Here are some 8-Ball stats from the third event of Darren Appleton's new World Pool Series -- the RYO Rack Classic Championship. It was played July 12-15 at Steinway Billiards in Queens, New York with free live streaming by High Rock Productions. The winner was Skyler Woodward.
This was a 61-player event (62 entered; 1 forfeited), with double elimination down to the final 16 players (races to 11 on the winners' side and 9 on the losers' side, with a shootout at hill/hill) and then single elimination (2 out of 3 races to 6, win by 2 in each race, with a tiebreaker or shootout at hill/hill). The stats are for the 11 streamed matches, which represented 10.7% of the total of 103 matches played in the event. [Note -- these 11 matches were all from the main event, none from the second-chance event.]
The conditions for this event included:
The 11 matches (216 games) were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played).
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Thursday, July 13
Friday, July 14
Saturday, July 15
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 47% of the time (92 of 196), won 54% of the games (105 of 196), and broke and ran 23% of the games (46 of 196).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 196 games tracked.
Break-and-run games: The 46 break-and-run games represented 23% of all 196 games, 44% of the 105 games won by the breaker, and 50% of the 92 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 46 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Gray), 9 alternate-break 2-packs, and 25 singles. No one in these 11 streamed matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row on his own break.
8-balls on the break:
The 8-ball was never made on the break (it would not have counted as a win).
This was a 61-player event (62 entered; 1 forfeited), with double elimination down to the final 16 players (races to 11 on the winners' side and 9 on the losers' side, with a shootout at hill/hill) and then single elimination (2 out of 3 races to 6, win by 2 in each race, with a tiebreaker or shootout at hill/hill). The stats are for the 11 streamed matches, which represented 10.7% of the total of 103 matches played in the event. [Note -- these 11 matches were all from the main event, none from the second-chance event.]
The conditions for this event included:
- Rasson Victory 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets and 4½" side pockets;
- Simonis 860 Tournament Blue cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with the measles cue ball;
- breaker racks in some matches, the referee in others -- using the RYO triangle rack;
- break from outside a 2-diamonds-wide central box behind the head string (i.e., break from within one diamond of either side rail);
- break shot must contact the head ball first;
- alternate breaks;
- take the group you make more of on the break (table open if breaker made same number of each group, or fouled, or broke dry);
- ball in hand behind the line after a foul on the break;
- making the 8-ball on the break is not a game win;
- mixed-group combinations not allowed with an open table;
- call shots;
- foul on all balls, and 3-foul rule in effect;
- jump cues allowed, but only 3 times per player per match (once per set in single-elimination matches) and only after the opponent's shot;
- 45-second shot clock (one extension per player per game) in some matches; and
- lag for opening break.
The 11 matches (216 games) were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played).
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Mario He defeated Manny Perez 11-7 (stats exclude first 11 games of this match because of streaming problems)
Billy Thorpe d. Alan Rolon 11-6
Mark Gray d. Dennis Hatch 11-3
Billy Thorpe d. Alan Rolon 11-6
Mark Gray d. Dennis Hatch 11-3
Thursday, July 13
Alex Kazakis d. Johnny Archer 9-4
Chris Melling d. Lee Vann Corteza 9-7
Klenti KaÇi d. Imran Majid 11-6
Melling d. Mika Immonen 9-3
Chris Melling d. Lee Vann Corteza 9-7
Klenti KaÇi d. Imran Majid 11-6
Melling d. Mika Immonen 9-3
Friday, July 14
Skyler Woodward d. Hatch 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 (Round of 16) [stats exclude first 8 games because of streaming problems]
KaÇi d. He 7-6, 6-1 (Quarterfinal)
KaÇi d. He 7-6, 6-1 (Quarterfinal)
Saturday, July 15
Woodward d. KaÇi 6-7, 7-5, 7-5 (Semifinal)
Woodward d. Darren Appleton 6-3, 6-2 (Finals) [stats exclude 1 game because of streaming problems]
Woodward d. Darren Appleton 6-3, 6-2 (Finals) [stats exclude 1 game because of streaming problems]
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 47% of the time (92 of 196), won 54% of the games (105 of 196), and broke and ran 23% of the games (46 of 196).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 196 games tracked.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 63 (32% of the 196 games)
Breaker lost the game: 29 (15%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 38 (19%)
Breaker lost the game: 54 (28%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 54% (105 of 196) of all games,
He won 68% (63 of 92) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 33% (4 of 12) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 41% (38 of 92) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 40% (42 of 104) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: The 46 break-and-run games represented 23% of all 196 games, 44% of the 105 games won by the breaker, and 50% of the 92 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 46 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Gray), 9 alternate-break 2-packs, and 25 singles. No one in these 11 streamed matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row on his own break.
8-balls on the break:
The 8-ball was never made on the break (it would not have counted as a win).
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