Get paid
to play.
Pickleball's smallest bracket. Real cash, paid same night. Winner takes the pot.
Next up8 of 8 spots left
Tue, Jun 9 · 7:30 PM
Next Gen Academy · Rockville, MD
Level: 4.0–4.5 DUPR · Format: RR → Single Elim
Entry
$10
Pot · winner take all
$80
Be one of the inaugural 8 — no one's in yet.
Enter the pot — $10How it works
From sign-up to pot, in 90 minutes.
1
Round robin
Two pods of 4. You partner with everyone in your pod across 3 games. Game to 11, win by 2.
2
Top 2 advance
Best two records from each pod move on. Tiebreaks by point differential, then head-to-head.
3
Draft & bracket
Top finishers become captains and draft their partners from the rest of the field. Two semis, then one final to crown the Pot Champion pair.
4
Pot paid · same night
Winner enters score, loser confirms. Organizer Venmos the pot within 15 minutes of the final.
The pot
$80. Winner takes all.
$80
Champion pair · $40 each
Pure player pot. 8 players × $10 entry = $80. The champion pair walks away with all of it — $40 per winner, net $30 profit each. No sponsor, no rake, no fees. Money in, money out, paid same night.
Who can play
Eval-gated. We match level.
A
DUPR-verified
DUPR rating with reliability ≥70 unlocks your bracket. Connect your DUPR and RSVP straight through.
B
Coach-evaluated
Free 30-min eval with a certified Link & Dink coach. Your rating gets added to your profile and unlocks brackets for a year.
For the inaugural cohort: Your P3 performance sets your starting bracket. Show up, play, get rated. The gate kicks in for the 4th week onward.
Why this is legit
Built for trust, not surprise.
🧾
Pure player pot.
No rake, no fees.
No rake, no fees.
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Eval-gated.
Level-matched.
Level-matched.
✓
Coach Up
verified host
verified host
⚡
Same-night
Venmo payout
Venmo payout
Your host
Coach Up organizer · Sam M.
SM
Sam Morris
Coach Up · DMV
“P3 is for the games I always wanted to play on a Tuesday but couldn't find. Real bracket, real stakes, real people. No pickup-game limbo.”
3.85
DUPR
12
Events run
96
Players hosted
4.9
Host rating
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$80
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