Here are some break statistics from the 16-player 2014 CSI Invitational 8-Ball Championship played at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with pay-per-view streaming by CSI.
The conditions for this call-shot 8-Ball event included: Diamond 9-foot table with regular pro-cut pockets (4½" corners), Simonis 860 blue cloth, Magic Rack, Cyclop TV balls including the cue ball, jump cues allowed, breaker racks for himself, alternate breaks, break from anywhere behind the line, table open after the break, cue-ball fouls only, a legal break requires that at least 4 balls hit a rail or at least one ball is pocketed (no illegal breaks occurred), and ball in hand anywhere after a foul on the break.
The 15 streamed matches on the feature table (218 games), amounting to 56% of the tournament total of 27 matches, were as follows. [Note: the only players in the event who did not appear on the feature table were Warren Kiamco and John Morra.]
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball and did not foul 71% of the time (154 of 218), won 64% of the games (139 of 218), and broke and ran 54% of the games (118 of 218).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 218 games.
Break-and-run games: 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 118 break-and-run games (54% of all the games) consisted of 1 alternate-break 6-pack (by Bustamante), 2 alternate-break 5-packs (by P-Y Ko and Orcollo), 3 alternate-break 4-packs ( P-Y Ko, Van Boening, and P-C Ko), 8 alternate-break 3-packs, 16 alternate-break 2-packs, and 34 singles.
8-balls on the break: None.
The conditions for this call-shot 8-Ball event included: Diamond 9-foot table with regular pro-cut pockets (4½" corners), Simonis 860 blue cloth, Magic Rack, Cyclop TV balls including the cue ball, jump cues allowed, breaker racks for himself, alternate breaks, break from anywhere behind the line, table open after the break, cue-ball fouls only, a legal break requires that at least 4 balls hit a rail or at least one ball is pocketed (no illegal breaks occurred), and ball in hand anywhere after a foul on the break.
The 15 streamed matches on the feature table (218 games), amounting to 56% of the tournament total of 27 matches, were as follows. [Note: the only players in the event who did not appear on the feature table were Warren Kiamco and John Morra.]
Wed., July 23
M. Dechaine def. J. Shaw 9-6
J-L Chang d. E. Reyes 9-7
R. Souquet d. S. Van Boening 9-8
F. Bustamante d. P-Y Ko 9-2
P-C Ko d. J. Shaw 9-6
Thurs., July 24
T. Hohmann d. J-L Chang 9-3
S. Van Boening d. D. Orcollo 9-8
P-Y Ko d. D. Appleton 9-2
P-C Ko d. M. Dechaine 9-5
J-L Chang d. C. Deuel 9-5
Fri., July 25
S. Van Boening d.Y-H Cheng 9-6
D. Appleton d. F. Bustamante 9-4
P-C Ko d. T. Hohmann 9-6 (Semi-Finals)
S. Van Boening d. P-Y Ko 9-6 (Semi-Finals)
P-C Ko d. S. Van Boening 11-7(Finals)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball and did not foul 71% of the time (154 of 218), won 64% of the games (139 of 218), and broke and ran 54% of the games (118 of 218).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 218 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 122 (56% of the 218 games)
Breaker lost the game: 32 (15%)
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: 13 (6%)
Breaker lost the game: 33 (15%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 64% (139) of all 218 games,
He won 79% (122 of 154) 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 28% (13 of 46) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 27% (17 of 64) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: 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 118 break-and-run games (54% of all the games) consisted of 1 alternate-break 6-pack (by Bustamante), 2 alternate-break 5-packs (by P-Y Ko and Orcollo), 3 alternate-break 4-packs ( P-Y Ko, Van Boening, and P-C Ko), 8 alternate-break 3-packs, 16 alternate-break 2-packs, and 34 singles.
8-balls on the break: None.
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