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I know, I said i was going to make several posts during the pool tournament. When I played my next match and lost it took the wind out of my desire for writing for a few days.

I played my friend Chris and he won the first game. I answered with a break and run. He broke dead and I ran out again, finishing with a throw shot on the 8 ball because I played bad shape on the shot. I broke and ran the next rack making the score 3 to 1 My lead.

I cleared the next rack and failed to get to the last ball before the 8. This left Chris with an open table and he cleared it out. I had the break in the next game and again cleared the table with no shot on the last ball. Chris cleared the table again. This put the score at 3 to 3.

I won the next game making it 4 to 3 my lead. The next game looked good and I should have ran out. I started getting out of line a little bit on the 5th ball and ended up playing shape on a cross side bank shot for the last solid. I missed the bank, left Chris an open table and he ran out again.

The last game was made up of many safeties. I managed to get ball in hand break out a problem ball and run down to the ball before the 8.  I could see the ball and there was a slight backward cut shot into the side pocket.

When I lined up and was getting ready to take the shot, it didn’t feel right. I should have stood up, walked around the table and prepared for the shot. I eye balled it, said that looks good, fired away and hit the point of the side pocket. Chris won the game from there.

My next match was with a guy from New Mexico. This was a race to 4 because it was a loser side match. I won the flip and scratched on the break. My opponent quickly ran the rack. I managed to run 2 racks but with a miss on the 8 ball and alternating breaks, I lost the match 4 to 2.

I could go on and on about the rest of the tournament. I went back on Sunday and watched the pool tournament action. I had a great time talking with all of my friends and especially Tom and Marty Rossman. (Dr. Cue and Miss Cue)

My friend John has done a great job reporting on the tournament. You can check out the pueblobilliardstimes site for full details.

That’s it for now.

To your run out Success,

 Ted