Well…
There is no need to spell it out: I got eliminated:'(. Yet I can be very proud of myself for I had a nice run. I got up really early this morning, after watching the news on CNN I got myself ready to go to campus. The tournament was set for 2:00 P.M but the pool hall was not open until 1:30 so in effect that meant a short warm up time.
I first played Trevor for practice and end-up playing Kris (not to be confuse with my roommate). Finally John and Alex showed-up for to start the tournament. They were in all 12 of us. The tournament was a double elimination, meaning you had to loose to 2 different opponents to get eliminated. In the first round we all played our matches for a race to 5… Then whoever loose in the first round goes to the loser’s bracket and the system goes into a further complicated manner.
I played Alex in the first round… He ran for a lead of 0-2 but in the on the third rack he kick in the 8-ball for a lost bringing the game to a 1-2. Soon we found ourselves at a situation where we were 4-4… On an incredible shot from one cross-rail to the other I got the 8-ball in the side right pocket giving me my first and only win in the tournament…
From there on I lost to John in series ended at 1-5… going to the loser’s bracket for a shut-out by Frank on a 0-3…
In some I need more practice. Thus tomorrow me and Kris are heading to Hallagin to play in the league as partners… Boo-Yah !
Tags: billiards
