Just kidding
My room had its first 8 ball tournament Monday night since sometime in March. Many times, when it gets down to the final 2 people, someone will ask if they want to chop it and they always seem to agree.
Our format is race to 2 on the A side and race to 1 on the B side. I won my first 3 or 4 matches pretty easily and then played a fellow who is pretty dern good. The crazy thing is, during our quarantine he got a CS Bailey, 8 ft 3 piece slate table that he has been practicing on...AND, he now has a glove for which he used to make fun of people who wore them. DISCLAIMER... I have a bar box that I have continued to practice on but he seemed more intense about it.
I broke and had 1 trouble ball, I decided to get on the 3rd and made it but did not position well. I missed and he ran out. He broke the 2nd game, made 1, pockets 3 and left me a really good safe. I made contact but missed, he ran out and won and put me on the B side.
I won 2 or 3, 1 game matches and came back to the same guy who beat me to put me on the B side...Glove guy.
I never say anything about splitting the pot, but to be honest, if someone asks if I want to split, I will. He didn't say anything, nor did I.
I played him 3 times and beat him 3 times and took it down.
I saw no handshakes but many elbow and fist bumps. People were missing shots that I believe that they might have otherwise have made. People were using their own chalk. I think there were only about 15 or 16 players so not a big tourny by any stretch but it felt really good to play someone in competition again.
Anybody playing tournament again?
My room had its first 8 ball tournament Monday night since sometime in March. Many times, when it gets down to the final 2 people, someone will ask if they want to chop it and they always seem to agree.
Our format is race to 2 on the A side and race to 1 on the B side. I won my first 3 or 4 matches pretty easily and then played a fellow who is pretty dern good. The crazy thing is, during our quarantine he got a CS Bailey, 8 ft 3 piece slate table that he has been practicing on...AND, he now has a glove for which he used to make fun of people who wore them. DISCLAIMER... I have a bar box that I have continued to practice on but he seemed more intense about it.
I broke and had 1 trouble ball, I decided to get on the 3rd and made it but did not position well. I missed and he ran out. He broke the 2nd game, made 1, pockets 3 and left me a really good safe. I made contact but missed, he ran out and won and put me on the B side.
I won 2 or 3, 1 game matches and came back to the same guy who beat me to put me on the B side...Glove guy.
I never say anything about splitting the pot, but to be honest, if someone asks if I want to split, I will. He didn't say anything, nor did I.
I played him 3 times and beat him 3 times and took it down.
I saw no handshakes but many elbow and fist bumps. People were missing shots that I believe that they might have otherwise have made. People were using their own chalk. I think there were only about 15 or 16 players so not a big tourny by any stretch but it felt really good to play someone in competition again.
Anybody playing tournament again?
. I made many friends and ended up working on many of their cues over the years and would rarely charge them. I know the feeling of the pride when driving home after winning and wish we still had those small events again. 
