The 2019 Shoot Out (officially the 2019 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 21 to 24 February 2019 at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and it was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Michael Georgiou was the defending champion, but he lost to Li Hang 28–45 in the second round.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won his first career ranking title, beating Michael Holt 74–0 in the final. Un-Nooh's 139 break in the semi-final was the highest in the history of the Shoot Out.
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-final: £8,000 Quarter-final: £4,000 Last 16: £2,000 Last 32: £1,000 Last 64: £500 Last 128: £250 (prize money at this stage did not count towards the world rankings) Highest break: £2,000
Total: £146,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000
Tournament draw 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 Players in bold denote match winners.Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over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 1 21 February – 13:00
37–67 20–68 136–1 19–67 8–61 60–59 77–26 80–26 59–2 58–34 0–63 49–69 36–18 62–1 73–15 w/d–w/o
21 February – 19:00
62–63 1–49 5–34 39–73 1–72 7–68 41–7 23–50 64–0 0–122 21–48 19–74 37–55 94–0 88–52 26–54
22 February – 13:00
0–84 2–23 78–13 68–15 18–70 36–30 18–24 21–67 35–16 27–19 16–57 41–28 0–64 18–57 0–95 69–22
22 February – 19:00
75–11 54–55 17–61 52–12 85–6 33–19 20–56 35–66 100–7 82–14 12–35 18–58 0–65 49–7 16–110 63–28
Round 2 23 February – 13:00
0–137 37–12 25–10 39–28 62–25 1–74 60–16 9–36 41–18 34–21 46–17 18–32 8–42 120–8 11–101 38–25
23 February – 19:00
22–72 6–51 44–51 13–61 34–47 51–23 31–6 43–33 22–61 52–24 13–17 45–28 13–42 37–41 26–71 75–0
Round 3 24 February – 13:00
68–5 62–0 12–65 54–0 14–10 29–12 10–7 26–27 6–55 29–2 5–15 60–39 8–81 74–33 21–32 22–2
Round 4 24 February – 19:00
29–47 37–7 9–54 36–32 38–40 15–58 0–74 16–86
Quarter-finals 24 February – 21:00
97–3 20–55 4–58 53–13
Semi-finals 24 February – 22:15 139–0 21–56
Final Final: 1 frame. Referee: Brendan Moore Watford Colosseum, Watford, England, 24 February 2019 – 22:45 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 74–0 Michael Holt
Century breaks Total: 4
139 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 133 Luca Brecel 132 Ricky Walden 100 Martin Gould
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