Here are some results from the Roberto Gomez vs. Justin Bergman 10-Ball match played at Flips Patio Grill in Fort Worth, TX on June 8 and 9, 2019. Pay-per-view streaming was provided by SullyVision. This match was the third of 8 such matches ("The Clash of the Titans") throughout the year, qualifying the 8 winners for a tournament with a winner-takes-all prize of $20,000.
This match was a race to 50 game wins, with the first day stopping when one player reached 25. Gomez led 25-20 at the end of the first day. Bergman outscored him 27-25 on Day 2, but Gomez won the match 50-47.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
■ Gomez broke 49 times -- successful 25 times (resulting in 13 game wins and 12 losses), 4 fouls (1 win and 3 losses), and 20 dry (9 wins and 11 losses).
■ Bergman broke 48 times -- successful 24 times (resulting in 12 game wins and 12 losses), 4 fouls (2 wins and 2 losses), and 20 dry (7 wins and 13 losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Breaker won game:
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Break-and-run packages
10-balls on the break -- None.
Match length -- 11 hours and 21 minutes, for an average of 7.0 minutes per game. This includes racking and timeouts, but excludes a 35-minute intermission on the first day and a 29-minute intermission on the second day.
This match was a race to 50 game wins, with the first day stopping when one player reached 25. Gomez led 25-20 at the end of the first day. Bergman outscored him 27-25 on Day 2, but Gomez won the match 50-47.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- - Diamond 9-foot table with Simonis 860 blue cloth;
- Super Aramith Pro balls with a measles cue ball;
- referee racks using an Accu-Rack racking template, with the 1-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball and 3-ball on the back corners;
- winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- call shots (but not safes), with the opponent having a choice of shooting or passing it back after a ball is pocketed illegally;
- spot any 10-ball made on the break;
- early combos or caroms on the 10-ball allowed;
- foul on all balls, and 3-foul rule in effect;
- jump cues allowed;
- 40-sec. shot clock (80 sec. after the break), with 1 40-sec. extension per player per game; and
- lag for opening break.
■ Gomez broke 49 times -- successful 25 times (resulting in 13 game wins and 12 losses), 4 fouls (1 win and 3 losses), and 20 dry (9 wins and 11 losses).
■ Bergman broke 48 times -- successful 24 times (resulting in 12 game wins and 12 losses), 4 fouls (2 wins and 2 losses), and 20 dry (7 wins and 13 losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
- Gomez
- Day 1 -- 14 of 24 (58%)
Day 2 -- 11 of 25 (44%)
Both days -- 25 of 49 (51%)
- Day 1 -- 8 of 21 (38%)
Day 2 --16 of 27 (59%)
Both days -- 24 of 48 (50%)
- Day 1 -- 22 of 45 (49%)
Day 2 -- 27 of 52 (52%)
Both days -- 49 of 97 (51%)
- Day 1 -- 14 of 24 (58%)
Breaker won game:
- Gomez
- Day 1 -- 10 of 24 (42%)
Day 2 -- 13 of 25 (52%)
Both days -- 23 of 49 (47%)
- Day 1 -- 6 of 21 (29%)
Day 2 --15 of 27 (56%)
Both days -- 21 of 48 (44%)
- Day 1 -- 16 of 45 (36%)
Day 2 -- 28 of 52 (54%)
Both days -- 44 of 97 (45%)
- Day 1 -- 10 of 24 (42%)
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
- Gomez
- Day 1 -- 3 of 24 (13%)
Day 2 -- 3 of 25 (12%)
Both days -- 6 of 49 (12%)
- Day 1 -- 1 of 21 (5%)
Day 2 -- 4 of 27 (15%)
Both days -- 5 of 48 (10%)
- Day 1 -- 4 of 45 (9%)
Day 2 -- 7 of 52 (13%)
Both days -- 11 of 97 (11%)
- Day 1 -- 3 of 24 (13%)
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
- Gomez
- Day 1 -- 3 of 14 (21%)
Day 2 -- 3 of 11 (27%)
Both days -- 6 of 25 (24%)
- Day 1 -- 1 of 8 (13%)
Day 2 -- 4 of 16 (25%)
Both days -- 5 of 24 (21%)
- Day 1 -- 4 of 22 (18%)
Day 2 -- 7 of 27 (26%)
Both days -- 11 of 49 (22%)
- Day 1 -- 3 of 14 (21%)
Break-and-run packages
- Gomez -- 2 two packs and 2 singles
Bergman -- 5 singles
10-balls on the break -- None.
Match length -- 11 hours and 21 minutes, for an average of 7.0 minutes per game. This includes racking and timeouts, but excludes a 35-minute intermission on the first day and a 29-minute intermission on the second day.
