Here are some statistics from the 2021 Buffalo's Pro Classic One-Pocket event, played May 27-30 at Buffalo's Billiards in Jefferson, LA with pay-per-view streaming by PoolActionTV. The commentators were Larry Schwartz, Ray Hansen, Billy Incardona, Tom Wirth, Mary Kenniston, Josh Roberts, Jeremy Jones, and Alex Pagulayan.
This was a 20-player, double-elimination event, with all races to 5. The winner was Tony Chohan, beating Scott Frost at hill/hill in the first set of a true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The stats are for all ten matches (79 games) that were streamed, which constituted 26% of the total of 38 matches played in the event. The streamed matches are listed here in the order in which they were played:
Thurs. May 27
Fri. May 28
Sat. May 29
Sun. May 30
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 71 of 79 (90%)
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 46 of 79 (58%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 3 of 10 (30%)
■ High run-outs
■ Match lengths
■ Average match score -- 5 - 2.9. None of the matches was a shutout. Two matches finished at 5-1; 5 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run:
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
This was a 20-player, double-elimination event, with all races to 5. The winner was Tony Chohan, beating Scott Frost at hill/hill in the first set of a true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with approximately 4 1/8" corner pockets and worn, blue Simonis 860 HR cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a Pro Cup measles cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- re-break if a ball is made on the break;
- no shot clock;
- cue ball fouls only;
- climbing up on the table (no feet on the floor) to shoot is permitted; and
- lag for opening break.
The stats are for all ten matches (79 games) that were streamed, which constituted 26% of the total of 38 matches played in the event. The streamed matches are listed here in the order in which they were played:
Thurs. May 27
1. Tony Chohan defeated Evan Lunda 5-1
Fri. May 28
2. Scott Frost d. Warren Kiamco 5-1
3. Alex Pagulayan d. Chip Compton 5-2
4. Josh Roberts d. Corey Deuel 5-4
Sat. May 29
5. Chohan d. Dennis Orcollo 5-4
6. Justin Hall d. Jeremy Jones 5-4
7. Chohan d. Frost 5-3
Sun. May 30
8. Hall d. Orcollo 5-2 (Loser 4th)
9. Frost d. Hall 5-4 (Semifinal)
10. Chohan d. Frost 5-4 (Final)
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 71 of 79 (90%)
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 3 of 8 (38%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 47 of 71 (66%)
Total -- 50 of 79 (63%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 46 of 79 (58%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 3 of 10 (30%)
■ High run-outs
8-and-outs -- 8 times: 3 by Chohan (Matches 1, 5, and 7), 2 by Orcollo (Matches 5 and 8), 2 by Hall (Matches 8 and 9), and 1 by Frost (Match 9).
■ Match lengths
Longest in total length (4 hrs., 40 min.) and highest in average minutes per game (47) -- Chohan d. Lunda 5-1
Shortest in total length (2 hrs., 8 min.) and lowest in average minutes per game (18 min.) -- Hall d. Orcollo 5-2
Average match length -- 3 hrs., 49 min.
Average minutes per game -- 29 min.
■ Average match score -- 5 - 2.9. None of the matches was a shutout. Two matches finished at 5-1; 5 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run:
The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 197 times
2 balls -- 82
3 balls -- 51
4 balls -- 23
5 balls -- 18
6 balls -- 9
7 balls -- 8
8 balls -- 8
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 70
Minus fouls -- 127
TOTAL ball count -- 813
Average game score -- 8 - 2.3
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 31 (39% of the 79 games)
2 balls -- 13
3 balls -- 11
4 balls -- 3
5 balls -- 5
6 balls -- 4
7 balls -- 4
8 balls -- 8 (10%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.1 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 2 balls
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