The 3rd Annual USNJAC Tourney begins on Friday with the Master’s Division on Day 1 (10-am EST start) with finals on Sunday. The Pro Division won’t start until Saturday (11-am EST start) and concludes on Sunday (noon start on Sunday).
Magic City’s brother team of Douglas-Benny will be defending their 2021 Pro Doubles Championship title. Last year they conquered the favored Erik-Ladutxe team 9-7 in the finals, taking home 1st place prize money. This year should be even better with Ladutxe, known as Manu on the Magic City roster, having grown more accustomed to the Magic City short court since joining the Magic City roster at the start of 2022 and the young Benny having gained more experience.
The “amazing scoop champ” Douglas will be defending his 2021 Pro Singles Championship title. Last year Douglas defeated Goitia by a score of 9-4 in the Pro Singles finale. Goitia, now playing on the Magic City roster as Inaki, was injured in last year’s finale against Douglas. Inaki has been playing some of his best Jai-Alai at Magic City in recent weeks and Douglas won both late singles games in Pelota action on Sunday, August 14th, so both appear to be in top form for this weekend’s matches. Goitia (Inaki) defeated Dania’s Erik last year in the semi-finals by a score of 7-4. The competition should be even tougher for Erik this year should he accept the challenge.
A new serious contender for the USNJAC Pro Singles Championship title is Goixerri who joined the Magic City roster in early 2022. Goixerri currently leads the Magic City 2022 Singles Championship with 35-singles wins, an impressive 23.8% wins overall, and has been a super-star in late singles games, however, in the last month he’s been in a slump, winning only two of 26-singles games. Goixerri could easily be a huge threat in this tournament with some decent prize money at stake! Currently, Carballo is 2nd in the Magic City Pelota Singles Championship with 34-wins and Douglas is 3rd with 29-wins).
SayHiLi will be covering and reporting on the Pro Division results this year, however, will not be covering the Masters Division (amateur). We expect Jeff “Laca” Conway will be covering that angle with his site, PelotaPress.com, which is the leading site with info and support of US amateur Jai-Alai.
Contestants and match-ups for the 3rd Annual USNJAC could be released by as soon as Wednesday evening, based on last year, and will be posted on SayHiLi ASAP. This will be the first year where live attendance is allowed. Doors open for fans a half-hour before the start time.
Watch the event on watchjaialai.com this year if you cannot attend (not on YouTube JAC like last two years).
Magic City Fronton First Battle Court II Draft Event on 8/5/2022
Friday night, August 5th, marked the first Battle Court draft selection event for the Battle Court II 2022 season which starts on Friday night, September 23rd where the Cesta Cyclones face-off against the Chula Chargers. The draft event took place on the Magic City Jai-Alai court at 6:45 pm with each of the 4-squad owners making the final decision on which player to draft to complete their 6-player squads. Each squad had previously locked-in 3-players from the BC I 2022 season and the remaining 3-players for each squad were selected via the draft process.
Here are the initial 3-players for the squads prior to the draft selection process:
Here is the draft selection order for the 3-remaining players for each squad and the players who were drafted by each squad.
Below is the final grid showing the Round 1-6 players for each of the Battle Court squads:
The selection process started shortly after the event started at 6:45-pm and lasted until the 12th draft pick which was announced around 7:30-pm EST.
Singles games for Battle Court H2H matches will involve Round 1-players playing against each other, Round 2 players playing against each other…..down to Round 6 players playing against each other. Doubles team pairings for each of the 4-Battle Court squads were made by the squads after the live coverage of the event ended, so those aren’t yet available for this article.
The event was broadcast on watchjaialai.com where H2H games can be viewed live on the internet or watched at a later time. Andrew Blechman announced the event for the on-line viewers while Magic City COO, Scott Savin, announced the draft selections to those in attendance. There will also be some ESPN3 coverage of Battle Court II H2H matches on Friday nights coming this fall. Here are a few other photos from this first draft event! Congratulations Magic City fronton on a great and professional event!
Here are the (11) doubles teams competing in the H2H Series B Doubles which starts on Sunday, July 17 along with a few comments. Note that only one team is the same as Series A.
