Well, it's time for another TAR matchup!  This one is a doozy!

We got Shane Van Boening against Mika Immonen in a Race to 100 10 ball.  The schedule is first one to 35 games on Day 1, first one to 70 games on Day 2 and finish out the last day with the first one to 100.

It's being played at Amsterdam Billiards in New York on October 12, 13th and 14th.  Play starts at 6:30 pm Eastern.

This is the 3rd match I"ve done, with TAR's approval.   I have to say the Oscar and John match was brutal for keeping stats, just because each game took forever and there was just no flow to it.  The tables were too tight and it made it hard for either player to get going or to run more that 2 or 3 balls in a row.  We did get to see how well Oscar's safety play was though.

I would have like to keep some stats on the safety play, but I am just too busy on each game to be able to do anything more.  Plus when it comes to safety play, there's too much grey area to really analyze how good the safety was and how well the opponent responded.

Doing all of this makes for a very busy time on my end, between trying to describe the game itself and putting in all the numbers.  I'm also literally stuck at the monitor, as there is no breaks in the action, so my ass is crying by the end of the night.

I hope you enjoy the stats, everyone was very appreciative last time, so I hope everyone enjoys this show.  It should be a offensive extravaganza!!!!

Remember at the bottom left of the stat page, you will see a Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and a Totals tab, just click on those to see the corresponding data for that tab.

Just click on the pictures below, of which match you would like to see the stats from.


Break - I'm simply putting a 1 in there on who's breaking, so the spreadsheet can add it up.

Balls on Break - how many balls on the break they made. I was faced with a dilemma on making balls on the break and scratching. I included the balls on the break even when they scratched as to better give a idea on how many balls are going down on the break.

10 ball on break - If they make the 10 on the break in the bottom 2 corner pockets, it does not count. So, even if they make a 10 on the break in the bottom 2 pockets, it will not count in this area, unless it's a legal win.

No. of balls made in the game - This is the number of balls made in the game by each player, excluding any balls made on the break. So, if you added the balls on the break and the no. of balls in the game, that should give you total balls made by a player.

No. of makeable missed shots - This was a stat that is open to interpretation. I put this in there, because I was curious how many shots a pro player would miss, that they were expected to make. So, that is all this stat was. I made a decision based upon the player, on what shot's he truly missed that he should have made.  So this stat, is all about missed shots that a pro should have made. Not missed safeties, missed kicks or anything like that.

Break and Run - The shooter had to be the one breaking, he had to make a ball and he had to get a win, without the opponent coming to the table. Not the other guy breaking dry and the other one comes to the table and runs 10 and out. Doesn't count. Shooter has to break and get the win, all in the same inning.

Who won - Pretty self explanatory there.. I put a 1 in who won, so the spreadsheet adds it all up in the end. Should be the score total.
Shane Van Boening vs Scott Frost John Morra vs Oscar Dominguez
 
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