I'm not a great player by any means, but pool has made me feel really darn good lately, and I thought I'd share.
I've played pretty consistently for the past couple of months, which is a rareity for me. In that time, I've won a league MVP, took a team to APA citywides, qualified for the APA spring regional tournament, and nearly won a repeat trip to Vegas in our local MVP tournament.
Addmittedly, I've "helped" the good feeling along a little bit by spending some money too. Other than table time, league dues and tournament entry fees, I hadn't really spent any money on pool for about 5 years until this summer. I went on a little bit of a spending spree and decided to update my equipment, and try out a few new things. At various points throughout the summer, I've bought 2 new playing cues, a jump/break, an OB-1 shaft and my first Instroke case.
I got the jump/break cue and the first playing cue a few weeks ago, but hadn't really brought either out to play a lot until last week. So that was fun.
On Monday, I sold a case that I had been trying to sell for almost a month, and I also played a little bit that night with my new OB-1 shaft. I ran the first rack of 9 ball that I played with it, and I set a new personal high run in straight pool with it later that evening.
And finally, I just found out that my second new cue and my Instroke case will be arriving tomorrow! AHHHHH I can't wait.
Sorry...didn't know who else to gush that all out to, so if you're reading this, then you're the lucky winner
I've played pretty consistently for the past couple of months, which is a rareity for me. In that time, I've won a league MVP, took a team to APA citywides, qualified for the APA spring regional tournament, and nearly won a repeat trip to Vegas in our local MVP tournament.
Addmittedly, I've "helped" the good feeling along a little bit by spending some money too. Other than table time, league dues and tournament entry fees, I hadn't really spent any money on pool for about 5 years until this summer. I went on a little bit of a spending spree and decided to update my equipment, and try out a few new things. At various points throughout the summer, I've bought 2 new playing cues, a jump/break, an OB-1 shaft and my first Instroke case.
I got the jump/break cue and the first playing cue a few weeks ago, but hadn't really brought either out to play a lot until last week. So that was fun.
On Monday, I sold a case that I had been trying to sell for almost a month, and I also played a little bit that night with my new OB-1 shaft. I ran the first rack of 9 ball that I played with it, and I set a new personal high run in straight pool with it later that evening.
And finally, I just found out that my second new cue and my Instroke case will be arriving tomorrow! AHHHHH I can't wait.
Sorry...didn't know who else to gush that all out to, so if you're reading this, then you're the lucky winner