Here are some statistics from the 2026 Buffalo's Pro Classic One-Pocket event, played May 20-24 (plus 4 hours into the next morning) at Buffalo's Billiards in Jefferson, LA with pay-per-view streaming by PoolActionTV. This was a 33-player, double-elimination event, with all races to 5.
Evan Lunda won the event, defeating Fedor Gorst in the second set of a true double-elimination final match.
The most frequent commentators were Larry Schwartz, Jeff Padilla, and Jerry McWorter. Others included Billy Incardona, Scott Rabon, and Ray Hansen.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with 4 1/8" (said Larry Schwartz) corner pockets and blue Simonis cloth;
• Aramith Tournament balls with a measles cue ball;
• triangle rack;
• rack your own with alternating breaks;
• re-break if a ball is made on the break for either player;
• no shot clock;
• cue ball fouls only;
• climbing up on the table (no feet on the floor) to shoot is permitted; and
• lag for opening break.
The stats are for all of the matches that were streamed on the main table with commentary. This was 12 matches (counting both sets of the finals as matches), which constituted 18% of the total of 65 matches played in the event. The 12 streamed matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Wed. May 20
1. Chip Compton defeated Billy Thorpe 5-4
Thurs. May 21
2. Justin Hall d. Tony Chohan 5-3
3. Shane Wolford d. Sky Woodward 5-2
Fri. May 22
4. Fedor Gorst d. Francisco Bustamante 5-4
5. Evan Lunda d. Mark Magi 5-3
6. Woodward d. Bustamante 5-3
Sat. May 23
7. Chohan d. Compton 5-4
8. Lunda d. Gorst 5-2 (Hotseat match)
9. Hall d. Chohan 5-4 (Loser 4th)
Sun. May 24
10. Gorst d. Hall 5-1 (Semifinal)
11. Gorst d. Lunda 5-3 (Final, first set)
12. Lunda d. Gorst 5-4 (Final, second set)
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Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 40 of 97 (41%)
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Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 37 of 57 (65%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 20 of 40 (50%)
Total -- 57 of 97 (59%)
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Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 64 of 97 (66%)
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Matches won by winner of lag -- 4 of 12 (33%)
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Scratches on the break -- 11 (11% of the 97 games): the breaker lost 9 of those 11 games
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Balls made on the break (re-break) -- 2, one each by Hall and Bustamante
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Three consecutive fouls -- None
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Distribution of game scores:
8-(-3) -- 2
8-(-2) -- 3
8-(-1) -- 12
8-0 -- 12
8-1 -- 11
8-2 -- 9
8-3 -- 6
8-4 -- 13
8-5 -- 13
8-6 -- 9
8-7 -- 7
Total -- 97
Average game score -- 8 - 2.5
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Distribution of lengths of games.
Under 10 minutes -- 11 games (11% of the 97 games)
10 - 19 min. -- 29
20 - 29 min. -- 15
30 - 59 min. -- 34
60+ min. -- 8 (8% of the 97 games. Longest 105 min. -- Game 2 of the Wolford/Woodward match)
Total -- 97
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Match lengths
• Longest in total length (7 hrs., 4 min.) -- Gorst d. Bustamante 5-4
• Highest in average minutes per game (47 min.) -- Gorst d. Bustamante 5-4
• Shortest in total length (2 hrs., 29 min.) -- Lunda d. Gorst 5-2
• Lowest in average minutes per game (21 min.) -- Lunda d. Gorst 5-2
• Average match length -- 4 hrs., 7 min.
• Average minutes per game -- 31 min.
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Average match score -- 5 - 3.1. The shortest match in games was the semifinal, ending at 5-1. Five matches went to hill/hill.
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Ball counts by length of run:
The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 223 times
2 balls -- 76
3 balls -- 61
4 balls -- 30
5 balls -- 17
6 balls -- 7
7 balls -- 14
8 balls -- 13
9 balls -- 5
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 131
Minus fouls -- 165
TOTAL ball count -- 1,018
Average game score -- 8 - 2.5
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Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball by game winner -- 38 (39% of 97 games)
1 ball by opponent -- 3
2 balls -- 16
3 balls -- 8
4 balls -- 6
5 balls -- 1
6 balls -- 2
7 balls -- 9
8 or 9 balls -- 14 (14%)
Total -- 97
Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.7 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 2 balls
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High run-outs
9-and-outs -- 4 times: 2 by Chohan against Compton, 1 by Gorst against Hall, and 1 by Gorst against Lunda.
8-and-outs -- 10 times: 4 times by Lunda, twice each by Gorst and Chohan, and once each by Bustamante and Woodward.
