# 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:
* 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
* 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 Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over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

* Peter Ebdon (ENG) 37–67 Michael Georgiou (CYP)
* Ashley Carty (ENG) 20–68 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
* Ricky Walden (ENG) 136–1 Liam Davies (WAL)
* Ashley Hugill (ENG) 19–67 Ali Carter (ENG)
* Michael Judge (IRL) 8–61 Tom Ford (ENG)
* Ben Mertens (BEL) 60–59 James Wattana (THA)
* Kurt Maflin (NOR) 77–26 Lee Walker (WAL)
* Ken Doherty (IRL) 80–26 Adam Stefanow (POL)
* Zhao Xintong (CHN) 59–2 Joe O'Connor (ENG)
* Chen Feilong (CHN) 58–34 Lu Ning (CHN)
* Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) 0–63 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
* Joe Perry (ENG) 49–69 Rory McLeod (ENG)
* Craig Steadman (ENG) 36–18 Jordan Brown (NIR)
* Joe Swail (NIR) 62–1 Kuldesh Johal (ENG)
* Luke Simmonds (ENG) 73–15 Zhang Yong (CHN)
* Alfie Burden (ENG) w/d–w/o Thor Chuan Leong (MAS)

#### 21 February – 19:00

* Ian Burns (ENG) 62–63 Kyren Wilson (ENG)
* Xu Si (CHN) 1–49 Billy Castle (ENG)
* Noppon Saengkham (THA) 5–34 Daniel Wells (WAL)
* Harvey Chandler (ENG) 39–73 Gary Wilson (ENG)
* Zhang Jiankang (CHN) 1–72 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
* Simon Lichtenberg (GER) 7–68 Barry Hawkins (ENG)
* Elliot Slessor (ENG) 41–7 Duane Jones (WAL)
* Chris Wakelin (ENG) 23–50 Oliver Lines (ENG)
* Lukas Kleckers (GER) 64–0 Jamie O'Neill (ENG)
* James Cahill (ENG) 0–122 Mei Xiwen (CHN)
* Chris Totten (SCO) 21–48 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
* Andrew Higginson (ENG) 19–74 Michael White (WAL)
* Sanderson Lam (ENG) 37–55 Alan McManus (SCO)
* Sunny Akani (THA) 94–0 Lyu Haotian (CHN)
* Tian Pengfei (CHN) 88–52 Andy Lee (HKG)
* Reanne Evans (ENG) 26–54 Jimmy White (ENG)

#### 22 February – 13:00

* Matthew Stevens (WAL) 0–84 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
* Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 2–23 Hamza Akbar (PAK)
* Jak Jones (WAL) 78–13 Liam Graham (SCO)
* Joel Walker (ENG) 68–15 Li Yuan (CHN)
* Hammad Miah (ENG) 18–70 Zhang Anda (CHN)
* Stephen Bateman (IRL) 36–30 Mark Davis (ENG)
* Robbie Williams (ENG) 18–24 Ryan Davies (ENG)
* Ben Hancorn (ENG) 21–67 Peter Lines (ENG)
* Peter Devlin (ENG) 35–16 Ross Muir (SCO)
* Adam Duffy (ENG) 27–19 Mark Joyce (ENG)
* Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI) 16–57 Andy Hicks (ENG)
* Ben Woollaston (ENG) 41–28 Sam Craigie (ENG)
* Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 0–64 Michael Holt (ENG)
* Yuan Sijun (CHN) 18–57 Dominic Dale (WAL)
* Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 0–95 David Gilbert (ENG)
* Graeme Dott (SCO) 69–22 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)

#### 22 February – 19:00

* Luca Brecel (BEL) 75–11 Farakh Ajaib (ENG)
* Yan Bingtao (CHN) 54–55 Kishan Hirani (WAL)
* Emma Parker (ENG) 17–61 Laxman Rawat (IND)
* Shaun Murphy (ENG) 52–12 Mark King (ENG)
* Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 85–6 Robert Milkins (ENG)
* Li Hang (CHN) 33–19 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
* Anthony McGill (SCO) 20–56 Barry Pinches (ENG)
* Gerard Greene (NIR) 35–66 Matthew Selt (ENG)
* Martin Gould (ENG) 100–7 Liam Highfield (ENG)
* John Astley (ENG) 82–14 Brandon Sargeant (ENG)
* Luo Honghao (CHN) 12–35 Mike Dunn (ENG)
* Scott Donaldson (SCO) 18–58 Allan Taylor (ENG)
* Stuart Carrington (ENG) 0–65 Hossein Vafaei (IRI)
* Xiao Guodong (CHN) 49–7 Paul Davison (ENG)
* Chen Zifan (CHN) 16–110 Sam Baird (ENG)
* Rod Lawler (ENG) 63–28 Nigel Bond (ENG)

