...is questionable for a final.
for elimination rounds it is just Wrong.
for elimination rounds it is just Wrong.
I think that AtLarge's statistics for the group phase over in the main forum are from the TV table:the way everyone is playing on the tv table, it is brutally stoopid-long and exhausting to watch, with hundreds of innings (probably not much of an exaggeration, if any).
it has also delayed every single match by multiple hours. the whole thing becomes tedious, even to someone wholly addicted to straight pool.
...is questionable for a final.
for elimination rounds it is just Wrong.
I wonder if the marked slowdown in 2016 was due to the TV table (for the later matches) which had very small side pockets.Here are some stats for your consideration.
The number of streamed matches to 200 points in the World 14.1 was 7 in 2016 and 8 in 2015.
Average number of innings per match:
• 2016 -- 15.0 for match winners and 14.3 for match losers
• 2015 -- 6.9 for match winners and 6.4 for match losers
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I wonder if the marked slowdown in 2016 was due to the TV table (for the later matches) which had very small side pockets.
Bring on the long matches. If you don't like watching pool, why are you watching? Just wait until the results come out the next day.
I think it was at least partially that. But it also reflected the small number of matches involved, including an outlier game in those 2016 stats -- the Immonen/Zvi match went 46 innings for each player with 22 missed shots and 30 fouls (22 intentional).
As for that table last year, I think (I'm not sure) they may be using the same one this year. But I have heard no mention of that, perhaps because Rasson doesn't seem to be a sponsor this year.
Immonen and Zvi were the first match on the table with small pockets (which was installed late in the tournament) and both seemed spooked. It was very hard to make a ball in the sides from anywhere in the rack area, so patterns had to be altered. A few matches later Earl stepped up and ran 135-and-out which was the high run for that event, IIRC.
You could not fit two balls into the side pockets on the Rasson table in 2016.