what a weekend !
played scotch doubles fri night. my g/f and i won doubles 9 ball. 2nd win a row for us ! with out looking it up i think we have a 2-10 record as partners. :embarrassed2:
i lost 9 ball singles to a 4 by 31- 34. last time we faced i won 18-2 ...dont remember exact points. every dog has his day.
my 7/8 dropped off the team cause we could never play partners so i picked up a 5/5 like me. we played 8 ball doubles and it was obvious he was a lil nervous having never played doubles. we lost the 1st 2 and then we gelled a lil and won the next 4 in a row in a 4-4 match.
we had scotch doubles 8 ball cities this weekend. our team had to forfeit due to one player did not have required number of matches and another could not get off work. as i stated earlier...the 7 and i can not partner up. :frown:
since i had been home off work 3 days last week i decided to get outa the house and spend the day at the pool hall sat watching the cities. stayed from 11,00 am till 10,pm.
got up sunday at 8,00 and decided to go play in a 8 ball singles qualifier held in conjunction with the cities.
when i tell my g/f my intentions she replies...her oldest son took her car to work...she was called into work sunday at 12,00 at a pool hall where she works part time. the qualifier starts at 2,00.
i look outside and its almost 50 degrees . about time for a lil warm weather after a week of snow and ice. well let me check on how its gonna be tonight.
what ? wintry mix and 19 degrees by 11,00pm . aw hell know i aint cranking up my bike.
so she drops me off at 11,30 and takes my truck to her work. i hang out and watch the cities till qualifier starts. i shoot pretty good but my opponent shoots like efren...runnin out from every where. i lose 4-1. damn put out by 2,00 and have to sit here watching cities till league starts at 7,00.
well league finally starts and i match up 9 ball with another 5. we both shot pretty good and it was 36-35 ...him on top going into the last rack.
he breaks dry leaving the 1 close to the top left corner pocket.the cue ball close to the bottom left pocket with the 2 and 9 blocking me from having a shot on the 1. i dont see any way in hell to kick at it. bound and determined not to give him bih i decide to jump. as you know jumps are alowed in apa but only with full playing cues.
i line up the shot...pow ! the cue ball sails over the 2/9 balls and smacks the 1 ball....knocking it into the corner pocket.....oh wait... the dang cue ball followed the 1 in. he gets bih with 2 easy hangers...every dog has his day.
we face each other in 8 ball....again his day with me losing 4-3.
we get done at 11,00 my g/f calls and wants me to come to where she is cause she dont want to drive home due to the roads are covered with ice now.
i got a ride over there and hung out till they closed at 2,00 am. gettin too old for these long weekend but did enjoy playing pool. i hate losing but can deal with it as long as i am playing good. playing bad and giving away matches is what i cant stand.
oh yea...after that jump i got both compliments and questions from the other team. seems no one here thinks jumps are allowed since no one does it but me. some say they have been playing 8 or 9 years and have never seen any one jump.i very seldom jump....i believe my kicking game is pretty accurate...especially for my skill level. i just jump as a last resort. my 1st jump attempt was last year and was succesfull. probably have only jumped 4 more times and made 2 of them also. other 2 were fouls.