Here are some aggregate break statistics from the Diamond Open 10-Ball Professional Players Championship played this week at the Super Billiards Expo in Oaks, PA. Pay-per-view streaming was provided by AZBtv. This was a 64-player modified double-elimination event won by John Morra.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The stats are for the following 16 streamed matches. These matches totaled 260 games, but I missed or had streaming problems during 7 of the games, so the stats are for 253 games.
Thurs. April 14, 2016
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 51% of the time (128 of 253), won 49% of the games (125 of 253), and broke and ran 18% of the games (45 of 253).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 253 games.
Break-and-run games: The 45 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 253 games, 36% of the 125 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 128 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 45 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternating-break 5-pack (by Van Boening), 1 alternating-break 3-pack (by Pagulayan), 3 alternating-break 2-packs, and 31 singles.
10-balls on the break: The 10-ball was made on the break 7 times (2.8% of the 253 breaks), but it did not count as a game win and was spotted.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- 9-foot Diamond Smart Table with 4½" corner pockets and blue Simonis cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls, including the cue ball;
- wooden triangle rack;
- rack your own (2- and 3-balls need not be in the back);
- alternating breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues allowed;
- cue-ball fouls only;
- only 1 timeout per match (not per player), to be taken only after at least 10 games have been played; and
- all slop counts, except spot any 10-ball made on the break.
The stats are for the following 16 streamed matches. These matches totaled 260 games, but I missed or had streaming problems during 7 of the games, so the stats are for 253 games.
Thurs. April 14, 2016
• Johnny Archer defeated Steve Fleming 10-1
• Shane Van Boening d. Rob Hart 10-2 (stats exclude first 5 games)
• Mika Immonen d. Steve Moore 10-7
• Earl Strickland d. Thorsten Hohmann 10-3
• Skyler Woodward d. Bucky Souvanthong 10-6
Fri., April 15• Van Boening d. Shaun Wilkie 10-3
• Hohmann d. Rodney Morris 10-7
• Jeremy Sossei d. Raj Hundal 10-5 (stats exclude 1 game)
• Donnie Mills d. Sossei 10-4
• Mike Dechaine d. Woodward 10-8
Sat., April 16• Van Boening d. Corey Deuel 10-6
• Hohmann d. Mills 10-9
• John Morra d. Immonen 10-4
Sun., April 17• Van Boening d. Strickland 13-5 (Quarterfinals)
• Van Boening d. Alex Pagulayan 13-11 (Semifinals)
• Morra d. Van Boening 13-10 (Finals -- stats exclude 1 game)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 51% of the time (128 of 253), won 49% of the games (125 of 253), and broke and ran 18% of the games (45 of 253).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 253 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 80 (32% of the 253 games)
Breaker lost the game: 48 (19%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 14 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 41 (16%)
Breaker lost the game: 66 (26%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 49% (125 of 253) of all games,
He won 63% (80 of 128) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 22% (4 of 18) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 38% (41 of 107) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 36% (45 of 125) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: The 45 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 253 games, 36% of the 125 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 128 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 45 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternating-break 5-pack (by Van Boening), 1 alternating-break 3-pack (by Pagulayan), 3 alternating-break 2-packs, and 31 singles.
10-balls on the break: The 10-ball was made on the break 7 times (2.8% of the 253 breaks), but it did not count as a game win and was spotted.
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