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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> mcs-pool <mcs-pool-bounces@mcs.anl.gov> on behalf of John Valdes <j-valdes@comcast.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 29, 2020 2:30:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Moe <mcs-pool@mcs.anl.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [POOL] Results</font>
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<div class="PlainText">We played Bass Ackward tonight.<br>
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First up was Cari against Don in a 1:5. I missed the match (as<br>
usual), so don't know the details, but end result was Cari went down<br>
0:5.<br>
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Tami played next against Fred in a 2:3. Tami took the first game to<br>
get to the hill and put the pressure on Fred. The next 2 games were<br>
close, but Fred won both to also get to the hill. In the final game,<br>
Tami got to the 8 first, but left it hanging deep in a pocket.<br>
Fortunately, Fred gave her another shot at it, but unfortunately, the<br>
8 was so deep in the pocket, that when Tami tried cutting across the<br>
pocket to knock it in w/o scratching, tie cueball missed the 8<br>
completely, giving Fred ball-in-hand, which he then used that to get<br>
to 8 and sink it for the match win, 1:3.<br>
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In the 3rd match, Paul L played Dave in a 3:3. Paul was shooting<br>
well, making his shots. Dave was making shots too, but was struggling<br>
a bit at times. Paul took advantage and had no trouble taking care of<br>
Dave, taking the first, second and third games, shutting him out 3:0.<br>
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Paul H played Candido in the 4th match, a 3:2. Paul was also shooting<br>
well and was about to take the first game when he gave Candido<br>
ball-in-hand which he used to win the game. Unphased, Paul continued<br>
to shoot well and took the next 3 games and the match, 3:1.<br>
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The final match was me vs Dean in a 1:7. Now that the precedent had<br>
been set, I knew what I had to do: I won the lag, went for an 8-ball<br>
break even though I never do that as I always scratch on it, and ... I<br>
scratched. But I did sink a ball (not the 8). Luckily, Dean gave me<br>
another turn at the table in the game which I used to put together a<br>
nice run. It looked like I might actually run out, but when making a<br>
bridge shot, I placed the bridge at an angle across the rail rather<br>
than flat on the table, and it slipped while I shot, sending the<br>
cueball wide of my target, giving Dean ball-in-hand and thus the game.<br>
That seemed to derail me for the match, as Dean took control of the<br>
match at that point. Remarkably, he did give me ball-in-hand a number<br>
of times throughout the match, but each time, I missed my first shot!<br>
The final hill-hill game was an ugly game. Dean started it out by<br>
sinking 4(!) stripes on the break but also scratching, giving me<br>
ball-in-hand in the kitchen, which I used to shoot on a stripe (of<br>
course), but I missed (again!). Dean then generously shot on solids,<br>
giving me stripes, but I just could not make a shot. Dean started<br>
missing too, and eventually, finally, I was able to sink the 3 stripes<br>
Dean had left on the table and the 8 (after missing an easy shot on it<br>
the first time), for the game and match, 1:6. A really ugly win, but<br>
still a win.<br>
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So that was 3 wins on the night; pretty good Team Moe!<br>
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John<br>
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