2012 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.

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.

Round one

27 January – 18:00

• Robert Milkins 30–15 Nigel Bond
• Mark Williams 72–0 Steve Davis
• Stephen Maguire 43–20 Anthony McGill
• Graeme Dott 62–38 Alan McManus
• Stuart Bingham 77–22 Liu Song
• John Higgins 62–16 Judd Trump
• Gerard Greene 36–27 Jamie Burnett
• Ken Doherty 58–6 Michael Holt
• Ali Carter 22–60 Matthew Stevens
• Tom Ford 50–44 Jimmy Robertson
• Mark Selby 104–1 Joe Perry
• Mark Allen 46–19 Rory McLeod
• Martin Gould 62–46 Peter Ebdon
• Anthony Hamilton 71–14 Jimmy White
• Mark Davis 78–16 Mark Joyce
• Stephen Lee 60–37 Peter Lines

28 January – 12:00

• Tony Drago 97–0 Andy Hicks
• Ding Junhui 27–53 Barry Hawkins
• Ben Woollaston 45–52 Alfie Burden
• Ricky Walden 122–3 Liu Chuang
• Andrew Higginson 9–74 Liang Wenbo
• Shaun Murphy 3–39 Fergal O'Brien
• Marcus Campbell 60–13 Xiao Guodong
• Jamie Cope 22–81 Ian McCulloch
• Mark King 31–39 Dominic Dale
• Marco Fu 21–24 Barry Pinches
• Dave Harold 64–1 James Wattana
• Matthew Selt 66–0 Rod Lawler
• Mike Dunn 50–37 Michael White
• Stephen Hendry 79–29 Jack Lisowski
• Jamie Jones 56–24 Adrian Gunnell
• Ryan Day 73–23 Joe Swail

Round two

28 January – 18:00

• Robert Milkins 64–6 Mike Dunn
• Ryan Day 81–0 Ian McCulloch
• Dominic Dale 31–22 Mark Selby
• Marcus Campbell 27–56 Martin Gould
• Fergal O'Brien 0–90 Barry Hawkins
• Graeme Dott 85–0 Ken Doherty
• Stephen Maguire 58–1 Alfie Burden
• Mark Davis 79–1 Anthony Hamilton
• Dave Harold 51–32 Tony Drago
• Stuart Bingham 8–78 Jamie Jones
• Mark Williams 28–50 Barry Pinches
• Ricky Walden 6–121 Stephen Lee
• Gerard Greene 69–30 Stephen Hendry
• Tom Ford 63–39 Matthew Selt
• Liang Wenbo 54–0 Matthew Stevens
• John Higgins 34–67 Mark Allen

Round three

29 January – 14:00

• Ryan Day 23–39 Dave Harold
• Robert Milkins 7–110 Graeme Dott
• Stephen Maguire 1–87 Barry Hawkins
• Dominic Dale 49–33 Stephen Lee
• Martin Gould 135–0 Jamie Jones
• Tom Ford 42–0 Gerard Greene
• Liang Wenbo 41–43 Barry Pinches
• Mark Davis 34–6 Mark Allen

Quarter-finals

29 January – 19:00

• Dominic Dale 0–95 Graeme Dott
• Mark Davis 12–77 Barry Hawkins
• Martin Gould 17–45 Dave Harold
• Barry Pinches 1–82 Tom Ford

Semi-finals

29 January – 20:30

• Barry Hawkins 56–30 Dave Harold
• Tom Ford 38–56 Graeme Dott

Final

Century breaks

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

• 135 Martin Gould
• 121 Stephen Lee

Notes

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