By Mike "Tiger" MacTiegre
Hey, where is the most popular 9-ball tournament in Austin? It’s the Pistol Perez Tournament at Skinny Bob’s in Round Rock. And Today Saturday Jan 25, 2014, they are running the Shootout Season Finale which is open to regular players of the weekly Saturday 9-ball event. Other players can enter for $10 extra non-qualifier fee. Don’t miss out because James Henshew of Henshew Custom Cues will be on hand for cue repair also. Pistol has already had 251 likes on her community facebook page. Sign-up is at 11:am (NOW!) and action starts at 1pm.
Pistol Perez started the Saturday 9-ball tournament so her friends would have a friendly competition to keep them out of trouble on Saturday night (LOL). She started with a small group of regulars and it has grown so big that now you have to text her early Saturday to reserve your spot or it fills up with 32 players for the nightly event that often finishes after the pool hall closes. She celebrated her 1 year anniversary this week. It has been so popular because she makes everyone feel like part of the Skinny Bob family, and the prize money helps too. Waitresses Amber, Katie and Rachel, and others serves your favorite suds on tap at a reasonable price. They really earn those tips! Tips those waitresses and they will ring your bell!
Usually it is a race to 4 and 3 on the one-loss side. The Season Finale will be a race to 7 on the winners side and a race to 5 on the one-loss side. Skinny Bob sweethearts Nichole McDaniels, Diana Cordona, Kim Pierce, and Kim Sander’s play often. It is always fun to see the ladies kicking the guys butts.
I usually have to compete against Brian Sanders, last 2 times I got him to Hill-Hill but he made some great shots to get out as usual. That’s what I like is you don’t mind getting beat by a better player and it’s a lot of fun to try those heroic shots to get a little respect.
9-Ball is a competitive game because there is a lot of strategy to controlling the cue ball after the shot. Sometimes, you play a safety to force your opponent to “kick” at the ball or play a “jump-shot”. It is also called “hooking”your opponent” . Sometimes you make a foul or “scratch” with the cue ball and give your opponent “ball-in-hand”. And sometimes your oppoent can bake a 9-ball combo shot to win, which is also called “shooting the cheese”. My favorite shot is the bank shot where you aim at reflection of the pocket in an imaginary mirror. Most of the time you can “concede” the 9-ball when you oppoenent has an easy 9-ball shot to speed up play. Everyone wants to get home at a decent time Saturday night. It you make them shoot everyshot, it makes that matches take a long time.
Sometimes we play Winner-Breaks, but to make it fair, Pistol Perez has an Alternate Break system. We toss a coin to determine who breaks first, then we alternate the break. Usually the opponent racks the b alls for the person who breaks. And the “Master” players have to give a “game on the wire” to the amateur players to make it fair. I love this part.
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Hey, where is the most popular 9-ball tournament in Austin? It’s the Pistol Perez Tournament at Skinny Bob’s in Round Rock. And Today Saturday Jan 25, 2014, they are running the Shootout Season Finale which is open to regular players of the weekly Saturday 9-ball event. Other players can enter for $10 extra non-qualifier fee. Don’t miss out because James Henshew of Henshew Custom Cues will be on hand for cue repair also. Pistol has already had 251 likes on her community facebook page. Sign-up is at 11:am (NOW!) and action starts at 1pm.
Pistol Perez started the Saturday 9-ball tournament so her friends would have a friendly competition to keep them out of trouble on Saturday night (LOL). She started with a small group of regulars and it has grown so big that now you have to text her early Saturday to reserve your spot or it fills up with 32 players for the nightly event that often finishes after the pool hall closes. She celebrated her 1 year anniversary this week. It has been so popular because she makes everyone feel like part of the Skinny Bob family, and the prize money helps too. Waitresses Amber, Katie and Rachel, and others serves your favorite suds on tap at a reasonable price. They really earn those tips! Tips those waitresses and they will ring your bell!
Usually it is a race to 4 and 3 on the one-loss side. The Season Finale will be a race to 7 on the winners side and a race to 5 on the one-loss side. Skinny Bob sweethearts Nichole McDaniels, Diana Cordona, Kim Pierce, and Kim Sander’s play often. It is always fun to see the ladies kicking the guys butts.
I usually have to compete against Brian Sanders, last 2 times I got him to Hill-Hill but he made some great shots to get out as usual. That’s what I like is you don’t mind getting beat by a better player and it’s a lot of fun to try those heroic shots to get a little respect.
9-Ball is a competitive game because there is a lot of strategy to controlling the cue ball after the shot. Sometimes, you play a safety to force your opponent to “kick” at the ball or play a “jump-shot”. It is also called “hooking”your opponent” . Sometimes you make a foul or “scratch” with the cue ball and give your opponent “ball-in-hand”. And sometimes your oppoent can bake a 9-ball combo shot to win, which is also called “shooting the cheese”. My favorite shot is the bank shot where you aim at reflection of the pocket in an imaginary mirror. Most of the time you can “concede” the 9-ball when you oppoenent has an easy 9-ball shot to speed up play. Everyone wants to get home at a decent time Saturday night. It you make them shoot everyshot, it makes that matches take a long time.
Sometimes we play Winner-Breaks, but to make it fair, Pistol Perez has an Alternate Break system. We toss a coin to determine who breaks first, then we alternate the break. Usually the opponent racks the b alls for the person who breaks. And the “Master” players have to give a “game on the wire” to the amateur players to make it fair. I love this part.
https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1/s403x403/1620910_393289214149410_2117895321_n.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/PistolPerez9Tournie
https://www.facebook.com/SkinnyBobsBilliards