2014 Snooker Shoot-Out

The 2014 Shoot Out (officially the 2014 888casino Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 26 January 2014 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

Martin Gould was the defending champion, but he lost 14–40 against Zhang Anda in round one.

Dominic Dale won the final 77–19 against Stuart Bingham.

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-final: £8,000
 * Quarter-final: £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 one was made on 8 December 2013 and was broadcast live by Talksport. The draw for each round including the semi-finals was made at random, conducted live at the venue.

There was only one century break during the tournament. Ryan Day made a 101 break against Kurt Maflin.

All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.

24 January – 18:00

 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Anda (CHN) 40–14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Cao Yupeng (CHN) 65–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 31–52 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 56–24 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG)
 * 🇧🇪 Luca Brecel (BEL) 50–67 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (ENG) 82–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG) 62–47 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones (WAL)
 * 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 1–82 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Highfield (ENG) 72–15 Stephen Maguire
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG) 103–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Davison (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Harold (ENG) 52–53 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Cope (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Williams (ENG) 54–29 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn (ENG) 29–34 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gilbert (ENG) 41–40 Anthony McGill
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL) 93–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White (ENG) 32–51 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)

25 January – 12:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (WAL) 1–74 Mark Allen
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG) 36–35 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Ebdon (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 89–42 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (ENG)
 * Jamie Burnett 78–41 🇹🇭 Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 52–49 Marcus Campbell
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Duffy (ENG) 39–97 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 * Gerard Greene 19–64 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines (ENG) 0–77 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Burns (ENG) 0–88 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG) 13–62 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG) 34–65 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (ENG)
 * Graeme Dott 29–22 🇮🇳 Aditya Mehta (IND)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG) 43–29 John Higgins
 * 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty (IRL) 53–79 Alan McManus
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 46–8 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis (ENG) 33–84 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL)

25 January – 18:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 0–85 Jamie Burnett
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL) 56–53 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong (CHN) 30–41 Alan McManus
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Cope (ENG) 8–62 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 53–20 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG)
 * 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 76–48 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Anda (CHN) 0–89 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG) 9–85 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 87–18 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Highfield (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 7–69 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * Graeme Dott 72–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG)
 * Mark Allen 86–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Williams (ENG)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 82–20 🇨🇳 Cao Yupeng (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gilbert (ENG) 43–72 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 22–47 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG) 62–5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG)

26 January – 14:00

 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 59–10 Jamie Burnett
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG) 109–0 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 * Mark Allen 45–51 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * Graeme Dott 61–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG)
 * Alan McManus 48–51 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 40–22 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (ENG) 1–59 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 82–6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG)

26 January – 19:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 33–34 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL) 81–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 7–105 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL)
 * Graeme Dott 57–7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG)

26 January – 20:30

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (WAL) 6–64 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * Graeme Dott 0–62 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG)

Century breaks
Only one century break was made during the tournament.
 * 101 – Ryan Day