Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2016 Texas Open 10-Ball Championship played February 12-14, 2016 at Skinny Bob's Billiards in Round Rock, TX with pay-per-view streaming by PoolActionTV. This was a 128-player, double-elimination event.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The stats are for the following 20 matches, all of which were streamed from the same table. These matches totaled 231 games, but I had streaming problems during 12 of the games, so the stats are for 219 games.
Fri., Feb. 12
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break 4 times (1.8% of the 219 breaks), but 3 of those 4 had to be spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Brunswick Gold Crown III 9-foot table with fairly lenient pockets;
- Super Aramith Pro balls with a red logo cue ball;
- Accu-Rack Dedicated 10 racking template;
- rack your own with the 1-ball on the foot spot and the 2- and 3-balls on the back corners;
- alternating breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues allowed;
- cue-ball fouls only; and
- all slop counts (except spot any 10-ball made on the break in either foot-rail pocket).
The stats are for the following 20 matches, all of which were streamed from the same table. These matches totaled 231 games, but I had streaming problems during 12 of the games, so the stats are for 219 games.
Fri., Feb. 12
Jeffrey Ignacio defeated Casey Crews 7-0
Roberto Gomez d. Mark Mendoza 7-5 (stats exclude 1 game)
Dennis Orcollo d. John Demet 7-4 (stats exclude 1 game)
Sat., Feb. 13James Davis, Jr. d. Chris Baggett 7-4
Ignacio d. Tony Chohan 7-4 (stats exclude 2 games)
Junior Jueco d. Robb Saez 7-5 (stats exclude 5 games)
Jose Bear d. John Palmore 7-6
Ernesto Dominguez d. Zack Sanderson 7-0
Skyler Woodward d. Ruben Bautista 7-5 (stats exclude 1 game)
Jason Klatt d. Oscar Dominguez 7-6
Tony Chohan d. Charlie Bryant 7-6 (stats exclude 1 game)
Tony Chohan d. Shane Harvey 7-4
Sun., Feb. 14Woodward d. Warren Kiamco 7-3
Robb Saez d. Mendoza 7-3
Orcollo d. Jeremy Jones 7-3
Gomez d. CJ Wiley 7-1 (stats exclude 1 game)
Orcollo d. Woodward 7-5
Gomez d. Jueco 7-4
Woodward d. Gomez 7-6
Woodward d. Orcollo 7-5 and 7-5
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 63% of the time (137 of 219), won 53% of the games (116 of 219), and broke and ran 18% of the games (40 of 219).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 219 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 79 (36% of the 219 games)
Breaker lost the game: 58 (26%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 5 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 32 (15%)
Breaker lost the game: 37 (17%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 53% (116) of all 219 games,
He won 58% (79 of 137) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 38% (5 of 13) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 46% (32 of 69) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 45% (37 of 82) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 40 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 219 games, 34% of the 116 games won by the breaker, and 29% of the 137 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 40 break-and-run games (including one 10-ball on the break) consisted of 9 alternate-break 2-packs and 22 singles. No one broke and ran 3 or more games in a row on his own break.10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break 4 times (1.8% of the 219 breaks), but 3 of those 4 had to be spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
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