Masters 10-Ball Underway

edd said:

Although I understand that it's typically obvious, it would be helpful on the real time scoring to add a header clarifying whether its the winners' side or one loss side.

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Several have been a combination of both.

AtLarge said:

Here's another update of some data regarding the Masters 10-Ball matches shown on Accu-Stats.

Day 1 (Tuesday): Mazon defeated Wilke; Van Boening def. Fuller; Kennedy def. Bollman; Archer def. Mochizuki

• Out of the 51 games played in 4 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 29 or 30 times (I didn't see one of the breaks, but let's call it 30, or 59%).
• The player who broke won 18 out of the 51 games (35%).
• Number of break-&-runs: 5 out of the 51 games (10%).
• Oddity: Archer broke dry all 5 times he broke.

Day 2 (Wednesday): Grau def. Krah; Strickland def. Owen; Hatch def. Kiamco; Lombardo def. Sossei; Vidal def. Monday

• Out of the 61 games played in 5 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 36 times (59%).
• The player who broke won 30 out of the 61 games (49%).
• Number of break-&-runs: 8 out of the 61 games (13%).
• Oddity 1: In the Strickland/Owen match, the breaker lost 9 games in a row.
• Oddity 2: In the Vidal/Monday match, the breaker won 5 games in a row and then immediately lost 5 games in a row.
• Oddity 3: Jeremy Sossei is the only player in any of the 9 matches so far to make a ball (and not foul) on all of his breaks, and he lost the match 8-4.
• Oddity 4: Unless my eyes deceived me, Grau broke out of turn in the last game of his match (he was breaking in the odd-numbered games, but mistakenly also broke in the 12th and final game).

Day 3 (Thursday): Morra def. Shuff; Morris def. Pagulayan; Immonen def. Strickland; Davis def. Putnam

• Out of the 53 games played in 4 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 32 times (60%).
• The player who broke won 26 out of the 53 games (49%, again!).
• Number of break-&-runs: 10 out of the 53 games (19%).
• Oddity 1: Strickland posted a significantly higher Accu-Stats Average than Immonen, but Strickland lost. [Immonen broke better and had 3 B&R's to Strickland's 1.]
• Oddity 2: In the Davis/Putnam match, the breaker lost 10 out of the 12 games and neither player had a B&R.
• Oddity 3: In game 5 of his match, Morris had the 8-, 9-, and 10-balls on the table. He made the called 8-ball, and the 10-ball went in another pocket. He then pocketed the 9-ball before spotting the 10-ball!

Cumulative Results Through 3 Days

• Out of the 165 games played in 13 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 98 times (59%).
• The player who broke won 74 out of the 165 games (45%).
• Number of break-&-runs: 23 out of the 165 games (14%).

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Being an analyst at my day job, I really appreciate this data collection. Thank you. Your data suggests that breaking in 10-ball may be a disadvantage, something that I suspected may be the case.

Here's today's update of some data regarding the Masters 10-Ball matches shown on Accu-Stats.

Day 1 (Tuesday): Mazon defeated Wilke; Van Boening def. Fuller; Kennedy def. Bollman; Archer def. Mochizuki

• In the 51 games played in 4 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 29 or 30 times (I didn't see one of the breaks, but let's call it 30, or 59%).
• The player who broke won 18 of the 51 games (35%).
• Number of break-&-runs: 5 of the 51 games (10%).
• Oddity: Archer broke dry all 5 times he broke.

Day 2 (Wednesday): Grau def. Krah; Strickland def. Owen; Hatch def. Kiamco; Lombardo def. Sossei; Vidal def. Monday

• In the 61 games played in 5 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 36 times (59%).
• The player who broke won 30 of the 61 games (49%).
• Number of break-&-runs: 8 of the 61 games (13%).
• Oddity 1: In the Strickland/Owen match, the breaker lost 9 games in a row.
• Oddity 2: In the Vidal/Monday match, the breaker won 5 games in a row and then immediately lost 5 games in a row.
• Oddity 3: Jeremy Sossei is the only player in any of the 9 matches so far to make a ball (and not foul) on all of his breaks, and he lost the match 8-4.
• Oddity 4: Unless my eyes deceived me, Grau broke out of turn in the last game of his match (he was breaking in the odd-numbered games, but mistakenly also broke in the 12th and final game).

Day 3 (Thursday): Morra def. Shuff; Morris def. Pagulayan; Immonen def. Strickland; Davis def. Putnam

• In the 53 games played in 4 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 32 times (60%).
• The player who broke won 26 of the 53 games (49%, again!).
• Number of break-&-runs: 10 of the 53 games (19%).
• Oddity 1: Strickland posted a significantly higher Accu-Stats Average than Immonen, but Strickland lost. [Immonen broke better and had 3 B&R's to Strickland's 1.]
• Oddity 2: In the Davis/Putnam match, the breaker lost 10 out of the 12 games and neither player had a B&R.
• Oddity 3: In game 5 of his match, Morris had the 8-, 9-, and 10-balls on the table. He made the called 8-ball, and the 10-ball went in another pocket. He then pocketed the 9-ball before spotting the 10-ball!

