Some quick updates:
Last week I played a top local player I've known for 25 years a week ago some cheap sets. I'd estimate he's about a 700. He killed me. 3-7, 1-7, 3-7. Total 5-21. We played on 9' Blue diamonds in PA and used the MR break format.
A couple days later I played in a chip format. This was a big one. $60 entry, full 64 player field, and a big side pot. I bought myself for $200 in the side pot. It was played in a bar in PA with 5 7' Blue diamonds. Long story short I played jam up, and had the 5th best win rate. Due to the chip structure however, I lost out of the money. It was funny, the top 6 guys in the win/loss only 2 cashed I believe, and one cashed in last place. I forget what the second cashed at. I asked the tournament directors if they report to Fargo. They say they normally do for their smaller events, but this event was too big and too much hassle so they didn't. The winner got about 5K between the purse and the calcutta.
After the tournament a stranger asked me to play. He was not in the tournament. I jumped at the chance. We played 8 ball sets to 4 for $50. He didn't want to play 9 ball. He was super strong, I felt outmanned. I've never seen a player that strong not want to play 9 ball, it was very strange. The funny thing is I played the best pool of my life probably. I ran a 2 pack to go hill-hill the first set, and the prior rack I out moved him and ran out. He wanted to change to last pocket 8 ball, which must have been his specialty game. I said no way. Anyway, he won the first set hill-hill. I won the second set also hill-hill, both of us running out pretty much every opportunity. We quit, and I felt I escaped. I found out his name afterwards and looked him up. He was a 662 with about 1000 robustness.
Last week I played a top local player I've known for 25 years a week ago some cheap sets. I'd estimate he's about a 700. He killed me. 3-7, 1-7, 3-7. Total 5-21. We played on 9' Blue diamonds in PA and used the MR break format.
A couple days later I played in a chip format. This was a big one. $60 entry, full 64 player field, and a big side pot. I bought myself for $200 in the side pot. It was played in a bar in PA with 5 7' Blue diamonds. Long story short I played jam up, and had the 5th best win rate. Due to the chip structure however, I lost out of the money. It was funny, the top 6 guys in the win/loss only 2 cashed I believe, and one cashed in last place. I forget what the second cashed at. I asked the tournament directors if they report to Fargo. They say they normally do for their smaller events, but this event was too big and too much hassle so they didn't. The winner got about 5K between the purse and the calcutta.
After the tournament a stranger asked me to play. He was not in the tournament. I jumped at the chance. We played 8 ball sets to 4 for $50. He didn't want to play 9 ball. He was super strong, I felt outmanned. I've never seen a player that strong not want to play 9 ball, it was very strange. The funny thing is I played the best pool of my life probably. I ran a 2 pack to go hill-hill the first set, and the prior rack I out moved him and ran out. He wanted to change to last pocket 8 ball, which must have been his specialty game. I said no way. Anyway, he won the first set hill-hill. I won the second set also hill-hill, both of us running out pretty much every opportunity. We quit, and I felt I escaped. I found out his name afterwards and looked him up. He was a 662 with about 1000 robustness.
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