Here are some stats from the round-robin portion (group stage) of the 2023 American Straight Pool Championship played October 25-29 at Q-Master Billiards in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Free streaming was provided on the Facebook page "American 14.1 Straightpool Championship."
This is a 30-player event, with a 2½-day round-robin portion (5 groups of 6 players each) reducing the field to 16 -- the top 3 players from each group plus the player with the next-best record. That will be followed by a double-elimination stage to the end, with players seeded based on their round-robin results.
These stats are for all 10 matches streamed on the feature table (Table 26) in the round-robin portion of the event, and they represented 13.3% of the total of 75 matches played in this portion of the event. These matches were to 125 points, with Matches 1-3 below on Wed. Oct. 25, Matches 4-7 on Thurs. Oct. 26, and Matches 8-10 on Fri. Oct. 27.
Edit, Oct. 29 -- For similar information on the matches streamed on the feature table in the double-elimination portion of the event, see this thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/thre...p-double-elimination-matches-oct-2023.558400/
The conditions for this event included:
Attempted Scoring Innings means the player's total number of innings for the game minus the number of innings that he played only a safety or an intentional foul (no attempt to score a point).
PPI is Points Per Inning = total points scored in the game divided by the total number of innings in the game for that player. [Note: I call this measure Points Per Inning rather than Balls Per Inning to be a bit more precise in the definition, since the number of points a player is credited with in a game can be quite different from the number of balls he pocketed.]
PPASI is Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning = total points scored in the game divided by the number of Attempted Scoring Innings in the game for that player.
All information is given first for the match winner and then for the match loser (separated by a comma).
Match #1 -- Lee Vann Corteza defeated Michael Yednak 125 - 3
3 Highest Runs: (98 • 28&out • -), (4 • - • -)
Total Innings: 9, 9
PPI (Points Per Inning): 13.9, 0.3
Attempted Scoring Innings: 2, 1
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 62.5, 3.0
Safeties: 6, 7
Fouls, intentional: 1, 1
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 1, 1
Match Length: 71 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #2 -- Ralf Souquet d. Danny Barouty 125 - 23
3 Highest Runs: (45&out • 39 • 37), (14 • 11 • -)
Total Innings: 6, 6
PPI (Points Per Inning): 20.8, 3.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 6, 4
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 20.8, 5.8
Safeties: 1, 2
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 2
Missed shots: 3, 2
Match Length: 95 min.
Points per Minute: 1.6
Match #3 -- Mario He d. Jani Uski 125 - 0
3 Highest Runs: (125&out, continued to 141 • - • -), (- • - • -)
He's run continued to 141
Total Innings: 1, 1
PPI (Points Per Inning): 125, 0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 1, 0
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning):125, -
Safeties: 0, 1
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 0, 0
Match Length: 71 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #4 -- Mika Immonen d. Mike Badstuebner 125 - 56
3 Highest Runs: (64 • 21&out • 18), (28 • 19 • 5)
Total Innings: 15, 14
PPI (Points Per Inning): 8.3, 4.0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 6
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 17.9, 9.3
Safeties: 8, 8
Fouls, intentional: 1, 2
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 5, 4
Match Length: 98 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #5 -- Brandon Shuff d. Bob Maidhof 125 - 81
3 Highest Runs: (41 • 26 • 22), (62 • 12 • 6)
Total Innings: 13, 12
PPI (Points Per Inning): 9.6, 6.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 10, 7
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 12.5, 11.6
Safeties: 4, 3
Fouls, intentional: 1, 1
Fouls, unintentional: 2 (plus penalty of 15 points for grabbing the cue ball as it entered a pocket), 2
Missed shots: 6, 6
Match Length: 171 min.
Points per Minute: 1.2
Match #6 --Bader Alawadhi d. Ralf Souquet 125 - 90
3 Highest Runs: (71 • 33&out • 22), (43 • 27 • 19)
Total Innings: 9, 9
PPI (Points Per Inning): 13.9, 10.0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 4
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 31.3, 22.5
Safeties: 6, 7
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 1, 0
Missed shots: 1, 2
Match Length: 120 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #7 -- Thorsten Hohmann d. Shaun Wilkie 125 - 50
3 Highest Runs: (29&out • 29 • 23), (26 • 11 • 4)
Total Innings: 20, 20
PPI (Points Per Inning): 6.3, 2.5
Attempted Scoring Innings: 11, 13
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 11.4, 3.8
Safeties: 12, 13
Fouls, intentional: 1, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 3, 3
Missed shots: 4, 5
Match Length: 108 min.
