Nice to meet you as well. We were all hoping for a bigger field in the tournament, but with the other tournaments in the region going on, it kind of hurt. Great play by several players. The ring game on Friday was nice to watch as well.
Charlie hung around after the tournament to shoot the bull with me and one of my buddies. He came a couple of years ago and held a training lesson for several guys here in Lafayette, mainly at the request of Chano and another guy here in town, and he and his girlfriend at the time came to my house to eat dinner with me and my family and gave my oldest son and I a lesson as well (my son was 8 at the time). He has been a friend ever since, and gave my friend and I a short lesson after the crowd left (about 1:45) even knowing that he was driving back to Houston. And all pro bono.
I particularly like the attitudes of virtually all of the players who came in from out of town, you included. Very courteous, etc.
The finals were a nailbiter, and when Chen missed that ball in the last rack, you could hear the crowd moan. Hillbilly jumped up so fast I think his feet came off the floor.
Again, nice meeting you. Hope to return the favor and travel up to the Dallas area in the future. I used to live in Rockwall on the east side of town and still have a few friends out there.
