Where is King Konng?

I want to start out today with a little rant.
You see at Diamond Jim's we have our fair share of good players.But for the past couple of weeks we have a really great player in our midst,his name is Toby Sweet.Now I'm not the only one to call him a great player,and I'm not just using Diamond Jim's players as a yard stick.Toby is a true world class player!More than a few people across the globe will tell you,Toby is the best money player EVER!I started a thread on AZ Billiards and it's been front page news for a couple of weeks now!Everybody wants to know what Toby is doing,is he going to play,and just shouting out to him.If you read through that thread you'll find stories and accolades from across the globe.Yes Toby is that good!I was talking with Toby yesterday,and he told me that most of the time he never really showed his A game to anyone!I've never seen his A game,I wish I could!

But here is my thing though.Everyone of the regulars at Diamond Jim's is expecting Joey King Kong to play Toby Sweet!King Kong is the best player at Diamond Jim's and everyone is wondering where the hell he is! I have not seen him since Toby showed up,and he used to be there every day.Now I don't know if he's ducking him or not,and if he is ducking him,I understand fully! If I played their speed,I would play the match regardless of the money.But that's because I want the tough matches! I'm not sure of this but I think Joey may very well be hiding,he may not want such a tough match.Even though Toby doesn't play that much now,I think he's the favorite,in fact I could not see myself betting against him! I would love to see them play,I've never seen Joey's A game,but I'm pretty positive he would need it against Toby.

Now on to yesterdays action;I first hooked up with Mike the Fish.That's a tough match for me,I'm definitely not the favorite!We play even although he should be giving me some sort of weight to make it more competitive.We played 3 sets race too 9.The first set was tight,I jumped to an early lead 4-1 only managed to win 3 more games after Fish took the lead,I lost 7-9.The second set I got crushed 9-2.And the third set I fought my way back into the set,but lost again 7-9.I really don't know what happened in the second set,but it was a landslide!The first and third sets I played good and also smart,I didn't really didn't give anything away,I made him work for it.

Over the next few hours I had some action with two other players,but no real excitement,and I really didn't play good,I think I was tired,and I know I was hungry.

I feel pretty good about my game after coming so close too winning a set from Mike The Fish,now I KNOW I can win against him!This is the first time I gained some confidence since I started playing!That was back in late April,that's a long time too play with zero confidence!You have got to have confidence to play this game well,without it you'll never go anywhere!Mike the Fish told me something after we finished yesterday,I think it went like this,"your game has some genius to it,followed by some brain farts".That statement can go either way,but I know Fish meant for it to be a positive statement,so there is another confidence booster!

I'll be at the pool hall bright and early tomorrow!I'm hoping to match up with Big Al for the day.