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Tass blog: Just won a bowling tournament Posted on: February 21, 2009, at 07:35:08pm So, once a month at my local lanes there is a 6 game scratch tournament. Scratch means that there is no handicap, and the highest total pinfall over 6 games wins. I used to bowl in this tournament every month, until I broke my finger, then seemed to be in Philly or Florida or Vegas every time the tournament was held. I've probably bowled in it twice in the past year. $40 to enter, which covers lineage (money to the bowling alley), side pots for each game ($2 per person per game for the highest score each game), and top set ($2 per person per 3 games, for the highest total pinfall over the 1st 3 and 2nd 3 games). Optional brackets were also run, at $5 per bracket (brackets are where you get put into an 8-man bracket, and bowl 1-vs-1 for that game, winner moves on. At the end of 3 games, each bracket has a winner. Pays out 1st and 2nd place. I entered 2 brackets for each set.) Total cost: $60 The oil pattern used for the tournament was... unique. A specialty sport shot designed by Kegel (the company that makes the oil machines and a lot of other bowling equipment and testing services) called "The Hourglass". Just as you'd imagine, there is oil at the start of the lane, then it tapers dry halfway down, then it gets oily again out to about 43ft. Pretty much it's oil, no oil, oil. The ball rolling down lane had some very peculiar movements. It would roll, then grip a bit, then start skidding again, only to finally start to grip and hook 15 feet from the pins. I just got a new bowling ball on Thursday, after throwing the same particle ball for 8 years (the Monster by Brunswick)... got a Pin Slasher by Ebonite. Had my span increased a bit to get more revs, and had them shift the pin placement for a later roll. They kept the axis about the same. Also tweaked my left-to-right on my finger holes to let up a bit of tension on my middle finger that causes pain after bowling too many games. OK... so funky oil. Took me all of practice and about half of the first game to figure out this pattern. Had 1 open early, with a real shank on a 10 pin (I'm a lefty, so 10 pins are REALLY easy), then 2 doubles late to finish with 195. About 50 pins back of 1st after the first game. 2nd game, I pick up right where I left off in the first, playing about straight up 8, hard, with a lot of loft and more revs than normal. The loft allowed the ball to ignore most of the dry spot in the middle of the lane, and react fairly normally down lane. The long length of oil allowed me to get some extra revs on my ball while still holding the line. Wound up shooting 215 with a chopped 2-4-7 in the 8th. About 40 back of 1st now. 3rd game I'm really feeling it, moving left a bit to keep up with the breaking down of the oil (there were 2 lefties in the group ahead of me, another on my pair, and 1 more in the pair 2 ahead of me). Was playing about straight up 5 now, and wound up with a nice 224, even after a split in the 1st frame. 634 1st set, 24 back of 1st place. Also took the 3rd game side pot for $22 and won both brackets I entered for another $15 each. 4th game was money. Started off with a 4-7 through the nose, then reeled off 5 in a row, followed by a 2-4-7 through the nose and another 4 in a row, then a split in my fill ball. 264 game... which didn't even win my the side pot. Some guy busted off a 280. Either way, I was now sitting in 1st place, 9 up on the 280 guy. 5th game was where I ran into trouble. The lane was transitioning on me big time, and after starting with a double, I couldn't control my ball. I went high on pretty much every spot the rest of the game. Had 1 open and 0 strikes the rest of the game... 187. The guy 9 back rolled a 228 and was now 32 up on me going into the last game. I was a solid 2nd, 13 up on 3rd place (the 658 guy from the 1st set). Luckily for me, the 6th pair of lanes was oilier than the 5th, and my ball was holding pocket perfectly. 10 pin in the first, double, 7 pin, turkey, 7 pin, turkey, 10 pin in my fill ball for a 247. The guy ahead of me only shot a 181. I took the 6th game side pot for $22, the 2nd set pot for $22 with a 698, and won the tournament with a 1332, or an average of 222 over 6 games (worth $100). 2nd place was 1298, +80 of those from one game. Only 11 guys in the tournament, but a win is a win. Not to mention $196 bucks off of my $60 investment. And some major confidence with my new ball. -Tass |
Posted at 7:36pm on February 21st, 2009
First
Posted at 7:36pm on February 21st, 2009
Yur gud at bowling
Posted at 7:39pm on February 21st, 2009
I wish I could bowl
Posted at 7:41pm on February 21st, 2009
i'm sure most of this makes no sense to most of you. waiting for Kotarou to chime in, as he actually bowls.
Posted at 7:49pm on February 21st, 2009
Congrats, Tass.
Gimme monies plox.
Posted at 7:51pm on February 21st, 2009
I guess that makes up for the loss at poker ;)
Posted at 7:59pm on February 21st, 2009
I sure as hell don't get most of it!
