Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2017 Derby City Classic 9-Ball event played January 25-28, 2017 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 10 streamed matches (135 games) were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream. No TPA was given for 3 of these 10 matches.
Wed. Jan 25
Thurs. Jan 26
Fri., Jan. 27
Sat., Jan. 2830
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 62% of the time (84 of 135), won 55% of the games (74 of 135), and broke and ran 21% of the games (29 of 135).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 135 games.
Break-and-run games -- The 29 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 135 games, 39% of the 74 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 84 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 29 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Van Boening), 4 two-packs and 17 singles. So only Van Boening broke and ran more than 2 games in a row in the streamed matches.
9-Balls on the break -- The 29 break-and-run games included 1 9-ball on the break (0.7% of all breaks).
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop TV balls with the red-spot cue ball;
- Diamond wooden rack;
- rack your own and winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues not allowed;
- cue-ball fouls only;
- all slop counts;
- 40-second shot clock (one automatic extension per player per rack
The 10 streamed matches (135 games) were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream. No TPA was given for 3 of these 10 matches.
Wed. Jan 25
Justin Bergman (.922) defeated Alex Pagulayan (.912) 9-7
Thurs. Jan 26
Brandon Shuff d. Can Salim 9-6
Dennis Hatch d. Shane McMinn 9-3
Dennis Hatch d. Shane McMinn 9-3
Fri., Jan. 27
Shane Van Boening (.938) d. Lee Vann Corteza (.886) 9-3
Skyler Woodward (.938) d. Jayson Shaw (.833) 9-3
Chris Melling (.845) d. Ruslan Chinakhov (.840) 9-7
Skyler Woodward (.938) d. Jayson Shaw (.833) 9-3
Chris Melling (.845) d. Ruslan Chinakhov (.840) 9-7
Sat., Jan. 2830
Efren Reyes (.894) d. Damianos Giallourakis (.831) 9-8
Van Boening d. Fedor Gorst 9-2
Van Boening (.862) d. Ramon Mistica (.643) 9-3 (Semifinal)
Dennis Orcollo (.877) d. Van Boening (.689) 9-3 (Finals)
Van Boening d. Fedor Gorst 9-2
Van Boening (.862) d. Ramon Mistica (.643) 9-3 (Semifinal)
Dennis Orcollo (.877) d. Van Boening (.689) 9-3 (Finals)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 62% of the time (84 of 135), won 55% of the games (74 of 135), and broke and ran 21% of the games (29 of 135).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 135 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 53 (39% of the 135 games)
Breaker lost the game: 31 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 6 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 19 (14%)
Breaker lost the game: 24 (18%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 55% (74 of 135) of all games,
He won 63% (53 of 84) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 25% (2 of 8) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 44% (19 of 43) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 41% (21 of 51) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 29 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 135 games, 39% of the 74 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 84 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 29 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Van Boening), 4 two-packs and 17 singles. So only Van Boening broke and ran more than 2 games in a row in the streamed matches.
9-Balls on the break -- The 29 break-and-run games included 1 9-ball on the break (0.7% of all breaks).
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