Here we go!

Outstanding Round 1 fixture
eemad vs tony111

Second round draw
tony111 vs w_hoolahan
dunkyfunk vs darren3
eemad vs tinie
techno vs long_pot
clooneman vs cphaynes
punkpoet vs cke1982
bulldog_oc vs cmurphy
yetty1969 vs the_only_ego
stephen vs eggfriedrice
dgeneratio vs liam__scfc

Deadline for all games: next Wednesday.

Good luck!

First result, and a staggering upset:
clooneman 37-10 cphaynes

Hightlight of the game was me getting a run of of 27, I was pretty pleased with that. Chris was very unlucky and potted the white twice in a row near the end, murdering his chances for a comeback. A very good opponent though, and I was lucky I got that run when I did or else I'm sure I wouldn't have lasted.

Straight Pool Friendly - tinie (1) 53-33 (0) eemad

The better player lost there gg ul.

w_hoolahan 39 - 24 tony111

Good stuff guys, and intriguingly the outstanding game from Round 1 (eemad vs tony111) has now become a fight for survival. And the fact that they played so soon in round 2 proves that it was right to give them an extension as they are reilable. Good luck guys.

Results so far
clooneman 37-10 cphaynes*
tinie 53-33 eemad*
w_hoolahan 39-24 tony111*

To be played
eemad* vs tony111*
dunkyfunk vs darren3
techno vs long_pot
punkpoet* vs cke1982*
bulldog_oc* vs cmurphy*
yetty1969* vs the_only_ego
stephen* vs eggfriedrice*
dgeneratio* vs liam__scfc*

* denotes a player who has lost once and will be out of the competition following another defeat.
** denotes a player who has lost twice and is out of the competition (which is no-one yet).

Entries still open....! But not for long...

Straight Pool Friendly - eemad (1) 31-8 (0) tony111 (by default, tony111 left the game)

He conceded and left.

another update for you cloone, and good luck to those with the games that need to be played.

played what i thought was a friendly match with
the_only_ego

and he has posted he won on double elimination thread!
here goes the message i have just sent him!

hey? i didnt know the game we played was our match? like i said to you gg, so let me know when you want to play our match? you have messaged me saying you did not want to be one of the first to play? as this:

plenty of time yet mate, give it till weekend and we'll arrange a time roughly around then/monday. People are taking a fair while to play em so i'm sure we don't need to be the first if that's ok with you ?
Sent a day ago

had i realised we were playing our match i would of said later mate as i had just got in from work and was checking my messages, but you asked if i fancied "out" game of straight? to which i said ok? invite me, bit cheecky to then assume because you won? that this was our "match". i certainly never thought it was "our match"

but if you or the folk in charge "decide" this was "our match" i will accept the decision, but will not be happy!

the_only_ego, what do you have to say about this?

punkpoet 36 vs 9 cke1982

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Edited at 21:31 Fri 07/10/11 (BST)

see? not replied! default

We did prove that the extension was fine as we have both played our games now! Bring out next set?

spoke to cloone offline as i do read the forums as much as most nor do i check my offline messages until i come on forums - have spoken to yetty and shall be played at the weekend and will make it known it's our game. Sorry for the confusion.

will play techno asap

Not till Wednesday Relax and enjoy a few friendlies and tournaments

Right, due to confusion over the status of the game between yetty1969 vs the_only_ego, that result will be set aside and, as the_only_ego has stated, the refixture will be sorted out.

Results so far
clooneman 37-10 cphaynes*
tinie 53-33 eemad*
w_hoolahan 39-24 tony111*
eemad* 31-8 tony111** (from round 1)
punkpoet* 36-9 cke1982**

To be played
dunkyfunk vs darren3
techno vs long_pot
bulldog_oc* vs cmurphy*
yetty1969* vs the_only_ego
stephen* vs eggfriedrice*
dgeneratio* vs liam__scfc*

* denotes a player who has lost once and will be out of the competition following another defeat.
** denotes a player who has lost twice and is out of the competition.

So we say goodbye to our first two players, tony111 and cke1982, who fought the good fight. Thanks for entering guys.

Three of the remaining games in this round are dogfights for survival, and naturally if they fail to play, both will have a loss awarded against them and both will be eliminated.

Now, owing to the earlier confusion, we have a...

New rule
From the moment the fixtures are released on the this thread (no earlier, no later), the next game of straight between the players will be the one that counts, be it ranked, friendly or tournament. If the game is not finished, I will decide what happens next.

So for example if techno and long_pot faced each other in a straight tourney it would count for this?
If so thats a good idea.

opponent messaged dgen ,should be played today-tonight

Correct. (Unless they'd played earlier, of course.)

techno 37 vs long_pot 32