Here are some break statistics from the 2017 Derby City Classic's Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played January 20-23, 2017 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. This was an invitational 16-man, single-elimination event won by defending champion Jayson Shaw.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (276 games), all of which were streamed from the same table, were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream:
Fri., Jan. 20 (Round 1)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 66% of the time (181 of 275), won 51% of the games (141 of 275), and broke and ran 21% of the games (59 of 275).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 275 games.
Break-and-run games -- The 59 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 275 games, 42% of the 141 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 181 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 59 break-and-run games consisted of 1 six-pack (Shaw), 1 four-pack (Kazakis), 1 three-pack (Shaw), 5 two-packs (Woodward, Shaw twice, Biado, and Gorst), and 36 singles.
10-balls on the break -- No 10-balls were made on the break.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 10-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets (4½" corners) and Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop TV balls with the red-spot cue ball;
- Accu-Rack Pro-10 racking template;
- rack your own (1-ball on the spot, 2-ball and 3-ball on the back corners) and winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues not allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- all slop counts (except spot any 10-ball made on the break); and
- 40-second shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack.
The event's 15 matches (276 games), all of which were streamed from the same table, were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream:
Fri., Jan. 20 (Round 1)
Skyler Woodward (.846) defeated John Gabriel (.775) 11-5
Lee Vann Corteza (.895) d. Johann Chua (.883) 11-10
Dennis Orcollo (.826) d. Shane Van Boening (.781) 11-9
Jayson Shaw (.951 -- best of the event) d. Nick Ekonomopoulos (.607) 11-1
Sat., Jan. 21 (Round 1, continued)Thorsten Hohmann (.931) d. Karl Boyes (.833) 11-6
Alex Kazakis (.908) d. Alex Pagulayan (.820) 11-5
Fedor Gorst (.809) d. Darren Appleton (.803) 11-10
Carlo Biado (.828) d. Ruslan Chinakhov (.728) 11-8 [The stats exclude 1 game I missed.]
Sun., Jan. 22 (Round 2)Corteza (.868) d. Woodward (.800) 11-7
Shaw (.912) d. Orcollo (.839) 11-7
Kazakis (.844) d. Hohmann (.744) 11-6
Biado (.833) d. Gorst (.813) 11-10
Mon., Jan. 23 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)Shaw (.839) d. Corteza (.865) 11-10
Kazakis (.841) d. Biado (.791) 11-10
Shaw (.911) d. Kazakis (.838) 11-7
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 66% of the time (181 of 275), won 51% of the games (141 of 275), and broke and ran 21% of the games (59 of 275).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 275 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 102 (37% of the 275 games)
Breaker lost the game: 79 (29%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 14 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 37 (13%)
Breaker lost the game: 41 (15%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 51% (141 of 275) of all games,
He won 56% (102 of 181) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 13% (2 of 16) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 47% (37 of 78) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 41% (39 of 94) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 59 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 275 games, 42% of the 141 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 181 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 59 break-and-run games consisted of 1 six-pack (Shaw), 1 four-pack (Kazakis), 1 three-pack (Shaw), 5 two-packs (Woodward, Shaw twice, Biado, and Gorst), and 36 singles.
10-balls on the break -- No 10-balls were made on the break.
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