Barb Was Furious

We went to see Laura's pole competition in Toronto.  We waited all day until Laura's event at the very end of the program.  When Laura did her routine, which she was very worried about, it went great.  The fans were screaming because they loved it so much.  After her performance the people in front of us turned and told us that she was great and should definitely win.  Another competitor came up to Barb and told Barb how great Laura was and how she did just everything perfectly.  When Laura came back to sit with us, the guy sitting beside her said that now he has something else to like her for not just her hair.  When they announced the winners, Laura came third and Barb was furious.  The winner and the second place finisher had done very simple routines and were not exciting.  The audience didn't cheer them at all.  Laura told us that the event had a strange scoring system.  Everyone starts with 10 points and then the judges subtract points for every mistake the performer makes.  The winner and second place finisher did very simple routines without many challenging moves.  So they didn't lose many points.  Laura did a huge number of very difficult moves that no one else was able to do but Laura said she could have had better form and that is why she may have lost points.  Barb was furious and could barely contain her anger on the drive home and for the rest of the weekend.