We had a great turnout for today’s event – 23 players. When I was setting out to do the draw, there were 21, and so I pressed Nicki (Howard’s daughter) into playing so that we would have an even number. 8 minutes later, the 23rd player arrived, just as I was finishing the draw. But a 7 person bracket pays better than a 6 person bracket, so no harm done.
There were 8 players who took at least 1 side pool, so we had a full “A” bracket. In round 1, Tim beat me (lucky bastard), Larry beat newcomer Brandon (who I then played in consolation, very good player), Howard took out Ed, and Bodger defeated Dave. Howard went on to win the bracket over Tim, with Larry winning the consolation.
In the “B” bracket, Mary won in the first round against Julie, Nicki took out newcomer Celia (who was there with Stephen as part of his birthday celebration), Mark A beat Nathan, and Leah defeated Brian. In the end, Mark A triumphed over Mary in the final, with Celia coming back to win the consolation.
In the “C” bracket, round 1 had Joel winning over Stan, Stephen (the newcomer and birthday boy) beating out Steve (returning after an extended medical leave), and Jeremy (like me, fresh back from Miami) over newcomer Mark H. Matt got there late, and got the bye. In the end, Jeremy won over Joel, with Steve taking the consolation in a rematch against Stephen.
Many questions were asked about when the next event would be, and I promise to get an update about that out soon.
WordPress is giving me issues with adding pictures, so I won’t show you the position from my match against Brandon where I ought to have doubled (and he ought to have passed), but instead I played on. Worked out for somebody…
-Mark