Here are some results from the Tyler Styer vs. Rodrigo "Edgie" Geronimo 10-ball match played at Griff's Bar & Billiards in Las Vegas on March 24-26, 2023. Free streaming was provided by Las Vegas Pool Report on YouTube.
This match was a race to 75 game wins played over 3 days. Styer won the match, outscoring Geronimo on the second and third days (Styer's scores first):
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
■ Styer broke 75 times -- successful 69 times (resulting in 45 game wins and 24 losses), no fouls, and 6 dry (2 wins, 4 losses).
■ Geronimo broke 63 times -- successful 50 times (resulting in 31 game wins and 19 losses), 1 foul (a loss), and 12 dry (4 wins, 8 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 (made at least one ball and did not foul):
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 Styer's break:
Run-outs from first shot after Geronimo'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 (excludes 2 games when the stream was down)
Distribution of consecutive game wins, i.e. winning streaks. Counts are given for Styer first, then Geronimo, then the total.
10-balls on the break -- None.
Match length -- Approximately 17 hours, for an average of 7.4 minutes per game. This includes racking and brief timeouts.
This match was a race to 75 game wins played over 3 days. Styer won the match, outscoring Geronimo on the second and third days (Styer's scores first):
Day 1 -- 21 - 25
Day 2 -- 26 - 25 (2-day total 47 - 50)
Day 3 -- 28 - 13
Total -- 75 - 63
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- 9-foot Diamond table with 4¼" corner pockets;
- Simonis 860 Tournament Blue cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a blue-spots cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own (both players pattern racked), with the 1-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball and 3-ball on the back corners;
- winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- call shots;
- early 10-balls are spotted immediately;
- 3-foul rule in effect (did not happen);
- jump cues allowed; and
- no shot clock.
■ Styer broke 75 times -- successful 69 times (resulting in 45 game wins and 24 losses), no fouls, and 6 dry (2 wins, 4 losses).
■ Geronimo broke 63 times -- successful 50 times (resulting in 31 game wins and 19 losses), 1 foul (a loss), and 12 dry (4 wins, 8 losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Styer -- 92% (69 of 75)
Geronimo -- 79% (50 of 63)
Total -- 86% (119 of 138)
Breaker won game:
Styer -- 63% (47 of 75)
Geronimo -- 56% (35 of 63)
Total -- 59% (82 of 138)
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
Styer -- 36% (27 of 75)
Geronimo -- 25% (16 of 63)
Total -- 31% (43 of 138)
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Styer -- 39% (27 of 69)
Geronimo -- 32% (16 of 50)
Total -- 36% (43 of 119)
Fouls and foul rates: [Note: "games at the table" means total games less opponent's B&R games.]
Styer -- 13 fouls (none on the break) in 122 games at the table (a rate of 1 foul for every 9.4 games at the table)
Geronimo -- 11 fouls, including 1 on the break, in 111 games at the table (a rate of 1 foul for every 10.1 games at the table)
Total -- 24 fouls in 138 games (1 per 5.8 games)
Missed shots (est.):
Styer -- 41 misses in 122 games at the table (a rate of 1 for every 3.0 games at the table)
Geronimo -- 28 misses in 111 games at the table (a rate of 1 for every 4.0 games at the table)
Total -- 69 misses in 138 games (1 per 2.0 games)
Run-outs from first shot after break:
By Styer after his own successful break -- 27 of 69 (39%)
By Styer after Geronimo's failed break -- 9 of 13 (69%)
By Styer, total -- 36 of 82 (44%)
By Geronimo after his own successful break -- 16 of 50 (32%)
By Geronimo after Styer's failed break -- 3 of 6 (50%)
By Geronimo, total -- 19 of 56 (34%)
Total for Styer and Geronimo -- 55 of 138 (40%)
Run-outs from first shot after Styer's break:
By Styer -- 27 of 69 (39%)
By Geronimo -- 3 of 6 (50%)
Total -- 30 of 75 (40%)
Run-outs from first shot after Geronimo's break:
By Geronimo -- 16 of 50 (32%)
By Styer -- 9 of 13 (69%)
Total -- 25 of 63 (40%)
Balls Pocketed
Styer -- 134 on the break, 604 not on the break, 738 in total
Geronimo -- 88 on the break, 534 not on the break, 622 in total
[Excludes balls pocketed in two games broken by Geronimo when the stream was down. Includes balls pocketed on breaking fouls (none by Styer and 1 by Geronimo) and on fouls after the break (3 by Styer and 1 by Geronimo).]
Average number of balls made on the break:
Styer -- 1.8 on all breaks, 1.9 on successful breaks
Geronimo -- 1.4 on all breaks, 1.8 on successful breaks
Total -- 1.6 on all breaks, 1.9 on successful breaks
Break-and-run packages
Styer's 27 B&R games consisted of 6 2-packs and 15 singles.
Geronimo's 16 B&R games consisted of 3 2-packs and 10 singles.
Neither player broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
Games with 1 or more safeties (est.)
41% of all games and 59% of games that were not B&Rs
Number of innings (excludes 2 games when the stream was down)
56% (76 of 136) of the games ended in one inning -- 43 games on the breaker's first inning (B&R games) and 33 games on the non-breaker's first inning
34% (46 of 136) of the games ended in the second or third inning.
10% (14 of 136) of the games went beyond the non-breaker's third visit to the table, with the longest game ending on the non-breaker's 9th visit.
Distribution of consecutive game wins, i.e. winning streaks. Counts are given for Styer first, then Geronimo, then the total.
1 game -- 11 times, 11 times, 22 times
2 games -- 10, 8, 18
3 games -- 1, 5, 6
4 games -- 4, 1, 5
5 games -- 0, 1, 1
6 games -- 1, 2, 3
7 games -- 1, 0, 1
12 games -- 1, 0, 1
10-balls on the break -- None.
Match length -- Approximately 17 hours, for an average of 7.4 minutes per game. This includes racking and brief timeouts.
