Here are some aggregate break statistics from the Scotty Townsend Memorial Open 9-Ball tournament played March 7-8, 2020 at Arena Billiards in West Monroe, Louisiana. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by PoolActionTV.
This was a 128-player double-elimination event on 7-foot tables. Races were to 9 on the winners' side and 7 on the losers' side. James Aranas won the tournament, defeating Josh Roberts in the second set of the true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
The stats are for all 20 streamed matches (21 sets, 289 games). These matches represented about 8% of the event's total of 254 scheduled matches, and are listed here in the order in which they were played. Three games in match 11 were not shown because of a streaming glitch, so the stats are for 286 games instead of 289.
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 286 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 58% (165 of 286) of all games,
Break-and-run games -- The 104 break-and-run games represented 36% of all 286 games, 63% of the 165 games won by the breaker, and 42% of the 249 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 104 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 5-pack (by Krause), 5 alternate-break 3-packs (2 by Thorpe and 1 each by Aranas, Hall, and McMinn), 18 alternate-break 2-packs, and 48 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 104 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.0% of the 286 breaks). Eight additional 9-balls (2.8%) were made in foot-rail pockets and were spotted.
This was a 128-player double-elimination event on 7-foot tables. Races were to 9 on the winners' side and 7 on the losers' side. James Aranas won the tournament, defeating Josh Roberts in the second set of the true double-elimination final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
- Diamond 7-foot table with pro-cut corner pockets;
- Blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith balls with the measles cue ball;
- Diamond CR1 triangle rack;
- alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- rack your own, with the 1-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball in back, and without touching the top 3 balls in the rack;
- cue-ball fouls only;
- 3-foul rule not in effect;
- jump cues allowed; and
- all slop counts except a 9-ball made on the break in a foot-rail pocket is spotted.
The stats are for all 20 streamed matches (21 sets, 289 games). These matches represented about 8% of the event's total of 254 scheduled matches, and are listed here in the order in which they were played. Three games in match 11 were not shown because of a streaming glitch, so the stats are for 286 games instead of 289.
Saturday, March 7, 2020
1. Shane McMinn defeated Justin Espinosa 9-6,
2. Can Salim d. Skyler Woodward 9-7,
3. John Gabriel d. Josh Roberts 9-8,
4. Roberto Gomez d. Aloysius Yapp 9-7,
5. Billy Thorpe d. Chip Compton 9-2,
6. James Aranas d. Naoyuki Oi 9-5,
7. Justin Hall d. CJ Wiley 9-6,
8. Dennis Orcollo d. Corey Deuel 9-3,
9. Yapp d. Espinosa 7-4, and
10. Mickey Krause d. Deuel 7-5
Sunday, March 8
11. Francisco Bustamante d. Orcollo 9-3,
12. Aranas d. Gomez 9-6,
13. Tony Chohan d. Jeffrey DeLuna 9-7,
14. Thorpe d. Bustamante 9-4,
15. Aranas d. Chohan 9-5,
16. McMinn d. Thorpe 9-7,
17. Aranas d. McMinn 9-6,
18. Roberts d. Thorpe 7-5,
19. Roberts d. McMinn 7-3, and
20. Aranas d. Roberts 8-9, 7-3
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 91% (130 of 143) for match winners, 83% (119 of 143) for match losers, and 87% (249 of 286) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 69% (99 of 143) for match winners, 46% (66 of 143) for match losers, and 58% (165 of 286) in total
■ Break-and-run games on all breaks -- 45% (65 of 143) for match winners, 27% (39 of 143) for match losers, and 36% (104 of 286) in total
■ Break-and-run games on successful breaks -- 50% (65 of 130) for match winners, 33% (39 of 119) for match losers, and 42% (104 of 249) in total
Here's a breakdown of the 286 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 157 (55% of the 286 games)
Breaker lost the game: 92 (32%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 1 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 16 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 7 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 13 (5%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 58% (165 of 286) of all games,
He won 63% (157 of 249) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 6% (1 of 17) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 35% (7 of 20) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 22% (8 of 37) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 104 break-and-run games represented 36% of all 286 games, 63% of the 165 games won by the breaker, and 42% of the 249 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 104 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 5-pack (by Krause), 5 alternate-break 3-packs (2 by Thorpe and 1 each by Aranas, Hall, and McMinn), 18 alternate-break 2-packs, and 48 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 104 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.0% of the 286 breaks). Eight additional 9-balls (2.8%) were made in foot-rail pockets and were spotted.
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