Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved.
Posted On Saturday, October 25th, 2003 By David Veatch
Not much to say about this one that isn’t said by the scores… except this: I shouldn’t have won my first match. I just wasn’t playing that hot tonight. Oh well… there’s always next week. :) My Handicap: King Matches: 6-3 (K6-K6) W 5-5 (K7-J5) L 5-5 (K7-J5) L My Place: n/a My Winnings: n/a
Posted On Saturday, October 11th, 2003 By David Veatch
This is the first tournament at Terri’s I actually placed! Not only that, but I went from a Queen to a King! I know a lot of people personally who might consider me misguided, or of confused priorities in being pleased by having my handicap raised… for those people, I say only that such thoughts are best left for another, dedicated post on te subjects of handicaps, the manipulation of same, and sandbagging. Suffice to say for now that I *am* pleased that Calvin thought enough of my playing to compliment me on it and raise me up to a King. I consider it a challenge and something of a badge of honor. On to the tournament… My first match was against a Jack. I easily took him out 6-1. There’s really nothing notable about this rack… a couple of full rack runs and a 9-ball break. My second match was against a guy named Jim Williams. I’ve never played Jim before, and frankly, was a little scared of him. It’s hard to keep a level head when you’re playing a picture on the wall. Jim is a great player… who has what is, in my opinion, a fatal weakness more »
Posted On Tuesday, October 7th, 2003 By David Veatch
I was reluctant to get into this tournament to begin with. It was 10:00pm, and I had to be up *early* the next day to be at work in time for the Federal Examiner’s questions (didn’t make it, but neither did the examiner ;). I caved and gave Matt my $5, assured that it would be a quick tournament. My first draw was Matt himself, an APA 7 who’s probably able to hold an 8. I was comforted by the thought that I would be beat out of the tournament right out of the gate, freeing my evening up for sleep. This wasn’t to be the case, a combination of Matt shooting well below his skill level, and me shooting a bit above brought me through for a 3-1 victory. It really should have been 3-0, but I choked a tight cut on the 9, giving Matt an easy win for that rack. That put it at 2-1, and I easily ran the next rack out. Seth, my next opponent, who is also on my APA 8-ball team went down much more easily. He’s an APA 3 (though he’s honestly probably better than that), and just didn’t seem to have more »