Puerto Rico Open 10 Ball, Men & Women (Nov 15-18), Winner $25K (Men)/$20K (Women)

realtor1618 said:
You might not see one but there is a shot clock for this event on the arena table as well as all of the other events they have put on.
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See post #47 in this thread which also takes note of a super-slow match played without a shot clock. Normally, the shot clock is displayed just below the score, but not here.
 
Biado is a very worthy champion. What's funny is that for many years, despite his great skills, he had disappointing results in America, but now he's really thriving away from home. Well done!
 
sjm said:
A good name for this event would have been the "Greg Fix Open". For those who don't know, Fix is surely the slowest player (yes, slower than both Kaci and Basavich) since the end of the straight pool era. Any tournament that doesn't use a shot clock on the stream table, not even the final, should be required to pay tribute to Greg Fix.

WPA needs to pay attention to the fans of our game and should refuse to sanction an event that doesn't use a shot clock on the arena table.
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He plays in MN. The worst combination of real good and incredibly slow.
 
sjm said:
See post #47 in this thread which also takes note of a super-slow match played without a shot clock. Normally, the shot clock is displayed just below the score, but not here.
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Stu, shot clocks were used on both of the feature tables, though I am not sure about every match on those tables. A round count-down circle was often visible at the bottom center of the screen. It was green prior to the 10-second point, then orange or yellow to the 5-second point, then red..
 
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AtLarge said:
Stu, shot clocks were used on both of the feature tables, though I am not sure about every match on those tables. A round count-down circle was often visible at the bottom center of the screen. It was green prior to the 10-second point and orange thereafter.
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Thanks for that. Looks like it was just not always displayed in the usual manner. Even if it was used in some matches, that's a good thing. As we've seen in the Matchroom events, there are just not enough shot-clock operators to cover all the non-streamed matches.
 
AtLarge said:
Stu, shot clocks were used on both of the feature tables, though I am not sure about every match on those tables. A round count-down circle was often visible at the bottom center of the screen. It was green prior to the 10-second point and orange thereafter.
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Hard to put the facts together here. Post #47 refers to a Kaci match that was streamed, but in which the shot clock was not used. I'm guessing at this point that they found a way of streaming a match that was not played on either of the feature tables.
 
RunoutJJ said:
... I’m not knocking the format but it is very boring watching players make 6-15 spot shots before a miss. Just my opinion 🤷‍♂️
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Here's a little numerical information about the shootouts.

Ten US Pro Billiard Series events were played in 2021 and 2022. I watched 9 of them (all but the 2021 Michigan event). In those 9 events, I tracked 181 matches. 84 of those matches (46%) had shootouts. Here is the distribution of the number of shots in those 84 shootouts. The mean is 8.9 shots; the median is 8. The average elapsed time per shot is usually 40-45 seconds

5 shots -- 6 times​
6 shots -- 3​
7 shots -- 14​
8 shots -- 30​
9 shots -- 1​
10 shots -- 16​
11 shots -- 0​
12 shots -- 9​
14 shots -- 3​
16 shots -- 1​
26 shots -- 1 (Yapp d. Sniegocki in 2022 Las Vegas Open)​
 
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sjm said:
Hard to put the facts together here. Post #47 refers to a Kaci match that was streamed, but in which the shot clock was not used. I'm guessing at this point that they found a way of streaming a match that was not played on either of the feature tables.
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Yes, apparently all of the matches in this event were streamed, either on YouTube (World Billiard TV), or Facebook, or Kozoom.
 
AtLarge said:
... The mean is 8.9 shots; the median is 8. The average elapsed time per shot is usually 40-45 seconds ...
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Note that this means that the average length of a shootout is much shorter than the average length that another race to 4 would be.
 
sjm said:
Hard to put the facts together here. Post #47 refers to a Kaci match that was streamed, but in which the shot clock was not used. I'm guessing at this point that they found a way of streaming a match that was not played on either of the feature tables.
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Carlo Biado’s personal channel was streaming the match.
 
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sjm said:
That's fantastic. Kudos to the event producers.
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I also believe the producers deserve kudos. They have definitely taken enough flack. Many people have a big problem with the format and such but I try to look at the positives. Most of these events have several world class players. The competition has been great. We all get to watch world class players competing for free, in person, or on a stream. The producers are pumping a lot of money into the game. Those are all positives for the game. I can only hope it continues and gets even better.
 
realtor1618 said:
I also believe the producers deserve kudos. They have definitely taken enough flack. Many people have a big problem with the format and such but I try to look at the positives. Most of these events have several world class players. The competition has been great. We all get to watch world class players competing for free, in person, or on a stream. The producers are pumping a lot of money into the game. Those are all positives for the game. I can only hope it continues and gets even better.
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Well said. However, one feels about these events and this format, the one incontrovertible truth is that CSI/Predator has stepped up to the plate and helped grow the sport. In my case, more than half of my joy is for the increased opportunity to earn a good living that this has offered professional players.

Thanks largely to CSI/Predator and, of course, Matchroom, the 2022 AZB money list is a lot prettier than that of 2021! With two high prize money events left (World 8-ball and Mosconi Cup), the top 10 have average prize money earned of about $135,000 and that figure should be $150,000 by year end.

Thanks for your fittingly uplifting post.
 
AtLarge said:
Yes, apparently all of the matches in this event were streamed, either on YouTube (World Billiard TV), or Facebook, or Kozoom.
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They keep improving their stream offerings
It was just free stream on 1 table before
Now they have free streams on 2 tables (one on Youtube or https://streamstak.com/billiardtv/ and other on Facebook)
Plus folks can also subscribe to Kozoom PPV to watch all other tables.
 
spartan said:
They keep improving their stream offerings
It was just free stream on 1 table before
Now they have free streams on 2 tables (one on Youtube or https://streamstak.com/billiardtv/ and other on Facebook)
Plus folks can also subscribe to Kozoom PPV to watch all other tables.
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I watched any match that wasn’t on youtube or Facebook for free on Kazoom. I just had to create a free account. No PPV required.
 
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