Week Ten

Apologies for missing last weeks predictions, I had a never-ending weekend.

Week 9 results:

Straight Shots defeat Freedom 5-2 - After a incredibly dreadful start, Straight Shots finally got out of the cellar with a convincing win over the then second place team in the conference. Straight Shots sure are streaking at the right time, while Freedom are going in the wrong direction.

Break and Run defeat Sexy Poolerz 5-0 - That's one way to clinch top spot in a struggling conference. Congrats to Break and Run, while Sexy Poolerz are struggling to take advantage of their good start to the season.

Pool Fiction defeat Dead Strokes 5-1 - Big win for Pool Fiction as they control their own playoff destiny sitting one win up on last spot in the conference. For Dead Strokes it's the same ol same ol.


Miscues defeat Pool Dragonz 5-2 -With nothing on the line for Miscues and everything for Pool Dragonz, the nothings showed they were everything with a big win, putting Pool Dragonz in a pickle this week.

Current MVP standings:

mc_lxl_nerd.herd_xlx - 14-4
bnr_xlx_skill_xlx - 12-3
mc_underdogg_ - 12-5 
pdz_zl_noob_lz - 12-7
fr_ll_eskimo_ownage_ll - 10-5
bnr_cr0zzzy - 9-4
bnr_lion_l2ampant - 8-4
mc_the_lvlag1cian - 8-5
ds_sin-e - 7-2
ss_xl_mike_lx - 7-3
ds_Hockey_Kid - 7-5
sp_n00bsquad_Tigress - 7-7

How each team can make the play-offs in the final week:

Atlantic Conference

Miscues:
Don't withdraw and you'll be first.

Straight Shots:
Win and you're second seed.
If you lose and Freedom wins - If Freedom wins by a score of 5-3 or 5-4, you will be second. If Freedom wins 5-2, 5-1, or 5-0, you will be third.
If you lose and Pool Dragonz wins - If you lose by a score of 5-3 or 5-4, you will be second, if you lose 2-5 they will hold the tie break and 1-5 or 0-5 will place them above you regardless.

Freedom:
Win and you're in.
If Straight Shots lose and you win, you finish second due to tie break.
If Straight Shots win and you win, you finish third due to tie break.
Lose and you're out

Pool Dragonz:
Win and you're in.
If Straight Shots win and you win, you finish third.
If Straight Shots lose and you win, you must hope SS lose by a score of 2-5, 1-5 or 0-5 to claim second. If Straight Shots lose 3-5 or 4-5, you will finish third.
Lose and you're out.

Pacific Conference

Break and Run:
See Miscues.

Pool Fiction:
Win, and you're second.
Lose, and you're second, regardless.

Dead Strokes:
Win, and you're third.

Sexy Poolerz:
Win by a score of 5-3 to tie the head to head at 1-1, the match head to head at 8-8, but win by having one more win then DS and finish third in the conference.
Win by a score of 5-2, 5-1, or 5-0 and win the second tie breaker either 8-7, 8-6, or 8-5 and finish third in the conference.
Win by a score of 5-4, and lose the second tie breaker 8-9 and finish fourth in the conference.


Sadly, there is no possibility for a pie eating competition, thanks a lot :(

If there are mistakes then please comment and I will fix. It is easier figuring it out for your own team then for me to figure them out for all 8 teams, especially when a Canadian wrote the rules.



This weeks predictions: (Number of players to get eligible for playoffs in brackets)

Monday @ 7pm - Straight Shots (4) @ Miscues (1)
Not a whole lot at stake here. Miscues will finish first regardless, they will just have have their MVP hopefuls try to push their records to the top. If this match was after the Freedom/Pool Dragonz, the mindset of Straight Shots would be more focused on a goal, but since they will not know whether they need a match win, or just 3 wins, they'll need to bring out their big guns and try and topple the top dogs. Mike has been the lone bright spot on a Straight Shots squad that changes more then my underwear. They'll need their captain to not only show, but play to his potential along with Nish if they look to take down the trio of Ant, Zach and Ben. With Straight Shots following last seasons form and getting strong at the end, and Miscues not having anything to play for, I imagine Straight Shots first playoff match will be in AMU.

Prediction - 5-2 Straight Shots

Wednesday @ 6pm - Sexy Poolerz (2) @ Dead Strokes (1)
No implications here right? Dead Strokes for yet another season are looking to squeak in on the final week. Lucky for them, they have a much better chance this season then seasons past. With Ashton and Corey actively headlining this team in interleagues around, those 2 will most certainly be here this week and when on their game, they can carry against just about anyone. For Sexy Poolerz, they'll be trying to salvage and don't throw this season away. They started off well in cross conference play, then had Cat Women carry them against Pool Fiction, but since then? It's been down hill, 4 in a row to be exact. Many of their members are changing their ID's  to n00bsquad_'s, which are fitting given their recent play. Sexy Poolerz havn't made the playoffs in anything outside of GIT in what seems like forever. It was looking good, but now, it's looking bleek. They'll need whoever shows up to play like they were earlier in the season, otherwise they'll need to change to osamasquad_ and just hide.

Prediction - 5-3 Dead Strokes.

Thursday @ 7pm - Break and Run (0) vs Pool Fiction (1)
With nothing at stake in their final match of the season for the second straight season, Pool Fiction look to get Cubby eligible and ride out the match. Unlike last season where Latino Pool Legends basically tossed all the games to Pool Fiction, look for Break and Run to bring the usuals as no one else has a chance at being eligible, and go for another 5-0 win. Jordy will be looking to up his MVP bid, and if Pool Fiction come to the table looking to compete hard for a win, then he'll be met. But will Pool Fiction care? In a game that bring so much stress, is it OK to have a casual game? I have a feeling Kerry and co. will take advantage of the lack of stress associated and play for fun, and get burned, as Break and Run will no doubt keep fun in the background as they look for another 5-0 victory.

Prediction - 5-1 Break and Run

Thursday @ 7pm - Freedom (2) vs Pool Dragonz (.5, it's Pommy)
Every league has a rival league that gets messy at the table, but here we see a friendly rivalry with so much at stake, it very well could get messy. The Canucks here not only captain their teams, but are the sole reason they're even in this opportunity. A combined 22 wins between friends DJ and Petey certainly puts the expectations on those two. Petey has had to carry the load in the second half of the season as Matt left pool and the rest of Freedom were struggling, while DJ had been carrying the team the entire season. With Trav off to Turkey land, the pressure is squarely on Petey to perform. He has shown in the past he is capable of carrying against everyone, and certainly Pool Dragonz as he +4'ed em in their earlier match up. But if Petey is out early, who is left? Drew and DJ are two who can just as well carry against the best of them, and you know their focus will be 100% on this, too not only earn bragging rights over Petey, but earn a playoff birth in their first PRO season. With Pool Dragonz as the home squad, they'll need to plan to take out Petey early, but I do see him squeaking it out just once more.

Prediction - 5-4 Freedom.