Carballo-Tennessee
Cool Fitness-Manny
CRB-Spinner (played well together last year)
Diaz-Douglas
Flores-Manu
Ikeda-Aratz (should be a tough team, beware)
Inaki-Ben (could be trouble)
Jairo-Kubala (watch out for this duo)
Jeden-Nicolas (were a Series A team this year)
Juice-Goixerri
Robin-Benny (a team to watch)
Sub Team: Bueno-Julen
Not in H2H doubles: Bradley, Correa, El Barba, RonRon
The Golden Cesta Award is an honorary award for the Jai-alai player with the most singles game wins for a week. The award was conceived by Pauly, a well-known Jai-alai announcer and promoter at Magic City Jai-alai who also had a big following when working at Dania Jai-alai. Pauly is the originator of the reference to Machu Picchu when a player’s shot hits high out-of-bounds, such as the overhead netting and the phrase “The Pad is Bad.” Golden Cesta Award winners are shown beginning with week 11 of the inaugural 2018 season at Magic City.
Douglas won the Golden Cesta Award for 14 of the 18 weeks he played during the 2019 meet and even won 10-consecutive weeks from Week #7 through #16. Douglas also holds the record with 19 singles game wins in a week during Week #8 in 2019. Carballo’s 18 singles wins in Week #3 of 2019 was for 27 games played which calculates to an astonishing 66.7% wins. RonRon broke previous records during the 2021 10-week short meet with 7 singles wins in 9 games during Week #10 for a new record of 77.8% wins!
Note: Tie-breaker rules change starting 2021: when there is a tie for most wins, the Golden Cesta Award goes to the tied player with the highest singles win % for that week. Prior to 2021, when there was a tie for most wins, the Golden Cesta Award went to the tied player with the highest % ITM for the week.
Last Modified: June 14, 2022, 4:35 pm
Number of Golden Cesta Award Wins
The number of Golden Cesta Award Wins at Magic City Jai-Alai since week 11 of 2018. This is an honorary weekly award for the highest number of wins for the week.
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Player
# of GC Award Wins
Douglas
35
RonRon
17
Carballo
10
El Barba
6
Anderluck
6
Ben
6
Bueno
6
Jeden
5
Ikeda
5
Juice
3
Diaz
2
Bradley
2
Benny
2
CRB
2
Goixerri
2
Vuelo
1
Tennessee
1
Kubala
1
Asier
1
Julen
1
Robin
1
Manu
1
Aratz
1
Cool Fitness
0
Spinner
0
Inaki
0
Nicolas
0
Golden Cesta Award Winners
Golden Cesta Award winners at Magic City Jai-Alai since September 12 of 2018. The Golden Cesta Award goes to the winner of the most singles games each week. SayHiLi did not include the early part of 2018 in the database as it was the first season of this development Jai-Alai program and players were still on the low end of learning curve on their Jai-Alai training and abilities (2018 Week 1 began July 1).
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Year
Week
Player
# of Wins
% ITM
% Wins
Tiebreaker Info, etc
2018
11
Anderluck
12
70.7
27.9
2018
12
Bradley
12
55.3
31.6
2018
13
Carballo
11
50.0
34.4
2018
14
Ben
8
56.8
21.6
Ben – wins tied with Asier and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2018
15
Juice
11
50.0
30.6
2018
16
Juice
10
61.1
27.8
2018
17
Asier
10
48.8
23.3
2018
18
Ben
9
48.8
20.0
2018
19
Carballo
10
47.8
21.7
2018
20
Bradley
9
45.9
24.3
2018
21
Juice
7
55.2
24.1
2018
22
Diaz
5
50.0
25.0
2019
1
Jeden
10
70.4
37.0
Jeden – wins tied with Kubala and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2019
2
Kubala
11
71.0
35.5
2019
3
Carballo
