[POOL] Last Week's Results!

[Tami Martin]

Hi Moe Team,

I have recruited two new players for our team - Jack and Lisa Schmidt.  
They are coming tonight.  If we hit our max for the team, I'll step 
aside for tonight so they can play.  Either way, I'll be there at 6:00 
PM tonight.

Go Moe.

Thanks,
Tami

On 1/12/15 9:18 PM, John Valdes wrote:
> Good night; we quickly dispatched with Retarded Monkeys, Mike
> McKiernan's team.  The "proposed" handicap table was in effect, btw.
>
> Martino played 1st against Mike in a 1:6.  Unfortunately for Martino,
> Mike was shooting well, making most shots he tried and not giving
> Martino much time at the table.  However, Martino was shooting well
> too whenever he got the chance, sinking all but 1 or 2 of his balls in
> a few of the games.  In one game, Martino had 1 remaining object ball
> on the rail less than an inch from a corner pocket with the 8 not much
> further from the opposite corner pocket (ie, perfectly positioned for
> an easy shot after sinking the object ball).  Unforunately, the cue
> ball was at almost a 90° angle to the object ball, requiring either a
> super-thin cut or a long, cross-table bank in order to sink the object
> ball.  Martino opted for the super-thin cut (too much risk of missing
> on the bank and giving up ball-in-hand); unfortunately not enough
> momentum was transferred and his ball only moved a few millimeters,
> leaving Mike with an easy shot on the 8.  The match eventually went to
> the hill game, in which Mike wasted no time sinking all his balls w/o
> giving Martino a turn at the table.  Fortunately for Martino, Mike
> didn't have a clear pocket in which to sink the 8, so he opted for a
> safety instead.  Apparently that required putting some draw on the
> cueball which Mike failed to do, and instead he sent the cueball
> rolling into the side pocket, scratching on the 8 and thus giving the
> game and match to Martino, 1:6.  Martino didn't have to pickup his cue
> once in the last game to win!
>
> Roger played the 2nd match against David (of the Wiedmeyer clan) in a
> 2:3 while Martino was playing his match.  They played on the opposite
> end of the pool hall, so I wasn't able to follow the play very
> closely.  The first game was very close and could have gone either
> way, but David sank the 8 first.  Unfortunately for Roger, the
> principles of Rocket Pool™ weren't working for him in this match, and
> he was unable to secure a win.  Roger went down 0:3.
>
> I played next against Scott Wiedmeyer in a 3:4.  I was shooting well
> and won the first game by making a nice bank on the 8--strictly by
> luck as one of Scott's balls was blocking the straight-on shot but
> served as the prefect guide for me to aim for the bank.  Scott
> struggled a bit in the second game which I won too, but then he
> rallied in the third to get to the 8 first.  The 8 was close to the
> side pocket and presented an obvious scratch if one tried to cut it
> down to the nearest corner pocket, but inexplicably, that's the shot
> Scott called and took.  And scratched, giving me the game and a match
> win, 3:0.
>
> Tami played the 4th match of the night against Tim.  With Tim's -64
> handicap and the new handicap tables in effect, that meant a 2:1 match
> (rather than a 3:2 under the previous table).  It was of no
> consequence, as Tami was shooting well, making some nice cuts, and
> Tim was shooting like, well, a -64 handicapped player.  Tami took him
> down, 2:0, for much overdue match win; woo!
>
> Paul played the final match of the night against Stan, the last of the
> Wiedmeyer clan, in a 2:2.  Paul struggled a little to find his aim, but
> it came to him when he needed it, and he won the first game.  After
> Stan won the second, the final game came down to the 8, with Paul and
> Stan having both sunk all their balls.  Paul had first crack, but
> unfortunately he didn't have a shot and instead opted for a safety,
> which he played perfectly, leaving the 8 a ¼ inch from the rail with
> the cueball on the other side of the 8 opposite the rail and at a
> slight angle, also just a ¼ inch away from the 8.  With Dean watching,
> Stan then tried a direct shot on the 8, but after hitting the cueball,
> it rebounded off the 8 and back into his cue, causing a double hit,
> which Dean declared a foul, giving Paul ball-in-hand on the 8, which
> he of course sank for the win, 2:1 over Stan.
>
> So we won 4 and lost 1 to start the winter session; awesome!  All the
> other teams went 3:2 or worse, so we are currently in sole possesion
> of 1st for the current session.  Let's keep it that way for the next
> 13 weeks! :)
>
> Tomorrow we play Bob Daun's team, the team we played in the last week
> of the fall session and beat 3:2.  Bob will likely not have forgotten
> his match against Roger...
>
> John


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