2013 Snooker Shoot-Out
|  | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25–27 January 2013 | 
| Venue | Circus Arena | 
| City | Blackpool | 
| Country | England | 
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA | 
| Total prize fund | £130,000 | 
| Winner's share | £32,000 | 
| Highest break | 125 | 
| Final | |
| Champion |  Martin Gould | 
| Runner-up |  Mark Allen | 
| Score | 104–0 | 
| ← 2012  2014 →  | |
The 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out was a cue sport tournament played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker that took place between 25–27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England.[1] This was the first time that Betfair sponsored the event.[2]
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.
Martin Gould won in the final 104–0 against Mark Allen.[4][5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
- 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
Draw
The draw for round 1 was made on 9 November 2012 and was broadcast live by Talksport.[7] The draw for each round including the semi-finals was random, conducted live at the venue. The shot clock was reduced from 20 to 15 seconds per shot for the first 5 minutes and from 15 to 10 seconds for the last 5 minutes.[8][9] There has been only one century break in the tournament. Mark Selby compiled a 125 break against Ken Doherty in round 1.[10] All times are GMT.[11][12]
Round one
Round two
| 
 | 
 | 
Round three
| 
 | 
 | 
Quarter-finals
| 
 | 
 | 
Semi-finals
- Sunday, 27 January – 19:00[15]
 Stephen Maguire 53–60 Stephen Maguire 53–60 Mark Allen Mark Allen
 Michael Holt 6–77 Michael Holt 6–77 Martin Gould Martin Gould
 
Final
- Sunday, 27 January – 19:00[15]
 Mark Allen 0–104 Mark Allen 0–104 Martin Gould Martin Gould
 
References
- ↑ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ "Betfair Backing Shoot-Out". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Hawkins wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ↑ "Gould beats Allen in shoot-out final". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ "Gould is top gun in Shoot Out". Sporting Life. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ "Betfair Shoot Out draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Rules". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ↑ "Rules". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ "Betfair Shoot Out 2013: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ↑ "Betfair Shoot Out 2013 Playing Schedule". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Betfair Shoot Out Day One". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Betfair Shoot Out Day Two". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Betfair Shoot Out Day Three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 27 January 2013.





