The Betway Snooker Shoot-Out 2015 was a snooker invitation tournament of the Main Tour of the 2014/15 season , which took place from 4th to 6th March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool , England . The defending champion was Dominic Dale from Welsh , but this time he was defeated in the opening game. Tournament winner was his compatriot Michael White , who won the final against the Chinese Xiao Guodong with 54:48.
The games in the first round were drawn on February 12, 2015. In contrast to most snooker tournaments , each round of the 2015 Snooker Shoot-Out will be drawn anew.
1 round
The 1st round games took place on March 4th and 5th in 2 sessions. The 16:10 in the game between Peter Ebdon and Gary Wilson represents a negative record in the total number of points in the shoot-out tournaments. There were even eight breaks, but four times only one red ball was punched.
Xiao Guodong led 48:39 shortly before the end and then awarded a red ball after a safe error by Michael White. The Welshman then turned the game with the last push before the end of the game.