Break Stats -- 2023 Derby City 10-Foot (Bigfoot) 10-Ball, January 2023

[jay helfert]

Prize money -- It was the same this year as for all the other 16-player Bigfoot events: 1st $16,000, 2nd $8,000, 3rd/4th $4,000. It was a little different in the one year (2013) with 32 players (paid 8 instead of 4, with a little more for the top 4).

10-balls on the break -- I have watched all 15 matches each year beginning with 2014. For those 9 events (none in 2021), the number of 10-balls pocketed on the break numbered, in order, 6, 7, 3, 0, 4, 1, 1, 0, 0. A triangle rack was used in the first two of those events, and an Accu-Rack template since then.

In my humble opinion the ten ball should count on the break. Harder to make than the eight ball in Eight Ball! Look at your stats for the last four years- 1,1,0,0. Hello!

 

[AtLarge]

In my humble opinion the ten ball should count on the break. Harder to make than the eight ball in Eight Ball! Look at your stats for the last four years- 1,1,0,0. Hello!

Hi. Most significant pro 8-Ball events in recent years have used call-shot rules, and making the 8-ball on the break did not count as a win.