[POOL] Results

[Craig Stacey]

I owe it all to Paul's dramatic shift in strategy and coaching.

In games 1-3, the strategy was "If you win this game, you win the match."

Game 4 he shifted to "If you lose this, you don't win the match."

It's all in the wording.

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 6:38 PM Paul <paul at paulanderin.net> wrote:

> If you watch on periscope.tv, Craig's run is at 2:26.
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 2:33 AM
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> Subject: [POOL] Results
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> We played Holdin' Our Own tonight.  Briefly:
>
> Cari played unforgiving opponent Scott Peterson in a 1:4; he's tough
> and took Cari out, 0:4.
>
> Craig played Jenny next in a 1:4.  Jenny is also tough but much more
> forgiving; she was about to close out the match, having won the first
> 3 games, but Craig made a nice 3 ball run to get to the 8 which he
> then sank for the match.  A good, overdue win, 1:3.
>
> Tami went next against Cat in a 2:2.  Cat took the first game, but
> Tami came back in the second. Until she got to the 8, which eluded
> every pocket in which she tried to sink it.  Cat caught up, and then
> sank the 8 to take the second game and the match, 0:2.
>
> Paul L played the 4th match against Jim in a 3:1.  Jim came out
> shooting, making shots and making it tough on Paul, esp since Paul was
> on the high-side of the matchup with no games to give.  Paul still had
> a number of balls left on the table when Jim got to the 8 and just
> couldn't catch up in time; he went down, 0:1.
>
> I finished the night against Tome in a 2:3.  I got off to a good
> start, winning the first game, but that was thanks in part to Tome not
> having such a good start, missing a number of shots he'd normally
> make.  That apparently got him focused, as he stopped missing and
> turned up the defense, taking the next 3 games and the match, 1:3.
>
> So only 1 win for the night.
>
>
> We did a little better last week against Nice Rack, but not much:
>
> Cari started us off on the right track getting a much needed win in
> the opener, a 2:2 against Melanie, which she won 2:1.
>
> Craig played Mike next in a 2:3 and won the 3rd game, but in the end
> went down 1:3.
>
> Jack played next against Gene in a 2:2, Jack's first match in his
> return to Team Moe.  Gene was shooting well though, and Jack was a bit
> rusty, resulting in a loss, 0:2.
>
> I played the 4th match against Glenn, a 3:3.  I took the first game,
> but wasn't shooting that great and couldn't take another, losing the
> match 1:3.
>
> Paul H closed out the night against Chuck in a 2:3.  Paul was shooting
> very well and beat Chuck handily, 2:0.
>
> So 2 wins last week.
>
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