2012 Snooker Shoot-Out

The 2012 PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27–29 January 2012 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. The event was sponsored by PartyPoker.com.[1] It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot Out

Tournament information
Dates	27–29 January 2012
Venue	Circus Arena
City	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£130,000
Winner's share	£32,000
Highest break	Martin Gould (135)
Final
Champion	Barry Hawkins
Runner-up	Graeme Dott
Score	1–0 (61–23)
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Nigel Bond was the defending champion,[2] but he lost in the round one 15–30 against Robert Milkins in a repeat of the 2011 final.[3]

Barry Hawkins won the final 1-0 (61–23) against Graeme Dott.[4]

Prize fund

[5]
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 6 November 2011, on the second day of the World Seniors Championship. The draw for each round up to and including the semi-finals were random, conducted live at the venue.[6] All matches were best of 1 frame. All times are GMT.[7][8]

Round one

Friday, 27 January – 18:00[9] Robert Milkins 30–15 Nigel Bond Mark Williams 72–0 Steve Davis Stephen Maguire 43–20 Anthony McGill Graeme Dott 62–38 Alan McManus Stuart Bingham 77–22 Liu Song John Higgins 62–16 Judd Trump Gerard Greene 36–27 Jamie Burnett Ken Doherty 58–6 Michael Holt Ali Carter 22–60 Matthew Stevens Tom Ford 50–44 Jimmy Robertson Mark Selby 104–1 Joe Perry Mark Allen 46–19 Rory McLeod Martin Gould 62–46 Peter Ebdon Anthony Hamilton 71–14 Jimmy White Mark Davis 78–16 Mark Joyce Stephen Lee 60–37 Peter Lines

Saturday, 28 January – 12:00[10] Tony Drago 97–0 Andy Hicks Ding Junhui 27–53 Barry Hawkins Ben Woollaston 45–52 Alfie Burden Ricky Walden 122–3 Liu Chuang Andrew Higginson 9–74 Liang Wenbo Shaun Murphy 3–39 Fergal O'Brien Marcus Campbell 60–13 Xiao Guodong Jamie Cope 22–81 Ian McCulloch^[a] Mark King 31–39 Dominic Dale Marco Fu 21–24 Barry Pinches Dave Harold 64–1 James Wattana Matthew Selt 66–0 Rod Lawler^[b] Mike Dunn 50–37 Michael White Stephen Hendry 79–29 Jack Lisowski Jamie Jones 56–24 Adrian Gunnell Ryan Day 73–23 Joe Swail

Round two

Saturday, 28 January – 18:00[10] Robert Milkins 64–6 Mike Dunn Ryan Day 81–0 Ian McCulloch Dominic Dale 31–22 Mark Selby Marcus Campbell 27–56 Martin Gould Fergal O'Brien 0–90 Barry Hawkins Graeme Dott 85–0 Ken Doherty Stephen Maguire 58–1 Alfie Burden Mark Davis 79–1 Anthony Hamilton

Saturday, 28 January – 18:00[10] Dave Harold 51–32 Tony Drago Stuart Bingham 8–78 Jamie Jones Mark Williams 28–50 Barry Pinches Ricky Walden 6–121 Stephen Lee Gerard Greene 69–30 Stephen Hendry Tom Ford 63–39 Matthew Selt Liang Wenbo 54–0 Matthew Stevens John Higgins 34–67 Mark Allen

Round three

Sunday, 29 January – 14:00[11] Ryan Day 23–39 Dave Harold Robert Milkins 7–110 Graeme Dott Stephen Maguire 1–87 Barry Hawkins Dominic Dale 49–33 Stephen Lee

Sunday, 29 January – 14:00[11] Martin Gould 135–0 Jamie Jones Tom Ford 42–0 Gerard Greene Liang Wenbo 41–43 Barry Pinches Mark Davis 34–6 Mark Allen

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 29 January – 19:00[11] Dominic Dale 0–95 Graeme Dott Mark Davis 12–77 Barry Hawkins

Sunday, 29 January – 19:00[11] Martin Gould 17–45 Dave Harold Barry Pinches 1–82 Tom Ford

Semi-finals

• Sunday, 29 January – 19:00[11]
  • Barry Hawkins 56–30 Dave Harold
  • Tom Ford 38–56 Graeme Dott

Final

• Sunday, 29 January – 19:00[11]
  • Barry Hawkins 61–23 Graeme Dott

Century breaks

[12]

• 135 Martin Gould
• 121 Stephen Lee

Notes

• ^a Originally Jamie Cope was scheduled to play against Neil Robertson, but Robertson withdrew due to a chest infection and was replaced by Ian McCulloch.[10]
• ^b Originally Matthew Selt was scheduled to play against Joe Jogia, but Jogia withdrew due to a knee injury, and was replaced by Rod Lawler.[13]

References

1. "Partypoker.com Sponsor Shoot-Out". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
2. "Bond wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
3. "Bond ousted from Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
4. "Hawkins wins Snooker Shoot-Out". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
5. "Prize money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
6. "Snooker Shoot Out 2012 Draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
7. "Snooker Shoot Out 2012 Schedule of play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
8. "PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out (2012)". WWW Snooker. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
9. "Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out day one". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
10. "Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out day two". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
11. "Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out day three". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
12. "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
13. "Lawler Replaces Jogia In Blackpool". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

External links

• Facebook: Day 1
• Facebook: Day 2 – Last 64
• Facebook: Day 2 – Last 32
• Facebook: Day 3 – Last 16
• Facebook: Day 3 – Quarters, Semis and Final