Here are some statistics from the 2021 Michael Montgomery Memorial One-Pocket Tournament, played January 27-29 at Snookered Billiards & Bar in Frisco, Texas. Pay-per-view streaming was provided by Rackemtv. Two tables were streamed, with the viewer being able to switch back and forth at any time to whichever table he preferred.
This was a double-elimination event with 12 entrants each paying a $1,000 entry fee. Matches were to 4 on the winners' side and 3 on the losers' side. Dennis Orcollo won the tournament without a loss.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 9 streamed matches (46 games) I tracked, which accounted for 41% of the total of 22 matches played in the event, were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Wed. Jan. 27, 2021
Thurs. Jan. 28
Fri. Jan. 29
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 42 of 46 (91%)
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 30 of 46 (65%)
■ Matches won by winner of flip or lag -- 5 of 9 (56%)
■ High run-outs
■ Match lengths
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
■ Average match score -- 4 - 1.8 for the races to 4 and 3 - 1.3 for the races to 3. Two matches were shutouts and 4 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
This was a double-elimination event with 12 entrants each paying a $1,000 entry fee. Matches were to 4 on the winners' side and 3 on the losers' side. Dennis Orcollo won the tournament without a loss.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with pro-cut pockets and blue Simonis cloth;
- Predator Arcos II balls, with a cue ball spotted with black triangles;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- a ball made on the break in the breaker's pocket requires a re-break (did not happen);
- no shot clock;
- no foul if only one object ball is touched or moved, but foul if the cue ball or multiple balls are moved;
- 3 fouls in a row is loss of game (did not happen); and
- lag or flip for opening break.
The 9 streamed matches (46 games) I tracked, which accounted for 41% of the total of 22 matches played in the event, were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Wed. Jan. 27, 2021
1. Shane Van Boening defeated Scott Frost 4-1
2. Billy Thorpe d. Van Boening 4-3
Thurs. Jan. 28
3. Scott Frost d. Skyler Woodward 3-2
4. Dennis Orcollo d. Thorpe 4-2
5. Van Boening d. Roberto Gomez 3-1
6. Tony Chohan d. Van Boening 3-0
Fri. Jan. 29
7. Orcollo d. Corey Deuel 4-0 (Hotseat match)
8. Deuel d. Chohan 3-2 (Semifinal)
9. Orcollo d. Deuel 4-3 (Final)
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 42 of 46 (91%)
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 2 of 4 (50%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 25 of 42 (60%)
Total -- 27 of 46 (59%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 30 of 46 (65%)
■ Matches won by winner of flip or lag -- 5 of 9 (56%)
■ High run-outs
10-and-out -- 1 time: by Deuel (Match 9)
9-and-outs -- 2 times: both by Orcollo (Matches 7 and 9)
8-and-outs -- 7 times: 4 by Orcollo (Matches 4, 7, 7, and 9), 2 by Van Boening (Matches 2 and 5), and 1 by Deuel (Match 8).
■ Match lengths
Longest in total length (4 hours, 51 minutes) -- Orcollo d. Deuel 4-3 (Finals)
Highest in average minutes per game (42 min.) -- Orcollo d. Deuel 4-3
Shortest in total length (52 min.) -- Orcollo d. Deuel 4-0 (Hotseat)
Lowest in average minutes per game (13 min.) -- Orcollo d. Deuel 4-0
Average match length -- 167 min. for races to 4, 96 min. for races to 3
Average minutes per game -- 26.5 min.
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
[Note: I missed the starting time of 2 games and estimated it.]
Under 10 minutes -- 11 games
10-19 minutes -- 8
20-29 minutes -- 11
30-59 minutes -- 14
60+ minutes -- 2 (longest 132 minutes for Game 6 of the Finals)
Total -- 46
■ Average match score -- 4 - 1.8 for the races to 4 and 3 - 1.3 for the races to 3. Two matches were shutouts and 4 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 84 times
2 balls -- 43
3 balls -- 14
4 balls -- 15
5 balls -- 8
6 balls -- 5
7 balls -- 7
8 balls -- 7
9 balls -- 2
10 balls -- 2
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 47
Minus fouls -- 63
TOTAL ball count (46 games) -- 469
Average game score (these 46 games) -- 8 - 2.2
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 18 (39% of 46 games)
2 balls -- 9
3 balls -- 2
4 balls -- 2
5 balls -- 1
6 balls -- 1
7 balls -- 3
8+ balls -- 10 (22%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.6 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 2 balls
