I was feeling pretty good last night on my way to Red Shoes. Last game of the session. 15-7, which was not too bad. Matched up against John Rawski, who routinely finishes in the top 3 or 4, along with Bobby Hunter, Tom Karabatsos, Ike Runnels and others of their ilk.
The first year I had Rawski 117-79 and he got me something like 125-118. Another time I was up 50-6 and he got me pretty good. Still, I had been practicing some of my PAT routines and using a Mark Wilson stroke exercise and figured I was hitting them pretty good.
When I got there Rawski was chatting with Rick Rastis against whom he had just run a 32 and a 73. I was thinking to myself, "I'm glad he got that out of his system". He told me he was planning to save his high run for me, since I was his last scheduled match of the session. It would be his last chance to get in the high run money, held by Ike Runnels ($300-122ball run); Bobby Hunter ($200-84 ball run), and Tom Karabatsos ($100-78 ball run). I feigned confidence telling him, "What I coincidence. That's just what I planned for you."
Cut to the chase( since I have to leave to catch a train now), I got to 26, scratched and he ran 86 leaving me in the chair for the last 45 minutes.
Take a look. Not necessarily great patterns, but he sure can shoot. He is more of a one pocket and bank player, but his last few years in the league have sharpened up his straight pool game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWwXmK4euRU
John Rawski 86 ball run
The first year I had Rawski 117-79 and he got me something like 125-118. Another time I was up 50-6 and he got me pretty good. Still, I had been practicing some of my PAT routines and using a Mark Wilson stroke exercise and figured I was hitting them pretty good.
When I got there Rawski was chatting with Rick Rastis against whom he had just run a 32 and a 73. I was thinking to myself, "I'm glad he got that out of his system". He told me he was planning to save his high run for me, since I was his last scheduled match of the session. It would be his last chance to get in the high run money, held by Ike Runnels ($300-122ball run); Bobby Hunter ($200-84 ball run), and Tom Karabatsos ($100-78 ball run). I feigned confidence telling him, "What I coincidence. That's just what I planned for you."
Cut to the chase( since I have to leave to catch a train now), I got to 26, scratched and he ran 86 leaving me in the chair for the last 45 minutes.
Take a look. Not necessarily great patterns, but he sure can shoot. He is more of a one pocket and bank player, but his last few years in the league have sharpened up his straight pool game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWwXmK4euRU
John Rawski 86 ball run
