by Billiard Greg | Jun 3, 2012 | 8 Ball, Billiard Greg's, Pool Stories
Well last Thursday I played a good player. His ranking is a 7 in the CMPL and I can say I have never seen a performance like that. The race was 7 games to my 5 games. First game was the closest game to winning I had. He broke and I ran down to the 8 but scratched...
by Billiard Greg | Apr 12, 2012 | 8 Ball, Billiard Greg's, League Nights, Pool Stories
Last night I played at Captain John's tonight. We had 5 people there but our lower players didn't show up so we couldn't make numbers the way we would have liked to, so we had to play a ghost. That means that we allowed the opponent to pick our last player of the...
by Billiard Greg | Mar 30, 2012 | Billiard Greg's, Pool Stories
So originally I had my first Grand Slam Patch with the four patches needed to get it in a frame. I have since decided to turn the frame into a collection displaying the patches that I have earned over the years. It also highlights when I joined the APA...
by Billiard Greg | Mar 13, 2012 | Billiard Greg's, Playoffs, Tri-City Cup, LTC, and Tournaments
Playing in Tournaments is truly a different breed of game then normal league nights. The only real way to be prepared for a tournament is having played in many. Staying focused and realizing that you are the one at the table playing your game. Tournaments can be a...
by Billiard Greg | Mar 12, 2012 | Billiard Greg's, Playoffs, Tri-City Cup, LTC, and Tournaments, Pool Stories
Well I am the first to advocate taking your time when shooting pool. Boy should I have heeded that suggestion this past weekend in the March Madness Tournament down in Break-Away Billiards Clinton, MA. We fought our way through 4 rounds of team play going to the 5th...
by Billiard Greg | Jan 9, 2012 | Billiard Greg's, Playoffs, Tri-City Cup, LTC, and Tournaments
Well two of my teams were lucky enough to make it into the Almost Made it Tournament of the APA. My Wednesday night 8 ball team, The Lady and the Tramps, is one. The other one is my Thursday night 9 ball team, Drawing a Blank, is the other one. So the first Almost...
