...and had the most fun I've ever had playing pool! What a great guy.
He's in the area visiting a good friend of his. I know his friend too, and he called looking for somebody else's number. That guy was unavailable, so long story short, Mike and I ended up playing.
We met at Breakers off of Friendly Ave and decided on the strangest 9ball game I've ever played. He gave up the wild 7&8, and BIH every time he missed, but he got 1 safety per rack. Race to 7 for $50.
The game was actually my idea. He initially offered the 5 and the last 5. Anyone that offers that does so because they can win with it. I didn't care too much about beating him, but I really didn't want to be kicking every time I got to the table. Hence the BIH when he misses idea.
We played a number of sets, on table 5, and they went like this:
7-5: Mike
7-2: Mike
2-7: ME!
7-4: Mike
7-3: Mike
7-4: Mike
After being stuck $200, 3 beers, 2 shots of Crown and 2 shots of Patron, I decided to call it quits. It was also around 1:30 in the morning.
Mike Davis can play some pool. Every time I played a "safe", he'd jump, make the OB, and get perfect position for the next shot. I started calling his jump stick a "position stick" and asked to inspect it! haha. He got out from most everywhere, and when he used his only safety per rack, he used it really good.
I lost, and lost good, but I kinda like the game. If I can do it again with him, I will, but without alcohol.
He was also cool enough to clue me into my mistakes while we were playing and spent about 30 minutes answering random pool questions from a friend.
When I owned Shooters we had a number of Pros come through (including Mike), but I'd never played any of them. Playing Mike was a blast.
Anyways, I'm done rambling. Just thought I'd share.
eric
He's in the area visiting a good friend of his. I know his friend too, and he called looking for somebody else's number. That guy was unavailable, so long story short, Mike and I ended up playing.
We met at Breakers off of Friendly Ave and decided on the strangest 9ball game I've ever played. He gave up the wild 7&8, and BIH every time he missed, but he got 1 safety per rack. Race to 7 for $50.
The game was actually my idea. He initially offered the 5 and the last 5. Anyone that offers that does so because they can win with it. I didn't care too much about beating him, but I really didn't want to be kicking every time I got to the table. Hence the BIH when he misses idea.
We played a number of sets, on table 5, and they went like this:
7-5: Mike
7-2: Mike
2-7: ME!
7-4: Mike
7-3: Mike
7-4: Mike
After being stuck $200, 3 beers, 2 shots of Crown and 2 shots of Patron, I decided to call it quits. It was also around 1:30 in the morning.
Mike Davis can play some pool. Every time I played a "safe", he'd jump, make the OB, and get perfect position for the next shot. I started calling his jump stick a "position stick" and asked to inspect it! haha. He got out from most everywhere, and when he used his only safety per rack, he used it really good.
I lost, and lost good, but I kinda like the game. If I can do it again with him, I will, but without alcohol.
He was also cool enough to clue me into my mistakes while we were playing and spent about 30 minutes answering random pool questions from a friend.
When I owned Shooters we had a number of Pros come through (including Mike), but I'd never played any of them. Playing Mike was a blast.
Anyways, I'm done rambling. Just thought I'd share.
eric
