That damned Bob Jewett

alstl

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poolmouse said:
To be fair to Bob (#$^&@@*(%) I drove in on Friday, and got a full night's sleep. No excuses, he seemed to hesitate early in the game. Then when I got far ahead, he tightened up his game, played more carefully, more deliberately.

Bob inched his way back but eventually made a mistake leaving me an open kiss shot into the corner (the 11 ball in the attached image). There were plenty of balls available to run the final few balls I needed.

I decided not to take the shot, since I was too close to winning, and I felt the 11 would bounce off the side rail. Bob took a look at the shot and without hesitation made it, and ran out.
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Why not the 12/14 combination on the rail?
 
Bob Jewett

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alstl said:
Why not the 12/14 combination on the rail?
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It might have been at a worse angle for the real layout. Only the three balls involved were important for the shot. The other balls were less spread out, IIRC.
 
poolmouse

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Bob Jewett said:
It might have been at a worse angle for the real layout. Only the three balls involved were important for the shot. The other balls were less spread out, IIRC.
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Yep the rest of the balls were a mess.


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14-1StraightMan said:
I was happy to read your post and glad to see that you are getting to play. Five hours of driving is not easy and then try to play a serious match up to speed. Very hard to do... Looks like you played well and you had Bob..... at least for a little while... Congrats to Bob for making such a nice come back. Keep in touch.
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Would be nice to see more 14.1 here in the Los Angeles area.
 
DJKeys

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Congrats Bob!

I can say from experience that Bob has been shooting very consistently well as of late. Sometimes I get tired of racking for him!

:)

-dj
 
poolmouse

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DJKeys said:
I can say from experience that Bob has been shooting very consistently well as of late. Sometimes I get tired of racking for him!

:)

-dj
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Unfortunately I only get a chance to shoot once a month or so. Not enough to get back instroke. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't rack as much if I played even a couple times a week. ;)
 
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very exciting!


poolmouse said:
I very rarely play. I try to jump on the Mezz West State Tour, to give them my support. But it's 9 ball. I really hate 9 ball. The only real game for me is 14.1.

So I had to decide this weekend. Play in the Mezz West State Tour, or play in the 14.1 World Tournament qualifier in Monterey, CA.

Duh! I decided to go to play in the 14.1 qualifier. I got in the car, and five hours later I'm warming up at Easy Street Billiards.

I lose my first match, couldn't get a feel for things. I couldn't really aim. I couldn't decide when to release the cue. I couldn't feel how hard or soft to hit the cue ball. I was a mess. I guess I should accept that, since I only play once a month.

The first game turned out to be a good warm up. I won my next two matches fairly easily I'm starting to get in stroke.

I'm up against Bob Jewett in my fourth match. By then I'm shooting about 40% of my speed. I jump up to a 94-48 lead. Then something happened. Bob Jewett outshoots me and wins 100-94.

Now I know how Deadpool felt.
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