This is serious. So much is riding on who wins being as you can be killed or badly injured from this joust. So you don't fuck around, your aim is to kill him. Round one you two run at each other. You aiming the stick for his eye socket, planning to jam it in deep and end his life. But he blocks the strike and in the same motion he shoves you off the pool table. You land on your feet and you climb up the end of the far table to start round two.
If he knocks you down two more times its over, even if your not hurt.