The 2014 Shoot Out (officially the 2014 888casino Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 26 January 2014 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Martin Gould was the defending champion, but he lost 14–40 against Zhang Anda in round one.
Dominic Dale won the final 77–19 against Stuart Bingham.
Tournament format
The tournament was played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single , each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable ; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All awarded the opponent a . Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player . In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the this is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who the ball with the from inside the and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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
Highest break: £2,000
Total: £130,000
Tournament draw
The draw for round one was made on 8 December 2013 and was broadcast live by Talksport. The draw for each round including the semi-finals was made at random, conducted live at the venue.
There was only one century break during the tournament. Ryan Day made a 101 break against Kurt Maflin.
All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round one
24 January – 18:00
40–14
65–1
31–52
56–24
50–67
82–0
62–47
1–82
72–15
103–4
52–53
54–29
29–34
41–40
93–1
32–51
25 January – 12:00
1–74
36–35
89–42
78–41
52–49
39–97
19–64
0–77
0–88
13–62
34–65
29–22
43–29
53–79
46–8
33–84
Round two
25 January – 18:00
0–85
56–53
30–41
8–62
53–20
76–48
0–89
9–85
87–18
7–69
72–0
86–0
82–20
43–72
22–47
62–5
Round three
26 January – 14:00
59–10
109–0
45–51
61–1
48–51
40–22
1–59
82–6
Quarter-finals
26 January – 19:00
33–34
81–1
7–105
57–7
Semi-finals
26 January – 20:30
6–64
0–62
Final
Century breaks
Only one century break was made during the tournament. 101 Ryan Day