2013 Snooker Shoot-Out
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| Dates | 25–27 January 2013 |
| Venue | Circus Arena |
| City | Blackpool |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £130,000 |
| Winner's share | £32,000 |
| Highest break | Mark Selby (125) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Martin Gould |
| Runner-up | Mark Allen |
| Score | 1–0 (104–0) |
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The 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament 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] It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.
Martin Gould won the final 1–0 (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 UTC.[11][12]
Round one
Round two
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Round three
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
- Sunday, 27 January – 19:00[15]
Stephen Maguire 53–60 
Mark Allen
Michael Holt 6–77 Martin Gould
Final
- Sunday, 27 January – 19:00[15]
- Mark Allen 0–104 Martin Gould
Century breaks
- 125 Mark Selby
References
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Betfair Backing Shoot-Out". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Hawkins wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Gould beats Allen in shoot-out final". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. 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.
- ^ a b c "Betfair Shoot Out Day Two". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Betfair Shoot Out Day Three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ http://cuetracker.net/tournaments/snooker-shootout/2013/594