as i stated in my last post i thought about playing in the 9 ball top gun sunday. i was lazing around the house all morning debating whether to go or not. well the g/f got in a cranky mood dealing with her teenagers drama so it gave me the incentive to get off my ass and get outa the house so i decided to go.
well the 1st match kinda went the norm where i start off slow. played decent but lost 38-30.
i kept a positive attitude and just told my self to win the losers side. play more matches and stay in stroke.:grin-square:
2nd match vs a 5 and won 38-28.
3rd match vs a5 and won 38-32.
4th match vs a 5 and won 38-26.
5th match...lo and behold ..i face the 4 who knocked me out of the 8 ball top gun saturday. he walks up to the table grinning ear to ear and says ..we meet again. i said..i wonder if you gonna be as lucky as you were yesterday..grinning ear to ear.
funny how your mind works...i won the lag and played like i did last year atvegas nationals. i happen to look at the score sheet after the 3rd rack and i am up 25-5. i said damn and i happened to lose focus for a lil bit the 4th rack but i still won 38-12.
as soon as the match was over a woman came up to me while i was signing my score sheet and said...you are playing my husband next. i said ok...and ? she said ..i am just letting you know. again i said ok .
well when the lo calls my name and tells me what table i go up and see this same woman had grabbed the score sheet and sat down at her table with it. i walked over and told her i would get a neutral score keeper. she said no...i will keep score. i again stated i would prefer a neutral score keeper and called over a player who i had beat earlier. this player picked up the score sheet off the table and the woman grabbed it out of his hands and said she would keep score.
against my better judgement and not wanting to cause a big scene i agreed to let her keep score. it was gnawing at the back of my mind...why was she so adamant about keeping score ? was she afraid some one would screw her old man or was she intent on screwing me ?
like i said earlier...funny how your mind works. i was more focused on her score keeping than i was my match and i lost. in hindsight i should have caused a big scene . i shoulda said...you aint keeping score ***** so get away from the table.:grin-square:
i blame myself for letting it get to me. that incident has never happened before and i can assure you ..it will not happen again.
well the 1st match kinda went the norm where i start off slow. played decent but lost 38-30.
i kept a positive attitude and just told my self to win the losers side. play more matches and stay in stroke.:grin-square:
2nd match vs a 5 and won 38-28.
3rd match vs a5 and won 38-32.
4th match vs a 5 and won 38-26.
5th match...lo and behold ..i face the 4 who knocked me out of the 8 ball top gun saturday. he walks up to the table grinning ear to ear and says ..we meet again. i said..i wonder if you gonna be as lucky as you were yesterday..grinning ear to ear.
funny how your mind works...i won the lag and played like i did last year atvegas nationals. i happen to look at the score sheet after the 3rd rack and i am up 25-5. i said damn and i happened to lose focus for a lil bit the 4th rack but i still won 38-12.
as soon as the match was over a woman came up to me while i was signing my score sheet and said...you are playing my husband next. i said ok...and ? she said ..i am just letting you know. again i said ok .
well when the lo calls my name and tells me what table i go up and see this same woman had grabbed the score sheet and sat down at her table with it. i walked over and told her i would get a neutral score keeper. she said no...i will keep score. i again stated i would prefer a neutral score keeper and called over a player who i had beat earlier. this player picked up the score sheet off the table and the woman grabbed it out of his hands and said she would keep score.
against my better judgement and not wanting to cause a big scene i agreed to let her keep score. it was gnawing at the back of my mind...why was she so adamant about keeping score ? was she afraid some one would screw her old man or was she intent on screwing me ?
like i said earlier...funny how your mind works. i was more focused on her score keeping than i was my match and i lost. in hindsight i should have caused a big scene . i shoulda said...you aint keeping score ***** so get away from the table.:grin-square:
i blame myself for letting it get to me. that incident has never happened before and i can assure you ..it will not happen again.