Magic City Pelota Stats thru Week 3 – Bueno Wins Golden Cesta Award

Posted on by Steve

The exciting Magic City pelota games concluded another week on Tuesday, March 1.  Bueno captured the Golden Cesta award by winning 4-singles games in his 9-appearances. The award goes to the player winning the most singles games for the week.  This is Bueno’s 5th GC award since joining the roster at the start of the 2019 season.  He benefited by securing spots in three early games this week and won two of those games.  Early game singles players are featured in games 1 and 2.  Bueno along with several other mid-game players have been filling in for El Barba in early games since he’s been recovering from a knee procedure during the off-season.  Also the scratch of Cool Fitness from early games on Monday and Tuesday (hamstring injury) has given some mid-game players more opportunities in early games.  Mid-game singles players are featured in games 3 and 4 each performance while the top singles players at Magic City Jai-Alai compete in the late pelota games which are games 6 and 8 each performance.  Currently, the pelota game players routinely compete in 6-singles games each week.  Doubles games are played games 5 and 7.  Note that “Pelota” is a distinction used by Magic City which started this year to distinguish between the Magic City Jai-Alai pari-mutuel games (pelota games) and the H2H games with sports wagering.  References to Battle Court H2H apply to the team aspect of H2H games which is also new and will be featured only through mid-April.

Good news for die-hard El Barba fans is the return of El Barba on Sunday March 6th where he will see pelota game action in early games 1 and 2.  Also, the long awaited return of RonRon is slated for Sunday where he will play initially in doubles games only with his tournament partner Vuelo.  RonRon will play in singles games when he’s been cleared to compete in those.  RonRon has been out since July 27th of last year and recovering from back issues.  SayHiLi welcomes back both players!

Pari-mutuel betting pools continue to be up more than 50% for 2022 compared to the last month of 2021, which is great for the sport and shows promise.  Trifecta pools hit the highest daily average for 2022 on Tuesday, March 1 and exacta pools have been comparable to those typically seen at Dania.  Caliente Casino in Mexico which also operates a greyhound track with daily simulcast greyhound races just added Magic City Jai-Alai pari-mutuel wagering to their simulcast menu starting on March 1 which should boost wagering pools once the word spreads as that includes other Mexico sites affiliated with the Caliente Casino.

The Jai-5 jackpot has been growing and will exceed the minimum guarantee of $2,000 for the first time in 2022 for Sunday’s pelota performance.  Big jackpot fans won’t want to miss out on this opportunity!

Here are the players leading the pelota game stats for 2022 thru week 3:

All Singles and Doubles Games Combined for 2022 – highest win %:

  1. Ikeda 32.1%
  2. Bradley 28.6%
  3. Bueno 23.2%
  4. Douglas / Goixerri 22.2%

All Singles and Doubles Games Combined for 2022 – highest ITM %:

  1. Ikeda 60.7%
  2. Inaki 57.1%
  3. Carballo 50.0%
  4. Bradley 48.6%
  5. Diaz 46.4%

Singles only for 2022 – highest win %:

  1. Douglas 37.5%
  2. Goixerri 31.3%
  3. Bueno / Carballo / Ikeda 25.0%

Early Game Singles (ga 1,2) – highest win % (excludes mid-game sub players):

  1. Tennessee 18.8%
  2. Cool Fitness 8.3%
  3. Vuelo 7.1%
  4. CRB / Diaz / Jeden 6.3%

Early Game Singles (ga 1,2) – highest ITM % (excludes mid-game sub players):

  1. Cool Fitness 50.0%
  2. CRB 43.8%
  3. Vuelo 42.9%
  4. Diaz 37.5%
  5. Jeden 31.3%

Mid Game Singles (ga 3,4) – highest win %:

  1. Carballo / Ikeda 25.0%
  2. Bradley / Robin 18.8%
  3. Bueno 14.3%

Mid Game Singles (ga 3,4) – highest ITM%:

  1. Ikeda 62.5%
  2. Carballo 56.3%
  3. Robin 43.8%
  4. Bueno 42.9%
  5. Bradley 37.5%

Late Game Singles (ga 6,8) – highest win%:

  1. Douglas 37.3%
  2. Goixerri 31.3%
  3. Inaki 12.5%
  4. Aratz / Benny / Julen 6.3%

Late Game Singles (ga 6,8) – highest ITM%:

  1. Douglas / Goixerri / Inaki 56.3%
  2. Manu 37.5%
  3. Aratz 31.3%

Doubles Tourney #1 (ga 5,7) – highest win %:

  1. Ikeda-Bradley 41.7%
  2. Anderluck-Benny 25.0%
  3. Bueno-Julen 20.0%
  4. Carballo-Kubala 16.7%
  5. Jeden-Goixerri / Juice-Manu / Robin-Ben 9.1%

Doubles Tourney #1 (ga 5,7) – highest ITM%:

  1. Diaz-Nicolas / Ikeda-Bradley / Inaki-Tennessee 58.3%
  2. Juice-Manu 45.5%
  3. Carballo-Kubala 41.7%

Doubles Tourney #1 – Most Wins (cash prizes based on # wins):

  1. Ikeda-Bradley – 5
  2. Anderluck-Benny – 3
  3. Bueno-Julen / Carballo-Kubala – 2
  4. 4-other teams – 1

Singles Championship for Early 2022 Meet  – Most Wins (cash prizes based on # wins):

  1. Douglas – 6
  2. Bradley / Bueno / Goixerri – 5
  3. Carballo / Ikeda – 4
  4. Ben / Robin / Tennessee – 3

Get ready for Week 4 of exciting pelota game action from Magic City Jai-Alai in Miami, Florida on Sunday, March 6th at 1:30-pm EST with the return of the passionate bearded one (El Barba) and the amazing RonRon.  Fans are allowed in the Jai-Alai fronton area only for Sunday’s games and also for the incredible Battle Court H2H games which follow at 5-pm.   Should you reside in south Florida be sure to take advantage of the Sunday H2H promo “5 At 5” where you could win up to $1,000 for correctly selecting the 5-winners of the Battle Court H2H matches at 5-pm and it’s FREE to enter.

Steve M (aka straymar)

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