Havent replied to this thread in quite some time, but I follow it and just want to congratulate everyone who is improving, and all the teams who've made it to their leagues respective National tournament... :thumbup:
Every time I am about to post to this thread, I feel like I just have to much to say and never finish the post (lol). So from now on, im just going to try and quickly post it..
So, quickly, my TAP 9-ball team won to play in the Charleston SC National Tournament in Nov. Our 8-ball team is in the final 4 to go as well, and will be finishing it up this week.. Both played at National in Nashville last year, with the 8ball team finishing 5th and in the money.
Played APA 8-ball last night. Im a 7, and as my team has gotten better and gone up in H/C, I've been able to shoot less and less. Last night was my 3rd match of the session (im now 3-0 on the session), and I believe we've played around 9 weeks or so..
I played a 6 who is about the 4th best 6 in the league (out of around 12), and won 5-1, with 0 safeties.
- 1st game, he broke dry, I ran out
- 2nd game, I broke dry, he made 6 balls, I ran out
- 3rd game, went I think 5 innings, played a number of 2-way shots, I won
- 4th game, I was on a break n run with one ball left before the 8. My captain saw where I was lining the shot up and called a time out. Said he thought I should shoot it in the side instead of taking it up in the corner, where I had a 'helper' ball of my opponents. I listened, and missed (I hate side pockets on bar tables, the angle facing is different than on Diamond, which Im used to shooting on...). He ran out and won..
- 5th game was a cluster-Fu@% that I won after I think around 4 or 5 innings. I made 3 really nice shots to get out though, and was pretty proud of myself to get out. He had the table position on me, and I was able to maneuver around to get out..
- 6th game I broke and ran (after B****ing about the stupid APA 'you are what you make on the break rule', then running it out, lol...).