[POOL] 1st night's results
Paul Hovland
hovland at mcs.anl.gov
Wed Sep 14 11:38:18 CDT 2011
But are you proud of the fact that you haven't played since May? :-).
Paul
On Sep 14, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Craig Stacey <stace at stace.com> wrote:
> 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
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