The 2012 Shoot Out (officially the 2012 PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 and 29 January 2012 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Nigel Bond was the defending champion, but he lost in round one 15–30 against Robert Milkins in a repeat of the 2011 final.
Barry Hawkins won the final 61–23 against Graeme Dott.
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
30–15 72–0 43–20 62–38 77–22 62–16 36–27 58–6 22–60 50–44 104–1 46–19 62–46 71–14 78–16 60–37
28 January – 12:00
97–0 27–53 45–52 122–3 9–74 3–39 60–13 22–81 31–39 21–24 64–1 66–0 50–37 79–29 56–24 73–23
Round two 28 January – 18:00
64–6 81–0 31–22 27–56 0–90 85–0 58–1 79–1 51–32 8–78 28–50 6–121 69–30 63–39 54–0 34–67
Round three 29 January – 14:00
23–39 7–110 1–87 49–33 135–0 42–0 41–43 34–6
Quarter-finals 29 January – 19:00
0–95 12–77 17–45 1–82
Semi-finals 29 January – 20:30 56–30 38–56
Final Final: 1 frame. Referee:Paul CollierCircus Arena, Blackpool, England, 29 January 2012 – 21:00 Barry Hawkins 61–23 Graeme Dott
Century breaks A total of two century breaks were made during the tournament. 135 Martin Gould 121 Stephen Lee
Notes
References
External links Facebook: Day 1 Facebook: Day 2 – Last 64 Facebook: Day 2 – Last 32 Facebook: Day 3 – Last 16 Facebook: Day 3 – Quarters, Semis and Final