Here are some results from the Jayson Shaw vs. Shane Van Boening 9-Ball match played at The Rockin' Cue in Harlingen, Texas on October 17-19, 2022. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by Omega Billiards. The main commentators were Josh Roberts and Billy Thorpe.
This match was a race to 120 game wins played over 3 days, stopping each day when the leader reached multiples of 40. Shaw won the match, outscoring Van Boening each day. The scoring for each day (Shaw's score first):
The "official" score, as reported by Omega Billiards:
What I believe to be the accurate score (explanation below):
Explanation of scoring errors:
The stats in this thread are for 198 games instead of the total of 199 that I believe were played, because the stream was down for me on Day 2 for one full game and part of another. Shaw was running out with just a few open balls left in the partially streamed game, so I included that in the stats; but the game not streamed at all (which Shaw won) is excluded.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
■ Shaw broke 116 times -- successful 98 times (resulting in 68 game wins and 30 losses), 8 fouls (4 wins and 4 losses), and 3 dry (6 wins and 4 losses).
■ Van Boening broke 82 times -- successful 74 times (resulting in 43 game wins and 31 losses), 5 fouls (all losses), and 3 dry (all losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Breaker won game:
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks:
Fouls and foul rates: [Note: "games at the table" means total games less opponent's B&R games.]
Missed shots (est.):
Run-outs from first shot after break:
Run-outs from first shot after Shaw's break:
Run-outs from first shot after Van Boening's break:
Balls Pocketed:
Average number of balls made on the break:
Break-and-run packages
Games with 1 or more safeties (est):
Number of innings
Distribution of consecutive game wins, i.e., winning streaks. Counts are given for Shaw first, then Van Boening, then the total.
9-balls on the break -- 3 (1.5% of the 198 breaks), 2 by Shaw and 1 by Van Boening
Match length -- Approximately 14¾ hours, for an average of 4.5 minutes per game. This includes racking and brief timeouts, but excludes a total of about 1.4 hours for 3 longer intermissions (one each day).
This match was a race to 120 game wins played over 3 days, stopping each day when the leader reached multiples of 40. Shaw won the match, outscoring Van Boening each day. The scoring for each day (Shaw's score first):
The "official" score, as reported by Omega Billiards:
Day 1 -- 40 - 21
Day 2 -- 40 - 35 (2-day total 80 - 56)
Day 3 -- 40 - 24
Total -- 120 - 80
What I believe to be the accurate score (explanation below):
Day 1 -- 39 - 21
Day 2 -- 40 - 35 (2-day total 79 - 56)
Day 3 -- 39 - 25
Total -- 118 - 81
Explanation of scoring errors:
• On Day 1 after 57 games, with the score accurately posted at 36-21 in Shaw's favor, the score was changed to 37-21 just before the 9-ball was pocketed in Game 58 and then to 38-21 after the 9-ball was pocketed by Shaw. I believe this was a scoring error, crediting Shaw with an extra game. So whereas the official match score was 120-80, a total of 200 games, only 199 games were actually played in the match.
• On Day 3, with the posted score at 107-72 in Shaw's favor, Van Boening won the next game. But the credit for that win was mistakenly given to Shaw rather than Van Boening, making the posted score 108-72 instead of 107-73.
So I believe that Shaw was credited with 2 games he did not win (one of which was not even played) and Van Boening was not credited with 1 game that he did win. The actual score for the 199 games played in the match was, therefore, 118-81.
The stats in this thread are for 198 games instead of the total of 199 that I believe were played, because the stream was down for me on Day 2 for one full game and part of another. Shaw was running out with just a few open balls left in the partially streamed game, so I included that in the stats; but the game not streamed at all (which Shaw won) is excluded.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4½" corner pockets;
- Simonis blue cloth;
- what looked to me like Super Aramith Pro balls, with a red-spots cue ball;
- Accu-Rack racking template;
- rack your own, with the 9-ball on the foot spot;
The required procedure for racking was to pull the balls out of the collection box (at random) just 2 at a time and place them in the rack from the top to the bottom (putting the 1-ball and 9-ball in their normal places, of course). Also, it was loss of game if a player was caught leaving a gap in the racked balls (it was not clearly stated exactly how this would work; fortunately, it never happened).
- winner breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to each side of the long string;
- no 3-point (illegal-break) rule, but soft breaking not allowed;
- no shot clock;
- foul on all balls;
- 3-foul rule in effect (did not occur);
- jump cues allowed;
- all slop counts;
- lag for opening break on Day 1 (won by Van Boening).
