[POOL] A good night

[Roger Sersted]

Brian kicked butt in his match and won 2-1.  BTW, afterwards Brian, Paul 
and I played a couple practice games.  In my first game against Brian, I 
broke and dropped the 8.  Yes, this is becoming a habit. :-)  But, 
seriously, Brian was totally in the zone.  Just about every shot went 
straight down the center of the pocket.

Here are a couple minor corrections to the play-by-play.  I have the 
team envelopes in my office to give to Kevin.

Actually, I won my 6:2 match 2-2.  The game after my 8-ball fiasco, I 
played really well.

Craig won his match 3-1.  The 4th game was Todd's undoing.

Rob won his match 2-1.

Craig Stacey wrote:
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> I'm a bit fuzzy on the end scores.
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> We entered the night with 29 wins, tied for 4th.  3rd was 30, 2nd was 
> 31, and 1st was 34 - Kevin's team.  Who we were playing.
> 
> Roger first, against Ed in a 5-2.  Ed wins first game.  Roger wins 
> second when Ed scratches on the 8.  Roger says "I'm going to sink the 8 
> on the break."  I say, "Okay, but not the cue ball."  Hilarity ensues, 
> as Roger breaks and watches the cue ball carom off the rack and into the 
> back corner, while the 8 makes as straight and fast a line as I've ever 
> seen for the opposite top corner.  It was a thing of beauty and sorrow 
> all at once.  They should've sent a poet.
> 
> Roger plays a good rest of match and finds himself able to sink the 8 
> ahead of Ed.  Roger wins, I think 2-3.
> 
> Up next, yours truly against Todd.  It's a 7-1 pain match.  I'm not 
> playing well, but improving through my 3 (or was it 4) losses.  Then 
> Todd loses in a fluke of a scratch on the 8th.  I'm not proud of that 
> win.  But, still a win!
> 
> Rob goes up next, facing off against Scott Petersen in a 5-1.  Scott is 
> shooting well, but so is Rob.  Rob has a sweet run to come from behind, 
> and plays a kick-ass safety.  He forced ball in hand and got to sink his 
> last ball and the 8 in a perfect setup.  In the end, Rob took it 1-3.
> 
> Paul is next, facing Kevin in a 4-2.  Paul's playing well, but Kevin's 
> having a good night.  In the 4th game, Paul plays back from a deficit 
> with a tremendous run, and is shooting on the 8.  Alas, they both chase 
> it back and forth off the top rail until Kevin finally gets a shot on 
> it.  Alas, Paul loses 4-0.
> 
> Brian played last, playing Jim in a 3-2.  Brian kicked ass in the first 
> game, Jim played much better in the 2nd, though Brian kept up, by the 
> time I left it was 1-1.  I think Brian probably took it, in which case 
> we'll end the week 2 games back of Kevin's team.  Should I be wrong and 
> Brian lost, it'll be 4 games back.
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> Craig
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