2013 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 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.

Round one

25 January – 18:00

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

26 January – 12:00

• Mark Selby 125–0 Ken Doherty
• Nigel Bond 44–40 Cao Yupeng
• Ding Junhui 1–115 Robbie Williams
• Mark Davis 52–29 Yu Delu
• Liang Wenbo 32–47 Stephen Maguire
• Aditya Mehta 46–51 Mark Joyce
• Tian Pengfei 61–65 Jimmy Robertson
• Peter Lines 96–1 John Higgins
• Kurt Maflin 71–14 Jamie Cope
• Martin Gould 49–45 Rory McLeod
• Shaun Murphy 29–64 Liu Chuang
• Dave Harold 67–0 Rod Lawler
• Gerard Greene 80–42 Alfie Burden
• Andy Hicks 40–52 Andrew Higginson
• Anthony McGill 101–11 Barry Pinches
• Xiao Guodong 0–62 Ryan Day

Round two

26 January – 18:00

• Michael Holt 40–31 Ryan Day
• Anthony Hamilton 8–67 Jimmy Robertson
• Mark Williams 45–37 Jamie Jones
• Jack Lisowski 48–41 Robbie Williams
• Mark Davis 16–57 Kurt Maflin
• Liu Chuang 58–18 Ricky Walden
• Mark Joyce 1–61 Martin Gould
• Mark Allen 65–8 Peter Lines
• Nigel Bond 67–33 Mark Selby
• Barry Hawkins 73–1 Anthony McGill
• Dave Harold 61–36 Gerard Greene
• Alan McManus 41–42 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• Marcus Campbell 17–61 Dominic Dale
• Robert Milkins 29–45 Andrew Higginson
• Ben Woollaston 33–82 Michael White
• Stephen Maguire 59–30 Matthew Selt

Round three

27 January – 14:00

• Mark Allen 92–15 Dominic Dale
• Kurt Maflin 71–20 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• Jack Lisowski 7–69 Michael Holt
• Andrew Higginson 60–15 Liu Chuang
• Nigel Bond 24–88 Martin Gould
• Jimmy Robertson 8–106 Mark Williams
• Barry Hawkins 43–39 Michael White
• Dave Harold 1–32 Stephen Maguire

Quarter-finals

27 January – 19:00

• Andrew Higginson 28–45 Martin Gould
• Barry Hawkins 38–58 Stephen Maguire
• Mark Allen 62–13 Kurt Maflin
• Mark Williams 28–36 Michael Holt

Semi-finals

27 January – 20:30

• Stephen Maguire 53–60 Mark Allen
• Michael Holt 6–77 Martin Gould

Final

27 January – 21:00

• Mark Allen 0–104 Martin Gould

Final

Century breaks

Only one century break was made during the tournament.

• 125 Mark Selby

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