Bless U iTeam: 11
Phillies Pleasants: 4
This week was pretty cool even though it sucked (huh?). It was Jesse's last week in Korea and on the team which sucks. Not only did he have an awesome night and go out in style, he really fits in with us mavericks. Jesse's 3 for 3 solidifies his ranking over 1700. Pretty cool way to go. Wish he was staying.
Arno, Arno, Arno. What can you say? He played near-flawlessly and deserved to be 3 for 3 with two special games instead of 2 for 3 with two special games. His eight-ball bank in the first game ended in a clear "nothing but net" cue ball into the corner pocket. Unlucky.
Johnny had a 3 for 3 night and seems to be back on his game. Jeremy, June, and Ralph looked better on the score sheet than on the pool table. Each of us had our moments, but critical mistakes at critical times cost us games we would win 9 out of 10 times. Such is life. We made some people very happy by giving our ranking points away. And the Pleasants happen to be a really cool team. Good peoples, as Johnny likes to say.
The Ratings:
The Ratings were built for chess and not pool. It's a little jacked up when Arno goes 2 out of 3 and loses 20 points. I think it can easily be adjusted. I've heard the suggestion that each special game is +7 points automatically (and a break and run results in no loss of points for the opposing player). I think this will even it out a little bit so that when a player ranked high steps to the table against a player ranked low, there will be more of an upside. In addition, a player ranked low will feel better about not losing any points when "I didn't even shoot a ball."
Next week:
We have a bye week so we will hold a tournament at RAndy's. I'd like to do an 8-ball tournament followed by a scotch doubles tournament. For those of you who haven't been to my bar, there's a map on the blog with directions. If you get lost just call me.
The Bet:
1st place: Jeremy 1753
2nd place: Ralph 1741
3rd place: Johnny 1706
| Players | Rating | Singles played | Doubles played |
| Greg "Antfarm" Antrim | 1902 | 8 | 2 |
| "Arno" | 1840 | 11 | 6 |
| "CantDoKnow" | 1753 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Anton | 1753 | 7 | 3 |
| Ra!ph-Michael "Maestro" Chiaia | 1741 | 12 | 6 |
| Jesse Romero | 1733 | 9 | 6 |
| Johnny Magyaros | 1706 | 12 | 4 |
| June S Han | 1680 | 8 | 6 |
| Allen "2LS" Wiggins | 1585 | 6 | 4 |
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