Day 4 (Friday): Strickland def. Hatch; Putnam def. Archer; Immonen def. Souquet; Dechaine def. Strickland

• In the 51 games played in 4 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 35 times (69%).
• The player who broke won 29 of the 51 games (57%).
• Number of break-&-runs: 13 of the 51 games (25%).
• Oddity: In the Strickland/Hatch match, the breaker lost 10 games in a row.
• Top performance of the day: Immonen made a ball on all 5 of his breaks and ran out 4 of those games.
• In the last 3 matches (combined) today, 32% of the games were B&R's and the breaker won 70% of the games.

Cumulative Results Through 4 Days

• In 216 games played in 17 matches, the breaker made at least one ball (and didn't foul) 133 times (62%).
• The player who broke won 103 of the 216 games (48%).
• Number of break-&-runs: 36 of the 216 games (17%).

This is great stuff. Thanks for sharing it.
Just a query, but how are you getting the info? Are you watching and scoring every single game? If so, you have the patience of Job and the thanks of the AZB forum.

Here's a slightly different summary of the same breaking data from the 2011 Masters 10-Ball matches shown on Accu-Stats.

Breaker Made at Least 1 Ball on the Break and Did Not Foul
Breaker Won the Game
Break-and-Run Games

5am said:

This is great stuff. Thanks for sharing it.
Just a query, but how are you getting the info? Are you watching and scoring every single game? If so, you have the patience of Job and the thanks of the AZB forum.

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Yes, I'm watching every shot. I actually enjoy pro matches more, and probably get more out of them, if I force myself to pay close attention by keeping track of things.

AtLarge said:

Yes, I'm watching every shot. I actually enjoy pro matches more, and probably get more out of them, if I force myself to pay close attention by keeping track of things.

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I would LOVE to have you at my booth when I do commentary. You and your stats are GOLDEN!

JoeyA

Mark Griffin, Joe T, mapman72, Sam, JoeyA -- I appreciate your statements of appreciation! In other words, thanks!

Thank you for the stats. I believe the reason for more B&R's in day 4 is that the lesser players are gone. Johnnyt

Johnnyt said:

Thank you for the stats. I believe the reason for more B&R's in day 4 is that the lesser players are gone. Johnnyt

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You mean those lesser guys like Van Boening, Archer, Strickland, and Hatch -- all of whom figured into the first two days' stats? No, I agree with you that the stats should get better toward the end, because those are the guys who are playing the best.

jay helfert said:

1. 15k. 2. 7k. 3. 5k. 4. 4k. 5-6. 3k. 7-8. 2k. 9-12. 1.5k. 13-16. 800. 17-24. 600

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Thanks, Jay.

S.G.

AtLarge said:

Here's a slightly different summary of the same breaking data from the 2011 Masters 10-Ball matches shown on Accu-Stats.

Breaker Made at Least 1 Ball on the Break and Did Not Foul

Day 1 -- 30 of 51 (59%)
Day 2 -- 36 of 61 (59%)
Day 3 -- 32 of 53 (60%)
Day 4 -- 35 of 51 (69%)
Total -- 133 of 216 (62%)
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Breaker Won the Game

Day 1 -- 18 of 51 (35%)
Day 2 -- 30 of 61 (49%)
Day 3 -- 26 of 53 (49%)
Day 4 -- 29 of 51 (57%)
Total -- 103 of 216 (48%)
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Break-and-Run Games

Day 1 -- 5 of 51 (10%)
Day 2 -- 8 of 61 (13%)
Day 3 -- 10 of 53 (19%)
Day 4 -- 13 of 51 (25%)
Total -- 36 of 216 (17%)​

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Thanks for the stats, you are doing a great job! IMO, the most interesting stat is the one measuring how often the breaker wins the game.

I am wondering if you had a winner breaks tournament, would the %-age be higher? I believe it would be easier to get in the zone with winners break, and keep your opponent in the chair. Perhaps you should go to US Open in 10-ball and test that theory!

Here's today's update of the breaking data from the 2011 Masters 10-Ball matches shown live this week on Accu-Stats.

The 3 matches today were: Immonen Def. Davis; Souquet def. Davis; Immonen def. Souquet (finals).

Unfortunately, I had some intermittent reception problems on today's streaming during the first 4 games of the match. This caused me to miss 4 pieces of information. If anyone knows the answers to these questions, please let me know and I'll update the final data. The data shown below exclude this information (but it would have little effect on the overall results):
- In game 2, did Souquet make a ball on the break?
- In game 3, did Immonen make a ball on the break?
- In game 4, did Souquet make a ball on the break? And if he did, did he run out from the break in that game? [Edit: I later read that game 4 was a B&R for Souquet, and I have undated the numbers below for that.]

No real oddities to report today, so I'll just add my kudos for Mika Immonen's amazing level of play on the Accu-Stats table in this tournament. Of the 25 games in which he broke in his 4 matches on Accu-Stats, 14 (56%!!!) were B&R's. Both his shot making and position play in these matches were just superb.

Breaker Made at Least 1 Ball on the Break and Did Not Foul
Breaker Won the Game
Break-and-Run Games