2013 Snooker Shoot-Out

Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out

Tournament information
Dates	25–27 January 2013
Venue	Circus Arena
City	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Total prize fund	£130,000
Winner's share	£32,000
Highest break	125
Final
Champion	Martin Gould
Runner-up	Mark Allen
Score	104–0
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The 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out was a cue sport tournament played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker that took place between 25–27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England.^[1] This was the first time that Betfair sponsored the event.^[2]

Barry Hawkins was the defending champion,^[3] but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.

Martin Gould won in the final 104–0 against Mark Allen.^[4][5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

• 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

Draw

The draw for round 1 was made on 9 November 2012 and was broadcast live by Talksport.^[7] 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.^[8][9] There has been only one century break in the tournament. Mark Selby compiled a 125 break against Ken Doherty in round 1.^[10] All times are GMT.^[11][12]

Round one

Friday, 25 January – 18:00[13] Steve Davis 42–45 Barry Hawkins Mark Williams 73–0 Mike Dunn Tom Ford 11–63 Mark Allen Stuart Bingham 8–84 Anthony Hamilton Joe Perry 17–64 Michael White Marcus Campbell 63–1 Matthew Stevens Graeme Dott 17–58 Matthew Selt Adam Duffy 35–61 Jack Lisowski David Gilbert 43–48 Ricky Walden Jamie Jones 67–9 Mark King Peter Ebdon 6–31 Dominic Dale Robert Milkins 43–30 Ali Carter Jamie Burnett 10–54 Michael Holt Jimmy White 36–69 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Paul Davison 14–50 Ben Woollaston Alan McManus 61–13 Fergal O'Brien

Saturday, 26 January – 12:00[14] Mark Selby 125–0 Ken Doherty Nigel Bond 44–40 Cao Yupeng Ding Junhui 1–115 Robbie Williams Mark Davis 52–29 Yu Delu Liang Wenbo 32–47 Stephen Maguire Aditya Mehta 46–51 Mark Joyce Tian Pengfei 61–65 Jimmy Robertson Peter Lines 96–1 John Higgins Kurt Maflin 71–14 Jamie Cope Martin Gould 49–45 Rory McLeod Shaun Murphy 29–64 Liu Chuang Dave Harold 67–0 Rod Lawler Gerard Greene 80–42 Alfie Burden Andy Hicks 40–52 Andrew Higginson Anthony McGill 101–11 Barry Pinches Xiao Guodong 0–62 Ryan Day

Round two

Saturday, 26 January – 18:00[14] Michael Holt 40–31 Ryan Day Anthony Hamilton 8–67 Jimmy Robertson Mark Williams 45–37 Jamie Jones Jack Lisowski 48–41 Robbie Williams Mark Davis 16–57 Kurt Maflin Liu Chuang 58–18 Ricky Walden Mark Joyce 1–61 Martin Gould Mark Allen 65–8 Peter Lines

Saturday, 26 January – 18:00[14] Nigel Bond 67–33 Mark Selby Barry Hawkins 73–1 Anthony McGill Dave Harold 61–36 Gerard Greene Alan McManus 41–42 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Marcus Campbell 17–61 Dominic Dale Robert Milkins 29–45 Andrew Higginson Ben Woollaston 33–82 Michael White Stephen Maguire 59–30 Matthew Selt

Round three

Sunday, 27 January – 14:00[15] Mark Allen 92–15 Dominic Dale Kurt Maflin 71–20 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Jack Lisowski 7–69 Michael Holt Andrew Higginson 60–15 Liu Chuang

Sunday, 27 January – 14:00[15] Nigel Bond 24–88 Martin Gould Jimmy Robertson 8–106 Mark Williams Barry Hawkins 43–39 Michael White Dave Harold 1–32 Stephen Maguire

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 27 January – 19:00[15] Andrew Higginson 28–45 Martin Gould Barry Hawkins 38–58 Stephen Maguire

Sunday, 27 January – 19:00[15] Mark Allen 62–13 Kurt Maflin Mark Williams 28–36 Michael Holt

Semi-finals

• Sunday, 27 January – 19:00^[15]
  • Stephen Maguire 53–60 Mark Allen
  • Michael Holt 6–77 Martin Gould

Final

• Sunday, 27 January – 19:00^[15]
  • Mark Allen 0–104 Martin Gould

References

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