Here are some break statistics from the 2020 Derby City Classic's Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played January 24-27, 2020 at the Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. This was an invitational 16-man, single-elimination event won by Jayson Shaw.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (264 games), all of which were streamed from the same table, were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream.
Fri., Jan. 24 (Round 1)
Overall results
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 264 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 50 break-and-run games represented 19% of all 264 games, 37% of the 134 games won by the breaker, and 32% of the 155 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 50 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Corteza), 6 alternate-break 2-packs (2 by Shaw and 1 each by Bustamante, Filler, Gomez, and Pagulayan), and 35 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break 1 time (0.4% of the 264 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 10-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets (4½" corners) and Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop Hyperion balls with the red-dots-and-rectangles cue ball;
- Accu-Rack Pro10 racking template;
- rack your own (1-ball on the spot, 2-ball and 3-ball on the back corners) and alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues not allowed and jumping with break cues not allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- all slop counts (except spot any 10-ball made on the break); and
- 40-second shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack.
The event's 15 matches (264 games), all of which were streamed from the same table, were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream.
Fri., Jan. 24 (Round 1)
Shane Van Boening (.923) defeated Roberto Gomez (.868) 11-5
Alex Pagulayan (.909) d. Billy Thorpe (.797) 11-4
Lee Vann Corteza (.879) d. James Aranas (.845) 11-7
Joshua Filler (.929) d. Konrad Juszczyszyn ( .790) 11-5
Sat., Jan. 25 (Round 1, continued)John Morra (.853) d. Chris Melling (.753) 11-9
Jayson Shaw (.939 -- best of the event) d. Skyler Woodward (.870) 11-3
Francisco Bustamante (.868) d. Mika Immonen (.556) 11-3
Corey Deuel (.828) d. Dennis Orcollo (.795) 11-5
Sun., Jan. 26 (Round 2)Pagulayan (.937) d. Van Boening (.910) 11-9
Corteza (.915) d. Filler (.913) 11-9
Shaw (.920) d. Morra (.864) 11-8
Bustamante (.861) d. Deuel (.805) 11-7
Mon., Jan. 27 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)Corteza (.857) d. Pagulayan (.865) 11-10
Shaw (.851) d. Bustamante (.822) 11-10
Shaw (.894) d. Corteza (.807) 11-5
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 62% (81 of 131) for match winners, 56% (74 of 133) for match losers, and 59% (155 of 264) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 63% (83 of 131) for match winners, 38% (51 of 133) for match losers, and 51% (134 of 264) in total
■ Break-and-run games on all breaks -- 20% (26 of 131) for match winners, 18% (24 of 133) for match losers, and 19% (50 of 264) in total
■ Break-and-run games on successful breaks -- 32% (26 of 81) for match winners, 32% (24 of 74) for match losers, and 32% (50 of 155) in total
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 264 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 99 (38% of the 264 games)
Breaker lost the game: 56 (21%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 11 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 32 (12%)
Breaker lost the game: 63 (24%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 51% (134 of 264) of all games,
He won 64% (99 of 155) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 21% (3 of 14) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 34% (32 of 95) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 32% (35 of 109) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 50 break-and-run games represented 19% of all 264 games, 37% of the 134 games won by the breaker, and 32% of the 155 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 50 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Corteza), 6 alternate-break 2-packs (2 by Shaw and 1 each by Bustamante, Filler, Gomez, and Pagulayan), and 35 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break 1 time (0.4% of the 264 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
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