2012_Snooker_Shoot-Out

2012 Snooker Shoot-Out

2012 Snooker Shoot-Out

Snooker tournament

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.

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Nigel Bond was the defending champion,[1] but he lost in round one 15–30 against Robert Milkins in a repeat of the 2011 final.[2]

Barry Hawkins won the final 61–23 against Graeme Dott.[3]

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 frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 20 seconds while the final five had a 15-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball. This is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D 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:[4]

  • 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.[5] All matches were a single frame. All times in Greenwich Mean Time.[6][7] Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.[8][9][10]

Round one

27 January – 18:00

28 January – 12:00

Round two

28 January – 18:00

Round three

29 January – 14:00

Quarter-finals

29 January – 19:00

Semi-finals

29 January – 20:30

Final

Final: 1 frame.
Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 29 January 2012 – 21:00
Barry Hawkins
 England		 61–23 Graeme Dott
 Scotland

Century breaks

A total of two century breaks were made during the tournament.[12]

Notes

  1. Originally Jamie Cope was scheduled to play against Neil Robertson, but Robertson withdrew due to a chest infection and was replaced by Ian McCulloch.[9]
  2. Originally Matthew Selt was scheduled to play against Joe Jogia, but Jogia withdrew due to a knee injury, and was replaced by Rod Lawler.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bond wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Bond ousted from Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Hawkins wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Prize money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Snooker Shoot Out 2012 Draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
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    "Snooker Shoot Out 2012 Schedule of play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
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    "PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out (2012)". WWW Snooker. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  8. [8]
    "Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out day one". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  9. [9]
    "Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out day two". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  10. [10]
    "Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out day three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  11. [11]
    "Lawler Replaces Jogia In Blackpool". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  12. [12]
    "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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