Team Won first 2 matches yesterday & play and play at 2pm today & need 2 more wins to get to Vegas.
I didn't play the first match & played the last match cause we only needed 2 points. So 25 balls for me vs 46 of my opponent. I "won" 25-6.
The team we're playing first today has an 8 so if he plays I'll match up with him. Otherwise I'm a timeout caller and beer getter.
Couple people on our team played great yesterday. Our best 4 won 18-2 & 14-6. Our 2 won 18-2, she'll be moving up to a 3 I'm almost sure, and she should.
Now it's single elimination. Of all the things APA does that I don't care for (but understand them all) the modified single elimination tournament is probably at the top of my "I don't like this" list.
I want the thrill of victory & have never made it to Vegas on a 23 team (been masters last 3-4 years) but I'm definitely going for masters (at the end of the tourney) and I think 9ball is at the beginning of the APA Nationals. Not sure I'm looking forward to 10 days out in Vegas again. I've been to BCA singles & teams the last 4-5 years and not doing that this year.
Gotta win 2 more matches still and that'll be tough...
So, if anyone else is going let me know as I'll be there for the whole tournament now.
We qualified for Vegas! With some amazing sudden death wins. We were down 35-45 in sudden death and my wife won 19-1 to win us the semi-final match. Then, down 36-44 our 5 won 15-5 vs an 8 in the finals match to win 51-49. As I've never played in
As expected, I didn't play and our 2 went up to a 3. I wanted to play the last match as they had an 8 and I thought he would end up playing but with our 2 going up to a 3 and the way the match played out I couldn't play as it woulda put us over the 23 rule. My wife struggled the first day but she played great the second day.
So, if anyone else is going let me know as I'll be there for the whole tournament now.
Nice work! Have fun...never been for APA in 20 years of trying!We qualified for Vegas! With some amazing sudden death wins. We were down 35-45 in sudden death and my wife won 19-1 to win us the semi-final match. Then, down 36-44 our 5 won 15-5 vs an 8 in the finals match to win 51-49. As I've never played in
As expected, I didn't play and our 2 went up to a 3. I wanted to play the last match as they had an 8 and I thought he would end up playing but with our 2 going up to a 3 and the way the match played out I couldn't play as it woulda put us over the 23 rule. My wife struggled the first day but she played great the second day.
So, if anyone else is going let me know as I'll be there for the whole tournament now.
It sounds like you aren't struggling against lower rated players, you are struggling against wolves in sheep's clothing :thumbup:I am still struggling playing low handicap players. A couple weeks ago, I absolutely destroyed a couple of APA 6 players in both 8 and 9 ball.
Last night I played a guy that obviously was a strong player, and I assumed he was a APA 6 or 7. Nobody on my team wanted to play him (they knew him, I didnt). Screw him, Ill play him.
He won the flip and broke dry and I ran out. I broke, made a few balls, tried to play safe. I executed it poorly, and he ran out. He broke, didnt make a ball, and I made about 2 balls and hooked myself, resulting in giving him ball in hand. He runs out and offers his hand, and I am stunned, he said that was it, I am a 3 and only needed to win 2.....Yep, this SL3 runs out two racks including banking the 8 on one of the games, never gets out of line, and I am giving up 4 games on the wire?
Freakin handicaps.
Eight ball team made it to APA nationals again this year. can't complain about that. Was down four zip to a seven in second round, came back to win.
Well I am going to start this post off exactly like the last one it have a surprise ending.
I played bad last Sunday...barely beat a 3 in 8 ball by 4-1. I played another 3 I. 9 ball and bot mud holed 16-4.
I started not to go to double jeapordy tonight because I just wanted to take the whole week off and relax until 9 ball cities this weekend. I did not go to the night league last night.
Well I am glad I did or we would have been shorthanded due to a husband/ wife team mates had a personal issue come up.
So I faced a pretty tough 5 I 8 ball and won 4-1 with my only loss being a missed bank on the 8 and he ran the table.
Played the same guy 9 ball and I won 38-13 for a score of 18-2. Could have possibly had a shutout but I gave him bih one rack where I missed a kick at the one when he broke dry he ran 5 balls that inning preventing me from having a 20-0 shutout.
Oh yea ....we had some weird lopsided wins and losses this week in 9 ball.
Sunday night we were up 32-8 after 2 matches . I lost to the before mentioned 3 above by 16-4 and our Las 2 matches followed suit and we lost 54-46. Damn !
Well tonight was just the opposite. After I won the 4th match we were up 62-18. I have no idea how the last match went because I left early.
Very unlike my teams to have such lopsided scores....wow !!!
9 Ball Cities this weekend? Break a leg
We qualified for Vegas! With some amazing sudden death wins. We were down 35-45 in sudden death and my wife won 19-1 to win us the semi-final match. Then, down 36-44 our 5 won 15-5 vs an 8 in the finals match to win 51-49. As I've never played in
As expected, I didn't play and our 2 went up to a 3. I wanted to play the last match as they had an 8 and I thought he would end up playing but with our 2 going up to a 3 and the way the match played out I couldn't play as it woulda put us over the 23 rule. My wife struggled the first day but she played great the second day.
So, if anyone else is going let me know as I'll be there for the whole tournament now.