Nov 10, 20152 min
The place was so huge it had nine Valley bar boxes. The format was round robin, and we had big names like Brandon Jacoby against us. For every match the youths were supposed to lag for break, and let me tell you this kid was unreal. I gave him my break cue because the adults weren’t allowed to break. We got the first break almost every time.
The first break of the day was an instant 9-Ball break. I was shocked. Dominic, being a natural on the 9-Ball break, continued this throughout the day. The only time the nine didn’t drop was if another ball stopped it, otherwise he sent it to the right corner each time. This was unheard of. I hear of players that have to train and practice nonstop to do what he can do on the break, and yet it’s like this kid was built to play 9-Ball.
Now, with the pressure on us, we had to buckle down and get serious. Our next two matches were a struggle and our final score was 18 win to six losses. Cutting it close when the final scores came, we tied with the Jacobys.
We were in a sudden death game now, winner takes all, and we had to go on a table we hadn’t played at all that day. Our opponents had, so they had the advantage.
They broke, nothing dropped, and the One was pinned so we did a push. Brandon played a safety with an intentional foul, hoping to just cluster everything together. Well, my handy dandy jump cue and I made the shot and got a break out.
Well, they showed us they weren’t ready to lose either, pulling breakouts and dropping balls. It came down to the eight on one side of the table and the nine on the opposite. They missed the eight, I made it and left Dominic with a thin cut to the corner .