Here are some aggregate stats from Days 3 and 4 (combined) of the sixth event (2nd of 2018) of Darren Appleton's World Pool Series -- the Rasson 10-Ball Masters Championship. The event was played June 7-10, 2018 at Steinway Billiards in Queens, New York with pay-per-view live streaming by AZBtv. The winner was Joshua Filler.
This was a 41-player event, with double elimination down to the final 8 players (races to 11, with a shootout at hill/hill) and then single elimination (races to 13 until the finals, then 17, with a shootout at hill/hill). The stats are for the final 7 matches (Quarterfinals through Finals, all on the same table), which represented 9.3% of the total of 75 matches played in the event and 11.6% of the total of 1,303 games played in the event. No shootouts occurred in these 7 matches.
The conditions for this event included:
The 7 matches (151 games) tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, June 9, 2018 -- all Quarterfinal matches
Sunday, June 10
Overall results
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 151 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 22 break-and-run games represented 15% of all 151 games, 29% of the 77 games won by the breaker, and 28% of the 80 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul). The 22 break-and-run games consisted of 4 two-packs (all by Filler) and 14 singles. No one broke and ran more than 2 games in a row in these 7 matches.
10-Balls on the break -- One 10-ball was made on the break (0.7% of all breaks); it was spotted.
This was a 41-player event, with double elimination down to the final 8 players (races to 11, with a shootout at hill/hill) and then single elimination (races to 13 until the finals, then 17, with a shootout at hill/hill). The stats are for the final 7 matches (Quarterfinals through Finals, all on the same table), which represented 9.3% of the total of 75 matches played in the event and 11.6% of the total of 1,303 games played in the event. No shootouts occurred in these 7 matches.
The conditions for this event included:
- Rasson 9-foot table with 4¼" corner pockets, 4¾" side pockets, and, apparently, more-difficult-than-normal pocket facings;
- Simonis 860 Tournament Blue cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with the measles cue ball;
- referee racks using an Accu-Rack template, with the 1-ball on the 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;
- shot clock of 30 seconds (60 sec. after the break), with one extension per player per game; and
- lag for opening break.
The 7 matches (151 games) tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, June 9, 2018 -- all Quarterfinal matches
Lee Vann Corteza defeated Alex Pagulayan 13-6
Joshua Filler d. Denis Grabe 13-5
Dennis Orcollo d. Ralf Souquet 13-9
Alex Kazakis d. James Aranas 13-11
Sunday, June 10
Filler d. Corteza 13-5 (Semifinal)
Kazakis d. Orcollo 13-10 (Semifinal)
Filler d. Kazakis 17-10 (Finals)
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 59% (55 of 93) for match winners, 43% (25 of 58) for match losers, and 53% (80 of 151) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 61% (57 of 93) for match winners, 34% (20 of 58) for match losers, and 51% (77 of 151) in total
■ Break-and-run games -- 22% (20 of 93) for match winners, 3% (2 of 58) for match losers, and 15% (22 of 151) in total
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 151 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 47 (31% of the 151 games)
Breaker lost the game: 33 (22%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 1 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 29 (19%)
Breaker lost the game: 33 (22%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 51% (77 of 151) of all games,
He won 59% (47 of 80) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 11% (1 of 9) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 47% (29 of 62) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 42% (30 of 71) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 22 break-and-run games represented 15% of all 151 games, 29% of the 77 games won by the breaker, and 28% of the 80 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul). The 22 break-and-run games consisted of 4 two-packs (all by Filler) and 14 singles. No one broke and ran more than 2 games in a row in these 7 matches.
10-Balls on the break -- One 10-ball was made on the break (0.7% of all breaks); it was spotted.
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