■ Shaw broke 116 times -- successful 98 times (resulting in 68 game wins and 30 losses), 8 fouls (4 wins and 4 losses), and 3 dry (6 wins and 4 losses).
■ Van Boening broke 82 times -- successful 74 times (resulting in 43 game wins and 31 losses), 5 fouls (all losses), and 3 dry (all losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Shaw -- 84% (98 of 116)
Van Boening -- 90% (74 of 82)
Total -- 87% (172 of 198)
Breaker won game:
Shaw -- 67% (78 of 116)
Van Boening -- 52% (43 of 82)
Total -- 61% (121 of 198)
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
Shaw -- 37% (43 of 116)
Van Boening -- 34% (28 of 82)
Total -- 36% (71 of 198)
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks:
Shaw -- 44% (43 of 98)
Van Boening -- 38% (28 of 74)
Total -- 41% (71 of 172)
Fouls and foul rates: [Note: "games at the table" means total games less opponent's B&R games.]
Shaw -- 19 fouls, including 8 on the break, in 170 games at the table (a rate of 1 foul for every 8.9 games at the table)
Van Boening -- 24 fouls, including 5 on the break, in 155 games at the table (a rate of 1 foul for every 6.5 games at the table)
Total -- 43 fouls in 198 games (1 per 4.6 games)
Missed shots (est.):
Shaw -- 30 misses in 170 games at the table (a rate of 1 for every 5.7 games at the table)
Van Boening -- 36 misses in 155 games at the table (a rate of 1 for every 4.3 games at the table)
Total -- 66 misses in 198 games (1 per 3.0 games)
Run-outs from first shot after break:
By Shaw after his own successful break -- 43 of 98 (44%)
By Shaw after Van Boening's failed break -- 7 of 8 (88%)
By Shaw, total -- 50 of 106 (47%)
By Van Boening after his own successful break -- 28 of 74 (38%)
By Van Boening after Shaw's failed break -- 7 of 18 (39%)
By Van Boening, total -- 35 of 92 (38%)
Total for Shaw and Van Boening -- 85 of 198 (43%)
Run-outs from first shot after Shaw's break:
By Shaw -- 43 of 98 (44%)
By Van Boening -- 7 of 18 (39%)
Total -- 50 of 116 (43%)
Run-outs from first shot after Van Boening's break:
By Van Boening -- 28 of 74 (38%)
By Shaw -- 7 of 8 (88%)
Total -- 35 of 82 (43%)
Balls Pocketed:
Shaw -- 172 on the break, 784 not on the break, 956 in total
Van Boening -- 140 on the break, 646 not on the break, 786 in total
[Includes 12 by Shaw on breaking fouls, 8 by Van Boening on breaking fouls, 3 by Shaw on fouls after the break, 6 by Van Boening on fouls after the break, and 1 by Van Boening on a push out.]
Average number of balls made on the break:
Shaw -- 1.5 on all breaks, 1.6 on successful breaks
Van Boening -- 1.7 on all breaks, 1.8 on successful breaks
Total -- 1.6 on all breaks, 1.7 on successful breaks
Break-and-run packages
Shaw's 43 B&R games consisted of 1 6-pack, 1 3-pack, 6 2-packs, and 22 singles.
Van Boening's 28 B&R games consisted of 4 3-packs, 2 2-packs, and 12 singles.
Games with 1 or more safeties (est):
35% of all games
55% of games that were not B&Rs
Number of innings
59% (116 of 198) of the games ended in one inning -- 71 games on the breaker's first inning (B&R games) and 45 games on the non-breaker's first inning.
28% (55 of 198) of the games ended on the second inning.
14% (27 of 198) of the games went beyond the non-breaker's second visit to the table, with the longest game ending on the non-breaker's 6th visit.
Distribution of consecutive game wins, i.e., winning streaks. Counts are given for Shaw first, then Van Boening, then the total.
1 game -- 10 times, 18 times, 28 times
2 games -- 9, 12, 21
3 games -- 8, 3, 11
4 games -- 6, 5, 11
5 games -- 4, 0, 4
6 games -- 2, 0, 2
9 games -- 1, 0, 1
10 games -- 0, 1, 1
9-balls on the break -- 3 (1.5% of the 198 breaks), 2 by Shaw and 1 by Van Boening
Match length -- Approximately 14¾ hours, for an average of 4.5 minutes per game. This includes racking and brief timeouts, but excludes a total of about 1.4 hours for 3 longer intermissions (one each day).
