Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2024 Las Vegas Open 10-Ball event played February 21-24, 2024 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Streaming was free on Pro Billiard TV's YouTube channel. This was the first event of this year's Predator Pro Billiard Series. The commentators were Jim Wych, Mark White, Eric Hjorleifson, Tim De Ruyter, George Teyechea, Chris Reinhold, and Mika Immonen. The referees were from the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). Lee Vann Corteza won the event, defeating Carlo Biado in the final match.
96 players entered the event, with 32 seeded into the second round. The format was double-elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side). A random draw then matched one player from each side against each other, with single-elimination play from that point to the conclusion. In the double-elimination portion, each match was two races to 4. If the same player won both races, he won the match. If the two races to 4 were split, a shootout determined the winner. In the single-elimination portion, each match was the best two out of three races to 4, with a shootout determining the winner of the third set (and, therefore, of the match) if that set was tied at hill/hill (3-3).
The 22 matches (254 games) I tracked were all of the men's-event matches that were streamed on the two feature tables (Table 1 and Table 2) and were available for replay on YouTube. Five of these matches ended with a shootout. These 22 matches were 13% of the total of 170 matches played in the event (175 scheduled, 5 not played).
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
The 22 tracked matches (254 games) were as follows. Matches 1 through 13 were in the double-elimination stage, and matches 14 through 22 in the single-elimination stage. Ouschan won match 4 in 2 sets (no shootout); but the stream went down after the first 9 games, so the last 3 games of that match are not in the stats.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Thursday, Feb. 22
Friday, Feb. 23
Sat., Feb. 24
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 254 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 34 break-and-run games represented 13% of all 254 games, 25% of the 137 games won by the breaker, and 28% of the 121 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 34 break-and-run games consisted of 5 2-packs (one each by McBride, Ko PC, Sanchez-Ruiz, Styer, and Corteza) and 24 singles. No one in these 22 matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
Two of the 22 matches contained 4 B&Rs, 2 matches had 3, 6 matches had 2, 8 matches had 1, and 4 matches had no B&Rs.
10-Balls on the break -- 8 (3.1% of the 254 breaks); they were spotted.
96 players entered the event, with 32 seeded into the second round. The format was double-elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side). A random draw then matched one player from each side against each other, with single-elimination play from that point to the conclusion. In the double-elimination portion, each match was two races to 4. If the same player won both races, he won the match. If the two races to 4 were split, a shootout determined the winner. In the single-elimination portion, each match was the best two out of three races to 4, with a shootout determining the winner of the third set (and, therefore, of the match) if that set was tied at hill/hill (3-3).
The 22 matches (254 games) I tracked were all of the men's-event matches that were streamed on the two feature tables (Table 1 and Table 2) and were available for replay on YouTube. Five of these matches ended with a shootout. These 22 matches were 13% of the total of 170 matches played in the event (175 scheduled, 5 not played).
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
- Predator Apex 9-foot table;
- Predator Arcadia Reserve Tournament Blue cloth;
- Predator Arcos II balls, including a black-triangles cue ball;
- Predator Arena lights;
- referee racks using a Predator Aerorack triangle rack, with the 1-ball on the spot (2-ball and 3-ball need not be 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;
- early combinations or caroms on the 10-ball, if called, are game winners;
- a 10-ball made in any pocket on a break is spotted (not a game win);
- jump cues allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- 3-foul rule in effect (occurred once);
- 30-second shot clock (60 seconds after the break and after a push out) with one 30-second extension allowed per player per game; and
- lag for opening break.
The 22 tracked matches (254 games) were as follows. Matches 1 through 13 were in the double-elimination stage, and matches 14 through 22 in the single-elimination stage. Ouschan won match 4 in 2 sets (no shootout); but the stream went down after the first 9 games, so the last 3 games of that match are not in the stats.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
1. Sina Valizadeh defeated Skyler Woodward 4-1, 1-4, shootout
2. Shane Van Boening d. Hayato Hijikata 4-0, 4-1
3. Chang Jung-Lin d. Payne McBride 4-0, 4-2
4. Albin Ouschan d. Kledio Kaçi 4-2, 4-unk. (stats for first 9 games)
5. Lee Vann Corteza d. Aloysius Yapp 4-2, 1-4, shootout
6. Daniel Maciol d. Shucheng Chao 4-0, 4-2
7. Sharik Sayed d. Angel Rivera 4-0, 4-2
Thursday, Feb. 22
8. Van Boening d. Tyler Styer 4-0, 4-0
9. Ko Pin Yi d. Ouschan 4-3, 4-0
10. Woodward d. McBride 4-3, 4-3
11. Ben Francis d. Victor Cucuzza 4-1, 4-3
Friday, Feb. 23
12. Ko Ping Chung d. Maciol 4-1, 3-4, shootout
13. Mario He d. Kledio Kaçi 3-4, 4-3, shootout
14. Ouschan d. Van Boening 4-0, 4-3 (Last 32)
15. John Morra d. Joshua Filler 4-3, 4-3 (Last 32)
16. Fedor Gorst d. Wiktor Zielinski 4-0, 4-3 (Last 16)
17. Alex Kazakis d. Eklent Kaçi 4-2, 2-4, 4-2 (Last 16)
Sat., Feb. 24
18. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Gorst 4-0, 4-0 (Quarterfinal)
19. Carlo Biado d. Tyler Styer 2-4, 4-2, 3-3, shootout (Quarterfinal)
20. Corteza d. Ko PC 4-3, 4-0 (Semifinal)
21. Biado d. Sanchz-Ruiz 4-1, 4-1 (Semifinal)
22. Corteza d. Biado 4-2, 4-3 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 51% (76 of 150)
Match losers -- 43% (45 of 104)
Total -- 48% (121 of 254)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 67% (101 of 150)
Match losers -- 35% (36 of 104)
Total -- 54% (137 of 254)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 16% (24 of 150)
Match losers -- 10% (10 of 104)
Total -- 13% (34 of 254)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 32% (24 of 76)
Match losers -- 22% (10 of 45)
Total -- 28% (34 of 121)
Here's a breakdown of the 254 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 83 (33% of the 254 games)
Breaker lost the game: 38 (15%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 5 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 7 (3%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 49 (19%)
Breaker lost the game: 72 (28%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 54% (137 of 254) of all games,
He won 69% (83 of 121) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 41% (54 of 133) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 34 break-and-run games represented 13% of all 254 games, 25% of the 137 games won by the breaker, and 28% of the 121 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 34 break-and-run games consisted of 5 2-packs (one each by McBride, Ko PC, Sanchez-Ruiz, Styer, and Corteza) and 24 singles. No one in these 22 matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
Two of the 22 matches contained 4 B&Rs, 2 matches had 3, 6 matches had 2, 8 matches had 1, and 4 matches had no B&Rs.
10-Balls on the break -- 8 (3.1% of the 254 breaks); they were spotted.
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