Here are some statistics from the 2023 Derby City Classic's One-Pocket Tournament, played January 22-28 at Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. Tony Chohan won the event, defeating Jonathan Pinegar in the final match.
This event had 426 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. Others who commentated on one or more matches were Jerry Briesath, Bobby Chamberlain, Corey Deuel, Scott Frost, Billy Incardona, Chance Rosic, John Schmidt, and Nick Varner. The referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 18 matches (76 games) streamed by Accu-Stats were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 24, 2023
Wed. Jan. 25
Thurs. Jan. 26
Fri. Jan. 27
Sat. Jan. 28
■ Breaks by side of table -- 54% (41 of 76) from the breaker's left and 46% (35 of 76) from his right
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 47 of 76 (62%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 12 of 18 (67%)
■ Match lengths
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
■ Distribution of game scores:
■ Average match score -- 3 - 1.2. Three matches ended at 3-0, 8 at 3-1, and 7 at 3-2.
■ Ball counts by length of run:
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
■ High run-outs
This event had 426 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. Others who commentated on one or more matches were Jerry Briesath, Bobby Chamberlain, Corey Deuel, Scott Frost, Billy Incardona, Chance Rosic, John Schmidt, and Nick Varner. The referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4¼" corner pockets 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 (did not happen);
- 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 18 matches (76 games) streamed by Accu-Stats were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 24, 2023
1. Tyler Styer defeated David Matlock 3-1
2. Konrad Juszczyszyn d. Josh Roberts 3-2
3. Efren Reyes d. Shane Winters 3-2
Wed. Jan. 25
4. Garson Martinez d. Naoyuki Oi 3-0
5. Justin Hall d. Scott Frost 3-1
6. Efren Reyes d. Pijus Labutis 3-2
7. Styer d. Jeffrey De Luna 3-2
8. Tony Chohan d. Mitch Ellerman 3-1
Thurs. Jan. 26
9. Alex Pagulayan d. John Schmidt 3-1
10. Hall d. Jason Brown 3-2
11. Pagulayan d. Roland Garcia 3-1
12. Skyler Woodward d. Evan Lunda 3-1
13. Woodward d. Joshua Filler 3-2
Fri. Jan. 27
14. Reyes d. Pagulayan 3-1
15. Chohan d. Jonathan Pinegar 3-0
16. Pinegar d. Reyes 3-0
Sat. Jan. 28
17. Chohan d. Reyes 3-1 (Semifinal)
18. Chohan d. Pinegar 3-2 (Final)
■ Breaks by side of table -- 54% (41 of 76) from the breaker's left and 46% (35 of 76) from his right
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 23 of 41 (56%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 19 of 35 (54%)
Total -- 42 of 76 (55%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 47 of 76 (62%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 12 of 18 (67%)
■ Match lengths
Longest in total length (3 hrs. 28 min.) -- Styer defeated De Luna 3-2
Highest in average minutes per game (44.5 min.) -- Hall d. Frost 3-1
Shortest in total length (45 min.) -- Chohan d. Pinegar 3-0 (Match 15)
Lowest in average minutes per game (13.7 min.) -- Pagulayan d. Schmidt 3-1.
Average match length -- 105 min.
Average minutes per game -- 25 min.
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
Under 10 minutes -- 14 games
10-19 minutes -- 27
20-29 minutes -- 14
30-59 minutes -- 17
60+ minutes -- 4
Total -- 76
■ Distribution of game scores:
8-7 -- 4 times
8-6 -- 7
8-5 -- 10
8-4 -- 6
8-3 -- 11
8-2 -- 5
8-1 -- 7
8-0 -- 18
8-(-1) -- 8
Total -- 76
Average game score -- 8 - 2.4
■ Average match score -- 3 - 1.2. Three matches ended at 3-0, 8 at 3-1, and 7 at 3-2.
■ Ball counts by length of run:
The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
1 ball -- 161 times
2 balls -- 54
3 balls -- 41
4 balls -- 27
5 balls -- 6
6 balls -- 10
7 balls -- 11
8 balls -- 17
9 balls -- 2
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 58
Minus fouls -- 105
Plus DCC negative score adjustments -- 20
TOTAL ball count (76 games) -- 794
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 32 (42% of 76 games)
2 balls -- 6
3 balls -- 8
4 balls -- 5
5 balls -- 1
6 balls -- 1
7 balls -- 8
8 or 9 balls -- 15 (20%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.6 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 2.5 balls
■ High run-outs
9-and-out -- 2 times, both by Reyes (Match 3 and Match 14). In addition, a run of 8 by Reyes became a 9-and-out by way of a scoring error in Match 6.
8-and-outs -- 12 times: 3 by Chohan (Matches 8, 17, and 18), 3 by Hall (all in Match 10), 2 by Woodward (Matches 12 and 13), and 1 each by Styer (Match 1), De Luna (Match 7), Pagulayan (Match 9), and Reyes (Match 16).
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