14.1 Shoot-out Format for 2007

Bob Jewett

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(I posted this to the main forum, but it probably should have gone here...)

2007 Derby City Straight Pool Challenge
Schedule:
Prelims in the Chapel, January 7-10
Finals Thursday, January 11, location TBD

The game is straight pool (14.1) shoot-out -- you against the table with no opponent. There will be four days of prelims inthe Chapel. Each try begins with a 14-ball rack and the 15th
ball and the cue ball in hand, but both the 15th ball and the cue ball must be at least one ball diameter from any other ball. Each try ends on a miss or foul.

A $100 entry gets you a total of four tries on three different days. You can also get a single-day entry for $50, but you cannot try on more than three days.

The eight players with the highest runs in the prelims will play in the finals with five tries each. Order of play will be by high run in the prelims starting with the lowest.

Prizes ($10k added, entries 100% returned, based on 17 players):
Prelim prizes each day: 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100
(total $600*4 = $2400, one prize per player each day)
Finals: 1st $2000, 2nd $1500, 3rd $1200, 4th $1000,
5th $800, 6th $700, 7th $600, 8th $500
Bonus: $1000 for high run overall.
Special bonus: $1000 for the first run over 200.

The above payouts are with 17 entries and will vary according to the final number of entries.
 
Why not allow an additional try (paid) if you miss the breakshot or in the first rack? More prize money and you still wont have anyone on too long.
 
Bob, last year $50 got you three "tries." From your description below it's unclear to me if it'll be the same this year, or it's changed to one try for $50...

Lou Figueroa


Bob Jewett said:
(I posted this to the main forum, but it probably should have gone here...)

2007 Derby City Straight Pool Challenge
Schedule:
Prelims in the Chapel, January 7-10
Finals Thursday, January 11, location TBD

The game is straight pool (14.1) shoot-out -- you against the table with no opponent. There will be four days of prelims inthe Chapel. Each try begins with a 14-ball rack and the 15th
ball and the cue ball in hand, but both the 15th ball and the cue ball must be at least one ball diameter from any other ball. Each try ends on a miss or foul.

A $100 entry gets you a total of four tries on three different days. You can also get a single-day entry for $50, but you cannot try on more than three days.

The eight players with the highest runs in the prelims will play in the finals with five tries each. Order of play will be by high run in the prelims starting with the lowest.

Prizes ($10k added, entries 100% returned, based on 17 players):
Prelim prizes each day: 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100
(total $600*4 = $2400, one prize per player each day)
Finals: 1st $2000, 2nd $1500, 3rd $1200, 4th $1000,
5th $800, 6th $700, 7th $600, 8th $500
Bonus: $1000 for high run overall.
Special bonus: $1000 for the first run over 200.

The above payouts are with 17 entries and will vary according to the final number of entries.
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lfigueroa said:
Bob, last year $50 got you three "tries." From your description below it's unclear to me if it'll be the same this year, or it's changed to one try for $50...

Lou Figueroa
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No, $50 gets you four tries this time. What has changed is that no one will get more than 12 tries in total. So:

$100 -- take 4 tries on each of 3 days of the 4-day prelims.

$50 gets you 4 tries on one day.

No more than 4 tries on one day. No more than 12 tries total.

The $50 option was put in for people who arrive late but still want to try. Also, note that Thomas Engert, who had the high run in the finals in 2006 took only one entry, so it's not clear that he would want more than one. The limit of four tries per day was put in to get a larger variety of players on the tables (and I know you know what I mean).
 
Nostroke said:
Why not allow an additional try (paid) if you miss the breakshot or in the first rack? More prize money and you still wont have anyone on too long.
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I think that 12 tries ($100 entry) should be enough for any potential winner to get into the finals. I'm guessing that it will take only about a 70 in the prelims to get into the final 8. One thing I wanted to avoid was players trying to chase their money, as we had some of in 2006. While your suggestion ("overs" for maybe $10) wouldn't cause too much of that, it's a complication that I'm not convinced is necessary.

Here are the top eight prelim runs from 2006, but note that some of these took a lot more than 12 tries. I think Harriman had his 139 on his third try.

1 Danny HARRIMAN 139
2 Alex PAGULAYAN 130
3 Corey DEUEL 110
4 Leil GAY 103
5 Johnny ARCHER 100
6 Ryan McCREESH 98
7 Allen HOPKINS 96
8 Troy FRANK 92
 
Bob Jewett said:
1 Danny HARRIMAN 139
2 Alex PAGULAYAN 130
3 Corey DEUEL 110
4 Leil GAY 103
5 Johnny ARCHER 100
6 Ryan McCREESH 98
7 Allen HOPKINS 96
8 Troy FRANK 92
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Do you have data on, the number of attempts made and the average number of balls per attempt?

Thanks,
Tracy
 
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