18
85.2
66.7
2019
4
Douglas
11
75.0
30.6
Douglas wins 1st week of his professional career
2019
5
Douglas
13
72.2
36.1
2019
6
Carballo
13
55.6
36.1
2019
7
Douglas
18
77.8
50.0
2019
8
Douglas
19
75.0
52.8
2019
9
Douglas
9
57.1
32.1
2019
10
Douglas
10
48.3
34.5
2019
11
Douglas
10
67.9
35.7
2019
12
Douglas
13
50.0
46.4
2019
13
Douglas
13
69.0
44.8
2019
14
Douglas
13
62.1
44.8
2019
15
Douglas
9
83.3
50.0
2019
16
Douglas
10
66.7
55.6
2019
17
RonRon
7
66.7
38.9
2019
18
Douglas
6
61.1
33.3
Douglas – wins tied with Ikeda and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2019
19
RonRon
7
61.1
38.9
2019
20
Douglas
7
50.0
38.9
Douglas – wins tied with Anderluck and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2019
21
Anderluck
7
59.1
31.8
2020
1
Ikeda
10
68.2
47.6
2020
2
Diaz
5
43.5
21.7
2020
3
Bueno
6
45.5
27.3
2020
4
Ikeda
5
61.1
27.8
2020
5
Anderluck
5
41.7
20.8
2020
6
El Barba
4
38.9
22.2
2020
7
Tennessee
7
50.0
31.8
2020
8
RonRon
5
66.7
27.8
2020
9
Carballo
5
91.7
41.7
2020
10
Bueno
6
47.8
26.1
2020
11
RonRon
13
75.0
46.5
2020
12
RonRon
15
75.0
53.6
2020
13
Douglas
14
64.3
50.0
2020
14
Douglas
18
82.1
64.3
2020
15
Douglas
13
60.7
46.4
2020
16
RonRon
10
58.3
41.7
2020
17
Douglas
12
65.4
46.2
2020
18
Ben
13
44.9
26.5
2020
19
Douglas
11
78.6
39.3
2020
20
RonRon
12
72.2
66.7
2020
21
Douglas
11
84.2
57.9
2020
22
Douglas
10
66.7
41.7
Douglas – wins tied with El Barba and went to % ITM tiebreaker
2020
23
RonRon
9
79.2
37.5
2020
24
El Barba
6
58.3
25.0
2020
25
El Barba
9
58.3
37.5
2020
26
El Barba
7
58.3
29.2
2020
27
Douglas
9
77.8
50.0
2020
28
Bueno
8
34.5
27.6
2020
29
Jeden
9
59.1
40.9
2020
30
Douglas
6
75.0
50.0
2021
1
Vuelo
3
66.7
33.3
Vuelo – wins as tied on % Wins but had higher % ITM
2021
2
Douglas
4
55.6
44.4
2021
3
Ikeda
3
75.0
75.0
2021
4
CRB
3
50.0
37.5
CRB – wins as had highest Win %
2021
5
RonRon
4
66.7
44.4
2021
6
RonRon
4
44.4
44.4
2021
7
RonRon
4
66.7
44.4
2021
8
RonRon
5
66.7
55.6
2021
9
RonRon
3
66.7
33.3
RonRon won on 2nd tiebreaker of % ITM over Ikeda
2021
10
RonRon
7
88.9
77.8
2021
11
Anderluck
5
53.6
17.9
Week 1 Regular Season
2021
12
RonRon
7
66.7
58.3
2021
13
Ben
8
33.3
22.2
2021
14
Douglas
4
70.0
40.0
won on tiebreaker against 3-others, missed 1-perf
2021
15
Ikeda
7
50.0
38.9
2021
16
Anderluck
6
46.2
23.1
2021
17
Kubala
5
50.0
22.7
2021
18
El Barba
7
66.7
38.9
2021
19
Douglas
2
75.0
50.0
short week – only 2-performances
2021
20
Douglas
4
62.5
50.0
2021
21
RonRon
3
50.0
37.5
2021
22
El Barba
6
58.3
50.0
2021
23
Douglas
4
88.9
44.4
2021
24
Benny
6
83.3
50.0
2021
25
Ben
4
50.0
33.3
2021
26
Bueno
4
57.1
28.6
2021
27
Carballo
3
71.4
42.9
short week – only 3-performances
2021
28
Douglas
2
57.1
28.6
won tie-breaker
2021
29
Julen
4
70.0
40.0
Julen’s 1st GC
2021
30
Douglas
3
66.7
50.0
Douglas nosed out Cool Fitness on ITM tiebreaker by winning final game of week
2021
31
Jeden
4
83.3
66.7
2021
32
Douglas
3
100.0
50.0
2021
33
Anderluck
3
66.7
50.0
only played 2 of 3 perf
2021
34
Ben
4
85.7
57.1
2021
35
Jeden
3
66.7
50.0
2021
36
Douglas
3
83.3
50.0
won on ITM tiebreaker
2021
37
Benny
4
77.8
44.4
2021
38
Douglas
3
66.7
50.0
2022
1-2
Douglas
5
70.0
50.0
wks 1-2 combined as wk 1 a short week
2022
3
Bueno
4
66.7
44.4
2022
4
Bueno
3
37.5
37.5
2022
5
Jeden Robin
2
50.0
33.3
3-way tie (%wins & highest %ITM) had Goixerri in the running but he’s out as Jeden & Robin had higher place %
Week 6 was yet again, another amazing week of Jai-Alai H2H action.
