dquarasr
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To date I have only played on APA league night once weekly. A teammate convinced me to try a local BCA 8-ball double-elimination tournament yesterday. As an APA SL4, I would have been happy to win one rack. All matches were no handicap races to 3.
Drew a newly-promoted-to-APA-SL7 first match. Won the first rack! Went hill-hill! Lost, but I achieved my goal.
In the loser's bracket I drew a fairly weak player. I'd estimate him as an SL3. Won 3-0. Then drew a young girl I'd estimate to be an SL4. Won 3-0. Feeling pretty good about myself.
Then drew a strong SL7. I'd been fighting miscues with a recent switch to a Kamui Medium, which plays HARD!!! and does not hold chalk well. In the final match, I miscued four times, three of those resulting in BIH. I also hit a shot where the damned tip flew off (mind you, this was the REPLACEMENT Kamui tip because the first one installed also had come off during a shot). Needless to say, I don't think I'll be returning to that pool tech, and not really liking the Kamui Medium, I won't be trying Kamui tips again.
Shooting the rest of the match with a house cue, I lost 3-1 (no excuses, I was outplayed), and was eliminated but I made it through at least a few rounds. It was good obtaining tournament experience. I stayed nice and loose the whole afternoon, and I think that had a great deal to do with how I played. Happy with my performance!
The people playing were awesome, very friendly. I called a foul on myself on an angled draw double-hit (CB bounced sideways off the rail and I didn't get my stick out of the way quickly enough). In the second rack against the young girl, I made an EXCELLENT cut shot up-and-down table to set up a nearly straight shot on the 8, and lined up for it. She said "Um, you still have the 1 ball." Yup, there in a cluster of stripes was my darned 1-ball, which I never even saw. So much for setting up great for the 8. In the last match, when my tip came off, my opponent offered me his CF stick to shoot with.
Great group to play with and against. Well-spent $15 for an afternoon of pool.
Drew a newly-promoted-to-APA-SL7 first match. Won the first rack! Went hill-hill! Lost, but I achieved my goal.
In the loser's bracket I drew a fairly weak player. I'd estimate him as an SL3. Won 3-0. Then drew a young girl I'd estimate to be an SL4. Won 3-0. Feeling pretty good about myself.
Then drew a strong SL7. I'd been fighting miscues with a recent switch to a Kamui Medium, which plays HARD!!! and does not hold chalk well. In the final match, I miscued four times, three of those resulting in BIH. I also hit a shot where the damned tip flew off (mind you, this was the REPLACEMENT Kamui tip because the first one installed also had come off during a shot). Needless to say, I don't think I'll be returning to that pool tech, and not really liking the Kamui Medium, I won't be trying Kamui tips again.
Shooting the rest of the match with a house cue, I lost 3-1 (no excuses, I was outplayed), and was eliminated but I made it through at least a few rounds. It was good obtaining tournament experience. I stayed nice and loose the whole afternoon, and I think that had a great deal to do with how I played. Happy with my performance!
The people playing were awesome, very friendly. I called a foul on myself on an angled draw double-hit (CB bounced sideways off the rail and I didn't get my stick out of the way quickly enough). In the second rack against the young girl, I made an EXCELLENT cut shot up-and-down table to set up a nearly straight shot on the 8, and lined up for it. She said "Um, you still have the 1 ball." Yup, there in a cluster of stripes was my darned 1-ball, which I never even saw. So much for setting up great for the 8. In the last match, when my tip came off, my opponent offered me his CF stick to shoot with.
Great group to play with and against. Well-spent $15 for an afternoon of pool.
