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2019 Snooker Shoot Out

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=2019 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2019|02|21|2019|02|24|df=y}}

|venue=Watford Colosseum

|location=Watford

|country=England

|organisation=World Snooker

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£146,000

|winners_share=£32,000

|highest_break={{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}} (139)}}

|winner={{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}}

|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.{{cite web |title=Betvictor Sponsors World Snooker's 2019 Shoot Out |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/betvictor-sponsors-world-snookers-2019-shoot-out/ |website=World Snooker |date=20 December 2018|access-date=26 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Click-here-for-the-calendar.pdf|title=2017/18 Calendar|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=18 July 2018|access-date=27 September 2018}} 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.{{cite web |title=Betvictor Shoot Out – Day Three Round Up |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/betvictor-shoot-out-day-three-roundup/ |website=World Snooker |date=23 February 2019|access-date=25 February 2019}}

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.{{cite web |title=Speed King Un-Nooh Lands Shoot Out Title |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/speed-king-un-nooh-lands-shoot-out-title/ |website=World Snooker |date=24 February 2019}}

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 {{cuegloss|frame}}, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable {{cuegloss|shot clock}}; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All {{cuegloss|foul shots}} awarded the opponent a {{cuegloss|ball in hand}}. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a {{cuegloss|cushion}} on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player {{cuegloss|break off|breaks}}. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the {{cuegloss|blue ball}} this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who {{cuegloss|pots|potted}} the ball with the {{cuegloss|cue ball}} from inside the {{cuegloss|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:{{cite web|title=Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Click-here-for-the-prize-money.pdf|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=18 July 2018|access-date=27 September 2018}}

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  • 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

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  • 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==

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==21 February – 19:00==

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==22 February – 13:00==

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==22 February – 19:00==

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=Round 2=

==23 February – 13:00==

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==23 February – 19:00==

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=Round 3=

==24 February – 13:00==

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=Round 4=

==24 February – 19:00==

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=Quarter-finals=

==24 February – 21:00==

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=Semi-finals=

==24 February – 22:15==

=Final=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: 1 frame. Referee: Brendan Moore
Watford Colosseum, Watford, England, 24 February 2019 – 22:45
width="230" align="right" | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
{{THA}}

| width="100" align="center" | 74–0

| width="230" | Michael Holt
{{ENG}}

Century breaks

Total: 4{{cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14067/shoot-out-2019 |website = World Snooker Live Scores |title=Centuries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227161150/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14067/shoot-out-2019 |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}

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References

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