Sunday’s doubles matches started with Jeden-Nicolas improving to 4-0 by taking a straight set win over Jairo-Ben (6-5, 6-4). Next up was CRB-Douglas winning in 3 sets against Joseph-Manu (6-3, 4-6, 6-3). Bueno-Benny lost 3 points in a straight set victory over Flores-Aratz (6-2, 6-1). Robin-Julen earned their 4th win to be tied with Jeden-Nicolas in 1st place with a straight set win over Diaz-Goixerri (6-4, 6-5). Robin-Julen have won all 8 sets they have played to earn their 4-0 record. It took 3 sets for Carballo-Kubala to earn a win over Joseph-Manu (6-4, 4-6, 6-3). Inaki-Roque subbed for Ikeda-Bradley, earning a win in straight sets win against Jairo-Ben (6-1, 6-4). The day ended with Correa-Manny beating Diaz-Goixerri (6-2, 6-4).
In Group I singles on Monday, it took Aratz 3 sets to earn his 1st win of the season by beating Manny (6-3, 3-6, 6-4). Benny took Julen in 2 sets (6-3, 6-4). Goixerri improved to 9-0 with a 3 set win over Inaki (6-3, 3-6, 6-3), which may be the best doubles match we have seen. Goixerri went on to another win by beating Manu (6-1, 6-5). Douglas picked up his 5th win, beating Jairo (6-4, 6-3). Nicolas earned a win over Julen (3-6, 6-4, 6-5). In the 3rd set, Nicolas jumped out to a 5-1 lead with Julen pushing it to 5-5. Nicolas won the well-played final point to earn the victory.
In Group II singles on Tuesday, Ikeda earned 2 wins to improve to 9-0. In Ikeda’s 1st match against Jeden (subbing for Bradley), he ran off a 6 point run and won (6-0, 6-3). It took Ikeda 3 sets and 32 points to remain undefeated with a well-played match against Bueno (6-4, 5-6, 6-5). Kubala earned 2 wins with a 3 set, 32 point win over Bueno (6-5, 4-6, 6-5). That was Bueno’s 2nd 3 set, 32 point match of the day. 8 of the 16 sets played on Tuesday went the maximum 11 points.
Championship Season Jai-Alai H2H begins at 5pm EST with Doubles on Sundays, Singles Group I on Mondays and Singles Group II on Tuesdays. And there is more – the World Super Court Qualifier III will be played Wednesday, June 8 at the Magic City Fronton. You can watch the WSC action at watchjaialai.com or on the free Jai Channel app.
Sunday’s Jai-Alai H2H matches are open to the public plus there is a new promotion “H2Hx20” for those in attendance. All you must do is pick the winner of each match and the number of sets (either 2 or 3). If you get both right, you win $20. This is open for all matches throughout the evening. Each match is individual, so if you pick incorrectly, you still have a chance in the remaining matches.
You can watch the action at 5pm on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays at watchjaialai.com, laligasportstv.com, FTF Sports Network or download the free Jai Alai Channel app. Remember, you can visit the fronton on Sundays to see the great action in person and a chance to win some money in the new “H2Hx20” promotion. Be sure to catch the post-game show with Stu and Andrew for a recap of the action.
And don’t forget to watch “The King of Twitch” (aka El Barba) and Paulie at https://www.twitch.tv/watchjaialai for interactive livestreaming during the Jai Alai H2H sports betting games at Magic City. Tune in to hear El Barba and Paulie entertain viewers with their insight and answer questions from the live chat. It is entertaining for sure.
The tables below show the standings in a couple of different formats.
Week 4 started with 7 doubles matches. The team of Inaki-Roque subbed for Jeden-Nicolas and outlasted Joseph-Manu in a 30 point, 3 set match 2-6, 6-5, 5-6. In game 6, Bueno-Benny beat Inaki-Roque 6-1, 6-4. CRB-Douglas beat Carballo-Kubala in straight sets 6-5, 6-2. Carballo-Kubala played Jairo-Ben in game 5 in a relatively low scoring 3 set match, winning 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. In another low scoring 3 set match, Diaz-Goixerri beat Flores-Aratz 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Correa-Manny later earned a victory over Flores-Aratz 6-1, 6-1. Robin-Julen won in 2 sets over Ikeda-Bradley 6-2, 6-4.
