<hr style="color: rgb(209, 209, 225); background-color: rgb(209, 209, 225);" size="1"> Q1:The Situation V Bat Rotation Specialist same preferences and same guess. The call goes to The Situation on early sign up who takes heads, Bat Rotation Specialist the tails. And....We're up! Coin flies high, already a huge difference in velocity when compared to the ten cent piece, crashes down hard into the tiles and bounces a good 2 feet back into the air. Hits the ground again and spins violently into the filing cabinet and comes to rest next to the office chair. First look and there's no sign of Elizabeth. . . . Yes that's definitely a platypus! And just like that we have our first semi finalist! The heavy coin expert Bat Rotation Specialist progresses! The situation left to rue where he could've done better and we're it all went wrong, such a promising campaign ended so quickly.
Q2:J Marler V GJ Weaver call agreed on preferences, Marler the head, Weaver the tails. Two fairytale stories thus far but sadly one must end. Seems to be a lot of bad blood between these fierce competitors. Tosser moves centre floor, an eerie silence for such a big occasion, you could here a pin drop... Brief delay as the office phone rings and mum says her goodbyes before flying out to Cairns for a week. And we're up! Loopy Medium toss this time around, tosser starting to show signs of fatigure, obviously struggling with the added weight of the 20 cent piece. Down ol' silver plummets, breifly back spinning before coming to rest. Weaver's looking confident as they move to the coin for the result, the ruling is heads! Marler, the 20:1 underdog has just secured himself a place in the Semi finals! For all his enthusiasm Weaver's skill level obviously just not up to that of top echelon of competitors, a succesful campaign nonetheless but he'd be left feeling that he's missed out on a golden opportunity.
Heads up mate, I'm sure you'll come out of this with a big sponsorship deal with Westpac or something, they're calling Situation 'the face of money'
Q3:AJ O'Neil V Kurt Corgan Call on second preferences, Corgan gives head to O'Neil and takes the Tails for himself. Atmosphere is a bit dead given the magnitude of the match. Tosser takes centre stage, a better toss this time but a wince as it leaves the hand, bounces once, twice, three times before going into a spin that would make the Justice Krew proud. Really taking a long time to settle here, much of the crowd has left. Coin settles just north of my shoe. On first inspection it looks aquatic, very aquatic. Closer look confirms initial suspiscions, we have a tail! Corgan with a big BIG win, advancing to the Semi Final. A prime example that this sport isn't all about going for one suit all the way, need to vary your attack. The young gun O'Neil will go away and learn from this and be back bigger and better next year.
The last of the Quarters and possibly the last toss until Monday see's Q4:BeastfromtheEast V Ince Ince Baby call on first preferences, Beast takes tails, Ince Ince Baby head. Let's get this under way! Tosser standing up for this one, up she goes, slightly more erratic toss this one, lands and scoots along towards the door, falling just short of freedom next to the 'caution wet floor' sign. It's been tossing like a coin half it's age. Now for the verdict, nearly impossible to call without looking at the coin, however after looking at the coin it's confirmed as a head! Giving Ince Ince baby the win! Yet another upset in the Quarters and another win to a player with split preferences! Remarkable scenes here at the bank, great win by Baby. As for BeastfromtheEast there's talk that this could spell the end of his career that has spanned 4 long tosses to date, truely a great of the sport.