Here are some results from the Siming Chen vs. Donny Mills challenge 10-Ball match played at Griff's Bar & Billiards in Las Vegas late on May 19, 2018. Free streaming was provided by RoysBasement on Facebook Chen won the match 15-13.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with blue cloth and 4½" corner pockets;
- jump cues allowed;
- breaker racks using a breaking template with the 1-ball on the spot and the 2- and 3-balls on the back corners;
- winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string; and
- all slop counts except spot any 10-ball made on the break.
Chen broke 14 times -- successful 10 times (resulting in 6 game wins and 4 losses), 1 foul (a loss), and 3 dry (2 wins and 1 loss).
Mills broke 14 times -- successful 7 times (resulting in 3 game wins and 4 losses), 1 foul (a loss), and 6 dry (4 wins and 2 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):
Fouls:
Missed shots (est.):
Average number of balls made on the break:
Run-outs from first shot after break:
Run-outs from first shot after Chen's break:
Run-outs from first shot after Mills' break:
Break-and-run packages -- The 6 B&R games consisted of one 2-pack by each player and 2 singles by Chen.
10-balls on the break -- None (they would have been spotted).
Match length -- Estimated at a couple minutes over 3 hours, for an average of about 6½ minutes per game, including racking.
Note: This match was shown on 3 separate videos with a few minutes of play missing during the two recording transitions. One of Mills' break shots (Game 26) was not shown. I counted it as a successful break given that, when the video resumed, he was shooting the 1-ball with the 2- and 3- balls off the table.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with blue cloth and 4½" corner pockets;
- jump cues allowed;
- breaker racks using a breaking template with the 1-ball on the spot and the 2- and 3-balls on the back corners;
- winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string; and
- all slop counts except spot any 10-ball made on the break.
Chen broke 14 times -- successful 10 times (resulting in 6 game wins and 4 losses), 1 foul (a loss), and 3 dry (2 wins and 1 loss).
Mills broke 14 times -- successful 7 times (resulting in 3 game wins and 4 losses), 1 foul (a loss), and 6 dry (4 wins and 2 losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
- Chen -- 10 of 14 (71%)
- Mills -- 7 of 14 (50%)
- Total -- 17 of 28 (61%)
Breaker won game:
- Chen -- 8 of 14 (57%)
- Mills -- 7 of 14 (50%)
- Total -- 15 of 28 (54%)
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
- Chen -- 4 of 14 (29%)
- Mills -- 2 of 14 (14%)
- Total -- 6 of 28 (21%)
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
- Chen -- 4 of 10 (40%)
- Mills -- 2 of 7 (29%)
- Total -- 6 of 17 (35%)
Fouls:
- Chen -- 5 (including 1 on the break)
- Mills -- 5 (including 1 on the break)
- Total -- 10
Missed shots (est.):
- Chen -- 8
- Mills -- 11
- Total -- 19
Average number of balls made on the break:
- Chen -- 1.1 on all breaks, 1.6 on successful breaks
- Mills -- 0.6 on all breaks, 1.1 on successful breaks
- Total -- 0.9 on all breaks, 1.4 on successful breaks
Run-outs from first shot after break:
- By Chen after her own successful break -- 4 of 10 (40%)
- By Chen after Mills' failed break -- 2 of 7 (29%)
- By Chen, total -- 6 of 17 (35%)
- By Mills after his own successful break -- 2 of 7 (29%)
- By Mills after Chen's failed break -- 1 of 4 (25%)
- By Mills, total -- 3 of 11 (27%)
- Total for Chen and Mills -- 9 of 28 (32%)
Run-outs from first shot after Chen's break:
- By Chen -- 4 of 10 (40%)
- By Mills -- 1 of 4 (25%)
- Total -- 5 of 14 (36%)
Run-outs from first shot after Mills' break:
- By Mills -- 2 of 7 (29%)
- By Chen -- 2 of 7 (29%)
- Total -- 4 of 14 (29%)
Break-and-run packages -- The 6 B&R games consisted of one 2-pack by each player and 2 singles by Chen.
10-balls on the break -- None (they would have been spotted).
Match length -- Estimated at a couple minutes over 3 hours, for an average of about 6½ minutes per game, including racking.
Note: This match was shown on 3 separate videos with a few minutes of play missing during the two recording transitions. One of Mills' break shots (Game 26) was not shown. I counted it as a successful break given that, when the video resumed, he was shooting the 1-ball with the 2- and 3- balls off the table.
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