Round 1

What a finish to the regular season! We saw Freedom snap out of their slump to pick up the W against MIB to finish first in the season after a big late-season collapse. SS were able to defeat UO 4-1 to jump to second, while EPC cleaned BP out 5-0 to finish third. In the match of the, SP needed to clean out MP to make the playoffs but were only able to win 3-2, leaving them in fifth. On behalf of the admins and myself, I think it's safe to say the first regular season was a success and we thank those from Sexy Poolerz, Brit Pool, Ultimate Outlaws & Money in the Bank for their successful season, but now we turn to four remaining teams..

#1 Freedom [9-5 - 44-26] vs #4 Magic Pool [8-6 - 39-31]
Streak entering the playoffs:
Freedom - +1
Magic Pool - -2

Regular Season Scores:
Week 5 - 4-1 Freedom & Week 12 - 4-1 Magic Pool

Top player performances:
Freedom - ___deuce (soccergod #1) - 9-3, I_Am_Almost_God - 8-1 & ll_eskimo_ownage_ll - 8-3
Magic Pool - xlx_skill_xlx - 6-1, xCHRISx - 6-2 & RiffRaff20 - 2-7

Mister Predictors Ideal Line-up:
Freedom - Corey (2), Craig (2), Adam (2) Jason (The Wild-Card Machine) (1), Ash (1), Petey (1)
Magic Pool - Jordy (2), Chris (2), Anil (2), Andy (2), Ian (1)


What this match will come down to is if Freedom will be able to execute unlike how they did in their IPA playoffs with a similar line-up. On paper you think Freedom should sweep this, especially with the way Magic Pool are slumping, but this is Y!Pool after all. Freedom need to push for an early lead and let Jason toy around with the wild cards, giving MP an unideal attempt of using their star players to lessen the lead. If MP are able to able to jump out of the gates with a win, they'll need to close it, quickly. There is a reason Freedom have so many players up in the MVP list and if anyone gives them an open door, there will be more then one rushing to get in. Corey's a front runner for MVP, Craig wants real bad MVP, Adam was an MVP in IPA, Ash was an MVP in UIC, Petey may be an MVP in UIC.. Hard to combat that in my eyes.

Prediction - 5-2 Freedom

#2 Straight Shots [9-5 - 41-29] vs #3 Extreme Pool Competitors [9-5 - 38-32]
Streak entering the playoffs:
Straight Shots - +2
Extreme Pool Competitors - +3

Regular Season Scores:
Week 5 - 5-0 EPC & Week 12 - 3-2 EPC

Top player performances:
Straight Shots - Nick_18__ - 9-2, SailDude99 - 5-2, & nullified - 4-2
Extreme Pool Competitors - l3lack_jesus - 7-2, i_hate_th1s_game - 7-4, & l1_stephen_1 - 4-0

Mister Predictors Ideal Line-up:
Straight Shots - Nick (2), SailDude (2), Shannon (2), Kev (1), Nish (1), Chris (1)
Extreme Pool Competitors - Timm (2), James (2), Ant (2), Stephen (2), Jack (1)

If Jack can get a team similar of that above to the table, he will win. Otherwise he'll be scrambling. SS will have more then enough players to choose from, so who knows who Nigel will call, would not be surprised if he calls 9 individuals if it gets that far, Timm on the other hand has a short roster, but knows its talented. Many of EPC's players are a lock for at least a 1-1 record, others good for that 2-0. This match could very well go all 9 games as both sides are very well matched up, with both teams having multiple key players. Nigel will need to play Nick smartly as he would be able to give Nigel 2 good wins and Nick will be able to move him self up his MVP standings some more, or wait..

Prediction - 5-3 EPC

Just toying with you Nick, it's a great read!