In Group I singles on Monday, Inaki took a victory over Benny 6-1, 6-1. Manny outlasted Douglas for a win in 3 sets 3-6, 6-2, 6-5. Manu was victorious over Carballo who subbed for Nicolas 6-4, 6-1. Jairo beat Aratz in 3 sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-5. Goixerri beat Douglas 6-4, 6-3. And finishing Monday’s play, Julen beat Manny 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
In Group II singles on Tuesday, RonRon gave up 9 total points by beating Bradley 6-0, 6-3, then beating Correa 6-5, 6-1 in game 5. Correa picked up a win over Bueno 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Ikeda earned wins against Ben 6-4, 6-1 and Carballo 6-4, 2-6, 6-5. Carballo beat Kubala 6-3, 6-5.
Diaz-Goixerri, Inaki, Manu and RonRon each had a 6 point run to win sets in their matches.
Goixerri is leading Group I Singles with a record of 5-0, while Ikeda leads Group II with a 6-0 record. For Doubles, Correa-Manny and Jeden-Nicolas are at the top at 3-0 followed by Robin-Julen with a 2-0 record.
Play begins at 5pm EST with Doubles on Sundays, Singles Group I on Mondays and Singles Group II on Tuesdays. Sunday, May 15, will feature 7 doubles matches.
Sunday’s matches are open to the public plus there is a new promotion “H2Hx10” for those in attendance. All you have to do is pick the winner of each match and the number of sets (either 2 or 3). If you get both right, you win $10. This is open for all matches throughout the evening. Each match is individual, so if you pick incorrectly, you still have a chance in the remaining matches.
You can watch the action at 5pm on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays at watchjaialai.com, laligasportstv.com, FTF Sports Network or download the free Jai Alai Channel app. Remember, you can visit the fronton on Sundays to see the great action in person and a chance to win some money in the new “H2Hx10” promotion. Be sure to catch the post-game show with Stu and Andrew for a recap of the action.
And don’t forget to watch “The King of Twitch” (aka El Barba) and Paulie at https://www.twitch.tv/watchjaialai for interactive livestreaming during the Jai Alai H2H sports betting games at Magic City. Tune in to hear El Barba and Paulie entertain viewers with their insight and answer questions from the live chat. It is entertaining for sure.
The tables below show the standings in a couple of different formats.
Ikeda-Bradley – Winners of 1st Doubles Championship for 2022 at Magic City Jai-Alai in Miami on 4/17/2022
Story by Jabracadabra/Straymar
What a match-up it was Sunday with the Warriors and Cyclones putting it all on the line in the inaugural season of the Battle Court H2H “Battle Royale” Championship. The Championship was a best of 5, winner take all (each match worth 1 point).
Ikeda & Manny of the Cyclones started off with a straight set victory (6-4, 6-4) over the Warriors Inaki & Julen. This match was back and forth with only one 3-point separation by Inaki & Julen in the second set.
The second doubles match went 3-sets with Joseph & Manu of the Cyclones beating Diaz & Bradley (6-1, 5-6, 6-2) with some outstanding play. Joseph & Manu had a 5-point run in the first set, then another 5-point run in the third set to seal the win.
With a 2-0 Cyclones lead in “Battle Royale,” the Warriors were on the brink of defeat with Bueno & Nicolas taking on Jeden & Manny. Bueno & Nicolas took a straight set victory (6-3, 6-3) over Jeden & Manny to keep the Warrior’s hopes alive. Manny exhibited some amazing catches in the match.
The Championship’s only scheduled singles match featured Julen of the Warriors and Carballo of the Cyclones. This singles match-up with the 6-0 singles leader, Carballo; winning in 3-sets (3-6, 6-4, 6-1) to clinch the “Battle Royale” Championship for the Cyclones.
What a day it was with each member of the Cyclones taking home $4,000 and each member of the Warriors taking home $1,000. Joseph even treated the crowd to one of his famous backflips after the victory. This was an amazing season! A new group of matches called Jai-Alai H2H Championship Series with 6-singles games each day will be featured tomorrow and Tuesday, then a short break and the Jai-Alai H2H Championship Series will continue on May 1. Also, Battle Court II is coming this fall! Be sure to check out SayHiLi.com for continuous Magic City updates and more details.
The table below shows the “Battle Royale” Championship point summary by set and match.
Despite not having played competitively on US soil since Dania closed in November last year, the team of Erik-Manu had a strong showing at Magic City in the 2nd World Super Court qualifying event at Magic City Casino & Jai-Alai in Miami today. The team of Erik-Manu (also known as the top doubles team of Erik-Ladutxe from Dania) won all 3-matches in straight-set victories over their opponents to capture the top 2nd qualifier prize of $2,000 along with one of the 8-spots in the $50k World Super Court finals at Magic City on October 13th where the first place team wins $25,000 and second pays $12,000!
