This week we bowl on the Cheetah pattern. Normally it is the highest scoring pattern, but it appears that there has been a slight modification to the pattern and now it is only a slightly high scoring condition except for a few players who really crushed it. I really wasn't sure what to do so I started with an older ball (9188 Seek & Destroy) to tame the reaction down a bit. I ended up having a great first game playing around 8 out to around 4. The 2nd game I switched to an Nsane LevRG (1060) and moved a couple of boards left. I started to get a marginal reaction the next game, but squeaked out a 200.

In game 4 I went back to the Seek & Destroy, but my shots were all hooking a lot more than I expected. I was fortunate to have cross over strikes and tripped 4-7-10's and to shoot over 200. In game 5 I switched back to the Nsane LevRG but was still having a bit of trouble getting to the pocket and had my only game under 200. In game 6 I picked up my speed and moved a bit right playing around 8 at the arrows. My last 2 games of the round were much better.

1st Round Summary
224.6 (1572/7)
X % 60 (47/78)
Poc % 65 (51/78)
Poc X % 78 (40/51) 4 tripped 4-7-10's and 3 cross over strikes
Spares made: 8 10's, 4 2-8's, 2 2's, 2 9's, 3-6-9, 6-10, 4, 2-4, 3-6, 7, 5-8
Spares missed: 10, 3-6-9, 6-10, 1-2-4-10
Split made: 3-4-6-7-10
Splits missed: 3-10