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2013 Snooker Shoot-Out

Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out
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Tournament information
Dates 25–27 January 2013
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 England Mark Selby (125)
Final
Champion England Martin Gould
Runner-up Northern Ireland Mark Allen
Score 1-0 (104–0)
2012
2014

The 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25–27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. This was the first time that Betfair sponsored the event. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.

Martin Gould won the final 1-0 (104–0) against Mark Allen.

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

The draw for round 1 was made on 9 November 2012 and was broadcast live by Talksport. 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. There has been only one century break in the tournament. Mark Selby compiled a 125 break against Ken Doherty in round 1. All times are UTC.


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