2013 Snooker Shoot-Out

The 2013 Shoot Out (officially the 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.

Martin Gould won the final 104–0 against Mark Allen.

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 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-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 9 November 2012 and was broadcast live by Talksport. The draw for each round including the semi-finals was random, conducted live at the venue. The shot clock was reduced from 20 to 15 seconds per shot for the first 5 minutes and from 15 to 10 seconds for the last 5 minutes. There was only one century break in the tournament. Mark Selby compiled a 125 break against Ken Doherty in round 1. All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.

25 January – 18:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis (ENG) 42–45 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL) 73–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG) 11–63 Mark Allen
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 8–84 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (ENG) 17–64 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * Marcus Campbell 63–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 * Graeme Dott 17–58 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Duffy (ENG) 35–61 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gilbert (ENG) 43–48 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones (WAL) 67–9 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Ebdon (ENG) 6–31 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG) 43–30 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG)
 * Jamie Burnett 10–54 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White (ENG) 36–69 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Davison (ENG) 14–50 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG)
 * Alan McManus 61–13 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)

26 January – 12:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby (ENG) 125–0 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty (IRL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG) 44–40 🇨🇳 Cao Yupeng (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui (CHN) 1–115 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Williams (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) 52–29 🇨🇳 Yu Delu (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo (CHN) 32–47 Stephen Maguire
 * 🇮🇳 Aditya Mehta (IND) 46–51 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 61–65 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines (ENG) 96–1 John Higgins
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 71–14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Cope (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG) 49–45 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 29–64 🇨🇳 Liu Chuang (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG) 67–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG)
 * Gerard Greene 80–42 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hicks (ENG) 40–52 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
 * Anthony McGill 101–11 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong (CHN) 0–62 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL)

26 January – 18:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG) 40–31 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 8–67 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL) 45–37 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski (ENG) 48–41 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Williams (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) 16–57 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR)
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Chuang (CHN) 58–18 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce (ENG) 1–61 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)
 * Mark Allen 65–8 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG) 67–33 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 73–1 Anthony McGill
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG) 61–36 Gerard Greene
 * Alan McManus 41–42 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 * Marcus Campbell 17–61 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG) 29–45 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 33–82 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * Stephen Maguire 59–30 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG)

27 January – 14:00

 * Mark Allen 92–15 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 71–20 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski (ENG) 7–69 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 60–15 🇨🇳 Liu Chuang (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG) 24–88 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 8–106 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 43–39 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG) 1–32 Stephen Maguire

27 January – 19:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 28–45 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 38–58 Stephen Maguire
 * Mark Allen 62–13 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL) 28–36 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)

27 January – 20:30

 * Stephen Maguire 53–60 Mark Allen
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG) 6–77 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)

27 January – 21:00

 * Mark Allen 0–104 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)

Century breaks
Only one century break was made during the tournament.
 * 125 – Mark Selby