2018 Snooker Shoot Out


The 2018 Shoot Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 8–11 February 2018 in Watford, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Anthony McGill was the defending champion, but he lost to Mark Davis in the first round, after Davis made a of 102.
Michael Georgiou won his first ever ranking title, beating Graeme Dott 67–56 in the final. None of the top five players in the world rankings at the time, had entered the tournament.

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
  • Highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £146,000
  • The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000

    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Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over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

8 February – 12:00

  • 103–0
  • 22–36
  • 32–52
  • 58–20
  • 7–79
  • 33–9
  • 53–4
  • 90–22
  • 59–17
  • 17–51
  • 53–47
  • 34–31
  • 46–11
  • 68–24
  • 87–4
  • 67–0
  • 22–14
  • 39–16
  • 52–54
  • 12–53
  • 90–0
  • 0–44
  • 2–48
  • 34–'''43'''

    8 February – 19:00

  • w/d–w/o
  • 0–71
  • 47–43
  • 65–14
  • 79–0
  • 44–17
  • 77–2
  • 32–27
  • 70–27
  • 31–63
  • 19–41
  • 35–16
  • 24–36
  • 55–18
  • 35–67
  • 53–10

    9 February – 12:00

  • 59–31
  • 73–41
  • 54–44
  • 51–31
  • 22–14
  • 37–48
  • 13–27
  • 20–49
  • 62–41
  • 1–58
  • 37–57
  • 54–1
  • 22–40
  • 40–26
  • 0–62
  • 18–33
  • 49–14
  • 27–29
  • 34–8
  • 33–43
  • 65–31
  • 9–22
  • 15–37
  • 59–21

    Round 2

9 February – 19:00

  • 11–74
  • 43–44
  • 44–0
  • 0–54
  • 5–72
  • 27–26
  • 25–53
  • 37–16
  • 21–31
  • 47–41
  • 31–28
  • 32–33
  • 21–48
  • 84–1
  • 42–10
  • 75–40

    10 February – 19:00

  • 45–55
  • 18–33
  • 2–32
  • 36–61
  • 63–15
  • 81–21
  • 56–7
  • 27–24
  • 35–49
  • 95–0
  • 51–0
  • 25–37
  • 10–28
  • 47–52
  • 10–69
  • 68–41

    Round 3

11 February – 12:00

  • 1–71
  • 16–45
  • 57–26
  • 11–64
  • 16–26
  • 71–1
  • 79–0
  • 60–0
  • 54–9
  • 41–51
  • 13–31
  • 24–17
  • 1–84
  • 51–29
  • 0–80
  • 71–9

    Round 4

11 February – 18:00

  • 47–31
  • 33–21
  • 48–24
  • 40–71
  • 34–69
  • 64–24
  • 61–56
  • 6–'''45'''

    Quarter-finals

11 February – 20:00

  • 48–9
  • 61–35
  • 41–36
  • 114–9

    Semi-finals

11 February – 21:15

  • 53–5
  • 8–'''59'''

    Final

Century breaks

Total: 2
  • 109 Michael Georgiou
  • 102 Mark Davis