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Monday, February 21, 2005

Monday night picks

OK so during week 1 I could've made better picks out of my nose than the ones I did have, let's hope this time around things aren't as ugly.

TourneyPool @ Absolute Finest to kick it all off. Last week I was quite impressed with the comeback effort TourneyPool made from down 0-3, especially against the regs. AbsoluteFinest are coming off a dismal effort last week against Breakers Alley, where of course they barely survived. RVDBlade and derek for AbsoluteFinest like I've been saying will need to be huge in order for the Finest ones to come out with the W. Even then, they need 2 other wins. Barring glitches and early 8s, and remember only the winner can offer reracks folks don't ask for them, I think TourneyPool will be able to win 4-3.

BeerBallers and Breakers Alley in Vicki'S Secret. Yes Breakers Alley pulled a 4-3 loss to Absolute Finest, but now, they've got BeerBallers. BBM a team who, quite frankly when it comes to knowing the game, are considerably smarter than the Breakers Alley players. They know when to safety, when to run, how to bank, and they know that since some or a lot of the BA players are against safeties, they're gonna just try to run. Watch 'em use this to their advantage, and win big against BA, I'll say 5-2.

XPool @ 8BallRunners. This is tough...You've got a team who I picked and got slapped around big. And a team I picked that barely lost. Now copenhagen got to the semifinal of the regular jump last night, so he's gotta be feeling pretty confident that he can bring home a win this week. Then again, shootalready got all the way to the finals. So both teams with players that went deep, but I think if spitfyr and copenhagen show up to this match, along with runningwildhorses, and of course Trouble4some, they should be able to pull a 4-3 win.

Finally, CueKeepers @ BritPool and let me correct myself thanks to Rob - river_blake was only borrowed by CKP fr playoffs last season. He's back with the Brits who came up big against 8BR. Rob may possibly be giving it all up as captain, losing interest in pool. He's going on vacation for 4 weeks and then he'll make his decision. For now, it's kingbrandi and her billion names in charge. Let's just remember how CKP did in season 3 when they went part of the way without Rob...uuuuuuuuuuugly. Then when they got him back they at least started to win a couple again. BritPool has a lot of confidence in their team I think after last week. It's too early in the season to determine whether or not anyone is "for real" here but I'll take BritPool to win, in another 5-2.