Here are some statistics from the 2022 Derby City Classic's One-Pocket Tournament, played January 23-28 at Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. Fedor Gorst won the event, defeating Josh Roberts in the final match.
This event had 370 players, and operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 3. The primary commentators were Mark Wilson and Jeremy Jones.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 16 matches (61 games) streamed by Accu-Stats were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 25, 2022
Wed. Jan. 26
Thurs. Jan. 27
Fri. Jan. 28
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 48 of 61 (79%)
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 48 of 61 (79%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 6 of 16 (38%)
■ High run-outs
■ Match lengths
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
■ Distribution of game scores:
■ Average match score -- 3 - 0.8. Six matches ended at 3-0, 7 at 3-1, and 3 at 3-2.
■ 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 event had 370 players, and operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 3. The primary commentators were Mark Wilson and Jeremy Jones.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with pro-cut pockets (4½" corners) and blue Simonis 860 or 860 HR cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with an Aramith "Diamond" cue ball with blue spots;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- a ball made on the break in the breaker's pocket requires a re-break;
- a ball jumped off the table to prevent the opponent from scoring is counted for the opponent;
- game scores (ball counts) are raised by one point for each player when a player's score goes to (-1) and the other player is already negative;
- when a player reaches a game score (ball count) of negative five, he loses the game;
- 60-second shot clock with one automatic 60-second extension per player per rack;
- 3 fouls in a row is loss of game (did not happen);
- cue ball fouls only; and
- lag for opening break.
The 16 matches (61 games) streamed by Accu-Stats were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 25, 2022
1. Tony Chohan defeated Louis DeMarco 3-0
2. Skyler Woodward d. John Morra 3-0
3. Dee Adkins d. Mike DeLawder 3-0
Wed. Jan. 26
4. Efren Reyes d. Roberto Gomez 3-0
5. Skyler Woodward d. Can Salim 3-1
6. Billy Thorpe d. Skyler Woodward 3-2
7. John Gabriel d. Alex Pagulayan 3-2
8. Jayson Shaw d. Anthony Meglino 3-2
9. Shane Van Boening d. Thorpe 3-0
Thurs. Jan. 27
10. Joshua Filler d. Van Boening 3-1
11. Shaw d. Justin Hall 3-1
12. Josh Roberts d. Shaw 3-1
13. Fedor Gorst d. Denis Grabe 3-0
14. Roberts d. Darren Appleton 3-1
Fri. Jan. 28
15. Gorst d. Appleton 3-1 (Semifinal)
16. Gorst d. Roberts 3-1 (Final)
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 48 of 61 (79%)
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 6 of 13 (46%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 24 of 48 (50%)
Total -- 30 of 61 (49%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 48 of 61 (79%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 6 of 16 (38%)
■ High run-outs
8-and-outs -- 11 times: 2 each by Chohan (Match1) and Shaw (Match 8) and 1 each by Adkins (Match 3), Woodward (Match 6), Thorpe (Match 6), Gabriel (Match 7), Van Boening (Match 10), Roberts (Match 14), and Appleton (Match 15).
■ Match lengths
Longest in total length (119 min.) -- Gabriel d. Pagulayan 3-2
Highest in average minutes per game (28 min.) -- Gorst d. Appleton 3-1
Shortest in total length (20 min.) -- Chohan d. DeMarco 3-0
Lowest in average minutes per game (7 min.) -- Chohan d. DeMarco 3-0
Average match length -- 61 min.
Average minutes per game -- 16 min.
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
Under 10 minutes -- 21 games
10-19 minutes -- 25
20-29 minutes -- 6
30-59 minutes -- 9
60+ minutes -- 0
Total -- 61
■ Distribution of game scores:
8-7 -- 1 time
8-6 -- 4
8-5 -- 0
8-4 -- 4
8-3 -- 3
8-2 -- 5
8-1 -- 9
8-0 -- 22
8-(-1) -- 11
8-(-2) -- 2
Total -- 61
Average game score -- 8 - 1.0
■ Average match score -- 3 - 0.8. Six matches ended at 3-0, 7 at 3-1, and 3 at 3-2.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 72 times
2 balls -- 31
3 balls -- 12
4 balls -- 20
5 balls -- 15
6 balls -- 16
7 balls -- 8
8 balls -- 12
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 45
Minus fouls -- 74
Plus DCC negative score adjustments -- 4
TOTAL ball count (61 games) -- 548
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 13 (21% of 61 games)
2 balls -- 9
3 balls -- 6
4 balls ---7
5 balls -- 4
6 balls -- 5
7 balls -- 6
8 balls -- 11 (18%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 4.2 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 4 balls
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