Points per Minute: 1.6
Match #8 -- Mika Immonen d. Ralph Eckert 125 - 39
3 Highest Runs: (66 • 49&out • 13), (20 • 16 • 6)
Total Innings: 14, 14
PPI (Points Per Inning): 8.9, 2.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 3
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 31.3, 13.0
Safeties: 7, 9
Fouls, intentional: 3, 3
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 3, 2
Match Length: 86 min.
Points per Minute: 1.9
Match #9 -- Mario He d. Mikael Ogaard 125 - 28
3 Highest Runs: (85 • 29&out • 12), (30 • 1 • 1)
Total Innings: 10, 10
PPI (Points Per Inning): 12.5, 2.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 3
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 17.9, 9.3
Safeties: 3, 5
Fouls, intentional: 4 (including 3 consecutive, 15-point penalty), 3
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 1, 2
Match Length: 128 min.
Points per Minute: 1.2
Match #10 -- Bader Alawadhi d. Bob Hunter 125 - 37
3 Highest Runs: (58 • 19 • 14), (17 • 12 • 9)
Total Innings: 12, 12
PPI (Points Per Inning): 10.4, 3.1
Attempted Scoring Innings: 8, 8
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 15.6, 4.6
Safeties: 4, 5
Fouls, intentional: 1, 3 (consecutive, 15-point penalty)
Fouls, unintentional: 1, 0
Missed shots: 5, 4
Match Length: 90 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
[Note: These stats are based on the "official" score for each match, which differed from my scoring in some cases.]
This is a 30-player event, with a 2½-day round-robin portion (5 groups of 6 players each) reducing the field to 16 -- the top 3 players from each group plus the player with the next-best record. That will be followed by a double-elimination stage to the end, with players seeded based on their round-robin results.
These stats are for all 10 matches streamed on the feature table (Table 26) in the round-robin portion of the event, and they represented 13.3% of the total of 75 matches played in this portion of the event. These matches were to 125 points, with Matches 1-3 below on Wed. Oct. 25, Matches 4-7 on Thurs. Oct. 26, and Matches 8-10 on Fri. Oct. 27.
Edit, Oct. 29 -- For similar information on the matches streamed on the feature table in the double-elimination portion of the event, see this thread: https://forums.azbilliards.com/thre...p-double-elimination-matches-oct-2023.558400/
The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4½" corner pockets and new blue Simonis cloth;
- Aramith Tournament Pro-Cup TV balls, including a red-dots cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack for your opponent (with some exceptions for the opening break shot);
- foul on all balls;
- no shot clock;
- lag for opening break;
- a player who reaches 125 points on a run of at least 75 may continue the run to try for bonus money.
Attempted Scoring Innings means the player's total number of innings for the game minus the number of innings that he played only a safety or an intentional foul (no attempt to score a point).
PPI is Points Per Inning = total points scored in the game divided by the total number of innings in the game for that player. [Note: I call this measure Points Per Inning rather than Balls Per Inning to be a bit more precise in the definition, since the number of points a player is credited with in a game can be quite different from the number of balls he pocketed.]
PPASI is Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning = total points scored in the game divided by the number of Attempted Scoring Innings in the game for that player.
All information is given first for the match winner and then for the match loser (separated by a comma).
Match #1 -- Lee Vann Corteza defeated Michael Yednak 125 - 3
3 Highest Runs: (98 • 28&out • -), (4 • - • -)
Total Innings: 9, 9
PPI (Points Per Inning): 13.9, 0.3
Attempted Scoring Innings: 2, 1
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 62.5, 3.0
Safeties: 6, 7
Fouls, intentional: 1, 1
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 1, 1
Match Length: 71 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #2 -- Ralf Souquet d. Danny Barouty 125 - 23
3 Highest Runs: (45&out • 39 • 37), (14 • 11 • -)
Total Innings: 6, 6
PPI (Points Per Inning): 20.8, 3.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 6, 4
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 20.8, 5.8
Safeties: 1, 2
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 2
Missed shots: 3, 2
Match Length: 95 min.
