on an active roster thru time of Nationals. (Must have 10 lifetime matches and have at least 6 matches played from May 13th thru Sept 30th of year of Nationals that you qualify)
Must meet all session qualifications i.e.. minimum number of matches played and in good standing with TAP League.
MVP Top 12 And Annual Player Appreciation Party / Captains Tournament
MVP TOP 12 player for each HC Backet qualifies for KC TAP Annual MVP Tournament that has cash prizes and National Qualification entry awards to the top winners. MVP Tournament is held at our Annual Player Appreciation Party \ Captains Tournament which is in January every year. Venue To Be Determined.
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frequently asked question
Dive into the 8 Ball Pool Knowledge Pool
Singles in 8, 9, and 10 Ball. Teams in 8, 9, and 10 Ball. Scotch Doubles in 8 and 9
Ball. We have other formats available to our players as we are always for the player and
do fun innovating leagues that are not offered in other leagues.
Annual membership is $25 and nightly dues are $10 per match per player.
Yes, At the end of every session in all format’s singles, teams etc. they all pay out
cash prize money along with other rewards for multiple skilled achievements.
Yes, we have an annual Captain’s tournament and MVP tournament that is earned
and has a cash payout and has Titleholder earned entries.
Yes, TAP is a national league that has two annual tournaments one that is a buy in
tournament (Rally in the Vally) which also has a Super Billirads Expo and it is in
Philadelphia in the month of April. The other National tournament is our Nationals which
is a mix of buy formats for singles and scotch doubles and earned entries for 8 and 9 ball
Team events.
Yes. TAP has a proven handicap system that has skill level from 2 being the lowest to
8 being the highest. When you play there is a race chart
Example if handicap 2 plays a 5 it is a 2 game to 5 game race for that match.
Call pocket with the good hit rule in play and ball in hand for fouls. (Entire rule book is
available on our website) Click Here To Download And Read Our Rules.
Yes, TAP is a very novice friendly league if you have never played pool or have never
played in a league you will start out as the lowest handicap which is skill level 2.
The great thing about that is while you are playing your match anyone from your team can
coach you on every shot if necessary, aS lONG aS tHEY dO nOT gO tO tHE tABLE. Also, every
player gets two coaches at the table to help with difficult shots.Â
 When you sign up, contact the league operator and they can put you on a team that is good at developing
new players. We have a great culture of supporting and developing new players all of
our new players show great improvement by the end of their first session.
Yes, we have a Women’s League that has qualifications for our TAP Nationals as well
as has qualifications for our National Women’s League Tournament which is held at the
TAP Rally in the Valley.
 we have no age limit. just need approval from the venues in which your league
plays in, as they may have certain curfews for minors.
Depends on the league; however the average is 12 to 16 weeks.
Review rule book and be well versed with all rules in the format in which you will be a captain
of. Have a least 4 other players that have committed to playing on your team. reach
out to league operator to get approval. If you are a current Captain of a team while our
annual Captain’s tournament is being played you will qualify for a free entry into
tournament, that has cash payouts, titleholder qualifications and prizes.
