This weekend is the City Tournament for 8-Ball APA in Tucson. Last year, we got knocked out in the semifinals, having to play our way through the losers bracket to get there. A lot has changed since then and I think my team's roster has improved since last year, but unfortunately a couple key players are missing (Tyler is missing all weekend and Dustin cannot be there for a lot of Saturday). Nonetheless, we have to just show up and play our best. Wish us luck!
FYI we are "Cereal Killers" listed below. I still don't know how they pick which teams receive byes or not...
TOURNAMENT RESULTS:
On Friday night we played "That's What She Said" but unfortunately we got worked. The key trio of Anthony, Chris, and myself all lost, losing the match 0-7. OUCH! We argue that if one of the "big three" loses, it will be a struggle to win the match. It would've helped to have Dustin there earlier that night, but unfortunately he had work and by the time he made it, the match was over.
On Saturday afternoon we played South Tucson Deadstrokes. This is the same team we played last year (where I beat their 5 in the 3rd match and they were forced to forfeit the remaining 2). It ended up being a very close match that came down to sudden death between two 6'es: Dustin from my team (61% win-percentage) versus this other 6 with a 72% win-percentage. It was super exciting and you could tell both players were a little nervous, missing shots that they wouldn't normally miss. Dustin was able to close it out in an exciting finish and we advanced the the next round!
The next match on Saturday night would be against a fellow team from Fox and the Hound: Pog Mo Thoin. We have played them several times and beat them in playoffs. However, they were the better team that night, getting key victories against myself and Dustin, which basically put them on top. We were eliminated after that point.
I personally didn't play as well as I would've liked to, struggling to close out games and letting my opponent have a chance to run out the table. It was very important to our team that I play well, being the lone 4 in the lineup. Oh well, it's still a fun event to play in and there'll be future tries!
