2011 Snooker Shoot-Out

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Tournament information
Dates28–30 January 2011 (2011-01-28 – 2011-01-30)
Venue Circus Arena
City Blackpool
Country England
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £130,000
Winner's share£32,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (123)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Nigel Bond  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Robert Milkins  (ENG)
Score62–23 (one frame)
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The 2011 Shoot Out (officially the 2011 CaesarsCasino.com Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 and 30 January 2011 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

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The event was last held in 1990, where Darren Morgan defeated Mike Hallett 2–1 (frames) in the final. [1]

Nigel Bond won the final 62–23 against Robert Milkins. [2] [3] [4]

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 frame , each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock ; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 20 seconds while the final five had a 15-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand . Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks . In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball . This is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the D and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.

64 players contested the tournament, which was shown on Sky, the first time that Sky has shown a World Snooker event live since 2004. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [9]

  • 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

Tournament draw

The draw for round 1 was made on 28 November 2010, just before the final of the Premier League. The draw for each round including the semi-finals was random, made just before the round began. [10] [11] All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners. [12] [13] [14]
Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walk-over

Round one

28 January – 18:00

29 January – 12:00

Round two

29 January – 18:00

Round three

30 January – 14:00

Quarter-finals

30 January – 19:00

Semi-finals

30 January – 20:30

Final

Final: 1 frame. Referee: Michaela Tabb
Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 30 January 2011 – 21:00
Nigel Bond
Flag of England.svg  England 		62–23 Robert Milkins
Flag of England.svg  England

Century breaks

A total of four century breaks were made during the tournament.

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