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Diamond Jim’s APA (American Pool Players Association) Masters team took first place in the National qualifier pool tournament the week end of June 7th and 8th 2008. Our team won $3,000.00 in cash and an entry into the Las Vegas Masters tournament  August 18th 2008.

The match was tight and it came down to the last ball. Mike played our last match and managed to pocket the final nine ball barely missing the cue ball scratch on the last game. This final shot made us the Champions of this Billiards tournament and set us up with a pile of cash and secured our entry into the Vegas pool tournament.

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How did the 2008 BCA (Billiards Congress of America) National 8 Ball Pool Tournament turn out for me?

I’ve been back in town 4 days, I’m about caught up with my work load and I’m ready to spill the beans about the Vegas Pool Tournament.

I must confess that this was my worst performance ever in Vegas where the singles competition is concerned. This is the first time since the tournament was held in Denver which was late eighties (1988 or 1989), that I was 2 and out of the National tournament. (The Denver Nationals was my first major tournament 20 years back)

This year it was not because I played 2 bad dudes who ran out on me endlessly. It’s because I did not prepare for this tournament in the proper manner and my game was not anywhere near up to par. I did run racks in both of my matches, so I wasn’t totally asleep. On the other side of the coin, I missed a couple eight balls and general position on several shots.  I gave my two opponents enough opportunities to make them look good.

I’ll be writing some future posts about the individual matches and there will be some cool content on the mental aspects of the game there as well. Stay tuned to this Blog Channel.

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