2019 Snooker Shoot Out

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. 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.

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.

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 frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D 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:

• 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Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over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

21 February – 19:00

22 February – 13:00

22 February – 19:00

Round 2

23 February – 13:00

23 February – 19:00

Round 3

24 February – 13:00

Round 4

24 February – 19:00

Quarter-finals

24 February – 21:00

Semi-finals

24 February – 22:15

•  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 139–0  Jamie Clarke (WAL)
•  Michael White (WAL) 21–56  Michael Holt (ENG)

Final

Century breaks

Total: 4

References