Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2018 World Pool Masters event played March 2-4, 2018 at Tercentenary Hall, Victoria Stadium, in Gibraltar. This was an invitational 16-player, single-elimination 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport and streamed free in the USA on Facebook.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 15 matches (181 games) in this tournament were as follows (listed in the order in which they were played).
Fri. March 2
Sat. March 3
Sun., March 4
Overall results
Break-and-run games -- The 43* break-and-run games represented 24% of all 181 games, 42% of the 102 games won by the breaker, and 40% of the 108 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
[*Includes two games I did not see in full: (1) The last game of the Boyes/Alcaide match -- Boyes was running out, with 4 balls left on the table and no apparent problems, when the Facebook stream ended for the day, and (2) Game 9 of the Feijen/Van Boening match -- the stream crashed just as Niels was about to break and returned with him running out from the 4-ball. Commentary suggested that he had run out from the break.]
The 43 break-and-run games consisted of 4 three-packs (by Appleton, Souquet, Feijen, and Van Boening), 5 two-packs and 21 singles. No one broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 43 break-and-run games included 1 9-ball on the break (0.6% of all breaks).
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Rasson Victory 9-foot table with blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a measles cue ball;
- wooden triangle rack;
- referee racks with the 1-ball on the foot spot, and winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break, and one 30-sec. extension per player per rack) and
- all slop counts.
The 15 matches (181 games) in this tournament were as follows (listed in the order in which they were played).
Fri. March 2
1. Ralf Souquet defeated Karol Skowerski 8-4
2. Niels Feijen d. Raj Hundal 8-2
3. Karl Boyes d. David Alcaide 8-3
2. Niels Feijen d. Raj Hundal 8-2
3. Karl Boyes d. David Alcaide 8-3
Sat. March 3
4. Alex Pagulayan d. Alex Lely 8-4
5. Shane Van Boening d. Daryl Peach 8-2
6. Darren Appleton d. Earl Strickland 8-6
7. Dennis Orcollo d. Chris Melling 8-3
8. Jayson Shaw d. Joshua Filler 8-5
9. Boyes d. Souquet 8-7 (Quarterfinal)
5. Shane Van Boening d. Daryl Peach 8-2
6. Darren Appleton d. Earl Strickland 8-6
7. Dennis Orcollo d. Chris Melling 8-3
8. Jayson Shaw d. Joshua Filler 8-5
9. Boyes d. Souquet 8-7 (Quarterfinal)
Sun., March 4
10. Feijen d. Orcollo 8-6 (Quarterfinal)
11. Van Boening d. Appleton 8-4 (Quarterfinal)
12. Shaw d. Pagulayan 8-5 (Quarterfinal)
13. Feijen d. Boyes 8-3 (Semifinal)
14. Van Boening d. Shaw 8-3 (Semifinal)
15. Feijen d. Van Boening 8-4 (Finals)
11. Van Boening d. Appleton 8-4 (Quarterfinal)
12. Shaw d. Pagulayan 8-5 (Quarterfinal)
13. Feijen d. Boyes 8-3 (Semifinal)
14. Van Boening d. Shaw 8-3 (Semifinal)
15. Feijen d. Van Boening 8-4 (Finals)
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 67% (74 of 111) for match winners, 49% (34 of 70) for match losers, and 60% (108 of 181) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 68% (76 of 111) for match winners, 37% (26 of 70) for match losers, and 56% (102 of 181) in total
■ Break-and-run games -- 29% (32 of 111) for match winners, 16% (11 of 70) for match losers, and 24% (43 of 181) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 68% (76 of 111) for match winners, 37% (26 of 70) for match losers, and 56% (102 of 181) in total
■ Break-and-run games -- 29% (32 of 111) for match winners, 16% (11 of 70) for match losers, and 24% (43 of 181) in total
Here's a breakdown of the 181 games (for match winners and losers combined).Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 66 (36% of the 181 games)
Breaker lost the game: 42 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 32 (18%)
Breaker lost the game: 29 (16%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 56% (102 of 181) of all games,
He won 61% (66 of 108) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 33% (4 of 12) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 52% (32 of 61) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 49% (36 of 73) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 43* break-and-run games represented 24% of all 181 games, 42% of the 102 games won by the breaker, and 40% of the 108 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
[*Includes two games I did not see in full: (1) The last game of the Boyes/Alcaide match -- Boyes was running out, with 4 balls left on the table and no apparent problems, when the Facebook stream ended for the day, and (2) Game 9 of the Feijen/Van Boening match -- the stream crashed just as Niels was about to break and returned with him running out from the 4-ball. Commentary suggested that he had run out from the break.]
The 43 break-and-run games consisted of 4 three-packs (by Appleton, Souquet, Feijen, and Van Boening), 5 two-packs and 21 singles. No one broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 43 break-and-run games included 1 9-ball on the break (0.6% of all breaks).
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