Playing Pool Tired

I mentioned I played in a scotch doubles tournament and the my friend Amanda and her partner won it at around 4 in the morning.

At one point, they had to wait on a very long match and I could tell they were getting tired.  When they finally got to play (this was about 1:30 am), her partner was making some unusual mistakes.  I brought up to them that at this point in the tourney, it was who is less tired that would do better. 

And I suggested they drink cold water or go outside for fresh, cold air.

He quipped at me, "I'll go outside after we win."

I thought to myself,  "you may not get that chance...if you DON'T GO NOW."  Yes, I was little perturbed because I was trying to help!


But just talking about it helped and they eventually won hill-hill to move on to another tough match.  Her partner did go outside before the next match and I was happy he finally did because they really needed to get themselves pumped up from waiting around for so long and playing all day.  We had been there since about 10:30am and it was 2 am. ...

If you ever see someone missing all of a sudden, see if they need some water or maybe to get some fresh air.  Sometimes we don't know that we are tired or dehydrated.

Valentine's Day Scotch Tourney

I played in a scotch doubles tournament on the dreaded Valentine's Day.  My bestie, Amanda, was going to Tulsa for this tourney and invited me to tag along.  

Here is Amanda and I the morning of the tourney:

The tourney director in Tulsa found me a partner and so I got to play as well.  So, I was happy with that, especially since they added $500 to the prize fund (and the entry fee's were $50). 

It was held at the 727 Club, which I had heard about a lot from my ex, and even saw a few players he normally gambled with.

They decorated the whole place with red and silver and hearts and cool Valentine-themed table cloths.  They really went all out.  Even had door prizes!

I was introduced to my partner, Charley, right before the calcutta, and I found out he played good bar table pool, so we were golden.

I asked him, "Do you break well?"  He said yes, but that normally when he plays scotch he let's the female break and he picks the opening ball.  I told him I played good 8 ball and since he broke well, I could pick for us.  :)

I told him we would be pleasantly surprised, but then I got kinda nervous.  What if I didn't play well today?  Did I just jinx myself?  Nah, I still played well :)

He said at one point, "Well, we will at least have fun today."   I knew right then he was being nice in case I didn't play well, lol.  I admit it was kinda tough not to brag about myself, because I wanted him to not worry haha.

Once the break was decided, we didn't talk again about pool strategy.  I'm still of the belief if two people play really good 8 ball, then they will do just fine together. 

We went hill hill the first match and lost against a team who would eventually get 4th out of 32.  They didn't make one mistake and got out when they should.  But Charley and I played real well together.

We won the next three matches easy, 3-0.  But we ran into another tough team and lost.

I honestly thought we would for sure be in the money because we both played so well but the teams were tough; tougher than I thought.  And we only went for $30 in the Calcutta, too!  A couple of people wanted to bid on us, but they let me buy ourselves for $30.  Everyone thought it was a steal but they were nice to not outbid us.  And then we didn't even get in the money LOL.

Turns out Charley and I know a lot of the same people and I enjoyed playing with him, even though I didn't even remotely know him before that day.

Amanda and her partner (who she had never played with before but knew) won the tourney by double dipping the favorites around 4 am.   They both played really, really well and they came with some amazing shots to win.  Amanda was impressive in her knowledge and talent as usual!

I also got to spend quality time with my girlfriend Bobbi and it was great to spend the day with her: