€5k Challenge

Chris Niesert and I have been playing tennis once a week for several months now and we're both pretty competitive people. I've definitely been the dominating force on the tennis court but recently he challenged me to a series of games to be played right before and during our Vegas trip. In specific order:

1. Tennis
2. Foosball (Kicker)
3. Billard
4. Dart
5. Table Tennis
6. Pinball (Flipper)
7. Crossbar shooting (Lattenschießen)
8. Basketball - Around the World
9. Minigolf
10. Bowling
11. Heads Up NL SNG

Basically, each of us picked 5 games where we thought we had an edge in. Mine are 1,3,5,7 and 10. His are 2,4,6,8 and 9 with 11 being the tie-breaker. The challenge is over when someone wins 6 games. The bet is for €5000 and it can no longer be cancelled, even if it means playing a €5k HU SNG as a decider.

I got off to the start I was hoping for by beating him 6-2 in our tennis match. I was completely outmatched in foosball, he creamed me 10-5 and I let him know that foosball was the one game in the challenge where it was totally impossible for the underdog to win as we were playing to 10. With the score being 1-1 total, we then played billard where he achieved the upset when I scratched the 8-ball (ouch!). He also barely scraped out the win in darts, so now he leads 3-1 as we move onto ping pong.

The decisive games are going to be games 7 and 8, so a little running good for me certainly wouldn't hurt for me to turn the momentum of the challenge my way. I'll keep my blog updated (hopefully with good news) as we continue to get through each of the games on the list.

One week countdown til I fly to Vegas! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee