Snooker Shoot-Out
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Watford Colosseum |
| Location | Watford |
| Country | England |
| Established | 1990 |
| Organisation(s) | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £130,000 |
| Current champion(s) |
 Anthony McGill
|
The Snooker Shoot-Out is a professional ranking snooker tournament played under a variation of the standard rules. The 2017 event is the first time that the tournament was staged as a ranking event.Anthony McGill is the defending champion.
A similar event known as Shoot-Out was first held in September 1990, when, except the final, all matches were decided over a single frame. The event returned in 2011 with several innovations, and was renamed to Snooker Shoot-Out. It was sponsored by CaesarsCasino.com, and has been compared to cricket's Twenty20 matches.
It is a one-frame shoot-out with a random draw, where the winner is given £32,000. The top 64 players in the world rankings contested the tournament, which was shown on Sky and ITV 4. The 2011 event was the first time that Sky has shown a World Snooker event live since 2004. Since 2011 the event took place at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. The event was sponsored by PartyPoker.com in 2012, by Betfair in 2013, by 888casino in 2014, and by Betway in 2015. The tournament was held at the Hexagon in Reading for 2016 and was sponsored by Coral. In 2017 the shoot-out is a ranking event for the first time, open to all 128 professional players.
Rules by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association:
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