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I entered my first "real" pool tournament. It's happening today, starting at 11am. Although I'm quite good a pool, I would still be considered an amateur. When asking the guy who organized it who else had entered, I'm the lowest ranked person...so my expectations of winning are not exactly "up there". But I'm sure it'll be fun. The reason I entered this one is because it's a small tournament and I know most of the people who also entered, so I'm hoping it won't feel overwhelming...I'm not really into "competition". Also, the way tournament is tracked is by cumulative points, not just win/lose so I won't be out if I lose my first few games...I think my husband said that the least amount of games I will play is something like 14 or 16, so I'm not wasting my entry fee on just 2-3 games...it'll still be a full fun day.
Although I don't expect to win, I'm hoping I'm "on" today and can at least hold my own and play some good games and be a good opponent. It's not fun to lose with bad numbers but it's also not fun to win when you just crush someone who you know is not as good as you...it's not a "I did great" win...It more of a "sorry, I beat the poop out of you" win. It's one of the things I like about the league I'm in....we all want everyone to have fun and the great players truly want the amateurs to learn and get better.
So anyway,
Wish me luck! And who knows...maybe I'll be lucky enough that all my opponents mess up at some point during our games and I clean the table! lol!
Although I don't expect to win, I'm hoping I'm "on" today and can at least hold my own and play some good games and be a good opponent. It's not fun to lose with bad numbers but it's also not fun to win when you just crush someone who you know is not as good as you...it's not a "I did great" win...It more of a "sorry, I beat the poop out of you" win. It's one of the things I like about the league I'm in....we all want everyone to have fun and the great players truly want the amateurs to learn and get better.
So anyway,
Wish me luck! And who knows...maybe I'll be lucky enough that all my opponents mess up at some point during our games and I clean the table! lol!