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,[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
Robert Milkins (ENG) 30–15 Nigel Bond (ENG)
Mark Williams (WAL) 72–0 Steve Davis (ENG)
Stephen Maguire (SCO) 43–20 Anthony McGill (SCO)- Graeme Dott (SCO) 62–38 Alan McManus (SCO)
- Stuart Bingham (ENG) 77–22
Liu Song (CHN) - John Higgins (SCO) 62–16 Judd Trump (ENG)
Gerard Greene (NIR) 36–27 Jamie Burnett (SCO)
Ken Doherty (IRL) 58–6 Michael Holt (ENG)- Ali Carter (ENG) 22–60 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- Tom Ford (ENG) 50–44 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
- Mark Selby (ENG) 104–1 Joe Perry (ENG)
- Mark Allen (NIR) 46–19 Rory McLeod (ENG)
- Martin Gould (ENG) 62–46 Peter Ebdon (ENG)
- Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 71–14 Jimmy White (ENG)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 78–16 Mark Joyce (ENG)
- Stephen Lee (ENG) 60–37 Peter Lines (ENG)
28 January – 12:00
Tony Drago (MLT) 97–0 Andy Hicks (ENG)- Ding Junhui (CHN) 27–53 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
- Ben Woollaston (ENG) 45–52 Alfie Burden (ENG)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) 122–3 Liu Chuang (CHN)
- Andrew Higginson (ENG) 9–74 Liang Wenbo (CHN)
- Shaun Murphy (ENG) 3–39 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
- Marcus Campbell (SCO) 60–13 Xiao Guodong (CHN)
- Jamie Cope (ENG) 22–81 Ian McCulloch (ENG)[a]
- Mark King (ENG) 31–39 Dominic Dale (WAL)
Marco Fu (HKG) 21–24 Barry Pinches (ENG)- Dave Harold (ENG) 64–1
James Wattana (THA) - Matthew Selt (ENG) 66–0 Rod Lawler (ENG)[b]
- Mike Dunn (ENG) 50–37 Michael White (WAL)
- Stephen Hendry (SCO) 79–29 Jack Lisowski (ENG)
- Jamie Jones (WAL) 56–24 Adrian Gunnell (ENG)
- Ryan Day (WAL) 73–23 Joe Swail (NIR)
Round two
28 January – 18:00
- Robert Milkins (ENG) 64–6 Mike Dunn (ENG)
- Ryan Day (WAL) 81–0 Ian McCulloch (ENG)
- Dominic Dale (WAL) 31–22 Mark Selby (ENG)
- Marcus Campbell (SCO) 27–56 Martin Gould (ENG)
- Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 0–90 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
- Graeme Dott (SCO) 85–0 Ken Doherty (IRL)
- Stephen Maguire (SCO) 58–1 Alfie Burden (ENG)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 79–1 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
- Dave Harold (ENG) 51–32 Tony Drago (MLT)
- Stuart Bingham (ENG) 8–78 Jamie Jones (WAL)
- Mark Williams (WAL) 28–50 Barry Pinches (ENG)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) 6–121 Stephen Lee (ENG)
- Gerard Greene (NIR) 69–30 Stephen Hendry (SCO)
- Tom Ford (ENG) 63–39 Matthew Selt (ENG)
- Liang Wenbo (CHN) 54–0 Matthew Stevens (WAL)
- John Higgins (SCO) 34–67 Mark Allen (NIR)
Round three
29 January – 14:00
- Ryan Day (WAL) 23–39 Dave Harold (ENG)
- Robert Milkins (ENG) 7–110 Graeme Dott (SCO)
- Stephen Maguire (SCO) 1–87 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
- Dominic Dale (WAL) 49–33 Stephen Lee (ENG)
- Martin Gould (ENG) 135–0 Jamie Jones (WAL)
- Tom Ford (ENG) 42–0 Gerard Greene (NIR)
- Liang Wenbo (CHN) 41–43 Barry Pinches (ENG)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 34–6 Mark Allen (NIR)
Quarter-finals
29 January – 19:00
- Dominic Dale (WAL) 0–95 Graeme Dott (SCO)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 12–77 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
- Martin Gould (ENG) 17–45 Dave Harold (ENG)
- Barry Pinches (ENG) 1–82 Tom Ford (ENG)
Semi-finals
29 January – 20:30
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) 56–30 Dave Harold (ENG)
- Tom Ford (ENG) 38–56 Graeme Dott (SCO)
Final
| Final: 1 frame. Referee:Paul Collier[12] Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 29 January 2012 – 21:00 | ||
| Barry Hawkins England
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61–23 | Graeme Dott Scotland
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Century breaks
A total of two century breaks were made during the tournament.[13]
- 135 – Martin Gould
- 121 – Stephen Lee
Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
- ^ "Bond wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Bond ousted from Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Hawkins wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Prize money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Snooker Shoot Out 2012 Draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Snooker Shoot Out 2012 Schedule of play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out (2012)". WWW Snooker. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Yates, Phil (March 2012). "Hawk swoops to snaffle £32,000". Snooker Scene. p. 28.
- ^ "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
