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Major League Pool has seen nothing but 4-3 results in the past eight days. Pool Fiction extended that streak while continuing its own streak of 4-3 victories to start Season 14.

JohnnyMonsterRodVonHugenstein (Joey) played a tap break in the opener against Pool Fiction's loverboy_aireagle22003 (Mina). Nearly ten minutes into the game, Mina took a chance and bashed everything around while making his red three-ball. That set up a fairly difficult run with a couple of shots naturally not giving him the kind of control he'd like to have with the cueball. But after making the seven in the top right, it was pretty much smooth sailings on the way to Mina's first win of the season, and PFN's 1st of the night.

Money in the Bank Captain sir.pommington called on indiana_elite to try and tie it up. Pool Fiction's response was so_wolf_cub4. Both players have a mixed history with each other dating back to Fall 2009 in both Xtreme Poolerz and Pool Fiction. Cubby would give up ball in hand to Indy concluding a brief safety game. After some lengthy deliberation, Indy decided to run. A shot on the five-ball proved fatal in the run attempt. While the orange solid snuck its way into the top right pocket, the cueball managed to nudge the 8ball upwards near the top rail. When Indy got to his final solid, he took nearly three minutes to try and determine what spin he would need to leave a shot on the eight. All of that time resulted in merely making the six-ball and not leaving any feasible shots. In contrast, Cubby took roughly the same amount of time to clean up the remaining five stripes and the eight to give PFN a 2-0 lead.

Pool Fiction Captain xl_bankqueen_lx called up xlx_ogges_xlx to go against MIB's ta.lent (Matt) in game three. In a scene very similar to the first week of the season, Matt's break potted absolutely nothing and Ogie took advantage. The tough decision came in the middle of the run. After making the red 11 ball top middle, Ogges decided to make the safer shot while he had it available - 15 bottom middle. After making the ten, he finally addressed the nine-ball which had tempted him a moment prior. When it was finished, Matt watched an opponent run off his break for the second time in three matches, and watched Pool Fiction take a 3-0 lead.

The stage was set up perfectly in the fourth game. With the 3-game lead and break in game four, Kerry announced the return of xlx_bpk_xlx (Jamie) to MLP. His first opponent after amassing a 45-6 record in Pool Fiction would be xxl_themachine_lxx (Simon). Jamie wasn't able to finish a run off his very favorable break. Simon was able to match, and one-up Jamie in the safety portion of the game. The key shot was Simon potting the five-ball in the lower left pocket, barely catching the edge of the pocket and getting the roll. From there a set of perfectly played shots led to an emphatic pounding of the 8ball home, and a breath of life for MIB as they were finally on the board, trailing by two games.

Pommy put the match in the hands of OHMYGODTHEREARENONAMESLEFT (Conor) in the fifth game. Kerry asked Extreme Cues transfer ll_pro.shots_ll (Tim) to put the match away. The two played a safety game that actually advanced the game at a decent pace with traffic in the way of key right-hand pockets. Tim was forced to make a side-spin cuebank off the left rail to come back and make contact with his pink seven-ball. The leave was nearly perfect but Conor was just a little bit better. The first Big League Tour Champion of the young season potted the 12-ball top left, and then hit the most impressive shot of the night: He sank Tim's seven-ball as part of a 13-7 combo, and the orange striped kicked off that solid and up into the top right pocket. In comparison the rest of the run was a cakewalk and MIB was back in contention, trailing 3-2.

Pool Fiction had one more game with the break. So it was no surprise when Kerry called msc_masta (Miz) to do what he had done the previous two weeks: Clinch the victory. He'd need to get through ReallyBigAssNegro (Mike) to do it though. Miz chose solids... Sorta. A fluke cuebank rolled the red three-ball in on a nearly impossible angle top middle. From that moment on it was an uphill battle for the PFN closer. Mike hit big shot after big shot in his run attempt, but the biggest of all came literally pixels short. With his final stripe - the purple 12-ball - blocked by Miz's four ball, Mike got creative. He tried to ram the cueball into the 12 with topspin to force the stripe into the upper right pocket. The 12 came to a stop hanging over the pocket. Miz wasn't able to effectively eliminate a pair of solids stuck near each other on the bottom rail however. Instead of taking the risky shot crossing over the bottom middle pocket or a possible carom shot, Miz settled for a safety attempt. Initially he was upset the cueball didn't roll far enough. But Mike instantly told everyone he did not have any sort of line with the cue resting just in front of the bottom middle pocket. Mike's cuebank attempt never threatened with any sign of success and Miz finished with three more shots to give PFN a decisive 4-2 advantage.

l1_stephen_1 picked up a win in his first match of the season for MIB defeating Pool Fiction's Lewissss. The loss marks Lewis's first loss of the season in his third match.

Time of Match: 1h 55m

Save: MIB_xxl_themachine_lxx (2), MIB_OHMYGODTHEREARENONAMESLEFT (1)

Clinch: PFN_msc_masta (3)

Pool Fiction: 3-0 (12/9) Next: @ Extreme Cues (0-3, 6/15)

Money in the Bank: 1-2 (10/11) Next: vs. Latino Pool Legends (1-1, 9/5)

Full match available below on UStream:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4981764