2013 Snooker Shoot-Out
The 2013 Shoot Out (officially the 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| 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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Barry Hawkins was the defending champion,[1] but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.
Martin Gould won the final 1–0 (104–0) against Mark Allen.[2][3]
Prize fund
    
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
- 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.[5] 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.[6][7] There has been only one century break in the tournament. Mark Selby compiled a 125 break against Ken Doherty in round 1.[8] All times are UTC.[9][10]
Top half
    
Bottom half
    
Final
    
| Final: 1 frame. Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 27 January 2013. | ||
| Mark Allen .svg.png.webp) Northern Ireland | 0–1 0–104 | Martin Gould  England | 
References
    
- "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.
- "CueTracker - 2013 Snooker Shootout - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".






