Snooker Shoot-Out 2016
Snooker Shoot-Out 2016
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Venue: | Hexagon Theater, Reading |
| Opening: | February 12, 2016 |
| Endgame: | February 14, 2016
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| Winner: |
 Robin Hull
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| Highest Break: | 127 ( David Gilbert )
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The Betway Snooker Shoot-Out 2016 was a snooker -Einladungsturnier the main tour of the season 2015/16 , which from 12 to 14 February 2016 at the Hexagon Theater in Reading was held. After five years in Blackpool in northwest England, the tournament moved to the city west of London for the first time.
The defending champion was Michael White from Welsh . He was eliminated in the second round. The final contested for the first time two players from the European continent with the Belgian Luca Brecel and the Finn Robin Hull . Hull won his first title on the Snooker Main Tour at 50:36 .
Prize money
The prize money remained unchanged from the previous year. The profit was not included in the calculation of the snooker world ranking list .
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 32,000 |
| finalist | £ 16,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 8,000 |
| Quarter finalist | 4000 pounds |
| Round of 16 | £ 2000 |
| Last 32 | £ 1000 |
| Last 64 | £ 500 |
| Highest break | £ 2000 |
| All in all | £ 130,000 |
game schedule
The games of the first round were drawn at the beginning of January 2016. In contrast to most snooker tournaments , each round is drawn anew in the snooker shoot-out.
In the game between Rod Lawler and Dechawat Poomjaeng it was 1-0 for the Thai for over 8 minutes before Lawler was able to punch a few more balls. With 24 points in total, it remained the match with the lowest points not only in this tournament, but also in one of the shoot-out tournaments since 2011.
The Englishman David Gilbert scored the only century break of the tournament in his opening match .
1 round
The first round games took place on February 12th and 13th in 2 sessions.
2nd round
The 2nd round took place on February 13th in the evening session.
In this round, not only did the players from the top ranks of the world rankings such as Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump drop out, but also last year's finalists Michael White and Xiao Guodong had to give up. The tournament also ended here for Martin Gould , who had won the German Masters the previous Sunday .
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Round of 16
The round of 16 was played in the afternoon session on Sunday, February 14th.
In this round, the experience prevailed. With the exception of 20-year-old Luca Brecel , all winners were between 36 and 46 years old. The game between Joe Swail and Gary Wilson was remarkable : Six seconds before the end of the match time, the Northern Irish punched red to make it 16:16. He had just enough time to run around the table and, if he was lucky, played the pink ball when the last second had already been announced. It fell, giving Swail the tightest win of the tournament.
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Quarter finals
From the quarter-finals to the final decision, all games were played on Sunday evening.
Four different countries prevail in the quarter-finals: Belgium, Finland, Northern Ireland and Wales. For the first time there was a semi-final without English participation.
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Semifinals
In the first semifinals, neither Swail nor Brecel were able to use each other's mistakes to make higher breaks. Step by step, the Belgian built a lead of 38:15 points. In the end, Swail was running out of time and only got four points. Even with Mark Williams, the race to catch up did not succeed. A foul from him helped Robin Hull to a first break of 34 points. Twice the Welshman missed a ball trying to get back, twice the Finn profited and increased his lead significantly.
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final
After the Chinese Xiao Guodong for the first time a non-British competitor in the shoot-out final last year , this time it was the first time without British participation. Robin Hull had the better start to the match and moved away to 43: 7. Luca Brecel came up again, but in a promising position under time pressure, awarded the red ball, which would have enabled him to turn the match with the next color. After that, Hull was able to finish the match to a 50:36 victory. For Hull it was the first victory in his first Main Tour final. For Brecel it was the second defeat in the second final after losing the German Masters final just a week earlier .
| Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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 Luca Brecel
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36: 50 |
Robin Hull
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Century Breaks
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David Gilbert : 127
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- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2015/16 Season. (PDF; 29.0 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 12, 2015, accessed on January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Snooker Shoot Out 2016. (PDF; 14.7 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , January 5, 2016, accessed on January 8, 2016 .
- ^ Betway Snooker Shoot-Out (2016). Snooker.org, accessed January 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Snooker Shoot Out 2016 Last 16 Review (itv4) , TV recording from February 14, 2016 (YouTube)
