Here are some results from Days 3 and 4 of the Dennis Orcollo vs. Tony Chohan One-Pocket match played September 19-22, 2019 at Buffalo's Billiards in Jefferson, Louisiana. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by PoolActionTV.
This match was a 4-day race to 40 games, with play stopping each day when the leader reached multiples of 10. The primary commentator was Josh Roberts, with some assistance from Ray Hansen, LSJohn, Bill Miller, and Mary Kenniston.
Conditions -- The conditions for this match included:
■ Match results, in games (Orcollo's score first)
NOTE -- The following stats are for Days 3 and 4 only (37 of the total of 70 games played).
■ Games won by breaker
■ Breaks by side of table -- Orcollo broke all games from his left side of the table, and Chohan from his right side of the table.
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him)
■ Scratches on the break -- None (I may have missed one on Day 4).
■ Balls made on the break -- None.
■ Games in which the player had the lead at some point
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls. Counts are given for Orcollo first, then Chohan, then the total.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games. Counts are given for Orcollo first, then Chohan, then the total.
■ Distribution of lengths of games (excludes Day 3's first 3 games, which took 90 minutes in total)
■ Match length (including racking and timeouts)
■ Average minutes per game
This match was a 4-day race to 40 games, with play stopping each day when the leader reached multiples of 10. The primary commentator was Josh Roberts, with some assistance from Ray Hansen, LSJohn, Bill Miller, and Mary Kenniston.
Conditions -- The conditions for this match included:
- - Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a measles cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- cue ball fouls only unless 2 or more balls are moved;
- no shot clock, and
- lag for opening break on first day
■ Match results, in games (Orcollo's score first)
- Day 1 -- 10 - 6
Day 2 -- 10 - 7
Day 3 -- 10 - 12
Day 4 -- 10 - 5
Total -- 40 - 30
NOTE -- The following stats are for Days 3 and 4 only (37 of the total of 70 games played).
■ Games won by breaker
- Orcollo -- 11 of 19 (58%)
Chohan -- 9 of 18 (50%)
Total -- 20 of 37 (54%)
■ Breaks by side of table -- Orcollo broke all games from his left side of the table, and Chohan from his right side of the table.
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him)
- Orcollo -- 17 of 22 (77%)
Chohan -- 12 of 15 (80%)
Total -- 29 of 37 (78%)
■ Scratches on the break -- None (I may have missed one on Day 4).
■ Balls made on the break -- None.
■ Games in which the player had the lead at some point
- Orcollo -- 26 games, his 20 wins plus 6 games he lost.
Chohan -- 26 games, his 17 wins plus 9 games he lost.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls. Counts are given for Orcollo first, then Chohan, then the total.
- 1 ball -- 36 times, 30 times, 66 times
2 balls -- 12, 12, 24
3 balls -- 6, 8, 14
4 balls -- 7, 4, 11
5 balls -- 2, 2, 4
6 balls -- 1, 6, 7
7 balls -- 5, 1, 6
8 balls -- 5, 3, 8 (one of these runs may have been 9)
9 balls -- 1, 1, 2
Plus balls pocketed by opponent -- 19, 17, 36
Minus fouls -- 22, 17, 39
TOTAL ball count -- 203, 180. 383
Average game score -- 8 - 2.2 for games won by Orcollo, 8 - 2.5 for games won by Chohan, 8 - 2.4 in total.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games. Counts are given for Orcollo first, then Chohan, then the total.
- 1 ball -- 8 times, 8 times, 16 times (43% of the 37 games)
2 balls -- 1, 3, 4
3 balls -- 2, 1, 3
4 balls -- 2, 0, 2
5 balls -- 0, 0, 0
6 balls -- 0, 1, 1
7 balls -- 1, 0, 1
8+ balls -- 6, 4, 10 (27%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.7 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 2 balls
■ Distribution of lengths of games (excludes Day 3's first 3 games, which took 90 minutes in total)
- ≤10 minutes -- 8 games
11-20 minutes -- 11
21-30 minutes -- 6
31-60 minutes -- 9
61+ minutes -- 0
Total -- 34
■ Match length (including racking and timeouts)
- -Day 3 -- 8 hours, 10 minutes
-Day 4 -- 5 hours, 47 min.
-Total -- 13 hours, 57 min.
■ Average minutes per game
- -Day 3 -- 22.3
-Day 4 -- 23.1
-Total -- 22.6
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