Here are some aggregate break statistics from the Ultimate Pool USA Kansas City Shootout (8-Ball), played July 17-18, 2025 at Side Pockets Restaurant & Sports Bar in Blue Springs, Missouri. Streaming was free on YouTube. Joven Bustamante won the event, defeating Justin Bergman in the final match.
This was a 24-player invitational, single-elimination event. Eight seeded players received byes into the second round, played on Friday. The other 16 played in the first round on Thursday evening. All races were to 6 unless cut short by the match clock (see below). The primary commentators were Steven Wyatt, Tony Holgate, and Mike DeMarco. The referees were Richard Rhodes, Darryl Hibberd, and Dean Winter.
The conditions for this event included:
The stats are for all 23 matches (198 games) played in the event. The 5 games that were halted when the match clock expired are not included. In the order played, the matches were:
Thurs. July 17 -- First Round
Fri. July 18 -- Last 16
Fri. July 18
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 198 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 64 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 198 games, 63% of the 101 games won by the breaker, and 52% of the 124 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 64 break-and-run games consisted of 4 alternate-break 3-packs (two by Thompson and one each by Deuel and Bustamante), 11 alternate-break 2-packs, and 30 singles.
8-balls on the break -- The 64 break-and-run games included five 8-balls on the break (2.5% of all 198 breaks).
This was a 24-player invitational, single-elimination event. Eight seeded players received byes into the second round, played on Friday. The other 16 played in the first round on Thursday evening. All races were to 6 unless cut short by the match clock (see below). The primary commentators were Steven Wyatt, Tony Holgate, and Mike DeMarco. The referees were Richard Rhodes, Darryl Hibberd, and Dean Winter.
The conditions for this event included:
• Brunswick 7-foot table with quite generous pockets;
• CPBA cloth (gray);
• Brunswick Centennial balls with a black-triangle-spots cue ball;
• referee racks using a Black Edition Smart Rack (aluminum), with the 8-ball on the spot;
• alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
• table open after the break, but "dirty" (mixed-suit) combinations not allowed on the first shot;
• ball in hand behind the head string after a pocket scratch on the break, but incoming player can shoot in any direction;
• ball in hand anywhere on the table after the cue ball is sent off the table on the break;
• an 8-ball made on the break, with no foul, wins the game;
• an 8-ball made on a fouled break is loss of game;
• no call shots;
• intentional fouls not allowed (loss of game);
• no jump shots allowed with any cue;
• foul on all balls;
• a match clock of 30 minutes of playing time (excludes racking);
• a shot clock of 30-seconds during the first 20 minutes on the match clock and 15 seconds thereafter, with one 15-second extension allowed per player per game;
• if the shot clock runs out, the player ahead in completed games wins the match. If the score is tied in completed games, they play a speed-pool shootout. Each player breaks 6 balls that are racked in a triangle, and then pockets all 6 balls. The player who does this in the shorter elapsed time wins the match.
• lag for opening break and for choice of who goes first in a shootout.
The stats are for all 23 matches (198 games) played in the event. The 5 games that were halted when the match clock expired are not included. In the order played, the matches were:
Thurs. July 17 -- First Round
1. Joe Prince defeated Kieron Hall 6-2
2. Shane Petrick d. Janet Atwell 5-2 (match clock expired)
3. Eric Charlton d. Nick Evans 6-2
4. Ricky Evans d. Jeremy Hundley 6-0
5. Shane Thompson d. Manny Perez 5-4 (match clock expired)
6. Dennis Hatch d. Coby Japp 4-4 + shootout after match clock expired
7. Declan Brennan d. Ashley Benoit 6-1
8. Chase Stumfoll d. Emily Duddy 6-0
Fri. July 18 -- Last 16
9. Craig Waddingham d. Prince 6-2
10. Tom Cousins d. Petrick 6-2
11. Corey Deuel d. Charlton 6-4
12. Joven Bustamante d. R. Evans 6-5
13. Thompson d. Skyler Woodward 5-4 (match clock expired)
14. Hatch d. Johnny Archer 5-5 + shootout after match clock expired
15. Justin Bergman d. Brennan 6-2
16. David Matlock d. Stumfoll 6-3
Fri. July 18
17. Waddingham d. Cousins 6-3 (Quarterfinal)
18. Bustamante d. Deuel 6-5 (Quarterfinal)
19. Thompson d. Hatch 6-3 (Quarterfinal)
20. Bergman d. Matlock 5-5 + shootout after match clock expired (Quarterfinal)
21. Bustamante d. Waddingham 6-4 (Semifinal)
22. Bergman d. Thompson 6-3 (Semifinal)
23. Bustamante d. Bergman 6-2 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 67% (67 of 100)
Match losers -- 58% (57 of 98)
Total -- 63% (124 of 198)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 67% (67 of 100)
Match losers -- 35% (34 of 98)
Total -- 51% (101 of 198)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 40% (40 of 100)
Match losers -- 24% (24 of 98)
Total -- 32% (64 of 198)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 60% (40 of 67)
Match losers -- 42% (24 of 57)
Total -- 52% (64 of 124)
Here's a breakdown of the 198 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 81 (41% of the 198 games)
Breaker lost the game: 43 (22%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 6 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 15 (8%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 14 (7%)
Breaker lost the game: 39 (20%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 51% (101 of 198) of all games,
He won 65% (81 of 124) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 27% (20 of 74) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 64 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 198 games, 63% of the 101 games won by the breaker, and 52% of the 124 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 64 break-and-run games consisted of 4 alternate-break 3-packs (two by Thompson and one each by Deuel and Bustamante), 11 alternate-break 2-packs, and 30 singles.
8-balls on the break -- The 64 break-and-run games included five 8-balls on the break (2.5% of all 198 breaks).