Erik-Manu handily outscored the Filipino team of Robin-RonRon 6-0, 6-0 in the first round match and won 6-5, 6-2 against Jairo-Nicolas in the second round. The first set against Jairo-Nicolas was won by Erik-Ladutxe after Jairo lost his footing when they were tied at 5-5. That first set was a 21-minute set which is one of the longest sets in H2H style Jai-Alai matches where there’s 3-sets to a match, with sets to 6-points (first team to 6-points wins the set), and the first team to win 2-sets wins the match.
The Magic City Jai-Alai brother’s team of Inaki-Julen (also known as Goitia-Julen, Goitia the name Inaki played under at Dania) faced off against Erik-Manu in the final match of the 2nd WSC Qualifier after they had beaten Bueno-Nicolas and Carballo-Arta. This was another great match for viewers and did not come easy for Erik-Manu who won the first two sets 6-3 and 6-5, almost going to a 3rd set. Inaki-Julen also advance to the WSC Finals at Magic City on October 13th and won the 2nd place prize of $1,000 for their incredible effort today.
The 3rd match in today’s first round was an outstanding match of abilities between Dania’s Zulaika-Arrieta and Magic City player Carballo paired with Arta and is a must see match for fans around the world of all types of Jai-Alai. The Magic City team of Carballo-Anderluck was initially slated to play, but was changed early in the week to Carballo-Arta when Anderluck scratched for the 2nd WSC event. The 6’3” Arta had played at Dania in both front court and back court positions in early games and in the last month has done judging for Magic City Jai-Alai. The Carballo-Arta team had little practice together and lost a hotly contest first set 6-5 against Zuliaka-Arrieta, both late game Dania players, however, Carballo-Arta won the next two sets 6-3, 6-5, winning the match to proceed further in today’s qualifier. They lost their next match in 2-sets, 4-6 and 1-6, to the Magic City brother’s team of Inaki-Julen. Teams that won their first round sets today are eligible to compete again in future qualifiers if there are open spots.
The Erik-Manu team has vast experience playing together and is considered one of the best, if not the best, Jai-Alai doubles teams in the world. Their late game doubles team record playing in pari-mutuel games at Dania from September of 2018 through November of 2021 is impressive when one considers there are 8-teams in each pari-mutuel game played. The late game team record is 151-53-29-20 for an incredible 35.1% wins while an average team would have 12.5% wins, thus Erik-Manu were 2.8-times better than the average late-game team at Dania.
Today’s two qualifying teams will join the two brother’s teams of Goixerri-Aratz and Douglas-Benny who qualified at the 1st WSC Qualifier event at Magic City on February 16th. The 3rd Qualifier is at Magic City on June 8th at 3-pm EST and the 4th Qualifier is expected to be at a location in Spain in September, exact date/time TBD, at a court similar in size to the Magic City fronton short-court (120’ long x 40’ wide).
Here is a detailed scoring of all the matches for this 2nd WSC Qualifier event, compliments of SayHiLi.com’s Battle Court / H2H Jai-Alai Sports Writer Jabracadabra (aka Joel A.):
World Super Court 2nd Qualifier is April 13th: Here’s the Matches!
The $50K World Super Court 2nd qualifying event will be held at the Magic City Casino Jai-Alai fronton on Wednesday, April 13th at 3-pm. Here are the teams for the first 4-matches which were drawn today for the first round of the qualifier event on Wednesday:
Erik-Manu vs Robin-RonRon
Jairo-Nicolas vs Jeden-Ben
Zulaika-Arrieta vs Anderluck-Carballo
Inaki-Julen vs Bueno-Kubala
These matches will be played using the H2H format and can be seen on watchjaialai.com. There will be a total of 7-matches on Wednesday. The top two teams will advance to the WSC Finals where they will join the teams of Goixerri-Aratz and Douglas-Benny who qualified at the 1st WSC Qualifier. The 3rd Qualifier is on June 8th at Magic City and the 4th Qualifier is slated for a date TBD in September overseas. The World Super Court Finals featuring the top 8-teams is October 13th at Magic City. The World Super Court Finals first place team wins $25,000 while the 2nd place team wins $12,500. World Super Court can be viewed on all platforms except YouTube’s The Jai-Alai Channel which is reserved for Magic City Pelota (pari-mutuel games).
