2019 Snooker Shoot Out Explained

Tournament Name:	2019 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out
Venue:	Watford Colosseum
Location:	Watford
Country:	England
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£146,000
Winners Share:	£32,000
Score:	74–0 (one frame)
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 Shoot Out (officially the 2019 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 21 to 24 February 2019 at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England.^{[1] [2]} It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and it was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Michael Georgiou was the defending champion, but he lost to Li Hang 28–45 in the second round.^[3]

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won his first career ranking title, beating Michael Holt 74–0 in the final. Un-Nooh's 139 break in the semi-final was the highest in the history of the Shoot Out.^[4]

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:^[5]

• 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 (prize money at this stage did not count towards the world rankings)
• Highest break: £2,000

• Total: £146,000
• The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000

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Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over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

21 February – 13:00

• 37–67
• 20–68
• 136–1
• 19–67
• 8–61
• 60–59
• 77–26
• 80–26
• 59–2
• 58–34
• 0–63
• 49–69
• 36–18
• 62–1
• 73–15
• w/d–w/o

21 February – 19:00

• 62–63
• 1–49
• 5–34
• 39–73
• 1–72
• 7–68
• 41–7
• 23–50
• 64–0
• 0–122
• 21–48
• 19–74
• 37–55
• 94–0
• 88–52
• 26–54

22 February – 13:00

• 0–84
• 2–23
• 78–13
• 68–15
• 18–70
• 36–30
• 18–24
• 21–67
• 35–16
• 27–19
• 16–57
• 41–28
• 0–64
• 18–57
• 0–95
• 69–22

22 February – 19:00

• 75–11
• 54–55
• 17–61
• 52–12
• 85–6
• 33–19
• 20–56
• 35–66
• 100–7
• 82–14
• 12–35
• 18–58
• 0–65
• 49–7
• 16–110
• 63–28

Round 2

23 February – 13:00

• 0–137
• 37–12
• 25–10
• 39–28
• 62–25
• 1–74
• 60–16
• 9–36
• 41–18
• 34–21
• 46–17
• 18–32
• 8–42
• 120–8
• 11–101
• 38–25

23 February – 19:00

• 22–72
• 6–51
• 44–51
• 13–61
• 34–47
• 51–23
• 31–6
• 43–33
• 22–61
• 52–24
• 13–17
• 45–28
• 13–42
• 37–41
• 26–71
• 75–0

Round 3

24 February – 13:00

• 68–5
• 62–0
• 12–65
• 54–0
• 14–10
• 29–12
• 10–7
• 26–27
• 6–55
• 29–2
• 5–15
• 60–39
• 8–81
• 74–33
• 21–32
• 22–2

Round 4

24 February – 19:00

• 29–47
• 37–7
• 9–54
• 36–32
• 38–40
• 15–58
• 0–74
• 16–86

Quarter-finals

24 February – 21:00

• 97–3
• 20–55
• 4–58
• 53–13

Semi-finals

24 February – 22:15

• 139–0
• 21–56

Final

Final: 1 frame. Referee: Brendan Moore Watford Colosseum, Watford, England, 24 February 2019 – 22:45
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	74–0	Michael Holt

Century breaks

Total: 4^[6]

• 139 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 133 Luca Brecel
• 132 Ricky Walden
• 100 Martin Gould

Notes and References

1. Web site: Betvictor Sponsors World Snooker's 2019 Shoot Out . World Snooker . 20 December 2018. 26 December 2018.
2. Web site: 2017/18 Calendar. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. 27 September 2018.
3. Web site: Betvictor Shoot Out – Day Three Round Up . World Snooker . 23 February 2019. 25 February 2019.
4. Web site: Speed King Un-Nooh Lands Shoot Out Title . World Snooker . 24 February 2019.
5. Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. 27 September 2018.
6. Web site: Centuries . World Snooker Live Scores . https://web.archive.org/web/20190227161150/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14067/shoot-out-2019 . 27 February 2019 . dead.