"Sidney/Vicki/Chris/Melinda" - August 1
It's back to regular
rules of Ballbreakers. Of course, if you tuned in last
week for your first time, you don't know what the
regular rules are. Hopefully, these 4 people will help
us out here.
Sidney Chaklai (Novelty Salesman, NYC) - He
looks like a cross between Burgess Meredith, Woody
Allen and Yogi Berra. yes, I'm serious.
Vicki Wade (Law Student, The O.C., CA) - She's
a long-haired blonde. She's from CA. Can she do what
the last blonde didn't and at least last through the
first round?
Chris Penry (Entrepreneur, Pinette, TX) - He's
the lone twenty-something college guy in the group.
Melinda Huang (Sales Assistant, San Francisco,
CA) - She's a long-haired Asian.
The guys have nicknames. Sidney's is 'Sid Vicious'.
Chris is 'Dr. Pepper'. I have to go with Chris,
obviously. We also get to see our 20 seconds of
America's Next Top Model Adrianne Curry, who says hi
to her family in Chicago. That's all we'll get from
Adrianne in the show.
We start with Round 1. The first player is Melinda
Huang, and she challenges Chris for $2,000. Chris said
that his highest amount won at a game of pool was
$18,000. Vicki wants some of that money, challenging
Chris that Vicki will sink more than one ball on the
break. Well no one has done that yet on the show and
this looks like an easy $1,000 for Chris. It is - she
gets nothing on the break. Melinda - 'I broke like a
girl'. Ouch.
Chris gets to rag on Melinda as well, while Melinda
says that she's going to break Chris's balls.
Immediately, Chris misses the 1 and the crowd gets on
him. That seemed to fire Melissa up, as she sinks the
1. She combos the 8 and gets the 2 on the rebound. She
eggs $1,000 out of Chris that she will make the 3 with
the opposite hand. Chris takes her on and Vicki (Yes)
and Sidney (No) gets a side bet going for $500.
Melinda makes it and the women continue to rack it up.
Melinda - $6,000
Chris - $5,000
Vicki - $4,500
Sidney - $4,500
Melinda continues the run but misses the 6. A Chris
muff gives Melinda the ball back. That was fatal for
Chris - down goes the 6. Down goes the 7. Down goes
the 9. Melinda gets first blood and Chris will be
shutting up for a while.
Melinda - $8,000
Vicki - $4,500
Sidney - $4,500
Chris - $3,000
Melinda challenges Sidney for $3,000. She's not
fooling around. Neither is Vicki, who gets $500 from
Chris on a side bet on Melinda (Vicki - Yes, Chris -
no). Melinda scratches on the break. Sidney takes
advantage and shoots the first 4 in. He misses the 5,
but Melinda shoots it in. She follows with the 6 and
she's looking to combo the 7 into the 9 for the win.
She gets it and it's more girl power.
Melinda - $11,000
Vicki - $5,000
Chris - $2,500
Sidney - $1,500
The final person to play is Vicki. We have another
$3,000 bet on the line. After a series of quick
misses, Melinda takes control and hits the first 5.
Sidney bets $500 that Melinda will not run the table.
Melinda rakes the bet, but she scratches on the 8.
That means $500 for Sidney, but it could mean $3,000
for Vicki if she makes the 9. She does, and neither
woman has to play in the elimination round.
Vicki - $8,000
Melinda - $7,500
Chris - $2,500
Sidney - $2,000
Unfortunately, Chris and Sidney do have to play, and
one of the guys will be going home early. That doesn't
mean that the women are just sitting there. Vicki bets
Chris $500 that he can't make more than 1 ball on the
break. Again, it's a silly bet and this time, $500 of
Chris's money goes to Vicki. The crowd is behind
Sidney, but he misses the 4 ball. Chris finally shows
some signs of why he's on the show, but he misses the
game-winning combo and he gives Sidney a combo-making
shot of his own. Sidney can't capitalize and Chris
gets a second chance. Chris makes the 6 and 7, but
leaves the 8 inches away from going in. With the crowd
behind him, Sidney goes an 8 ball bank shot, but
misses it completely and gives Chris ball-in-hand.
That gives Chris 2 easy shots to make and he makes it.
Sidney has been viciously eliminated.
Vicki - $8,500
Melinda - $7,500
Chris - $4,000
Sidney - OUT
As the top 2 winners, we play a Pool Game called
'Black Sheep'. IN this game, the black ball is set in
the middle of the 8 yellow balls. Whoever gets the
black ball quickest in wins. Vicki gets the ball down
in a very quick 35 seconds. It only takes Melinda 11
seconds.
Melinda gets control, and she wants to send Chris
home. She forces Chris in with a $4,000 bet. Chris
accepts it. Melinda decides to break first, and on the
opening break...she makes the NINE BALL! That was
quick. Melinda wins, Chris is eliminated, and it's an
all women's party going into the final round.
Melinda - $11,500
Vicki - $8,500
Chris - OUT
Sidney - OUT
Well, we have some time to kill, so we get to see
Melinda and Vicki's mommies! Melinda's mommy is very
proud of her daughter, while Melinda's mom, who put a
cue stick in her hand when she was 9, is very proud of
her. AwwwwBarf.
Enough of that and onto the game. The next Table Game
is 'Love Thy Neighbor', where you can only shoot balls
in your three pockets of choice. Vicki gets everything
in an agonizing 16 tries, and while Melinda didn't
dust Vicki off as easily this time, she gets it done
in 14 strokes, which gives her control.
Round 3 - Game 1 - Vicki, with her $8,500 is all-in
and starts the break. Vicki almost sinks the 9, but
she does sink a ball, so she can continue. She hits
the 1 and 2, but misses the 3, so Melinda takes over.
Melinda make the 3 and 4, but whiffs on the 5 and
Vicki takes over. That goes in, and with the 6 and 7
in, she leaves a very easy 8 and 9 shot. The 8 goes in
with no problem, and all that's left is a cross the
table 9 shot. She MISSES it and Melinda takes over.
She ALSO MISSES and Vicki gets the ball back. She
doesn't miss and she wins a huge $17,000 pot. This
means that Melinda, with only $3,000, must win game #2
and #3 to force sudden death.
Game 2 - Melinda sinks another ball in again, but this
time it's the cue ball. Vicki goes for a wild combo
and misses, so Melinda gets it back - and she has a
combo shot. She makes nothing and Vicki decides to
start sinking balls. She gets the first 2, shafts the
3, but gets it back after a Melinda miss. Vicki misses
the 5, and with an open table, Melinda gets to work.
She scratches on the 7 and Vicki now gets a wide open
table. She gets the 7, then the 8 and finally the 9
and Vicki is now $20,000 richer.
Vicki, with her 20 grand, can now get her pool hall.
Join us in 7 days to see if we see any pictures of
that - or if we see a civilian win another 20 grand. |