The problem with a tournament like this is that, while the pattern is described as cake, it becomes a carry contest...and if you aren't carrying, you start pressing, trying to force something to happen- and then you get the fun stuff like blower 7-10's or worse, a slight mishap with four through the face.
A couple of single pin spares, a nasty split or two and all of a sudden, you are sucking hind tit behind the rest of the field...kinda like league night can be for some people.