The Magic City Jai-Alai 10-week mini-season concluded on Monday, April 12th. Here is a short summary of the season:
Singles Championship:
RonRon – $5,000 for First, 35 wins in 90 games (38.9% wins)
CRB – $3,000 for Second, 19 wins in 93 games (20.4% wins)
Spinner – $1,000 for Third, 16 wins in 90 games (17.8% wins)
There was a tie for 3rd between Spinner and Bueno after the conclusion of game 9 on Monday, each had 16-wins. Bueno’s record was 16 wins in 118 games (13.6% wins). The tie led to a dead-heat tie-breaker game to 6-single points between Spinner and Bueno. The tie-breaker was using the same format as a set in an H2H match, the first to win 6-single points was the winner for third and 2-serves were allowed just as in H2H. Spinner was favored to win the tie-breaker and won with a score of 6-3.
1st Doubles Tournament of 2021:
Kubala-Benny – split $10,000 for First, 11 wins in 50 games (22.0% wins)
Bueno-Ben – split $5,000 for Second, 10 wins in 53 games (18.9% wins)
Juice-RonRon were 3rd with 9 wins in 53 games (17.0% wins)
Ikeda-El Barba were 4th with 7 wins in 51 games (13.7% wins)
Jeden-Bradley were 5th with 6 wins in 51 games (11.8% wins)
CRB-Spinner were 6th with 5 wins in 53 games (9.4% wins)
Golden Cesta Awards:
RonRon won 6-consecutive GC Awards from Weeks 5-10. He was the only player to win multiple GC Awards during the 10-week mini-season. Other winners were: Week 1 – Vuelo, Week 2 – Douglas, Week 3 – Ikeda, Week 4 – CRB
Mandatory Payouts on Closing Day, April 12th:
Jai-5 paid $5,533.60 to (1) lucky winner with 5 of 5 winners ($5,952 total handle on Jai-5).
Mighty Ocho paid 4,477.60 to (1) lucky winner with 6 of 8 winners ($3,840 total handle on MO).
Record Jai-5 Payoff:
The Jai-5 paid a whopping record payoff of $27,348 to a single ticket holder with 5 of 5 correct winners on April 5th, shattering the previous record of $12,220 in 2019.
Congratulations to Magic City Jai-Alai players, support staff and management for a successful 10-week mini season!