2019 Snooker Shoot Out

The 2019 Shoot Out (officially the 2019 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 21 to 24 February 2019 at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and it was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Michael Georgiou was the defending champion, but he lost to Li Hang 28–45 in the second round.

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won his first career ranking title, beating Michael Holt 74–0 in the final. Un-Nooh's 139 break in the semi-final was the highest in the history of the Shoot Out.

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
 * Last 128: £250 (prize money at this stage did not count towards the world rankings)
 * Highest break: £2,000


 * Total: £146,000
 * The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000

Tournament draw
All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners. Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

21 February – 13:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Ebdon (ENG) 37–67 🇨🇾 Michael Georgiou (CYP)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Carty (ENG) 20–68 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG) 136–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Liam Davies (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Hugill (ENG) 19–67 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG)
 * 🇮🇪 Michael Judge (IRL) 8–61 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG)
 * 🇧🇪 Ben Mertens (BEL) 60–59 🇹🇭 James Wattana (THA)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 77–26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lee Walker (WAL)
 * 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty (IRL) 80–26 🇵🇱 Adam Stefanow (POL)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhao Xintong (CHN) 59–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe O'Connor (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Chen Feilong (CHN) 58–34 🇨🇳 Lu Ning (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) 0–63 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (ENG) 49–69 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Steadman (ENG) 36–18 Jordan Brown
 * Joe Swail 62–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kuldesh Johal (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Simmonds (ENG) 73–15 🇨🇳 Zhang Yong (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden (ENG) w/d–w/o Thor Chuan Leong

21 February – 19:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Burns (ENG) 62–63 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyren Wilson (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Xu Si (CHN) 1–49 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Castle (ENG)
 * 🇹🇭 Noppon Saengkham (THA) 5–34 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Daniel Wells (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harvey Chandler (ENG) 39–73 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilson (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Jiankang (CHN) 1–72 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
 * 🇩🇪 Simon Lichtenberg (GER) 7–68 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elliot Slessor (ENG) 41–7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Duane Jones (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Wakelin (ENG) 23–50 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Lines (ENG)
 * 🇩🇪 Lukas Kleckers (GER) 64–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie O'Neill (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Cahill (ENG) 0–122 🇨🇳 Mei Xiwen (CHN)
 * Chris Totten 21–48 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 19–74 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sanderson Lam (ENG) 37–55 Alan McManus
 * 🇹🇭 Sunny Akani (THA) 94–0 🇨🇳 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 88–52 🇭🇰 Andy Lee (HKG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reanne Evans (ENG) 26–54 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White (ENG)

22 February – 13:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 0–84 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 2–23 🇵🇰 Hamza Akbar (PAK)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jak Jones (WAL) 78–13 Liam Graham
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joel Walker (ENG) 68–15 🇨🇳 Li Yuan (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hammad Miah (ENG) 18–70 🇨🇳 Zhang Anda (CHN)
 * 🇮🇪 Stephen Bateman (IRL) 36–30 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Williams (ENG) 18–24 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Davies (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Hancorn (ENG) 21–67 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Devlin (ENG) 35–16 Ross Muir
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Duffy (ENG) 27–19 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce (ENG)
 * Alexander Ursenbacher 16–57 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hicks (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 41–28 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Craigie (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 0–64 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Yuan Sijun (CHN) 18–57 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 0–95 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gilbert (ENG)
 * Graeme Dott 69–22 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)

22 February – 19:00

 * 🇧🇪 Luca Brecel (BEL) 75–11 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Farakh Ajaib (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Yan Bingtao (CHN) 54–55 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kishan Hirani (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Emma Parker (ENG) 17–61 🇮🇳 Laxman Rawat (IND)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 52–12 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (ENG)
 * 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 85–6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Li Hang (CHN) 33–19 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
 * Anthony McGill 20–56 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG)
 * Gerard Greene 35–66 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG) 100–7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Highfield (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Astley (ENG) 82–14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brandon Sargeant (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Luo Honghao (CHN) 12–35 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn (ENG)
 * Scott Donaldson 18–58 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Allan Taylor (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Carrington (ENG) 0–65 Hossein Vafaei
 * 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong (CHN) 49–7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Davison (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Chen Zifan (CHN) 16–110 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Baird (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG) 63–28 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond (ENG)

