[POOL] Last night's results

[Paul Hovland]

IIRC, next week's opponent is We Used to be Good.  I'll probably still be on travel, unless I catch an early ride back.

Paul

On Oct 6, 2010, at 4:41 PM, John Valdes wrote:

> We played Cue Strokers, Andy's team.
> 
> Craig was first against Jori in a 2:2.  I missed this match, but if I
> remember the recap correctly, Craig had the lead in the first game,
> but somehow lost it to Jori (Craig probably felt bad about beating a
> pregnant woman :) ).  Jori then proceeded to break and run the 2nd
> game, only to find the 8-ball trapped by all of Craig's balls, and
> gave up ball in hand to Craig.  Craig then proceeded to sink his
> balls while keeping the 8 trapped, resulting in more ball in hand
> whenever Jori tried to get to the 8, until finally Craig finally got
> to it and sunk it, winning the 2nd game.  Don't recall how the 3rd
> game went, only that Craig was victorious, winning the match 2:1.
> 
> Next was Paul against Melanie in a 3:2.  Melanie was shooting
> uncharacteristically well, and took the first game.  Paul came back to
> take the next two games, but not being used to being on the high end
> of the #-games-to-win handicap, he wasn't able to close out the rubber
> game despite some good shots and fell, 2:2.  It didn't help that
> Melanie made some good defensive shots in the last game, knocking
> Paul's balls around like an expert curler... :)
> 
> I was next against Gene in a 2:2.  Gene is still converging (read:
> falling) towards his real handicap, so I was able to beat him handily,
> 2:0.
> 
> Next was Brian T against Amanda in a 3:2.  Despite an early loss in
> the first game, Brian held his ground with some solid shooting and
> came back to take the next 3 games and the match, winning 3:1.
> 
> Last was Brian R against Andy in a 2:5.  Brian struggled early on
> while Andy played well, losing the first 4 games.  But then the dance
> music kicked in, and Brian made a strong comeback taking the next
> game.  He then played tough in the rubber game and had a good 3-ball
> run all lined up to close out the match, but his shot on one of his
> balls went just a bit wide and ended up pocketing the 8, giving the
> game and match to Andy, 1:5.
> 
> So on we won 3 and lost 2.
> 
> In the makeup game against Les's team, Paul played Fred in a 2:6,
> after his match with Melanie.  Paul shrugged off it earlier defeat and
> played Fred well, and with the help of lots of ball in hand, he took
> Fred down, winning the match 2:3.
> 
> The team we played last week didn't have a player available for a make
> up match, so that still remains to be played.
> 
> John