The 2013 Shoot Out (officially the 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking
snooker
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tournament that took place between 25 and 27 January 2013 at the
Circus Arena in
Blackpool
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,
England
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. It was played under a
variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Barry Hawkins
Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, ...
was the defending champion, but he lost 38–58 against
Stephen Maguire
Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...
in the quarter-finals.
Martin Gould won the final 104–0 against
Mark Allen.
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
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, 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
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. 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
Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked List of world number one snooker players, world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 24 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all ...
compiled a 125 break against
Ken Doherty
Kenneth Joseph Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only World Snooker Championship, wor ...
in round 1. All times in
Greenwich Mean Time
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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
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked List of world number one snooker players, world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 24 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all ...
References
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