Tavern Pool is very popular in San Francisco. The city has three pool leagues, the largest of which is the San Francisco Tavern Pool Association (SFTPA). The SFTPA has approximately sixty 8-Ball pool teams sponsored by over thirty bars. This league has Monday and Tuesday open teams and mixed teams on Wednesdays, which must include at least two members of each gender. During matches, the table is closed to the public at 7 p.m. to allow the home team to practice. The visitng team gets the table at 7:30 and matches start at 8 p.m. The league has two seasons each year with a ten week season, a playoff schedule almost as long as the National Basketball Association and an awards banquet for trophy presentations. The SFTPA also has scheduled individual tournaments for its members at the beginning, middle and end of each season. Skip's has sponsored pool teams for over 12 years and on two occasions has won the Masters Cup, which is a playoff between the Monday and Tuesday overall champions and is the final event of each season. Skip's currently sponsors four teams one of Monday, two on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. The SFTPA puts the teams in several divisions on each night in an attempt place each team with other teams of approximately equal skill. Each team plays the other division teams one match at the home bar and one at the opponents bar. For each match the table is closed to the public at 7 p.m. to allow the home team to practice and the visiting team is given the table for their practice at 7:30p.m. Matches start at 8 p.m. and normally consist of three games played by each of five team members.