The 2011 Shoot Out (officially the 2011 CaesarsCasino.com Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 and 30 January 2011 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
The event was last held in 1990, where Darren Morgan defeated Mike Hallett 2–1 (frames) in the final.
Nigel Bond won the final 62–23 against Robert Milkins.
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 Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over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
w/o–w/d 31–74 62–34 46–24 29–55 82–6 27–16 84–0 15–71 28–62 26–72 7–93 113–0 24–72 21–32 79–0
29 January – 12:00
15–106 65–24 28–30 106–0 0–130 52–31 99–16 1–81 85–30 38–55 36–67 41–35 6–49 34–44 70–31 46–31
Round two 29 January – 18:00
96–0 30–31 67–1 66–59 54–9 37–34 61–57 89–6 54–47 49–50 34–93 48–57 15–52 120–0 25–83 53–40
Round three 30 January – 14:00
61–5 47–45 6–52 39–37 22–48 63–13 129–0 88–0
Quarter-finals 30 January – 19:00
50–27 23–29 49–57 94–14
Semi-finals 30 January – 20:30 55–14 72–35
Final Final: 1 frame. Referee: Michaela Tabb Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 30 January 2011 – 21:00 Nigel Bond 62–23 Robert Milkins
Century breaks A total of four century breaks were made during the tournament. 129, 113 Ronnie O'Sullivan 112 Mark King 106 Alfie Burden
References
External links Facebook: 28 January 2011 Facebook: 29 January 2011 – Last 64 Facebook: 29 January 2011 – Last 32 Facebook: 30 January 2011 – Quarter-finals