Here are some statistics from the 2018 Freezer's Ice House 1-Pocket Challenge, played July 11-13 at Freezer's Ice House (a pool hall) in Tempe, Arizona with free streaming on YouTube by povpool.
This was a 50-player, double-elimination event, with all races to 3 except the final match (to 5). The winner was Dennis Orcollo, beating Josh Roberts in the final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
Unless stated otherwise, the stats are for the 13 streamed matches (58 games), which represented 13.5% of the total of 96 matches played in the event and 15.1% of the total of 383 games played in the event. The streamed matches are listed here in the order in which they were played:
Wed. July 11
Thurs. July 12
Fri. July 13
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 31 of 58 (53%)
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 38 of 58 (66%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 9 of 13 (69%)
■ High run-outs
■ Race lengths
■ Average score of the 12 tracked races to 3 -- 3 - 1.3. Two matches were shutouts and 6 went to hill/hill.
■ Average score of all 95 races to 3 in the event -- 3 - 1.0. Thirty-two matches were shutouts and 29 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
This was a 50-player, double-elimination event, with all races to 3 except the final match (to 5). The winner was Dennis Orcollo, beating Josh Roberts in the final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4 1/8" corner pockets and blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a measles cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- a ball made on a legal break counts;
- no shot clock, but with a "1-plus-1" rule for slow play on the first day -- at the Tournament Director's discretion, one game is added to each player's score if the score is 0-0, 1-0, or 1-1 after 105 minutes of play (did not happen);
- foul on all balls;
- 3 fouls in a row is loss of game (did not happen); and
- lag for opening break in most matches (the winner of the hot seat got the opening break in the final match).
Unless stated otherwise, the stats are for the 13 streamed matches (58 games), which represented 13.5% of the total of 96 matches played in the event and 15.1% of the total of 383 games played in the event. The streamed matches are listed here in the order in which they were played:
Wed. July 11
1. Dennis Orcollo defeated Chris McDaniel 3-1
2. Warren Kiamco d. Bob Herchik 3-2
3. Josh Roberts d. Brandon Shuff 3-1
4. Tony Chohan d. Warren Kiamco 3-2
5. Scott Frost d. Derek Pogirski 3-0
6. Billy Thorpe d. Derek Pogirski 3-0
Thurs. July 12
7. Chip Compton d. Chris Robinson 3-2
8. Orcollo d. Frost 3-2
9. Orcollo d. Alex Pagulayan 3-1
10. Chohan d. Pagulayan 3-1
Fri. July 13
11. Orcollo d. Roberts 3-2 (Hotseat match)
12. Roberts d. Chohan 3-2 (Semifinal)
13. Orcollo d. Roberts 5-1 (Final)
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 31 of 58 (53%)
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 10 of 27 (37%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 24 of 31 (77%)
Total -- 34 of 58 (59%)
Total -- 34 of 58 (59%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 38 of 58 (66%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 9 of 13 (69%)
■ High run-outs
9(or more)-and-outs -- none
8-and-outs -- 11 times: 3 by Kiamco (Matches 2 twice and 4), 2 by Orcollo (Matches 1 and 13), 2 by Roberts (Matches 3 and 11), and 1 each by Shuff (Match 3), Thorpe (Match 6), Pagulayan (Match 9), and Chohan (Match 10)
■ Race lengths
Longest in total length (3 hrs., 24 min.) -- Orcollo d. Frost 3-2
Highest in average minutes per game (41 min.) -- Orcollo d. Frost 3-2 and Orcollo d. Pagulayan 3-1
Shortest in total length (39 min.) -- Thorpe d. Pogirski 3-0
Lowest in average minutes per game (13 min.) -- Thorpe d. Pogirski 3-0
Average length of races to 3 -- 1 hr., 51 min.
Average minutes per game -- 26 min.
■ Average score of the 12 tracked races to 3 -- 3 - 1.3. Two matches were shutouts and 6 went to hill/hill.
■ Average score of all 95 races to 3 in the event -- 3 - 1.0. Thirty-two matches were shutouts and 29 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 120 times
2 balls -- 32
3 balls -- 23
4 balls -- 24
5 balls -- 15
6 balls -- 11
7 balls -- 4
8 balls -- 11
9+ balls -- 0
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 50
Minus fouls -- 76
TOTAL ball count (58 games) -- 580
Average game score (these 58 games) -- 8 - 2.0
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 21 (36% of 58 games)
2 balls -- 9
3 balls -- 4
4 balls -- 5
5 balls -- 4
6 balls -- 1
7 balls -- 3
8 balls -- 11 (19%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.6 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 2 balls
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