Break Stats -- Accu-Stats "Make-It-Happen" 8-Ball Invitational, Day 4 (8/12/12)
Here are the break statistics from the four 8-ball matches streamed today (final day of 4) by Accu-Stats from the 6-player invitational event at Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ.
The conditions for this call-shot 8-ball match included the following: 10-foot Diamond Smart Table with 4 7/16" corner pockets, Simonis 860 cloth that is not new, measles cue ball, red and yellow object balls instead of stripes and solids, alternating breaks, referee racks with a Diamond wooden triangle rack, break from anywhere behind the line, table open after the break, ball in hand behind the line after a foul on the break, 90-second time clock after the break, and 45-second time clock on other shots.
The 4 matches (49 games) were as follows:
The breaker had the following results:
For all of these players combined, a ball was made on the break (without fouling) 24 of the 49 games (49%), the breaker won 30 of the 49 games (61%), and the breaker won 21 of the 24 games (88%) in which he made a ball on the break.
Break-and-run games:
Here are the break statistics from the four 8-ball matches streamed today (final day of 4) by Accu-Stats from the 6-player invitational event at Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ.
The conditions for this call-shot 8-ball match included the following: 10-foot Diamond Smart Table with 4 7/16" corner pockets, Simonis 860 cloth that is not new, measles cue ball, red and yellow object balls instead of stripes and solids, alternating breaks, referee racks with a Diamond wooden triangle rack, break from anywhere behind the line, table open after the break, ball in hand behind the line after a foul on the break, 90-second time clock after the break, and 45-second time clock on other shots.
The 4 matches (49 games) were as follows:
Deuel def. Reyes 8-5
Appleton d. Van Boening 8-2
Pagulayan d. Archer 8-5
Pagulayan d. Appleton 8-5
The breaker had the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 21 (43%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 3 (6%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 9 (18%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 16 (33%)
For all of these players combined, a ball was made on the break (without fouling) 24 of the 49 games (49%), the breaker won 30 of the 49 games (61%), and the breaker won 21 of the 24 games (88%) in which he made a ball on the break.
Break-and-run games:
17 of the 49 games (35%) were won by break and run.
17 of the 30 games (57%) that were won by the breaker were won by break and run.
7 of the 17 break-and-run games were consecutive games in the Pagulayan/Archer match -- a 7-pack of sorts!
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