Vegas part 2
by Sickpotter » 10 Jun 2010 Read
Well where to start......
Format is 5 man teams playing a 25 game match with every player having one game against each of the opposing team's players.
score 1 point per ball sunk, 3 points for the 8 making max score 10 points for a win.
We played 4 matches a day for the first 3 days negotiating 12 rounds and went out on the 4th day. All in all I was quite pleased with that as idle time in Vegas makes for an empty wallet
I don't think my team would've done as well had we not gotten a nice suite. I was down 3 years ago for the same event and got a ground floor room that had a view of the back alley. Barely room to fit the beds in the place never mind room for luggage etc.
The end result of a bad room is that you don't want to go rest there in between matches so you wind up in the casino losing money and drinking for free. Needless to say you wind up getting snake hissed and snake hissed off (gambling losses) in between matches which severely impacts your performance.
My previous visit I had a stronger team but we couldn't go as far. It's amazing how something so simple can have such a huge impact so ALWAYS make sure you've got a comfortable place to hang. I learned this 20 years ago but never realized how important it was until now.
On to some of the points of interest......
While down on the trip I ran into a friend of mine named Johnny Morra. For those familiar with Canadian Snooker Johnny is the son of Mario Morra, a long time player on both snooker and 9-ball circuits. Like father like son, John has evolved into a tremendous 9-ball player who's moved into the elite tournament status and he had been invited to play in the world masters event. I didn't have an opportunity to see who the field was but I'm sure it was tough. End result for John was a 5th-8th place finish and $4k prize money. At only 21 years of age John is certain to have a long and bright future in the sport. He was a little tilt when I ran into him but that's to be expected of any young lad who turns 21 while in Vegas
Another tremendous up and coming player I ran into is Brittany Bryant. For those unfamiliar with her history you can visit her website at http://www.brittanybryant.com/blog.html
Brittany has played with numerous top players and even has the claim to fame of having taken Allison Fisher hill-hill in a best of 19.
We ran into Brittany in the first day or two, she'd been down for some events that were long since ended but she was sticking around for the crazy action that could be found. Pushed a little further she confessed to having been there for 20+ days at that point
Incredible is all I can say, after a week in Vegas I'm dying to get out so 20+ days is some serious endurance
.
Ah to be young and in action
All the power to her, she's going to continue to be a fixture in the game for many years to come.
That's it for now but I'll put up another post discussing some the action/gambling and another for pics after.
Format is 5 man teams playing a 25 game match with every player having one game against each of the opposing team's players.
score 1 point per ball sunk, 3 points for the 8 making max score 10 points for a win.
We played 4 matches a day for the first 3 days negotiating 12 rounds and went out on the 4th day. All in all I was quite pleased with that as idle time in Vegas makes for an empty wallet
I don't think my team would've done as well had we not gotten a nice suite. I was down 3 years ago for the same event and got a ground floor room that had a view of the back alley. Barely room to fit the beds in the place never mind room for luggage etc.
The end result of a bad room is that you don't want to go rest there in between matches so you wind up in the casino losing money and drinking for free. Needless to say you wind up getting snake hissed and snake hissed off (gambling losses) in between matches which severely impacts your performance.
My previous visit I had a stronger team but we couldn't go as far. It's amazing how something so simple can have such a huge impact so ALWAYS make sure you've got a comfortable place to hang. I learned this 20 years ago but never realized how important it was until now.
On to some of the points of interest......
While down on the trip I ran into a friend of mine named Johnny Morra. For those familiar with Canadian Snooker Johnny is the son of Mario Morra, a long time player on both snooker and 9-ball circuits. Like father like son, John has evolved into a tremendous 9-ball player who's moved into the elite tournament status and he had been invited to play in the world masters event. I didn't have an opportunity to see who the field was but I'm sure it was tough. End result for John was a 5th-8th place finish and $4k prize money. At only 21 years of age John is certain to have a long and bright future in the sport. He was a little tilt when I ran into him but that's to be expected of any young lad who turns 21 while in Vegas
Another tremendous up and coming player I ran into is Brittany Bryant. For those unfamiliar with her history you can visit her website at http://www.brittanybryant.com/blog.html
Brittany has played with numerous top players and even has the claim to fame of having taken Allison Fisher hill-hill in a best of 19.
We ran into Brittany in the first day or two, she'd been down for some events that were long since ended but she was sticking around for the crazy action that could be found. Pushed a little further she confessed to having been there for 20+ days at that point
Incredible is all I can say, after a week in Vegas I'm dying to get out so 20+ days is some serious endurance
. Ah to be young and in action
All the power to her, she's going to continue to be a fixture in the game for many years to come.
That's it for now but I'll put up another post discussing some the action/gambling and another for pics after.
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