Another incredible week of Magic City pelota games concluded on Tuesday, April 5th at Magic City Jai-Alai at the Magic City Casino in the Magical City of Miami, Florida. The exciting Jai-Alai action keeps getting better and better!
Carballo won the Golden Cesta Award for week 8 for the most singles wins for the week, scoring wins in 3 of his 8-singles games. This is his 7th GCA in his Magic City Jai-Alai career and that secures him the spot of 3rd most GCA’s right behind Douglas with 34 and RonRon with 16. Click Here to view the Golden Cesta Award history for Magic City Jai-Alai.
The team of Carballo-Kubala also scored victories in 3 of their 4-doubles games for week 8 in the first doubles tournament of 2022. This is significant as they now have 6-team wins in this big money tournament and are only 1-win behind the teams of Ikeda-Bradley and Juice-Manu which have 7-wins each. Since this tourney ends on Sunday, April 17th there are only 4-days left in the tourney which means each of the 12-tourney teams has only 5 or 6 chances left to win a doubles victory. The first place team wins $10,000 while the second place team splits $5,000. Click Here to view the complete doubles team chart for the first tourney for 2022.
Carballo leads the 2022 singles championship for the player with the most singles wins for the year. He currently has 15-singles wins and Bueno is on his tail with 14-wins. Third place with 11 wins is Goixerri. Click Here to view the complete singles wins chart for 2022.
The combined singles and doubles records is shown below for those fans who like to mix the talents of the Magic City roster. This chart also shows Carballo, Carballo and Carballo for most wins, top % Wins and top % ITM, plus an amazing 48.2% in-the-quiniela!
All Games 2022 thru 04-05-2022 at Magic City Jai-Alai
What another exciting week of Battle Court H2H action at Magic City with the Cyclones clinching first place and the Warriors going 7-3 (earning 8.5 points) to clinch second place. The Championship match will take place on Sunday, April 17 at the Magic City Fronton. The Cyclones play the Renegades on Sunday, April 10 to finish the season with another 6 points up for grabs, but the standings are “locked” as the Renegades with 31 points cannot catch the second place Warriors with 37.5 points.
Standings Through Week 8 (1 match remaining: Cyclones vs. Renegades)
Team
Points
W-L
Pct
Cyclones
42.0
34-20
0.630
Warriors
37.5
32-27
0.542
Renegades
31.0
25-29
0.463
Chargers
27.5
22-37
0.373
Note: W-L does not include forfeitures in weeks 3 and 7, but are included in the points totals.
The Cyclones went 4-1, earning 4.5 points with singles wins from Carballo, Manny and Manu. Carballo went undefeated with a 6-0 record. Carballo was on fire in the Pelota matches and it continued with a straight set (6-3, 6-1) win over Benny (Chargers) on Sunday. Jeden & Manny earned a 6-1, 6-2 straight set doubles win over Correa & Roque (Chargers).
The Warriors went 7-3 to earn 8.5 points with singles wins from Bueno, Diaz and Nicolas. Diaz bet Vuelo (Renegades) in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) to finish with a 5-1 singles record. Inaki & Julen picked up their first doubles win in 3 sets (3-6, 6-3, 6-5) against Douglas & Benny (Chargers). Inaki teamed with Nicolas to take a 3 set win (5-6, 6-2, 6-5), handing the 5-0 Goixerri & Aratz (Renegades) their first loss of the season. Bueno & Nicolas finished doubles with a 5-1 record with a 2 set win (6-3, 6-3) over Robin & Ben (Renegades).
The Renegades went 1-4 earning 1 point with a singles win from Ben over Bradley (Warriors) in 2 sets (6-4, 6-5).
The Chargers went 3-7 earning 4 points with Benny going 1-1 with a straight set win (6-1, 6-3) over Julen (Warriors). CRB & Douglas beat Diaz & Bradley (Warriors) in 3 sets (6-1, 3-6, 6-1). Jairo & Benny took a 3 set win (4-6, 6-1, 6-2) over Carballo & Manu (Cyclones).
You can watch the final Battle Court session at 5pm on Sunday at watchjaialai.com, laligasportstv.com, FTF Sports Network or download the free Jai Alai Channel app. You can also visit the fronton on Sunday to see the great action in person. Be sure to catch the post-game show with Stu and Andrew for the recap of the action.
And remember, those fans in attendance at Sunday’s Battle Court H2H match at 5pm will have the opportunity to WIN $1,000. It’s FREE to play and if you select the winners of the three singles matches and both doubles matches, you could WIN $1,000. If there are multiple winners, the prize money will be split among the winners.
