Here are some statistics from the 2025 Derby City Classic's One-Pocket Tournament, played January 19-26 at Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. Fedor Gorst won the event, defeating Shane Van Boening in the final match.
This event had 400 players, and operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 3. The commentators (two at a time, except none for Match 9 below) were Mark Wilson (9 matches), Scott Frost (8 matches), and Nick Varner (5 matches). The referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi.
Conditions -- The conditions for these matches included:
The 12 matches (45 games) streamed by Accu-Stats were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 21, 2025
Wed. Jan. 22
Thurs. Jan. 23
Fri. Jan. 24
Sun. Jan 26
■ Breaks by side of table -- 36% (16 of 45) from the breaker's left and 64% (29 of 45) from his right
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 35 of 45 (78%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 7 of 12 (58%)
■ Match lengths
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
■ Distribution of game scores:
■ Average match score -- 3 - 0.8. Six matches ended at 3-0, 3 at 3-1, and 3 at 3-2.
■ Ball counts by length of run:
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
■ High run-outs
This event had 400 players, and operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 3. The commentators (two at a time, except none for Match 9 below) were Mark Wilson (9 matches), Scott Frost (8 matches), and Nick Varner (5 matches). The referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi.
Conditions -- The conditions for these matches included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with 4½" corner pockets and blue Simonis 860 or 860 HR cloth;
• Aramith Tournament balls with an Aramith "Diamond" cue ball with blue spots;
• triangle rack;
• rack your own with alternating breaks;
• a ball made on the break in the breaker's pocket requires a re-break (happened twice);
• a ball jumped off the table to prevent the opponent from scoring is counted for the opponent;
• game scores (ball counts) are raised by one point for each player when a player's score goes to (-1) and the other player is already negative;
• when a player reaches a game score (ball count) of negative five, he loses the game (did not happen);
• Express Rules: at the 2-hour point in a match, begin spotting any balls in excess of 4 above the head string; at the 3-hour point, begin spotting any balls in excess of 2 above the head string; at the 4-hour point the match ends, with the player ahead winning. The balls to be spotted are those nearest the head rail;
• 60-second shot clock with one automatic 60-second extension per player per rack;
• 3 fouls in a row is loss of game (did not happen); and
• lag for opening break.
The 12 matches (45 games) streamed by Accu-Stats were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 21, 2025
1. Shane Van Boening defeated Scott Frost 3-0
2. Fedor Gorst d. Skyler Woodward 3-0
Wed. Jan. 22
3. Francisco Bustamante d. Alex Pagulayan 3-0
4. Gorst d. Frost 3-0
5. Gorst d. Pagulayan 3-0
Thurs. Jan. 23
6. Van Boening d. Tony Chohan 3-1
7. Brandon Shuff d. Lee Vann Corteza 3-2
8. Anthony Meglino d. Roberto Gomez 3-0
9. Gorst d. Shuff 3-2
Fri. Jan. 24
10. Gorst d. Van Boening 3-1
11. Van Boening d. Mickey Krause 3-2 (Semifinal)
Sun. Jan 26
12. Gorst d. Van Boening 3-1 (Final)
■ Breaks by side of table -- 36% (16 of 45) from the breaker's left and 64% (29 of 45) from his right
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 11 of 16 (69%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 12 of 29 (41%)
Total -- 23 of 45 (51%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 35 of 45 (78%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 7 of 12 (58%)
■ Match lengths
Longest in total length (2 hrs. 11 min.) -- Gorst defeated Shuff 3-2
Highest in average minutes per game (27.8 min.) -- Gorst d. Van Boening (Match 10) 3-1
Shortest in total length (40 min.) -- Gorst d. Pagulayan 3-0
Lowest in average minutes per game (12.3 min.) -- Gorst d. Van Boening (Match 12) 3-1
Average match length -- 76 minutes
Average minutes per game -- 20 min.
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
Under 10 minutes -- 14 games
10-19 minutes -- 11
20-29 minutes -- 10
30-59 minutes -- 9
60+ minutes -- 1
Total -- 45
■ Distribution of game scores:
8-7 -- 1 time
8-6 -- 4
8-5 -- 6
8-4 -- 1
8-3 -- 2
8-2 -- 4
8-1 -- 6
8-0 -- 15
8-(-1) -- 5
8-(-2) -- 1
Total -- 45
Average game score -- 8 - 1.7
■ Average match score -- 3 - 0.8. Six matches ended at 3-0, 3 at 3-1, and 3 at 3-2.
■ Ball counts by length of run:
The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 55 times
2 balls -- 22
3 balls -- 19
4 balls -- 10
5 balls -- 11
6 balls -- 4
7 balls -- 7
8 balls -- 17
9+ balls -- 0
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 17
Minus fouls -- 47
Plus DCC negative score adjustments -- 8
TOTAL ball count (45 games) -- 438
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 17 (38% of 45 games)
2 balls -- 2
3 balls -- 1
4 balls -- 2
5 balls -- 4
6 balls -- 1
7 balls -- 2
8 balls -- 16 (36%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 4.4 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 5 balls
■ High run-outs
8-and-outs -- 16 times: 7 by Gorst (in Matches, 2, 4, 5, 10, and 12); 5 by Van Boening (Matches 6, 10, 11, and 12); and 1 each by Shuff (Match 7), Corteza (Match 7), Meglino (Match 8), and Krause (Match 11).