Points per Minute: 1.6
Match #3 -- Mario He d. Jani Uski 125 - 0
3 Highest Runs: (125&out, continued to 141 • - • -), (- • - • -)
He's run continued to 141
Total Innings: 1, 1
PPI (Points Per Inning): 125, 0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 1, 0
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning):125, -
Safeties: 0, 1
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 0, 0
Match Length: 71 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #4 -- Mika Immonen d. Mike Badstuebner 125 - 56
3 Highest Runs: (64 • 21&out • 18), (28 • 19 • 5)
Total Innings: 15, 14
PPI (Points Per Inning): 8.3, 4.0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 6
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 17.9, 9.3
Safeties: 8, 8
Fouls, intentional: 1, 2
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 5, 4
Match Length: 98 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #5 -- Brandon Shuff d. Bob Maidhof 125 - 81
3 Highest Runs: (41 • 26 • 22), (62 • 12 • 6)
Total Innings: 13, 12
PPI (Points Per Inning): 9.6, 6.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 10, 7
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 12.5, 11.6
Safeties: 4, 3
Fouls, intentional: 1, 1
Fouls, unintentional: 2 (plus penalty of 15 points for grabbing the cue ball as it entered a pocket), 2
Missed shots: 6, 6
Match Length: 171 min.
Points per Minute: 1.2
Match #6 --Bader Alawadhi d. Ralf Souquet 125 - 90
3 Highest Runs: (71 • 33&out • 22), (43 • 27 • 19)
Total Innings: 9, 9
PPI (Points Per Inning): 13.9, 10.0
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 4
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 31.3, 22.5
Safeties: 6, 7
Fouls, intentional: 0, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 1, 0
Missed shots: 1, 2
Match Length: 120 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
Match #7 -- Thorsten Hohmann d. Shaun Wilkie 125 - 50
3 Highest Runs: (29&out • 29 • 23), (26 • 11 • 4)
Total Innings: 20, 20
PPI (Points Per Inning): 6.3, 2.5
Attempted Scoring Innings: 11, 13
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 11.4, 3.8
Safeties: 12, 13
Fouls, intentional: 1, 0
Fouls, unintentional: 3, 3
Missed shots: 4, 5
Match Length: 108 min.
Points per Minute: 1.6
Match #8 -- Mika Immonen d. Ralph Eckert 125 - 39
3 Highest Runs: (66 • 49&out • 13), (20 • 16 • 6)
Total Innings: 14, 14
PPI (Points Per Inning): 8.9, 2.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 4, 3
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 31.3, 13.0
Safeties: 7, 9
Fouls, intentional: 3, 3
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 3, 2
Match Length: 86 min.
Points per Minute: 1.9
Match #9 -- Mario He d. Mikael Ogaard 125 - 28
3 Highest Runs: (85 • 29&out • 12), (30 • 1 • 1)
Total Innings: 10, 10
PPI (Points Per Inning): 12.5, 2.8
Attempted Scoring Innings: 7, 3
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 17.9, 9.3
Safeties: 3, 5
Fouls, intentional: 4 (including 3 consecutive, 15-point penalty), 3
Fouls, unintentional: 0, 0
Missed shots: 1, 2
Match Length: 128 min.
Points per Minute: 1.2
Match #10 -- Bader Alawadhi d. Bob Hunter 125 - 37
3 Highest Runs: (58 • 19 • 14), (17 • 12 • 9)
Total Innings: 12, 12
PPI (Points Per Inning): 10.4, 3.1
Attempted Scoring Innings: 8, 8
PPASI (Points Per Attempted Scoring Inning): 15.6, 4.6
Safeties: 4, 5
Fouls, intentional: 1, 3 (consecutive, 15-point penalty)
Fouls, unintentional: 1, 0
Missed shots: 5, 4
Match Length: 90 min.
Points per Minute: 1.8
[Note: These stats are based on the "official" score for each match, which differed from my scoring in some cases.]
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