2019 Snooker Shoot Out

The 2019 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 21–24 February 2019 at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England.[1][2] It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, and it was the fourteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Snooker Shoot Out

Tournament information
Dates	21–24 February 2019
Venue	Watford Colosseum
City	Watford
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£146,000
Winner's share	£32,000
Highest break	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (139)
Final
Champion	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Runner-up	Michael Holt
Score	1–0 (74–0)
← 2018 2020 →

Michael Georgiou was the defending champion, but he lost to Li Hang 28–45 in the second round.[3]

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won his first career ranking title, beating Michael Holt 1–0 (74–0) in the final. Un-Nooh's 139 break in the semi-final was the highest in the history of the Shoot Out.[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

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 will not count towards prize money rankings)

Highest break: £2,000 Total: £146,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000

Draw

All times based on the venue's local time.

Round 1

Thursday, 21 February – 13:00

Peter Ebdon 37–67 Michael Georgiou Ashley Carty 20–68 Steven Hallworth Ricky Walden 136–1 Liam Davies Ashley Hugill 19–67 Ali Carter Michael Judge 8–61 Tom Ford Ben Mertens 60–59 James Wattana Kurt Maflin 77–26 Lee Walker Ken Doherty 80–26 Adam Stefanow

Zhao Xintong 59–2 Joe O'Connor Chen Feilong 58–34 Lu Ning Sean O'Sullivan 0–63 Jamie Clarke Joe Perry 49–69 Rory McLeod Craig Steadman 36–18 Jordan Brown Joe Swail 62–1 Kuldesh Johal Luke Simmonds 73–15 Zhang Yong Alfie Burden w/d–w/o Thor Chuan Leong

Thursday, 21 February – 19:00

Ian Burns 62–63 Kyren Wilson Xu Si 1–49 Billy Joe Castle Noppon Saengkham 5–34 Daniel Wells Harvey Chandler 39–73 Gary Wilson Zhang Jiankang 1–72 Jimmy Robertson Simon Lichtenberg 7–68 Barry Hawkins Elliot Slessor 41–7 Duane Jones Chris Wakelin 23–50 Oliver Lines

Lukas Kleckers 64–0 Jamie O'Neill James Cahill 0–122 Mei Xiwen Chris Totten 21–48 Mitchell Mann Andrew Higginson 19–74 Michael White Sanderson Lam 37–55 Alan McManus Sunny Akani 94–0 Lyu Haotian Tian Pengfei 88–52 Andy Lee Reanne Evans 26–54 Jimmy White

Friday, 22 February – 13:00

Matthew Stevens 0–84 Stuart Bingham Fan Zhengyi 2–23 Hamza Akbar Jak Jones 78–13 Liam Graham Joel Walker 68–15 Li Yuan Hammad Miah 18–70 Zhang Anda Stephen Bateman 36–30 Mark Davis Robbie Williams 18–24 Ryan Davies Ben Hancorn 21–67 Peter Lines

Peter Devlin 35–16 Ross Muir Adam Duffy 27–19 Mark Joyce Alexander Ursenbacher 16–57 Andy Hicks Ben Woollaston 41–28 Sam Craigie Zhou Yuelong 0–64 Michael Holt Yuan Sijun 18–57 Dominic Dale Anthony Hamilton 0–95 David Gilbert Graeme Dott 69–22 Martin O'Donnell

Friday, 22 February – 19:00

Luca Brecel 75–11 Farakh Ajaib Yan Bingtao 54–55 Kishan Hirani Emma Parker 17–61 Laxman Rawat Shaun Murphy 52–12 Mark King Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 85–6 Robert Milkins Li Hang 33–19 Fergal O'Brien Anthony McGill 20–56 Barry Pinches Gerard Greene 35–66 Matthew Selt

Martin Gould 100–7 Liam Highfield John Astley 82–14 Brandon Sargeant Luo Honghao 12–35 Mike Dunn Scott Donaldson 18–58 Allan Taylor Stuart Carrington 0–65 Hossein Vafaei Xiao Guodong 49–7 Paul Davison Chen Zifan 16–110 Sam Baird Rod Lawler 63–28 Nigel Bond

