Here are some break results for the 2024 Reyes Cup played October 15-18 at Ninoy Aquino National Stadium in Manila, Philippines. This event was 9-Ball racing to 11 match wins, with each match being a race to 5 games. The format was three team matches (everyone plays one game, then repeat until one side wins 5 games), up to 6 doubles matches (6 were played), and up to 12 singles matches (8 were played). Team Asia won the Cup 11-6, with the match scores on the 4 days as follows (Team Asia's score first):
Players for Team Asia -- Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, Duong Quoc Hoang, Ko Pin Yi, and Aloysius Yapp
Players for Team Europe -- David Alcaide, Eklent Kaçi, Mickey Krause, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, and Jayson Shaw
Team Captains -- Efren Reyes (Asia) and Karl Boyes (Europe)
Commentators (2 per match) -- Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Michael McMullan, and Scott Frost
Referees -- Marcel Eckardt and Ben Taylor-Fuente
Annoouncer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
Master of Ceremonies -- Carlo Pamintuan
The conditions for this event included the following:
The 17 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets.
Tues. Oct. 15, 2024
Wed. Oct. 16
Thurs. Oct. 17
Fri. Oct. 18
Overall results
Here's a further breakdown of the 132 games played in the Cup.
Balls Pocketed:
Average number of balls made on the break:
Alternate-break packages (break-and-run games on a player's or team's own successive breaks)
9-Balls on the break -- The 37 break-and-run games included 6 9-balls on the break (4.5% of all breaks).
Day 1 -- 3 - 2
Day 2 -- 4 - 0 (2-day total 7 - 2)
Day 3 -- 2 - 1 (3-day total 9 - 3)
Day 4 -- 2 - 3
Total -- 11 - 6
Players for Team Asia -- Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, Duong Quoc Hoang, Ko Pin Yi, and Aloysius Yapp
Players for Team Europe -- David Alcaide, Eklent Kaçi, Mickey Krause, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, and Jayson Shaw
Team Captains -- Efren Reyes (Asia) and Karl Boyes (Europe)
Commentators (2 per match) -- Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Michael McMullan, and Scott Frost
Referees -- Marcel Eckardt and Ben Taylor-Fuente
Annoouncer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
Master of Ceremonies -- Carlo Pamintuan
The conditions for this event included the following:
• Rasson Wolf 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• Magic Ball Rack racking template;
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball on one of the wings or in the back location;
• alternate breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to each side of the long string;
• no illegal break rule, but the referee is to enforce a forceful-break rule;
• 30-sec. shot clock (60 sec. after the break or a push out), with one 30-sec. extension per side per game;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
The 17 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets.
Tues. Oct. 15, 2024
1. Teams -- Asia ... 4-5 ... Europe [0-1]
2. Doubles -- Ko/Yapp ... 5-2 ... Sanchez-Ruiz/Alcaide [1-1]
3. Singles -- Duong ... 5-3 ... Kaçi [2-1]
4. Doubles -- Biado/Chua ... 3-5 ... Shaw/Krause [2-2]
5. Singles -- Yapp ... 5-4 ... Shaw [3-2]
Wed. Oct. 16
6. Teams -- Asia ... 5-3 ... Europe [4-2]
7. Singles -- Ko ... 5-3 ... Sanchez-Ruiz [5-2]
8. Doubles -- Duong/Yapp ... 5-2 ... Alcaide/Kaçi [6-2]
9. Singles -- Biado ... 5-3 ... Krause [7-2]
Thurs. Oct. 17
10. Teams -- Asia ... 5-1 ... Europe [8-2]
11. Doubles -- Chua/Ko ... 3-5 ... Sanchez-Ruiz/Shaw [8-3]
12. Doubles -- Biado/Yapp ... 5-3 ... Kaçi/Shaw [9-3]
Fri. Oct. 18
13. Singles -- Chua ... 4-5 ... Alcaide [9-4]
14. Doubles -- Duong/Ko ... 5-3 ... Krause/Sanchez-Ruiz [10-4]
15. Singles -- Biado ... 3-5 ... Shaw [10-5]
16. Singles -- Duong ... 2-5 ... Shaw [10-6]
17. Singles -- Yapp ... 5-1 ... Sanchez-Ruiz [11-6]
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team Asia -- 82% (55 of 67)
Team Europe -- 77% (50 of 65)
Total -- 80% (105 of 132)
Breaker's side won the game:
Team Asia -- 67% (45 of 67)
Team Europe -- 55% (36 of 65)
Total -- 61% (81 of 132)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Team Asia -- 25% (17 of 67)
Team Europe -- 31% (20 of 65)
Total -- 28% (37 of 132)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team Asia -- 31% (17 of 55)
Team Europe -- 40% (20 of 50)
Total -- 35% (37 of 105)
Here's a further breakdown of the 132 games played in the Cup.
Team Asia broke 67 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 41 (61%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 14 (21%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 4 (6%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 8 (12%)
Team Europe broke 65 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 29 (45%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 21 (32%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 7 (11%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 8 (12%)
Totals for both teams on all 132 breaks:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 70 (53%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 35 (27%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 11 (8%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 16 (12%)
Therefore, whereas Team Asia won 67% (45 of 67) of the games on their own break,
They won 75% (41 of 55) of the games in which their break was successful.
They won 33% (4 of 12) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
And whereas Team Europe won 55% (36 of 65) of the games on their own break,
They won 58% (29 of 50) of the games in which the break was successful.
They won 47% (7 of 15) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Balls Pocketed:
Team Asia -- 69 on the break, 562 not on the break, 631 in total (includes 2 balls made on breaking fouls and 1 ball made on another foul)
Team Europe -- 69 on the break, 404 not on the break, 473 in total (includes 3 balls made on breaking fouls)
Average number of balls made on the break:
Team Asia -- 1.0 on all breaks, 1.2 on successful breaks
Team Europe -- 1.1 on all breaks, 1.3 on successful breaks
Total -- 1.0 on all breaks, 1.3 on successful breaks
Alternate-break packages (break-and-run games on a player's or team's own successive breaks)
Team Asia's 17 B&R games consisted of one 3-pack (by Duong/Yapp against Alcaide/Kaçi), three 2-packs, and 8 singles.
Team Europe's 20 B&R games consisted of one 3-pack (by Krause/Shaw against Biado/Chu), two 2-packs, and 13 singles
9-Balls on the break -- The 37 break-and-run games included 6 9-balls on the break (4.5% of all breaks).
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