A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS (201)226-5429 Vol.3, No.3 The Pearl" ROs'Rimmer i n Reno RENO" Eighty-one players descended into the Sands Regent arena and battled for a share of its $44,000 purse. When the smoke cleared, Earl Strickland came up smiling, posting a 10-1 record and clutching the $10,000 grand prize. In races to eleven, he beat Matlock (8), Martin (2), DiToro (3), Medina (10), Lemke (6), lost to Davenport 8-11, and then defeated Martin (4), McCready (8), Williams (2), and Davenport twice 9-8 and 9-3. rr ^ THE 5th SANDS REGENT OPEN RENO, NEVADA June 3-7,1987 FINAL STANDINGS NAME AVG. PRIZE NAME AVG. 1st Earl Strickland ( .880) $10. ,000.00 Sergio Gandarilla\ ' .741) 2nd Kim Davenport (.861) 6 ,000.00 Joe Villalpando 1'.739) 3rd Bob Williams (.830) 4 ,000.00 Bill Houck I'.730) 4th Keith McCready (.817) 3:,200.00 Jim Williams 1'.729) 5th-6th Sal Butera 1f .729) Mike Sigel (.881) 2 ,200.00 Robert Gray 1! .724) Ray Martin (.828) 2 ,200.00 Jerry Coleman 1'.687) 7th-8th Peter Quande 1'.679) Allen Hopkins ( .828) 1 ,750.00 John Lewis 1\ .665) Louie Lemke (.817) 1,,,750.00 Doug Jensen I1.598) 9th-12th 49th-64th Efren Reyes (.879) 1 ,200.00 Wade Crane 1\ .850) Mike LeBron (.842) 1 ,200.00 Nick Varner I\ .809) Howard Vickery (.816) 1 ,200.00 Pete Lhotka 11.794) Tim Kwong (.801) 1 ,200.00 Ted Ito If .790) 13th-16th Scott Kitto l1.789) Ron Rosas (.848) 800.00 Ernesto Dominguezi [ .764) David Howard (.846) 800.00 Frank Konrath iI.750) Greg Fix (.836) 800.00 Warren Costanzo lf .739) Danny Medina (.832) 800.00 Jr. Harris iI.734) 17th-24th Chris MacDonald 1[.717) Jerry Johnson (.845) 500.00 Jack Madden i[ .712) Dave Bollman (.842) 500.00 Ray Stanzione i1.699) Takeshi Okumura (.819) 500.00 Jim Ehrbar \ 1.698) Jerry Chappel ( .797) 500.00 Bill Loucks i(.672) John Henderson (.773) 500.00 John Miller (.669) Steve Shaw (.766) 500.00 Martin Lenz (.667) Brian Hashimoto (.762) 500.00 65th-81st Craig Hauser (.724) 500.00 Paul Brienza (.777) 25th-32nd Rich Geiler (.773) Dave Matlock (.842) 150.00 Bill Incardona (.766) Dan Louie (.825) 150.00 Richard Florence ( .734) Billy Aguero (.810) 150.00 Tom Brown (.730) Bob Hunter (.796) 150.00 Yoshihiro Morino (.717) Mike DeFino (.775) 150.00 Gary Colder (.701) Gary Nolan ( .761) 150.00 Ichira Kitatani (.695) Al Romero (.760) 150.00 Jeff Hill (.685) Dick Megiveron (.756) 150.00 Greg Cich (.678) 33rd-48th John Mitchell (.676) Danny DiLiberto (.826) Yoko Miura (.646) Danny D'Imperio (.817) David Reavis (.622) Armando Canalis (.795) Joe Graham (.611) David Nottingham (.791) Isaac Mejia (.601) John DiToro (.772) William Brown (.560) Terry Osborne (.768) Monte Arrowood (.544) ACCU-FACT The Sands Regent Open produced 20 .900's, 14 wire matches, and no shutouts. — R2 Strickland Outruns Davenport in the Stretch Kim Davenport was on his way to capturing the of Ceremonies while his wife Geri managed the biggest tournament of his career, The 5th Sands referees, and Hank Pericle and Jerry Shaw managed Regent 9-Ball Open but apparently, it wasn't meant the flow chart. Accu-Stats, of course, was on hand to be- . .yet. Davenport dominated the winners' utilizing two ceiling mounted video cameras which bracket disposing of Bollman, Varner, D'Imperio, aided in the collection of statistical data. Bob Chappel, Vickery, Strickland, and Williams only to and Sally Bebb meticulously installed and meet Earl Strickland once again for the title maintained the eight custom made Rebco pool tables. match. In fact, in the first set of the race to nine, two-out-of-three set finals, Davenport opened The pro division, which followed Promoter Gene up with four racks. But Strickland never gave up Stary's USPPA Pro-Am Handicap tournament (see eventually outpointing Kimmer to win the first set article on page R10) had some interesting stats. 