Here are some results from the Tony Chohan vs. Scott Frost "Champions Challenge" One-Pocket match played November 19-21, 2020 at Paradise Billiards in Lantana (Atlantis), Florida. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by PoolActionTV.
This match was a 3-day race to 30 games, with play stopping each day when the leader reached multiples of 10. The lead commentator (by phone) was Jeremy Jones. Additional commentary, all from the site, was provided by Ray Hansen each day, Tom Wirth on part of Days 2 and 3, and Billy Incardona on part of Day 3. Chohan won the match 30 - 27.
Conditions -- The conditions for this match included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4¼" corner pockets and blue Simonis 860 HR cloth;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- re-break if a ball is made on the break (occurred twice);
- no shot clock;
- cue-ball fouls only; and
- lag for opening break on first day (won by Frost)
■ Match results, in games (Chohan's score first)
Day 1 -- 4 - 10
Day 2 -- 16 - 7 (2-day total 20 - 17)
Day 3 -- 10 - 10
Total -- 30 - 27
■ Games won by breaker
Chohan -- 14 of 28 (50%)
Frost -- 13 of 29 (45%)
Total -- 27 of 57 (47%)
■ Breaks by side of table (viewing from head to foot)
Chohan -- Broke from his right all 28 times (14 wins, 14 losses).
Frost -- Broke from his right all 29 times (13 wins, 16 losses).
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him)
Chohan -- 20 of 28 (71%)
Frost -- 19 of 29 (66%)
Total -- 39 of 57 (68%)
■ Scratches on the break -- Once (by Frost, who won the game).
■ Balls made on the break -- Twice (once by each player, requiring a re-break).
■ Games in which the player had the lead at some point
Chohan -- 40 games, his 30 wins plus 10 games he lost.
Frost -- 43 games, his 27 wins plus 16 games he lost.
■ Ball counts by length of run* -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls. Counts are given for Chohan first, then Frost, then the total.
1 ball -- 58 times, 60 times, 118 times
2 balls -- 26, 30, 56
3 balls -- 12, 13, 25
4 balls -- 8, 12, 20
5 balls -- 11, 7, 18
6 balls -- 3, 4, 7
7 balls -- 3, 3, 6
8 balls -- 3, 5, 8
9 balls -- 1, 0, 1
Plus balls pocketed by opponent -- 27, 19, 46
Minus fouls -- 34, 45, 79
TOTAL ball count -- 298, 301, 599
Average game score -- 8 - 2.8 for games won by Chohan, 8 - 2.1 for games won by Frost, 8 - 2.5 in total.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games.* Counts are given for Chohan first, then Frost, then the total.
1 ball -- 11 times, 10 times, 21 times (37% of the 57 games)
2 balls -- 9, 5, 14
3 balls -- 1, 1, 2
4 balls -- 2, 1, 3
5 balls -- 2, 3, 5
6 balls -- 0, 1, 1
7 balls -- 2, 1, 3
8 or 9 balls -- 3, 5, 8 (14%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.2 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 2 balls
■ Distribution of lengths of games
Under 10 minutes -- 11 games (19% of the 57 games)
10 - 19 min. -- 25
20 - 29 min. -- 10
30 - 59 min. -- 8
60+ min. -- 3 (longest 77 min.)
Total -- 57
■ Match length (including racking and timeouts)
Day 1 -- 5 hours, 23 minutes
Day 2 -- 9 hours, 54 min.
Day 3 -- 6 hours, 58 min.
Total -- 22 hours, 15 min.
■ Average minutes per game
Day 1 -- 23.1 (approx. 20.9 not counting timeouts)
Day 2 -- 25.8 (23.8)
Day 3 -- 20.9 (18.2)
Total -- 23.4 (21.1)
*May contain a few inaccuracies caused by my occasional loss of attention.
