Straight Win

After my tough straight pool loss...

A few weeks later, I play the top player in my division I just assumed he would win so I had no pressure or expectations. I fouled early in the set and he asked how to score it. I thought to myself, "self, if he is the top player, why doesn't he know this? Is he pretending?" Turns out he asked about it a few more times and so I knew he really wasn't sure. He missed more than I expected him to and I found myself on a good run and after a miss, I hear the wonderful words from my opponent, "good run."

I looked down at the score sheet and saw I had just beaten my high run by two! I was so elated! Poor guy, losing to a girl and now she's all giddy about getting her new high run, lol! He was a great sport about it and he was genuinely happy for me. After that, we laughed and joked a lot during the match; it turned out to be a very fun match! You never know how matches will go with people you have never met before, so this one was a nice surprise. He made me laugh a lot and I felt comfortable to be myself and therefore let my personality out more.

Or course, after the new high run I wasn't able to focus too much. I was up by 20 at that point but safes, fouls, and missed shots due to lack of concentration and being happy about my new high run led to many innings with no additions to my score, lol. I finally was able to get back into the game and was ahead by 30 toward the end. It took me a while to make the last few remaining balls due to no shots available but I won 100-76.