The 2013 Shoot Out (officially the 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire 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, 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
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 Final: 1 frame. Referee: Colin Humphries Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 27 January 2013 – 21:00 Mark Allen 0–104 Martin Gould
Century breaks Only one century break was made during the tournament. 125 Mark Selby
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