Snooker Shoot-Out
The Snooker Shoot-Out is a cue sport tournament played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, which was first held in January 2011. The tournament was sponsored by CaesarsCasino.com.[1]
History
A similar event known as Shoot-Out was first held in September 1990, when, except the final, all matches were decided over a single frame. The event returned in 2011 with several innovations.[2]
It is a one-frame shoot-out with a random draw, where the winner was given £32,000. The top 64 players in the world rankings contest the tournament, which was shown on Sky, the first time that Sky has shown a World Snooker event live since 2004.[3][4] Frames are subjected to a 20 second shot clock in the first five minutes and to a 15 second shot clock in the last five minutes, meaning whoever is ahead at that point will win.[5] The inaugural event took place at the Circus Arena in Blackpool.[6] The event has been compared to cricket's Twenty20 matches.[7]
Format
Rules by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association[8]
- 10 minutes per frame
- Shot clock: For the first 5 minutes of the match, players have 20 seconds per shot; for the last 5 minutes of a match players have 15 seconds per shot. Failure to ensure that the cue ball hits the object ball within the time allowed results in a 5 point penalty.
- Players must hit a <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">cushion</dfn> with either the <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">cue ball</dfn> or the <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">object ball</dfn> or pot a ball with every shot.
- All fouls result in <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">ball in hand</dfn>.
- Players ‘<dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">lag</dfn>’ for who <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">breaks off</dfn>.
- In an event of a tie the <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">blue ball</dfn> shoot out determines the winner, i.e. the blue ball is placed on its spot and the player can place the cue ball anywhere within the <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">D</dfn> before attempting to pot the blue.
Winners
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Note
- ^ The final was best of three frames.
References
- ^ "Caesarscasino.com sponsors Snooker Shoot-out". crunchsports.com. http://www.crunchsports.com/category/Snooker/Caesarscasino-com-sponsors-Snooker-Shoot-out-201101230033/. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ^ a b Turner, Chris. "One Frame Shoot-Out". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Shootout.html. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Sky to televise World Snooker Shoot-Out". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 May 2010. http://www.worldsnooker.com/news-152922.htm. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Sky To Televise World Seniors Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.worldsnooker.com/world_seniors_news(Sky_To_Televise_World_Seniors_Championship)-2463.htm?tid=170. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ "Snooker Shoot-Out draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/WorldSnookerShoot-OutArticle/0,,13165~2213903,00.html. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "2010/11 Calendar". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/Tournaments/FullCalendar. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Hearn unveils 20 second snooker". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers. 17 May 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1279139/Barry-Hearn-unveils-20-second-snooker.html?ito=feeds-newsxml. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ "Rules". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/WorldSnookerShoot-OutArticle/0,,13165~2270050,00.html. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ^ "Latest From Blackpool". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 January 2011. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2253477,00.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
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Snooker Shoot-Out
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| Full results by year |
1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990
2011 · 2012
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