I played in the San Diego qualifier and did not make it.
Not real sure what I am going to post but I will say this...
Good luck to the guys and gals that made it. It was a tough couple days for some. We had 56 men and 18 ladies and only 8 tables!!
I arrived at 10 sat morning and did not play a match until 9PM tha night.
There were only about 20- 22 seats in the building
I very much did not enjoy myself but I had "other" things going on and
I think I let it affect me. The two guys that beat me deserved the wins and
I did not.
The stars just weren't aligned for you that day Frank. There are a lot of good players capable of winning a race to 7 in these preliminaries, let alone the finals but it was sporting of you to be so gracious to your opponents. Sitting all that time would probably have had the same result on me.
JoeyA