2012 Snooker Shoot-Out

The 2012 Shoot Out (officially the 2012 PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 and 29 January 2012 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

Nigel Bond was the defending champion, but he lost in round one 15–30 against Robert Milkins in a repeat of the 2011 final.

Barry Hawkins won the final 61–23 against Graeme Dott.

Tournament format
The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable ; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 20 seconds while the final five had a 15-second timer. All awarded the opponent a. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the. This is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who the ball with the  from inside the  and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £32,000
 * Runner-up: £16,000
 * Semi-finals: £8,000
 * Quarter-finals: £4,000
 * Last 16: £2,000
 * Last 32: £1,000
 * Last 64: £500
 * Highest break: £2,000


 * Total: £130,000

Tournament draw
The draw for round 1 was made on 6 November 2011, on the second day of the World Seniors Championship. The draws for each round up to and including the semi-finals were random, conducted live at the venue. All matches were a single. All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.

27 January – 18:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG) 30–15 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL) 72–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis (ENG)
 * Stephen Maguire 43–20 Anthony McGill
 * Graeme Dott 62–38 Alan McManus
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 77–22 🇨🇳 Liu Song (CHN)
 * John Higgins 62–16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump (ENG)
 * Gerard Greene 36–27 Jamie Burnett
 * 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty (IRL) 58–6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG) 22–60 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG) 50–44 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby (ENG) 104–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (ENG)
 * Mark Allen 46–19 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG) 62–46 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Ebdon (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 71–14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) 78–16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Lee (ENG) 60–37 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines (ENG)

28 January – 12:00

 * 🇲🇹 Tony Drago (MLT) 97–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hicks (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui (CHN) 27–53 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 45–52 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG) 122–3 🇨🇳 Liu Chuang (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 9–74 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 3–39 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
 * Marcus Campbell 60–13 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Cope (ENG) 22–81 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian McCulloch (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (ENG) 31–39 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * 🇭🇰 Marco Fu (HKG) 21–24 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG) 64–1 🇹🇭 James Wattana (THA)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG) 66–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn (ENG) 50–37 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * Stephen Hendry 79–29 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones (WAL) 56–24 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Gunnell (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL) 73–23 Joe Swail

28 January – 18:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG) 64–6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL) 81–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian McCulloch (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL) 31–22 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby (ENG)
 * Marcus Campbell 27–56 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)
 * 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 0–90 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
 * Graeme Dott 85–0 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty (IRL)
 * Stephen Maguire 58–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) 79–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG) 51–32 🇲🇹 Tony Drago (MLT)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 8–78 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL) 28–50 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG) 6–121 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Lee (ENG)
 * Gerard Greene 69–30 Stephen Hendry
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG) 63–39 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo (CHN) 54–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 * John Higgins 34–67 Mark Allen

29 January – 14:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL) 23–39 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG) 7–110 Graeme Dott
 * Stephen Maguire 1–87 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL) 49–33 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Lee (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG) 135–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG) 42–0 Gerard Greene
 * 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo (CHN) 41–43 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) 34–6 Mark Allen

29 January – 19:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL) 0–95 Graeme Dott
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) 12–77 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG) 17–45 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG) 1–82 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG)

29 January – 20:30

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 56–30 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG) 38–56 Graeme Dott

Century breaks
A total of two century breaks were made during the tournament.
 * 135 – Martin Gould
 * 121 – Stephen Lee