[POOL] 1st night's results

[Craig Stacey]

I just want to add that while it took me some time to find my stride (for which the fact I was playing a newbie saved my ass), I won the first game of the match with a long table bank on the 8.  I'm pretty proud of that one since I haven't played since May.

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Craig

On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:32 AM, John Valdes <valdes at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> We kicked off the 2011-2012 season against Retarded Monkeys.  On hand
> for Moe were Craig, Roger, Brian R and myself.
> 
> Craig played first against Ken, a new player to the league (and to
> pool) in a 2:2.  Craig gave him a fine introduction to the sport by shutting
> him out, 2:0.
> 
> I played next against Dennis in a 2:4.  I was confident having
> practiced on my 8' table over the summer, but the Q's 9' still felt
> really big, and I had forgotten how fast their felt it.  That and the
> lack of "home table curl" I've become accustomed to caused me to
> rattle more balls in the pockets rather than sink them (at least
> that's my excuse).  Despite some good runs, I went down, 0:4.
> 
> Roger went 3rd against Ray in another 2:4 (I believe).  Roger was
> shooting well and got a quick win when Ray scratched on the 8 in the
> first game.  Roger continued to play tough, but unfortunately he was
> unable to win a 2nd game, giving the match to Ray, 1:4.
> 
> Brian R played the 4th match against Mike M in a 2:8.  Brian came out
> shooting and won the first game, putting the pressure on Mike.  Brian
> continued shooting well, getting to the 8 in the 2nd and 3rd games,
> but eventually Mike settled down and started putting good runs
> together, eventually denying Brian another victory and taking the
> match, 1:8.
> 
> We didn't have a 5th, so that match has to be made up.
> 
> John