9-8. The only thing the second set had in common Japan's Yoko Miura was the only female contestant. with the first was the end result. Davenport just Tough playing conditions such as deep slates never got started while Strickland played superbly resulted in an inordinately low number of .900 (.911), winning the match 9-3 and the $10,000 first TPA's. There was only twenty this tournament while prize. Davenport took home $6,000 for his runner-up in the previous events there a minimum of forty in finish. each. Despite the conditions, Mike Sigel shot the two highest averages, a .952 and a .949. Both of The Sands Regent Hotel/Casino hosted the summer his losses were at the hands of Keith McCready. And version of its biannual promotion and kicked in the last but not least, Pete Lhotka, who during a 1985 match with this year's champion was accused of added $20,000. The race to eleven, double having a "Mary Poppins" break, had the highest elimination format drew eighty-one contestants each Break Performance Average, making a ball on the anteing up $300 for the opportunity of sharing in break without scratching 24 of 29 breaks. the $44,400 purse. Doug Klisch did his usual outstanding job as Tournament Director and Master Notable Matches With Keith McCready (.784) trailing the match 7-9, balls and Craig Mauser (.724) pocketed 55. Hauser Paul Brienza (.805) missed a combination and never won 11-9. shot again. McCready ran out the set to win 11-9. Mike Sigel (.916) shot the best match in defeat. Apparently unaware of the tough conditions, Mike Keith McCready (.887) nipped Sigel 11-10. Sigel (.949) proceeded as if they didn't exist. He In a most improbable eye-opening finish, Earl missed one all as he strolled to an 11-2 victory Strickland (.868) and Danny Medina (.858) were over To* Brown (.667). tied at 10-10 leading to a series of ssfties in Efren Reyes (.926) chalked up one of the high runs the final rack. Strickland hooked Medina only to of the event by running out from the break four have Medina kick it in and proceed to run out. • . consecutive racks and pocketing 48 balls in a row. almost. Everyone assumed thst it was just a matter His opponent, Armando Canalis (.843), still of time before Medina cleared the table. Even with managed to tally six on the wire. two balls left on the table, everything was proceeding smoothly. Medina played the eight ball Despite a 5-9 disadvantage, Kin Davenport (.833) in the corner and slid the cue ball into the side held Nick Varner (.846) scoreless winning the next pocket! Strickland won 11-10. six racks and the match 11-9. Talk about hands tied! Amidst safties and kicks, With respect to "running out from the break", Craig Hauaer (.526) was held to pocketing ten Billy Aguero (.912) did just that five times balls and winning one rack as Mike LeBron (.908) during his 11-3 victory over David Reavia (.657). controlled the match to an 11-1 victory. Although having ample opportunities after taking Ron Rosas (.927) ran out eleven of his twelve the lead 10-5, Pete Lhotka (.814) failed to close opportunities defeating Steve Shaw (.674) 11-3. the set. Gary Nolan (.811) won the next six racks and won 11-10. (continued on page R7) Very simply, Danny D'laperio (.853) pocketed 93 ^ r/ Sands Regent Reno SCORES & AVERAGES Name Score Avg. Name Score Avg. Name Score Avg. Name Score Avg. OPENING ROUND 29) B. Hashimoto 11 (.750) 58) T. Ito li (.803) 71) J. Williams 11 (.730) 1) 8. Williams I ( .892) W. Costanzo 9 (.748) W. Brown 4 (.526) J. Madden 10 (.722) B. Aguero 5 ( .816) 30) R. Rotsas 11 (.906 59) J. Harris li (.761) 72) R. Martin 11 (.830) 2) M. leBron I t .846) J. HUI 1 (.694) I. Mejia 5 (.594) C. MacDonald 3 (.704) J. villalpando 7 ( .747) 31) D. Nottingham li (.875) 60) 8. Hunter li (.764) 73) S. Butera 11 (.761) 3) D. Howard 1 ( .885) W. Crane 7 (.857) J. Hill 8 (.681) S. Kitto 9 (.753) B. Incardona 6 ( .767) 32) D. Jensen 11 (.667) 61) D. Matlock 11 (.835) 74) 8. Houck 11 (.811) 4) E. Reyes 1 I .826) I. Mejia 6 (.607) G. Golder 5 (.716) T. Ito 7 (.746) J. Graham 1 ( .528) 33) J. Kwong 11 (.832) 62) C. Hauser 11 (.698) 75) G. Fix 11 (.861) 5) K. McCready 1 ( .784} G. Fix 7 (.803) J. Mitchell 9 (.705) J. Harris 6 (.701) P. Brienza 9 i .805) 34) S. Shaw 11 (.807) 63) F. Konrath 11 (.822) 76) B. Hunter li (.810) 6) M. Sigel 1 ( .949J r. Ito 9 (.802) M. Arrowood 3 (.607) W. Crane 10 (.837) J. Brown 1 ( .667) 35) A. Hopkins 11 (.850) 64) P. Lhotka 11 (.810) 77) D. Matlock 11 (.893) 7) B. Hashimoto 1 t .853) B. Houck 5 (.717) R. Florence 8 (.778) W. Costanzo 4 (.714) C. MacDonald 6 ( .723) 36) T. Osborne 11 (.812) 65) J. Ehrbar 11 (.727) 78) C. Hauser 11 (.680) 8) W. Crane 1 ( .855) Y. Morino 8 (.713) Y. Miura 7 (.653) M. Lenz 9 (.622) S. Kitto 5 ( .833) 37) L. Lemke 11 (.781) 66) D. Bollman 11 (.856) 79) A. Canal is 11 (.902) 9) T. Kwong 1 ( .847) S. Butera 9 (.694) G. Cich 5 (.729) F.