2011 Snooker 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 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.

64 players contested the tournament, which was shown on Sky, the first time that Sky has shown a World Snooker event live since 2004.

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 28 November 2010, just before the final of the Premier League. The draw for each round including the semi-finals was random, made just before the round began. 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Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

Round one

28 January – 18:00

• Tony Drago w/o–w/d Liang Wenbo
• Mark Allen 31–74 Ryan Day
• Stephen Lee 62–34 Michael Holt
• Nigel Bond 46–24 Joe Jogia
• Stephen Hendry 29–55 Fergal O'Brien
• Robert Milkins 82–6 Martin Gould
• Andrew Higginson 27–16 Jamie Burnett
• Tom Ford 84–0 Stephen Maguire
• Ding Junhui 15–71 Dominic Dale
• Jimmy White 28–62 Ali Carter
• Michael Judge 26–72 Alan McManus
• Mark Williams 7–93 John Higgins
• Ronnie O'Sullivan 113–0 Marco Fu
• Peter Ebdon 24–72 Steve Davis
• Jimmy Michie 21–32 Marcus Campbell
• Mark King 79–0 Jimmy Robertson

29 January – 12:00

• Barry Pinches 15–106 Neil Robertson
• Peter Lines 65–24 Barry Hawkins
• Shaun Murphy 28–30 Rory McLeod
• Alfie Burden 106–0 Matthew Selt
• Ricky Walden 0–130 Joe Perry
• Judd Trump 52–31 Dave Harold
• Graeme Dott 99–16 Matthew Couch
• Jamie Cope 1–81 Ken Doherty
• Adrian Gunnell 85–30 David Morris
• Gerard Greene 38–55 Rod Lawler
• Matthew Stevens 36–67 Mike Dunn
• Stuart Pettman 41–35 Bjorn Haneveer
• Joe Swail 6–49 Mark Davis
• Andy Hicks 34–44 Mark Selby
• Anthony Hamilton 70–31 Anthony McGill
• Stuart Bingham 46–31 Ian McCulloch

Round two

29 January – 18:00

• Nigel Bond 96–0 Stephen Lee
• Mark Davis 30–31 Judd Trump
• Marcus Campbell 67–1 Andrew Higginson
• Mike Dunn 66–59 Alfie Burden
• Robert Milkins 54–9 Tom Ford
• Stuart Bingham 37–34 Adrian Gunnell
• Rory McLeod 61–57 Tony Drago
• Mark Selby 89–6 Stuart Pettman
• Peter Lines 54–47 John Higgins
• Alan McManus 49–50 Neil Robertson
• Rod Lawler 34–93 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• Ali Carter 48–57 Fergal O'Brien
• Dominic Dale 15–52 Anthony Hamilton
• Mark King 120–0 Steve Davis
• Joe Perry 25–83 Ken Doherty
• Ryan Day 53–40 Graeme Dott

Round three

30 January – 14:00

• Mark King 61–5 Fergal O'Brien
• Nigel Bond 47–45 Rory McLeod
• Stuart Bingham 6–52 Mike Dunn
• Judd Trump 39–37 Peter Lines
• Ryan Day 22–48 Robert Milkins
• Neil Robertson 63–13 Ken Doherty
• Ronnie O'Sullivan 129–0 Mark Selby
• Marcus Campbell 88–0 Anthony Hamilton

Quarter-finals

30 January – 19:00

• Robert Milkins 50–27 Judd Trump
• Mark King 23–29 Nigel Bond
• Neil Robertson 49–57 Marcus Campbell
• Ronnie O'Sullivan 94–14 Mike Dunn

Semi-finals

30 January – 20:30

• Nigel Bond 55–14 Marcus Campbell
• Robert Milkins 72–35 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Final

Century breaks

A total of four century breaks were made during the tournament.

• 129, 113 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 112 Mark King
• 106 Alfie Burden

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