The other reason why I love this place so much?  Every year there’s an awesome APA regional event that takes place in the hotel at the same time as the WPBA event.  There’s always tons of people there having a good time, playing in the mini events and just getting excited about pool.

Sarah had a good tournament here last year finishing 9th when she got knocked out of the tournament by Allison Fisher.  ESPN’s going to air the quarterfinal matches this year (along with the semis and finals), so maybe if Sarah gets on TV she’ll let me hang out in her corner.

As always, had all sorts of good times meeting everyone.  I’m pretty bummed though that we’re almost at the end of the season.  Just one more event, but the good news is that we’re going back to Florida so I might get to see my favorite gal Niki Rasmussen!

Getting some attention from Ashley Nandrasy

I’m off to Lincoln City today with the tall lady today.  It looks like a couple of my new friends will be coming along too, including Heather Lloyd, the winner of the OB Cues tour stop.  The tall lady is matched up against Janet Atwell today and this time she pulled an 8PM match which should help her out a bit.  I’ll be back tomorrow with first round results.

Anyway, next week we’ll be in Lincoln City hanging out with fans, WPBAers and APAers.  Debbie’s been practicing like a crazy lady, so I’m hoping she does better in Lincoln City.  She promised be a supersized bag of Snausages if she plays well, so you can imagine how hard I’ll be cheering for her.

Since I going to be there for a week, I figured I’d check out the hotel to see what it looks like.  Can you say swanky?!?!  Plus, it looks like the hotel bar is nicer than some of the hole in the wall places I’ve been to in the past.

No pool table in there, but I’m pretty sure we’ll be able to find a table somewhere to knock some balls around…  Anyway, the tall lady and I will be there all week, so be sure to stop by and say hi if you’re in the neighborhood!

For those of you who don’t know her, OMGWTF writes quite possibly the funniest pool blog on the planet with pearls of wisdom like “If someone tries to shark you, but you don’t know it, and you beat them anyway — does the sharking actually exist?”

Since I’m all about meeting and hanging out with the famous and infamous, this has me more pumped than the day when I snuck into the Piggly Wiggly and broke into a full bag of Snausages when no one was looking.