I had one of those nights this year.
After months of suffering at a local jackpot series, 23 participations with never ever getting close to the money ranks I entered the final tournament by luck being number 16 on the final ranking list.
I had the worst group, 3 tremendous shooters and me, and I could proceed to the finals by beating all of them, one being a 2nd league player who had me to 1-4 already then missed a ball and then did not return to the table, I won 5-4 (probably my biggest match ever)
quarterfinal was quite easy as my opponent was a guy that hates playing against me and at 5-1 /(then race to 7) he unscrewd his cue and gave up, well thanks pal. I had no mistake in my game until then, either finishing or leaving him horrible safeties
half-final: I went 6-1 ahead but the other guy did fight like hell and made it hill to hill, he left me with a good safety but I made the 7 with a curve shot, and could luckily take the win.
The final was the worst set in the whole tournament, both my opponent and me played complete shit but my shit did stink better than his one and I could win 7-2 (normally I would get a 3-0 and then loose 5-7 against this guy !!)
So I won my first big prized tournament, took home the $ 1200
I took me some days to realize what had happened, and I think another 3 weeks to find back to a normal level, from the day after the big night until then I wasn't able to pocket 3 balls in a row.....
I hope one day I'll get another night like this
