Operation Local Tournament Blitz is currently underway.

For the past month, I have competed in 1-3 of the top three toughest tournaments in town. By far, the most competitive tournament available is the weekly Thursday night big table 9 ball tournament at Paradise Billiards.

In the past few weeks, I’ve won 1-2 matches each time I’ve played. Tonight, I didn’t win one match, but ironically, I felt I played the best overall. I’ve been working hard on always delivering a “positive stroke;” not babying in balls or trying to be too delicate. I made a conscious effort to stroke every single ball confidently tonight. Unfortunately, I didn’t win my matches but I did win some sets afterwards.

After I got knocked out of the tournament, I played some races to 7 with my friend Greg. He’s a great player who could be much, much better if he had the time to practice more. He can pocket balls with the best of them. I lost to him a few weeks ago at a different 9 ball tournament.

Anyway, we played three sets and I won, 7-3, 7-2, and 7-2. I didn’t play perfect pool, but when he didn’t get out, I was out. I felt really great about my performance during those three matches. Had I played like that during the tournament I would’ve went a lot farther.

Discovered a great new player site and pool blog tonight. WPBA pro, Liz Ford has just joined the blogging world and I find her posts delightful and refreshing. I really hope she keeps it up.

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