Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2021 Michael Montgomery Memorial 9-Ball Tournament played January 30-31at Snookered Billiards & Bar in Frisco, Texas. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by Rackemtv. Two tables were streamed, with the viewer being able to switch back and forth at any time to whichever table he preferred.
This was a 128-player double-elimination event on 7-foot tables. Races were to 7 on the winners' side and 6 on the losers' side. Shane Van Boening won the tournament, defeating Skyler Woodward in both sets of the true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
The stats are for the 19 streamed matches (20 sets, 195 games) that I watched. These 20 sets represented about 8% of the event's total of the 247 sets played (8 forfeits), and are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, January 30, 2020
Sunday, January 31
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 195 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 65% (127 of 195) of all games,
Break-and-run games -- The 94 break-and-run games represented 48% of all 286 games, 74% of the 127 games won by the breaker, and 50% of the 188 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 94 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 6-pack (by Van Boening), 2 alternate-break 5-packs (by Gorst and Winters), 2 alternate-break 4-packs (Orcollo and Van Boening), 3 alternate-break 3-packs, 12 alternate-break 2-packs, and 37 singles.
9-balls on the break -- No 9-balls were made on the break in these matches.
This was a 128-player double-elimination event on 7-foot tables. Races were to 7 on the winners' side and 6 on the losers' side. Shane Van Boening won the tournament, defeating Skyler Woodward in both sets of the true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
- Diamond 7-foot table with pro-cut corner pockets;
- Blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Predator Arcos II balls with a cue ball spotted with black triangles;
- alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- rack your own, with the 1-ball on the foot spot, the 2-ball not necessarily in back, and no checking the rack;
- racker's choice to use a racking template (Accu-Rack provided) or a triangle rack;
- pattern racking allowed (and widely used);
- cue-ball fouls only;
- 3-foul rule not in effect;
- jump cues allowed; and
- lag or flip for the opening break (lag if no agreement).
The stats are for the 19 streamed matches (20 sets, 195 games) that I watched. These 20 sets represented about 8% of the event's total of the 247 sets played (8 forfeits), and are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, January 30, 2020
1. Shane Van Boening defeated Duanne Zimmerman 7-2
2. Shane Winters d. Zaid Thweib 7-5
3. Skyler Woodward d. Dean Williams 7-2
4. Evan Lunda d. Clint Palaci 7-2
5. Fedor Gorst d. Ruben Flores 7-4
6. John Morra d. Tony Top 7-1
7. Joey Bourgeois d. Coy Nicholson 6-5
8. Joey Torres d. Kristina Tkach 6-5
9. Tony Chohan d. Fahad Alrawi 6-0
Sunday, January 31
10. Dennis Orcollo d. Roberto Gomez 6-2
11. Van Boening d. James Ray Davis, Jr. 7-4
12. Woodard d. Lunda 7-5
13. Winters d. James Aranas 7-3
14. Gorst d. Van Boening 7-5
15. Woodward d. Winters 7-3
16. Van Boening d. Aranas 6-4
17. Woodward d. Gorst 7-4
18. Van Boening d. Gorst 6-3
19. Van Boening d. Woodward 7-1
20. Van Boening d. Woodward 6-2
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 99% (98 of 99) for match winners, 94% (90 of 96) for match losers, and 96% (188 of 195) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 83% (82 of 99) for match winners, 47% (45 of 96) for match losers, and 65% (127 of 195) in total
■ Break-and-run games on all breaks -- 64% (63 of 99) for match winners, 32% (31 of 96) for match losers, and 48% (94 of 195) in total
■ Break-and-run games on successful breaks -- 64% (63 of 98) for match winners, 34% (31 of 90) for match losers, and 50% (94 of 188) in total
Here's a breakdown of the 195 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 126 (65% of the 195 games)
Breaker lost the game: 62 (32%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 0 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 1 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 2 (1%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 65% (127 of 195) of all games,
He won 67% (126 of 188) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 0% (0 of 4) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 33% (1 of 3) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 17% (1 of 6) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 94 break-and-run games represented 48% of all 286 games, 74% of the 127 games won by the breaker, and 50% of the 188 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 94 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 6-pack (by Van Boening), 2 alternate-break 5-packs (by Gorst and Winters), 2 alternate-break 4-packs (Orcollo and Van Boening), 3 alternate-break 3-packs, 12 alternate-break 2-packs, and 37 singles.
9-balls on the break -- No 9-balls were made on the break in these matches.
