Day 2 - Summary - Shane vs Mika - TAR 19

"CaliRed". · 2010-10-14T06:57:35+00:00

Allright then.... we're done with Day 2. We started at 6:30 est and ended at 2:30 am with about a 1/2 hour break. So about 7 1/2 hours of pool for 70 games. That's right, they each won 35 games today. Score is Shane 70 , Mika 60. First, Fatboy suggested I should have a Dry Rack field and since the 10 ball on the break column wasn't being used for this match, I swapped it out and make a Dry Break column. Something to keep in mind, that if someone scratches on the break, there is no entry for it being a Dry Break, since the shooter did not give up the table due to a Dry Break. So while there may be more Dry Breaks, that it was, was not a factor in that game. I have went back and tallied up all the Dry Breaks from Day 1 and Day 2. The tale of the tape today, was pretty much Shane's steady play. The lead see-sawed back and forth from 12 up at one point to only about 6 up or so. At one point right before the break at 9:30, Mika was on a roll and had one 5 in a row. Mika wanted to play another game of course. In those 5 games he won, all of them were ones Shane missed a ball in. In the final game before the break, Shane made a very careless mistake and actually hooked himself with only the 9 and 10 on the table, so that was a real gimme. They come back from the break and Shane reels off a couple of break and runs, a couple of games go by and Shane reels off 3 more Break and Runs. So he lost 5 right before the break, but made them right up after the break. Mika, once again, just couldn't get it going. He is just not running racks. He gets out of line on too many shots or misses makeable balls. His safety battles with Shane, usually come out with Shane on top. Shane is also locking him real good on safeties. Shane is playing pretty solid except for some misses. The break is still a major factor along with Shane's more solid play. The both had 35 breaks tonight and Shane had 4 Dry Breaks and Mika had 14. I believe Shane also had some scratches on his breaks too though. Mika appeared to get his break working a little better right towards the end of the night. So Shane got up on Mika 10 games the 1st day and they battled to a draw on Day 2, where Shane still has his 10 game lead going into Day 3. Tomorrow Mika has to win 40 games before Shane wins 30. Who's going to win? Will Mika mount a comeback? Will Shane continue to play solid and preserve his lead? Stay Tuned !!! complete stats can be found at www.oldpoolhall.com/tarupdates and here is a screenshot of the Totals so far.