Be sure to watch “The King of Twitch” (aka El Barba) and Paulie at https://www.twitch.tv/watchjaialai for interactive livestreaming during the H2H sports betting games at Magic City. Tune in to hear the entertainment as El Barba gives “Barba Bursts” for great plays. El Barba and Paulie also answer questions in the chat. It is entertaining for sure.
Be sure to tune in for the “Battle Royale” Championship Finals between the Cyclones and Warriors on Sunday, April 17th at 5:00 pm EST to find out which squad will win the top prize of $4,000 per team member! The 2nd place squad wins $1,000 per team member.
The Cyclones moved into first place after going 9-1 in week 6 which included a sweep over the Warriors on Sunday. The sweep was their second in as many weeks. The “Cones” hammered out a 14 game winning streak and have gone 21-4 (0.840) since being in last place in week 3. To add to the excitement, the Cyclones team owner Chris Cote was in attendance to motivate and cheer on his team.
Carballo (4-0), Manny (3-1) and Manu (2-2) of the Cyclones each earned 2 singles wins in the week. Carballo and Diaz (Warriors) are each 4-0 while Kubala (Renegades) improved to 3-0 in singles play. Joseph & Manu (5-1) picked up 2 doubles wins, and Ikeda & Manny (3-3) went 1-1.
In addition to Kubala’s win, the Renegades picked up a singles win by Ben (1-2) and a doubles win by Goixerri & Aratz. Goixerri & Aratz improved to 5-0 while Bueno & Nicolas (Warriors) remain at 4-0.
The Chargers got wins from Roque (2-2) and CRB & Douglas (1-2).
Standings Through Week 6 (3 Weeks Remaining)
Team
Points
W-L
Pct
Cyclones
33.5
28-17
0.622
Renegades
26.0
21-23
0.477
Warriors
25.0
21-19
0.525
Chargers
17.5
14-25
0.359
You can watch the action at 5pm on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays at watchjaialai.com, laligasportstv.com, FTF Sports Network or download the free Jai Alai Channel app. You can also visit the fronton on Sundays to see the great action in person. Be sure to catch the post-game show with Stu and Andrew for the recap of the action.
And remember, those fans in attendance at Sunday’s Battle Court H2H matches at 5pm will have the opportunity to WIN $1,000. It’s FREE to play and if you select the winners of the three singles matches and both doubles matches, you could WIN $1,000. If there are multiple winners, the prize money will be split among the winners. If there are no winners, the $1,000 will roll over to the following Sunday’s prize purse and $2,000 will be up for grabs.
Be sure to watch pelota game player El Barba and Paulie at https://www.twitch.tv/watchjaialai for interactive livestreaming during the H2H sports betting games at Magic City. Tune in to hear the entertainment as El Barba gives “Barba Bursts” for great plays and has some newly added sound bites. El Barba and Paulie also answer questions in the chat. It is entertaining for sure. With Chris Cote’s ownership of the “Cones”, the interactive chat has picked up and it is great seeing new Jai Alai fans learn about the game.
Week 6 Review
Another great week of exciting Magic City Jai-Alai concluded Tuesday, March 22nd with CRB capturing the Golden Cesta Award for the most singles wins for the week. His two wins in his six singles games along with a 66.7% ITM was enough to edge-out the victory against Carballo who also had 2-wins and tied with highest win percentage but fell short on the ITM tie-breaker with 50%. Congratulations to CRB for his solid play which paid-off in week 6!
Here are the singles stats for 2022 through March 22nd for all players. The %ITQ stat (in the Quiniela) has been added to the far right column to assess top two finishes for the players. Three players are tied with 10-wins in the 2022 Singles Championship which is won by the player with the most wins for the year; Bueno, Carballo and Goixerri. Carballo has an incredible 58.3% for top two finishes while Goixerri is 2nd with a respectable 47.1%
The action-packed doubles games (games 5 & 7) also referred to as “Dodging Death” at Magic City Jai-Alai continue to be led by Ikeda-Bradley with (6) team wins while Juice-Manu have closed-in with (5) team victories through Tuesday. Jeden-Goixerri are third with (4) wins and three other teams have (3) wins each. Here is a snapshot comparing all 12-teams in this first 2022 Doubles Tournament.
This next data snapshot combines singles and doubles games for all players and currently two players are leading with 14-wins; Carballo and Goixerri.
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