Here are some statistics from the 2022 Action Palace High Stakes One-Pocket event, played September 15-18, 2022 at Action Palace Billiards & Game Room in Huber Heights, Ohio. Pay-per-view streaming was provided by PoolActionTV. The main commentator was Jeremy Jones, with assistance from Ray Hansen and Tony Chohan.
This was an 8-player, double-elimination event, with all races to 7. The winner was Roberto Gomez, beating Alex Pagulayan in the second set of a true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The stats are for all six matches (seven races to 7 -- 75 games) that were streamed on the main table. This constituted 47% of the total of 15 races to 7 played in the event. The streamed matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thurs. September 15
Fri. Sept. 16
Sat. Sept. 17
Sun. Sept. 18
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 58 of 75 (77%)
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 45 of 75 (60%)
■ Matches (races) won by winner of lag -- 5 of 7 (71%)
■ Match (race) lengths
■ Average match (race) score -- 7 - 3.7. One race went to hill/hill; the most lopsided was 7 - 1.
■ High runs
■ Ball counts by length of run:
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
■ Distribution of game scores. First column of counts is for games won by match winners, 2nd column for games won by match losers, third column the totals:
This was an 8-player, double-elimination event, with all races to 7. The winner was Roberto Gomez, beating Alex Pagulayan in the second set of a true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4¼" corner pockets and blue Simonis cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- re-break if a ball is made on the break;
- no shot clock; and
- lag for opening break.
The stats are for all six matches (seven races to 7 -- 75 games) that were streamed on the main table. This constituted 47% of the total of 15 races to 7 played in the event. The streamed matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thurs. September 15
1. Alex Pagulayan defeated Evan Lunda 7-3
Fri. Sept. 16
2. Chip Compton d. Tony Chohan 7-5
3. Pagulayan d. Compton 7-1
Sat. Sept. 17
4. Roberto Gomez d. John Morra 7-4
5. Pagulayan d. Morra 7-2 (Semifinal)
Sun. Sept. 18
6a. Pagulayan d. Gomez 7-6 (Final, first set)
6b. Gomez d. Pagulayan 7-5 (Final, second set)
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 58 of 75 (77%)
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 11 of 17 (65%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 34 of 58 (59%)
Total -- 45 of 75 (60%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 45 of 75 (60%)
■ Matches (races) won by winner of lag -- 5 of 7 (71%)
■ Match (race) lengths
Longest in total length (5 hrs., 14 min.) -- First set of the Finals: Pagulayan d. Gomez 7-6
Highest in average minutes per game (24 min.) -- Tie: Gomez d. Morra 7-4 and Pagulayan d. Gomez 7-6
Shortest in total length (1 hr., 53 min.) -- Pagulayan d. Compton 7-1.
Lowest in average minutes per game (13.6 min.) -- Pagulayan d. Lunda 7-3.
Average match (race) length -- 3 hrs., 36 min.
Average minutes per game -- 20 min.
■ Average match (race) score -- 7 - 3.7. One race went to hill/hill; the most lopsided was 7 - 1.
■ High runs
12-and-out -- once, by Pagulayan (Match 3)
10 (not out) -- once, by Pagulayan (Match 5)
9-and-out -- 3 times: 2 by Pagulayan (Matches 3 and 6) and 1 by Gomez (Match 6)
8-and-out -- 15 times: 9 by Pagulayan, 3 by Chohan, and 1 each by Lunda, Gomez, and Morra
■ Ball counts by length of run:
The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 94 times
2 balls -- 47
3 balls -- 16
4 balls -- 22
5 balls -- 17
6 balls -- 12
7 balls -- 14
8 balls -- 16
9 balls -- 3
10 balls -- 1
12 balls -- 1
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 61
Minus fouls -- 100
TOTAL ball count -- 709
Average game score -- 8 - 1.6
[Excludes one possibly player mis-scored game in the second set of the finals (my counts do not produce the final game score).]
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 16 (21% of 75 games)
2 balls -- 14
3 balls -- 1
4 balls -- 6
5 balls -- 5
6 balls -- 3
7 balls -- 11
8, 9, or 12 balls -- 19 (25%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 4.7 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 5 balls
[Includes one game for which the "out" run may have been 6 rather than 7.]
■ Distribution of game scores. First column of counts is for games won by match winners, 2nd column for games won by match losers, third column the totals:
8-(-3) -- 1, 0, 1
8-(-1) -- 4, 6, 10
8-0 -- 14, 8, 22
8-1 -- 9, 5, 14
8-2 -- 1, 1, 2
8-3 -- 6, 3, 9
8-4 -- 4, 2, 6
8-5 -- 5, 0, 5
8-6 -- 4, 1, 5
8-7 -- 1, 0, 1
Totals -- 49, 26, 75
