The 2013 Shoot Out (officially the 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking

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tournament that took place between 25 and 27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in

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. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

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was the defending champion, but he lost 38–58 against

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in the quarter-finals.

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won the final 104–0 against

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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

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, a

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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.

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compiled a 125 break against

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in round 1. All times in

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. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.

Round one

25 January – 18:00

* 42–45 * 73–0 * 11–63 * 8–84 * 17–64 * 63–1 * 17–58 * 35–61 * 43–48 * 67–9 * 6–31 * 43–30 * 10–54 * 36–69 * 14–50 * 61–13

26 January – 12:00

* 125–0 * 44–40 * 1–115 * 52–29 * 32–47 * 46–51 * 61–65 * 96–1 * 71–14 * 49–45 * 29–64 * 67–0 * 80–42 * 40–52 * 101–11 * 0–62

Round two

26 January – 18:00

* 40–31 * 8–67 * 45–37 * 48–41 * 16–57 * 58–18 * 1–61 * 65–8 * 67–33 * 73–1 * 61–36 * 41–42 * 17–61 * 29–45 * 33–82 * 59–30

Round three

27 January – 14:00

* 92–15 * 71–20 * 7–69 * 60–15 * 24–88 * 8–106 * 43–39 * 1–32

Quarter-finals

27 January – 19:00

* 28–45 * 38–58 * 62–13 * 28–36

Semi-finals

27 January – 20:30

* 53–60 * 6–77

Final

27 January – 21:00

* 0–104

Final

Century breaks

Only one century break was made during the tournament. * 125

References

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