Here are some 8-Ball stats from the second event of Darren Appleton's new World Pool Series -- the Aramith Masters Championship. It was played April 5-8 at Steinway Billiards in Queens, New York with free live streaming by High Rock Productions. The winner was 18-year-old Klenti KaÇi of Albania.
This was an 82-player event, with double elimination down to the final 16 players (races to 9 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 13 matches played on one of the two streaming tables, and they represented 8.6% of the total of 151 matches played in the event. [Note -- these 13 matches were all from the main event, none from the second-chance event.]
The conditions for this event included:
The 13 matches (219 games) were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played).
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Thursday, April 6
Friday, April 7
Saturday, April 8
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 45% of the time (96 of 215), won 46% of the games (99 of 215), and broke and ran 18% of the games (38 of 215).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 215 games tracked.
Break-and-run games: The 38 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 215 games, 38% of the 99 games won by the breaker, and 40% of the 96 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 38 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (Corteza), 3 alternate-break 2-packs (Woodward, KaÇi, and Biado), and 29 singles. No one in these 13 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 an 82-player event, with double elimination down to the final 16 players (races to 9 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 13 matches played on one of the two streaming tables, and they represented 8.6% of the total of 151 matches played in the event. [Note -- these 13 matches were all from the main event, none from the second-chance event.]
The conditions for this event included:
- Brunswick Gold Crown 9-foot table for some of the matches (first 4 listed below) and Rasson 9-foot table for the others. With corner pockets just over 4", the Rasson table was a bit tighter than the Brunswick table.
- 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 3-diamonds-wide central box behind the head string (i.e., break from within about 6" 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;
- 30-second shot clock (60 seconds after the break) on the Rasson table; and
- lag for opening break.
The 13 matches (219 games) were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played).
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Roberto Gomez defeated Hunter Lombardo 9-6 (stats exclude first 4 games of this match)
Johnny Archer d. Shaun Wilkie 9-7
Skyler Woodward d. Maksim Dudanets 9-2
Lee Vann Corteza d. Corey Deuel 8-8 plus a shootout
Gomez d. Naoyuki Oi 9-3
Johnny Archer d. Shaun Wilkie 9-7
Skyler Woodward d. Maksim Dudanets 9-2
Lee Vann Corteza d. Corey Deuel 8-8 plus a shootout
Gomez d. Naoyuki Oi 9-3
Thursday, April 6
Frankie Hernandez d. Tony Robles 9-2
Jayson Shaw d. Warren Kiamco 9-4
Billy Thorpe d. Jeffrey de Luna 9-7
Darren Appleton d. Johann Chua 9-6
Jayson Shaw d. Warren Kiamco 9-4
Billy Thorpe d. Jeffrey de Luna 9-7
Darren Appleton d. Johann Chua 9-6
Friday, April 7
Chris Melling d. Gomez 6-3, 6-3 (Round of 16)
Shaw d. Melling 6-4, 3-6, 6-6 plus a shootout (Quarterfinal)
Shaw d. Melling 6-4, 3-6, 6-6 plus a shootout (Quarterfinal)
Saturday, April 8
Klenti KaÇi d. Shaw 6-4, 7-6 on a tiebreaker (Semifinal)
KaÇi d. Carlo Biado 6-4, 7-5 (Finals)
KaÇi d. Carlo Biado 6-4, 7-5 (Finals)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 45% of the time (96 of 215), won 46% of the games (99 of 215), and broke and ran 18% of the games (38 of 215).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 215 games tracked.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 54 (25% of the 215 games)
Breaker lost the game: 42 (20%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 9 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 41 (19%)
Breaker lost the game: 65 (30%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 46% (99 of 215) of all games,
He won 56% (54 of 96) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 31% (4 of 13) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 39% (41 of 106) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 38% (45 of 119) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: The 38 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 215 games, 38% of the 99 games won by the breaker, and 40% of the 96 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 38 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (Corteza), 3 alternate-break 2-packs (Woodward, KaÇi, and Biado), and 29 singles. No one in these 13 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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