After I won my first 3 matches and then lost my 4th to Jeff Carter, putting me in the money (enough to get my entry fee back), I was already wore out (it was 7pm) and I was ready to call it a day and go home. Since I still had 1 more barrel left, it was double elim, the guy with me, Little Frankie Filerino, insisted I stay and play just to see what happens. (I went home 10 1/2 hrs later)
There were 2 matches that needed to finish before I could play again -- and I wasnt about to eat a meal -- I went to the grocery and got a bag of peanuts and raisins and filled up. Then I took a nap in a chair. I got woken up to play young Eric Hinkus, a good player who finishes high in all these tourns. I was groggy, but I put down enough oil to slow the kid down.
About 3:30 am I resisted the urge to drink one of those 5 hr red bottles that I had brought along for an emergency. I had been keeping the edge up with about 8 or 9 cups of decaffinated tea.
John started out strong and won the first rack 11 to 4. A very substantial lead when you are only going to 23. It was at that point I told John (who was a very tight player) that I was going to shitcan the oil and open all the way up. It was then that he made a stategic mistake. Probably trying to poo-poo my threat of playing wide open, he broke the rack wide open instead of a safe break. Just what I needed.
I won that rack 10 to 5 and the last rack went down to the last ball. We both needed three and John ran two and missed the out ball. He left me an off angle cross side. I ran the cue ball around the table trying to hit and stay near the other two balls but went around them and wound up at the bottom of the table. I had a full length straight back, I went all-out and smacked it hard and stopped the cue ball near the other ball. It went in perfect and I was left with another straight back but I was only about 2 ft away from this one. I went all out again and hit it hard with a full stroke and it split the pocket to complete the 3 and out.
With that, Jeff Carter, who was still there decided to go home at 5:30 am, even tho I had unbelievable caught a second wind around 4am.
Beard
Contrary to the untoward attempt to discredit my showing by the "C....m J...p.r," we did not whack up the first "six or so places." After 17 hrs of play we settled for a 3 way tie for 1st. I had already won 5 matches in a full 32 player field. If not we would have probably had to play until 9am or so.
"C.J" should keep his nose out of the Bank Forum as was once requested by the forum moderator, he has enough problems dealing with the PM he sent to the Hacker.
