On the winners side
Basavich defeated Gabe Owen 11-10.
Deuel defeated Reyes 11-10
The winners play tomorrow
When I left Efren was going to play Rodney Morris and
Mika Immonen was to play Owen.
In the Efren/Corey match it was nip and tuck the whole way
with each making an error or two. Corey was soft breaking and
doing it very well. With it hill hill Corey ran out a nice rack.
The Basavich match was a little different style with both players
making great outs but also getting out of line alot. In a couple
games they had safety battles that went on for 5-6 shots.
I thought each player got a roll or two and that part evened out.
In the end Kid Delicious, IMO, played a little better.
I am not sure though that Danny's slow play did not take its toll
on Gabe. Danny was faster than other times I have seen him but at times
really took it slow. Gabe is not a fast player either.
With it hill to hill Danny hooked himself like this
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He tried to kick it into corner A and left this
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Gabe tried to make the ball in the corner when I thought he should have played safe. He missed the ball leaving this
Danny made the six and was pretty much perfect on the 7.
Gabe then gave him the remaining balls. That really surprised me.
Right next to them Mika was playing Santos and Santos. Santos was straight on the eight only about 18 inches away and tried to draw up
table for the 9. He miscued and left Mika the out. Mika then won the
match.
With Gabe seeing this I was surprised he gave him the balls.
Also during the DB/GO match Danny cut in this 7 ball
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He looked at it alot and then fired it into corner A. He then screamed
out " YEAH". He was pretty intense the whole match. He went nuts at the
end screaming to the crowd and celebrating the win.
I will say that I saw a few things of note
1-Every player there held the cue very lightly. Most players including myself
need to work on this.
2-Mika has better speed and cue ball control than most anyone. He wins alot of games with great speed control on saftey shots
3- Danny B kicks as good as I have ever seen anyone kick. He kicked them in, he kicked them safe and he kicked just to hit some but he always hit them.
It reminded me to "take dead aim"
4-Corey is really smooth
5- All the guys left themselves what most of us might think was a little hard.
They however made them look easy and rarely had to hit the balls as hard
as others do.
6- Rodney Morris looks as effortless playing as anyone. I have always liked watching him play and tonight was no exception. He and Frankie Hernandez
had a great offensive match. The Rocket got him with FH making two unforced errors.
7- the payouts are pathetic. No one can afford to travel to these events.
Its time for someone to get serious and come up with a better system, tour or
market strategy.
It was a good time and I was glad my friends drug me down there to watch.
The Valet lost my buddies keys and then his vehicle. That got comical
for a second or two. The Bicycle Club needs some help with that service.
Two other people had to go identify their keys for the valet. My buddy had to walk the valet lot to find his suburban and it was not there. It ended up being in a different parking lot not where the valets usually park them.
Sorry so long
Basavich defeated Gabe Owen 11-10.
Deuel defeated Reyes 11-10
The winners play tomorrow
When I left Efren was going to play Rodney Morris and
Mika Immonen was to play Owen.
In the Efren/Corey match it was nip and tuck the whole way
with each making an error or two. Corey was soft breaking and
doing it very well. With it hill hill Corey ran out a nice rack.
The Basavich match was a little different style with both players
making great outs but also getting out of line alot. In a couple
games they had safety battles that went on for 5-6 shots.
I thought each player got a roll or two and that part evened out.
In the end Kid Delicious, IMO, played a little better.
I am not sure though that Danny's slow play did not take its toll
on Gabe. Danny was faster than other times I have seen him but at times
really took it slow. Gabe is not a fast player either.
With it hill to hill Danny hooked himself like this
START(
%Fn1I0%GD7Y7%Ig9J2%PD8O4
)END
He tried to kick it into corner A and left this
START(
%Fi7F8%GD7Y7%Ig9J2%Pm0I4%QA8B1
)END
Gabe tried to make the ball in the corner when I thought he should have played safe. He missed the ball leaving this
Danny made the six and was pretty much perfect on the 7.
Gabe then gave him the remaining balls. That really surprised me.
Right next to them Mika was playing Santos and Santos. Santos was straight on the eight only about 18 inches away and tried to draw up
table for the 9. He miscued and left Mika the out. Mika then won the
match.
With Gabe seeing this I was surprised he gave him the balls.
Also during the DB/GO match Danny cut in this 7 ball
START(
%Gd0G4%HD2D3%Ii8J4%Pa8V9%Qs6B3
)END
He looked at it alot and then fired it into corner A. He then screamed
out " YEAH". He was pretty intense the whole match. He went nuts at the
end screaming to the crowd and celebrating the win.
I will say that I saw a few things of note
1-Every player there held the cue very lightly. Most players including myself
need to work on this.
2-Mika has better speed and cue ball control than most anyone. He wins alot of games with great speed control on saftey shots
3- Danny B kicks as good as I have ever seen anyone kick. He kicked them in, he kicked them safe and he kicked just to hit some but he always hit them.
It reminded me to "take dead aim"
4-Corey is really smooth
5- All the guys left themselves what most of us might think was a little hard.
They however made them look easy and rarely had to hit the balls as hard
as others do.
6- Rodney Morris looks as effortless playing as anyone. I have always liked watching him play and tonight was no exception. He and Frankie Hernandez
had a great offensive match. The Rocket got him with FH making two unforced errors.
7- the payouts are pathetic. No one can afford to travel to these events.
Its time for someone to get serious and come up with a better system, tour or
market strategy.
It was a good time and I was glad my friends drug me down there to watch.
The Valet lost my buddies keys and then his vehicle. That got comical
for a second or two. The Bicycle Club needs some help with that service.
Two other people had to go identify their keys for the valet. My buddy had to walk the valet lot to find his suburban and it was not there. It ended up being in a different parking lot not where the valets usually park them.
Sorry so long