23 February – 13:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden (ENG) 0–137 🇧🇪 Luca Brecel (BEL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Davies (ENG) 37–12 🇧🇪 Ben Mertens (BEL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Simmonds (ENG) 25–10 🇵🇰 Hamza Akbar (PAK)
 * 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 39–28 🇨🇳 Mei Xiwen (CHN)
 * 🇹🇭 Sunny Akani (THA) 62–25 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Billy Castle (ENG)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 1–74 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL) 60–16 Thor Chuan Leong
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Devlin (ENG) 9–36 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyren Wilson (ENG) 41–18 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elliot Slessor (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke (WAL) 34–21 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Daniel Wells (WAL) 46–17 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Steadman (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Astley (ENG) 18–32 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White (ENG)
 * Joe Swail 8–42 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Hallworth (ENG) 120–8 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kishan Hirani (WAL) 11–101 🇮🇳 Laxman Rawat (IND)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Duffy (ENG) 38–25 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gilbert (ENG)

23 February – 19:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 22–72 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt (ENG) 6–51 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 44–51 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (ENG) 13–61 🇨🇳 Zhao Xintong (CHN)
 * 🇮🇷 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 34–47 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Allan Taylor (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL) 51–23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joel Walker (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Lines (ENG) 31–6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Gould (ENG)
 * Alan McManus 43–33 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong (CHN) 22–61 Graeme Dott
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG) 52–24 🇨🇳 Chen Feilong (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines (ENG) 13–17 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jak Jones (WAL)
 * 🇨🇳 Li Hang (CHN) 45–28 🇨🇾 Michael Georgiou (CYP)
 * 🇮🇪 Stephen Bateman (IRL) 13–42 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Baird (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hicks (ENG) 37–41 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty (IRL) 26–71 🇩🇪 Lukas Kleckers (GER)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Anda (CHN) 75–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins (ENG)

24 February – 13:00

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 68–5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyren Wilson (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Daniel Wells (WAL) 62–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Simmonds (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White (ENG) 12–65 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke (WAL) 54–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Lines (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Li Hang (CHN) 14–10 🇩🇪 Lukas Kleckers (GER)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Duffy (ENG) 29–12 Alan McManus
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Davies (ENG) 10–7 🇹🇭 Sunny Akani (THA)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhao Xintong (CHN) 26–27 🇧🇪 Luca Brecel (BEL)
 * 🇮🇳 Laxman Rawat (IND) 6–55 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Baird (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL) 29–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jak Jones (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches (ENG) 5–15 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL) 60–39 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Allan Taylor (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilson (ENG) 8–81 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
 * 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 74–33 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Dunn (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Anda (CHN) 21–32 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG) 22–2 Graeme Dott

24 February – 19:00

 * 🇧🇪 Luca Brecel (BEL) 29–47 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG) 37–7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Davies (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Duffy (ENG) 9–54 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Baird (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke (WAL) 36–32 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 38–40 🇨🇳 Li Hang (CHN)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rory McLeod (ENG) 15–58 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Daniel Wells (WAL) 0–74 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dominic Dale (WAL) 16–86 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG)

24 February – 21:00

 * 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 97–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
 * 🇨🇳 Li Hang (CHN) 20–55 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler (ENG) 4–58 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL) 53–13 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Baird (ENG)

24 February – 22:15

 * 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 139–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Michael White (WAL) 21–56 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt (ENG)

Century breaks
Total: 4


 * 139 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 133 – Luca Brecel
 * 132 – Ricky Walden
 * 100 – Martin Gould