POOL TOURNAMENT AT RANDY'S BAR

POOL TOURNAMENT AT RANDY'S BAR
7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
5 MAY 2012
20,000 ENTRY
DOUBLE ELIMINATION

This tournament is to raise money for Dewey Song and his escalating medical bills. For those of you who don't know, he has been diabetic and could use money for his failing kidney. Please come and donate some money and/or join the tournament. Prize money will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place (with half the money going to the Dewey Fund).

Please join the tournament on Facebook or sign up by 7:00 p.m. on Saturday in person, or by text to Ralph.

The Loft Sticks Cues Up iTeam's Ass

Sticks 9
iTeam 6

We played a close match. A few games definitely could have gone our way. We had them in the palm of our hand but let them slip away. I think we need to work on our doubles. I would like to organize a team pool night one sunday before the playoffs start where we all play with each other and see who the best doubles pairings are. Right now I like Jeremy/June, Ralph/Enda, Greg/Arno for our playoff top three. I like Arno/Allen and Arno/Johnny and Johnny/Allen as well. Tell me your thoughts. Overall, we are doing well in this tough stretch -- pretty far from embarrassing ourselves. Word around the campfire is that some of the other teams say we suck and we're overrated and shit like that. Little by little we are proving those motherfuckers wrong.


Some interesting stats:

• We have been involved in seven "special games" in thirty games played, which comes in at 23% of the time or just short of one every four games. 
• In the last three weeks we won twenty games and lost twenty-five. 
• we only won three out of the last nine doubles matches (that's where are struggles are)
• i have been involved in 4 special games in my last six matches (three went against me!)
• In a side note, Stevie has been cheating by using house cues that already know the tables, lol (from Ogier News

         The Dewey Song Pool Tournament          

If people are interested, let's do a Saturday or Sunday pool tournament where the winners donate all winnings to Dewey Song for his mounting medical bills. 

I would like to host it at RAndy's Bar. I have a great system for putting the brackets up on the TV screen so you can follow the action. I was thinking 20,000 per person. Like most tournaments, all the money will go to Dewey. 

I suggest next Sunday, if possible (Johnny, can you bring your Bulldogs my way for a week?). Other days can be arranged. 

iTeam shatters Steel

Steel 7

iTeam 8

It wasn't a landslide win, but a convincing 8-7 win over a very talented team of players. This coming week will be another challenge as we play the Loft Stix.

Johnny had a monster night, going 3 for 3. Greg had a monster night and Jeremy as well. Arno played well, until doubles ㅋㅋ and June won a somewhat ugly game. Me, I was a non-factor. I got to learn to put on the hex like Johnny does. Great team win. iTeam is the best team in the league to play on.

The guy that really impressed me on Steel is Yeong Seok. He's really good. Even in 5-9 after the match he was shooting lights out. Really cool to watch him play.


THE BET
Jeremy 1795
Johnny 1769
Ralph 1752
i knew i would fall from grace. I hate being in first place. All you can do is fall^^

Congrats to Stevie from Boomtown Rats for passing Dewey, taking the all time points lead, and shattering the 2100 glass-ceiling.

Week 14 -- A Preview

Next week features three really good match-ups among teams that will probably be in it at the end. 


Bless U. Boomtown Rats
at Bulldog Estyle
Stevie's quest for 2100 will be made or broken


The Loft Steel
at Bless U. iTeam
We will see how good they really are


Woodstock Rocks
at The Loft Sticks
We will see if Woodstock is really good or just our personal nemesis. 

Week No. 13 - iTeam gets a worm

Woodstock Rocks 9
Bless U. iTeam 6

Rough night.

We took our first loss of the season tonight at the hands of Woodstock Rocks. After a dismal 1 to 5 beginning to the match we only lost 6-9. We won five of the last nine and outplayed them at the end. For example, Allen and Johnny held a doubles clinic, beating Woo handily. Unfortunately,  the hole we dug for ourselves was too deep and got muddy from our self-prostrating tears. Arno was undefeated but only played one game. I think I did a shitty job as captain. I didn't get my head on me until the second round, which was too late. There's just something about Woodstock that brings me down. Maybe it's the blaring music, maybe it's the vampire-like darkness, maybe it's the third pool light hanging as low as a third testicle. We always struggle there, and we did again. Greg, Me, Jun, Jeremy and Johnny all had a rough time in the first round. Yo Yang beat Woo in the first game of the second round and from then on we played better than they did. Too late.

On the other side Emily went 3 for 3, taking Greg down twice and beating Yo Yang and I in doubles with Willy the Magician (does anyone remember the playoff game with him blasting his last ball past my 8-ball that was totally blocking the pocket?). Willy is one accurate motherfucker and Emily is on a lucky (err, hot) streak! She is 6 for 6 with one special game.

Like I said, we always struggle against this team. They are our kryptonite. The good news is if we win the division we will play them at home where we most certainly have an advantage. Hey, at least we played a match this week. Not like last week with the Cacti.

The Bet:

Ralph 1780
Jeremy 1776 (very american number)
Johnny 1713

Next week is Loft Still at Bless U. Happy to be back to the warmth and light of home. It's going to be another rough night of pool but we're ready now. We get to see just how good they really are.


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