Terrace Creek: Terrace Creek: Weekly Doubles

[TYVEK]

what is a backup ace pot and how does it work differently than a regular ace pot?

[Tim]

Originally Posted by TYVEK

what is a backup ace pot and how does it work differently than a regular ace pot?

It just means that instead of piling all the money together into one ginormous ace pot, we've set aside $300 as a secondary pot for when an ace is hit, so that we don't have to start over from scratch again.

[Tim]

Whew, just counted up the ace pot while on my lunch break, we're sitting at $532 right now. I'm not normally a fan of strip clubs, but I might be tempted to visit one if I were to hit the ace...there's like $160 worth of dollar bills in this sweaty, stinking stack!

[TYVEK]

i wish i lived closer to terrace!!!!!

[LakeStevensBA]

Originally Posted by Tim

Whew, just counted up the ace pot while on my lunch break, we're sitting at $532 right now. I'm not normally a fan of strip clubs, but I might be tempted to visit one if I were to hit the ace...there's like $160 worth of dollar bills in this sweaty, stinking stack!

$160 in sweaty and stinky bills? It looks like someone has already been to the strip club. Cajun, are you playing doubles at Mountlake Terrace now?

[Tim]

I haven't counted what the ace pot is at currently, but I think it's creeping up on the $700 mark.

That being said, all these months of running dubs on a weekly basis are taking their toll on me. So I'm saying it now: once an ace is actually hit, weekly doubles will be ON HIATUS. Dubs is good for the scene, and good for the course, so I won't be canceling it permanently or anything, but I do need a breather. So once that elusive ace is made, doubles will no longer be happening for an unspecified length of time--unless of course somebody else wants to step in and run things. Barring that though, something will return, but quite possibly something different than the doubles we've known.

So come on out and get it while the gettin's good!

[sillybizz]

I was thinking about playing tonight and armed with the information that Terrace doubles might go away soon I have to play, see you guys out there, bring some water!

[Mystjava]

Also.. please continue to keep an eye out for "lost/stray" discs! When I had lost my ODDGC disc, it was during the "doubles" although we were not playing the doubles.. That's why I keep wondering if it is one from the group who was waiting behind us that might had taken it. (Back up to the last week of June... any one remember?)

[killa]

Originally Posted by Mystjava

... That's why I keep wondering if it is one from the group who was waiting behind us that might had taken it...

So, are you saying that this group waiting behind you was one of the foursomes playing in the weekly dubs?

[Mystjava]

Yep... That's why I was wondering if anyone had been able to catch it or not.. Don't worry about it.. I'll grab a new one from Nathan down the road....

[Snooskie Longhorn]

Last rumor I heard was over $800. Is it true?

[Tim]

What? Over $800? That's preposterous! It's like $780...these rumor mongers, man, they exaggerate everything! Though, as long as more than 10 people show up tomorrow, it should be over 800 then.

Had a few close calls last week, one guy aced #3 before doubles began, one guy on my card hit chains on #1, and someone else hit 13 solidly, but the single chains didn't hold hit in.

But, the old broken yellow bandit on #13 has been replaced with a shiny new Chainstar, thanks to money raised from doubles. An ace could be a hell of a way to break it in!

[Tim]

Smaller than expected turnout this past week, only 28 people showed up to take a stab at the ace pot. Once again, it wasn't hit and moves on to next week. I almost got to see one of the best aces of all time though...Ian Markusson let fly one of the most beautiful shots I've seen on 18, fast, clean, low and pure, just a straight line shot down the right side of the fairway, perfect fade towards the basket, and then a skip off the rim with a little chain tickle to boot. 6" to the right, and it would have been a beautiful 500' ace. But, unfortunately for Ian, it didn't happen. Sooo, now the ace pot stands at a respectable $836 or so? Can we get this thing to 4 digits!?

Anyway, the important announcement is that since daylight is becoming a commodity once again, we're moving the start time to 5:15 SHARP. Be sure to let the non-internet folk know!

[Tim]

Well, two words come to mind, and those would be "Dangit, Bobby!"

Interesting turn of events tonight at doubles. People were so eager to play they were practically handing me money as I was parking my car, and due to light limitations and the layout of Terrace, I decided to cap the registration to 44 people tonight. I ended up having to turn at least 6 people away, which I felt bad about, but felt it was necessary. As fate would have it, something got screwed up in the registrations and someone's name didn't get written down, so I ended up without a card and didn't play. So the cookie crumbles.

But, as I was picking up some necessities at the grocery store, I got a call from Aaron. Sounding a bit hoarse and out of breath, he reported that he just got what is now #14 (the new basket, go figure). For those keeping track, it was Aaron that cleaned out the ace pot LAST time too. On what was then the newest basket at the time.

In any case, Aaron is now $900+ richer...that is if he can ever find me! Congrats, Aaron! I wish I'd been able to get it with my car going in the shop in a couple days, but oh well, waddayagonnado?

On another note, as I mentioned earlier, now that the ace has been hit, I'm gonna take a break from running dubs for a while. No further details as of yet, but I'll be sure to post on here when I do.

[aaron]

I think that was the biggest putt of my life. The distance on the map for that hole is 237'. RHBH 5x jk pro aviar-x high and tight turning over the whole way.

[cefire]

in a word - karma

Nice ace mr. hill!

[aaron]

yes i would have to say karma played a major role in that ace. now when is tims karma going to kick in?

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Tim

Well, two words come to mind, and those would be "Dangit, Bobby!"

Interesting turn of events tonight at doubles. People were so eager to play they were practically handing me money as I was parking my car, and due to light limitations and the layout of Terrace, I decided to cap the registration to 44 people tonight. I ended up having to turn at least 6 people away, which I felt bad about, but felt it was necessary. As fate would have it, something got screwed up in the registrations and someone's name didn't get written down, so I ended up without a card and didn't play. So the cookie crumbles.

But, as I was picking up some necessities at the grocery store, I got a call from Aaron. Sounding a bit hoarse and out of breath, he reported that he just got what is now #14 (the new basket, go figure). For those keeping track, it was Aaron that cleaned out the ace pot LAST time too. On what was then the newest basket at the time.

In any case, Aaron is now $900+ richer...that is if he can ever find me! Congrats, Aaron! I wish I'd been able to get it with my car going in the shop in a couple days, but oh well, waddayagonnado?

On another note, as I mentioned earlier, now that the ace has been hit, I'm gonna take a break from running dubs for a while. No further details as of yet, but I'll be sure to post on here when I do.

Just to be clear:
- Aaron hit the $900 ace pot.
- You haven't actually paid him the money.
- You've decided to lay low for a while.

Does that about sum it up?

[Tim]

Yeah, I plan to start working on my boat down in Mexico, Andy Dufresne style.










Nah, Aaron got his wallet weights a couple days ago, and actually gave me a pretty sizable and unexpected gratuity. Thanks again Aaron!

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Tim

Yeah, I plan to start working on my boat down in Mexico, Andy Dufresne style.

Ah, Zihuatanejo. I knew it was something like that!