Nor did I understand 90% of the poker.
But all that matters is the end result. You lost one and won the other. :D
Posted at 8:00pm on February 21st, 2009
awww tass has a new ball :)
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Posted at 8:00pm on February 21st, 2009
wtg Tass =)
I haven't bowled in so long... I was on a league for a few years but I gradually got bored of it for some reason. Can tell you strait up though, I would never be able to bowl a lane like that... with a lot of practice I might get a feel for it.
Place where I bowled at most of the time wasn't that oily. "old style" I guess is what you call it.. compared to a newer one they have around here where every other frame gutter and the lanes where like sheet metal.
Posted at 8:04pm on February 21st, 2009
I understood most of that. A little too technical for me, but I got the most of it.
Posted at 8:41pm on February 21st, 2009
just know that a normal, house oil pattern is meant to be forgiving. it's dryer the closer you get to the gutter... that way, if you get it too far out, you'll have more friction and it'll come back. get it too far in, more oil and it won't hook as much and will hold pocket. the sport shots aren't like that... ESPECIALLY the crazy concoctions that Kegel comes up with. This hourglass, they had another shot that was inverse of a normal pattern... wet outside, dry inside. i didn't get to bowl on that, but i can't imagine it was easy.
Posted at 8:47pm on February 21st, 2009
how heavy is your ball? I have a 16 1/2 pound ball cause I seem to do better with the heavyer ones. Its got a pic of the globe on it
Posted at 8:49pm on February 21st, 2009
the heaviest bowling balls are only 16lbs... and, i roll 15 for strike balls, 14 for my spare ball.
Posted at 9:11pm on February 21st, 2009
not too shabby i bowl with a 16 and my average is around 215 but i only bowl for recreation but i do have a team with my buds.
Posted at 9:43pm on February 21st, 2009
I'm glad your new ball boosted your confidence.
Posted at 10:09pm on February 21st, 2009
Those must have been hard patterns. I'm a lefty, I bowl, play poker. I bowled fairly well today in travel league. Was rolling the ball better than I think the scores reflected. 190, 221, 231. the last game was really fun for me because my team of 5 was struggling but we won by 20 because I ended with a 6 bagger after a chopped miss spare. We took 3 of the 4 games (grandtotal of the three counts as a game)
Posted at 10:11pm on February 21st, 2009
tass keeps the site alive from being crushed by economic times by winning bowling tournaments
Posted at 10:26pm on February 21st, 2009
Cool, i didn't read this... but if i got new balls, I would be confident too.
Posted at 11:19pm on February 21st, 2009
I used to bowl a lot.. But i didn't really think about the fact that they could change the oil. I was more of a fun bowler, and not a competitive one. :P
Very nice win man. :) Gratz on that. and i'm glad your new ball turned out good. :)
Posted at 12:16am on February 22nd, 2009
I hate you, I shot 1240 for 5 and only got 4th place. But there were about 500 in the tournament I was in
Posted at 12:36am on February 22nd, 2009
1240 for 5? obviously that was on house conditions... which tournament was that that had 500 participants? the tournament at Cal Bowl today? 1240 for 5 is sick man... 248 ave over 5 games. not shabby at all, even for a house shot.
Posted at 12:43am on February 22nd, 2009
no, this was a while ago, it was a 1:1 oil conditioned tournament at Las Vegas
Posted at 12:44am on February 22nd, 2009
btw, I shot 273 yesterday with my plastic ball. :D
Posted at 1:14am on February 22nd, 2009
273? lol.
Posted at 1:36am on February 22nd, 2009
congratulations on finishing 3rd style. i'll await it's release
Posted at 3:00am on February 22nd, 2009
god fucking damnit i thought i hid subscriber news
Posted at 9:20am on February 22nd, 2009
hint: plastic balls thrown out don't come back.
Posted at 10:26am on February 22nd, 2009
at least you won money Tass
Posted at 10:35am on February 22nd, 2009
"i'm sure most of this makes no sense to most of you. waiting for Kotarou to chime in, as he actually bowls."
lol, I just read this
Posted at 11:53am on February 22nd, 2009
Oh look, another one of Tass' blogs and this time he brings good news! Good karma bro. :)
Posted at 3:12pm on February 22nd, 2009
Id hurt myself in bowling...Like any other sport...
Posted at 6:06pm on February 22nd, 2009
You're getting your money back! Maybe if you bowled for a charity or something karma'll get you the rest back. ;)
Posted at 1:02pm on March 2nd, 2009
i saw yesterday in the california bowling newspaper it said Mike Pollack won a tournament at canoga park bowl. I was like, "wtf, is that tass!?" congrats on winning. 1332 is a nice score. i recently got an ebonite pin slasher too. how do you like it?