[POOL] Results

[Craig Stacey]

Most excellent!

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:00 PM John Valdes <j-valdes at comcast.net> wrote:

> Moe played a tough team last night--Nice Game, 7 Bucks--but Team Moe
> was up to the challenge!
>
> Tami started us off against Gaylen in a 2:3.  Gaylen took a commanding
> lead early, winning the first 2 games to get to the hill, but Tami
> rallied back, winning the next 2 games and the match, 2:2.
>
> Craig played next against Bob in a 1:9.  Craig masterfully took down
> Bob in the 1st game, as he reported, using strategy, shots and
> safeties, a 1:0 match win!
>
> Katie then played a 1:5 against Shane.  Using a similar approach, Katie
> safetied Shane on his 8-ball shot in the opening game, causing him to
> scratch, and netting a win for Katie, another 1:0!
>
> Next up as Paul H against Dave in a 2:4.  Both were shooting well,
> with Dave having a slightly better go at it in the first 2 games,
> which he won.  The shots went in Paul's favor in the 3rd game, getting
> Paul to the hill, and it looked like he would take the 4th game, until
> he and Dave started doing the safety dance.  Unfortunately, Dave
> successfully stymied Paul to take that game, and while Paul had an
> opportunity to take the final game, Dave won that one too to take the
> match, 1:4.
>
> The final game featured Paul L against Frankie in a 2:8.  Paul was
> making good shots, which made Frankie nervous and helped to keep him
> from speeding through the games.  Nonetheless, Frankie took the first
> 3 games and held Paul at bay by keeping his balls tied up in the 4th
> game, until Paul managed to break his last ball free on the
> follow-thru when sinking his 2nd-from-last ball to win that game.
> Frankie won the next game, and the next, and the next 2 after that,
> building his confidence again to get to the final hill-hill game.
> Paul continued to put on the pressure though, and just when Frankie
> thought he might have Paul blocked, Paul made his shot and ran out to
> take the game and match, 2:7.
>
> That made it 4 wins on the night; great job everyone!
>
> John
>
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