### Round 2
#### 23 February – 13:00

* Ricky Walden (ENG) 0–137 Luca Brecel (BEL)
* Ryan Davies (ENG) 37–12 Ben Mertens (BEL)
* Luke Simmonds (ENG) 25–10 Hamza Akbar (PAK)
* Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 39–28 Mei Xiwen (CHN)
* Sunny Akani (THA) 62–25 Billy Castle (ENG)
* Kurt Maflin (NOR) 1–74 Gary Wilson (ENG)
* Dominic Dale (WAL) 60–16 Thor Chuan Leong (MAS)
* Peter Devlin (ENG) 9–36 Rory McLeod (ENG)
* Kyren Wilson (ENG) 41–18 Elliot Slessor (ENG)
* Jamie Clarke (WAL) 34–21 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
* Daniel Wells (WAL) 46–17 Craig Steadman (ENG)
* John Astley (ENG) 18–32 Jimmy White (ENG)
* Joe Swail (NIR) 8–42 Mike Dunn (ENG)
* Steven Hallworth (ENG) 120–8 Tom Ford (ENG)
* Kishan Hirani (WAL) 11–101 Laxman Rawat (IND)
* Adam Duffy (ENG) 38–25 David Gilbert (ENG)

#### 23 February – 19:00

* Shaun Murphy (ENG) 22–72 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
* Matthew Selt (ENG) 6–51 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
* Ben Woollaston (ENG) 44–51 Barry Pinches (ENG)
* Ali Carter (ENG) 13–61 Zhao Xintong (CHN)
* Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 34–47 Allan Taylor (ENG)
* Michael White (WAL) 51–23 Joel Walker (ENG)
* Oliver Lines (ENG) 31–6 Martin Gould (ENG)
* Alan McManus (SCO) 43–33 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
* Xiao Guodong (CHN) 22–61 Graeme Dott (SCO)
* Rod Lawler (ENG) 52–24 Chen Feilong (CHN)
* Peter Lines (ENG) 13–17 Jak Jones (WAL)
* Li Hang (CHN) 45–28 Michael Georgiou (CYP)
* Stephen Bateman (IRL) 13–42 Sam Baird (ENG)
* Andy Hicks (ENG) 37–41 Michael Holt (ENG)
* Ken Doherty (IRL) 26–71 Lukas Kleckers (GER)
* Zhang Anda (CHN) 75–0 Barry Hawkins (ENG)

### Round 3
#### 24 February – 13:00

* Stuart Bingham (ENG) 68–5 Kyren Wilson (ENG)
* Daniel Wells (WAL) 62–0 Luke Simmonds (ENG)
* Jimmy White (ENG) 12–65 Rory McLeod (ENG)
* Jamie Clarke (WAL) 54–0 Oliver Lines (ENG)
* Li Hang (CHN) 14–10 Lukas Kleckers (GER)
* Adam Duffy (ENG) 29–12 Alan McManus (SCO)
* Ryan Davies (ENG) 10–7 Sunny Akani (THA)
* Zhao Xintong (CHN) 26–27 Luca Brecel (BEL)
* Laxman Rawat (IND) 6–55 Sam Baird (ENG)
* Michael White (WAL) 29–2 Jak Jones (WAL)
* Barry Pinches (ENG) 5–15 Michael Holt (ENG)
* Dominic Dale (WAL) 60–39 Allan Taylor (ENG)
* Gary Wilson (ENG) 8–81 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
* Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 74–33 Mike Dunn (ENG)
* Zhang Anda (CHN) 21–32 Tian Pengfei (CHN)
* Rod Lawler (ENG) 22–2 Graeme Dott (SCO)

### Round 4
#### 24 February – 19:00

* Luca Brecel (BEL) 29–47 Michael White (WAL)
* Michael Holt (ENG) 37–7 Ryan Davies (ENG)
* Adam Duffy (ENG) 9–54 Sam Baird (ENG)
* Jamie Clarke (WAL) 36–32 Steven Hallworth (ENG)
* Tian Pengfei (CHN) 38–40 Li Hang (CHN)
* Rory McLeod (ENG) 15–58 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
* Daniel Wells (WAL) 0–74 Rod Lawler (ENG)
* Dominic Dale (WAL) 16–86 Stuart Bingham (ENG)

### Quarter-finals
#### 24 February – 21:00

* Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 97–3 Stuart Bingham (ENG)
* Li Hang (CHN) 20–55 Michael Holt (ENG)
* Rod Lawler (ENG) 4–58 Jamie Clarke (WAL)
* Michael White (WAL) 53–13 Sam Baird (ENG)

### Semi-finals
#### 24 February – 22:15

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

### Final

Final: 1 frame. Referee: Brendan Moore Watford Colosseum, Watford, England, 24 February 2019 – 22:45 :
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand | 74–0 | Michael Holt England |

## Century breaks

Total: 4
* 139 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
* 133 – Luca Brecel
* 132 – Ricky Walden
* 100 – Martin Gould