Round 2

Saturday, 23 February – 13:00

Ricky Walden 0–137 Luca Brecel Ryan Davies 37–12 Ben Mertens Luke Simmonds 25–10 Hamza Akbar Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 39–28 Mei Xiwen Sunny Akani 62–25 Billy Joe Castle Kurt Maflin 1–74 Gary Wilson Dominic Dale 60–16 Thor Chuan Leong Peter Devlin 9–36 Rory McLeod

Kyren Wilson 41–18 Elliot Slessor Jamie Clarke 34–21 Mitchell Mann Daniel Wells 46–17 Craig Steadman John Astley 18–32 Jimmy White Joe Swail 8–42 Mike Dunn Steven Hallworth 120–8 Tom Ford Kishan Hirani 11–101 Laxman Rawat Adam Duffy 38–25 David Gilbert

Saturday, 23 February – 19:00

Shaun Murphy 22–72 Stuart Bingham Matthew Selt 6–51 Tian Pengfei Ben Woollaston 44–51 Barry Pinches Ali Carter 13–61 Zhao Xintong Hossein Vafaei 34–47 Allan Taylor Michael White 51–23 Joel Walker Oliver Lines 31–6 Martin Gould Alan McManus 43–33 Jimmy Robertson

Xiao Guodong 22–61 Graeme Dott Rod Lawler 52–24 Chen Feilong Peter Lines 13–17 Jak Jones Li Hang 45–28 Michael Georgiou Stephen Bateman 13–42 Sam Baird Andy Hicks 37–41 Michael Holt Ken Doherty 26–71 Lukas Kleckers Zhang Anda 75–0 Barry Hawkins

Round 3

Sunday, 24 February – 13:00

Stuart Bingham 68–5 Kyren Wilson Daniel Wells 62–0 Luke Simmonds Jimmy White 12–65 Rory McLeod Jamie Clarke 54–0 Oliver Lines Li Hang 14–10 Lukas Kleckers Adam Duffy 29–12 Alan McManus Ryan Davies 10–7 Sunny Akani Zhao Xintong 26–27 Luca Brecel

Laxman Rawat 6–55 Sam Baird Michael White 29–2 Jak Jones Barry Pinches 5–15 Michael Holt Dominic Dale 60–39 Allan Taylor Gary Wilson 8–81 Steven Hallworth Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 74–33 Mike Dunn Zhang Anda 21–32 Tian Pengfei Rod Lawler 22–2 Graeme Dott

Round 4

Sunday, 24 February – 19:00

Luca Brecel 29–47 Michael White Michael Holt 37–7 Ryan Davies Adam Duffy 9–54 Sam Baird Jamie Clarke 36–32 Steven Hallworth

Tian Pengfei 38–40 Li Hang Rory McLeod 15–58 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Daniel Wells 0–74 Rod Lawler Dominic Dale 16–86 Stuart Bingham

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 24 February – 21:00

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 97–3 Stuart Bingham Li Hang 20–55 Michael Holt

Rod Lawler 4–58 Jamie Clarke Michael White 53–13 Sam Baird

Semi-finals

Sunday, 24 February – 22:15

• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 139–0 Jamie Clarke
• Michael White 21–56 Michael Holt

Final

Sunday, 24 February – 22:45

• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 74–0 Michael Holt

Notes

Century breaks

Total: 4[6]

• 139 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 133 Luca Brecel
• 132 Ricky Walden
• 100 Martin Gould

References

1. "Betvictor Sponsors World Snooker's 2019 Shoot Out". World Snooker. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
2. "2017/18 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
3. "Betvictor Shoot Out – Day Three Round Up". World Snooker. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
4. "Speed King Un-Nooh Lands Shoot Out Title". World Snooker. 24 February 2019.
5. "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
6. "Centuries". World Snooker Live Scores. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019.