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- From: vince@paradyne.com (Vince Ciletti)
- Subject: Re: Showboat Invitational Results
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.150440.10656@pdn.paradyne.com>
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- References: <93025.21062.L621035@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> <C1Fqxp.1y0@csi.compuserve.com> <1k23aj$e58@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:04:40 GMT
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- In article <1k23aj$e58@agate.berkeley.edu> mafu@ocf.berkeley.edu (Mark Fujimoto) writes:
- >In article <C1Fqxp.1y0@csi.compuserve.com> dfo@csi.compuserve.com (Duane Ott) writes:
- >>In article <93025.21062.L621035@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> L621035@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- >>>Game 3 Aulby def Bohn 203-180. & that new King of the Hill Bull$#!+ ...
- >>>Ron Williams def Aulby 216-190...$5,000
- >>>
- >>So what's wrong with the KotH? I think it's more interesting than a 5th-vs-4th
- >>match...especially when one guy can get a string of victories going like
- >>Williams.
- >>
- >
- >One thing is that it the KotH match seems like a big letdown for the
- >eventual tournament winner. Sure, $5k is a nice chunk of change (for
- >bowlers, that is...), but it doesn't compare to the 1st place prize
- >money and the owning of a PBA national title. Granted, (currently)
- >Ron Williams has a chance at a healthy bank, but the pressure is only
- >on him, it seems. The challenger (last weekend, Aulby) has already won
- >his title and check for the week, so the best he can do is an added $5k.
- >This being said, I can pretty much take it or leave it, at this point
- >in time. Maybe if Williams goes another month, it'll begin to get
- >interesting.
- >
- >My real gripe for this particular week was that a cohort and bowling
- >buddy of mine, Tony Figuiera, finished 5th; no KotH and Tony makes his
- >first show...bummer...
-
- Funny you should mention that. A buddy of mine is the answer to a
- trivia question: Who was the first 5th place finisher to be bumped off
- the show by the KotH format? --- Tom Crites
-
- >Maybe I missed it, but does anyone know what happens if the eventual
- >champion is also the current KotH? What are they gonna do with those
- >extra 17 minutes? ;)
-
- Yes, they did consider the case where the champion of the week is also
- the KotH - They revert to the most recent KotH for the "grand finale :-)"
- What they did not consider (atleast did not mention in the original
- announcement to the membership about the KotH format) was what happens if
- the VERY FIRST KotH (aka Ron Williams) also wins the tournament?! I guess
- they'll go back to the prior week's KotH loser?? Or maybe Dave Ferraro,
- the REAL KotH (if you consider he is the reigning Player of the Year in 1992).
- (The later is purely my thoughts on the matter).
-
- Vince
-