The 2016 Shoot Out (officially the 2016 Ladbrokes Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional non-ranking
snooker
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tournament that took place between 12 and 14 February 2016 at the
Hexagon Theatre in
Reading
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,
England
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. It was played under a
variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–66 against
Ben Woollaston
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in round two.
Robin Hull
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won the final 50–36 against
Luca Brecel
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.
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
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, a
lag
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* Lag (company), a French guitar maker
* Lag (cue sports), a brief pre-game competition to determine which player will go first
* Latency (engineering), a slower response time in computing, co ...
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
All times in
Greenwich Mean Time
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. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round 1
12 February – 18:30
* 73–0
* 31–55
* 70–19
* 29–38
* 57–0
* 30–70
* 79–17
* 127–0
* 96–0
* 65–20
* 0–84
* 54–38
* 48–37
* 55–34
* 50–7
* 112–24
13 February – 12:30
* 10–62
* 56–33
* 53–38
* 70–43
* 16–56
* 1–97
* 52–60
* 41–35
* 23–1
* 55–14
* 50–56
* 62–7
* 0–48
* 38–25
* 26–59
* 74–22
Round 2
13 February – 18:30
* 0–69
* 36–60
* 46–20
* 85–0
* 85–5
* 58–32
* 38–52
* 39–1
* 70–6
* 85–10
* 9–43
* 46–38
* 0–67
* 62–21
* 56–61
* 1–66
Round 3
14 February – 13:30
* 61–24
* 21–49
* 16–22
* 36–57
* 12–72
* 31–47
* 102–17
* 42–13
Quarter-finals
14 February – 18:30
* 7–78
* 18–27
* 39–20
* 8–23
Semi-finals
14 February – 20:00
* 34–38
* 41–62
Final
Century breaks
Only one century break was made during the tournament.
* 127
David Gilbert
References
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2016
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2016 in snooker
2016 in English sport
Sport in Reading, Berkshire
February 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom