2012 Snooker Shoot-Out


The 2012 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 Snooker [Shoot Out#Format|variation of the standard rules] of snooker.
Nigel Bond was the defending champion, but he lost in round one 15–30 against Robert Milkins in a repeat of the 2011 final.
Barry Hawkins won the final 61–23 against Graeme Dott.

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 20 seconds while the final five had a 15-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 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. All matches were a single. All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.

Round one

27 January – 18:00

30–15 72–0 43–20 62–38 77–22 62–16 36–27 58–6
  • 22–60 50–44 104–1 46–19 62–46 71–14 78–16 60–37

28 January – 12:00

97–0
  • 27–53
  • 45–52 122–3
  • 9–74
  • 3–39 60–13
  • 22–81
  • 31–39
  • 21–24 64–1 66–0 50–37 79–29 56–24 73–23

Round two

28 January – 18:00

64–6 81–0 31–22
  • 27–56
  • 0–90 85–0 58–1 79–1 51–32
  • 8–78
  • 28–50
  • 6–121 69–30 63–39 54–0
  • 34–'''67'''

Round three

29 January – 14:00

  • 23–39
  • 7–110
  • 1–87 49–33 135–0 42–0
  • 41–43 34–6

Quarter-finals

29 January – 19:00

  • 0–95
  • 12–77
  • 17–45
  • 1–'''82'''

Semi-finals

29 January – 20:30

56–30
  • 38–'''56'''

Century breaks

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