Snooker Shoot-Out 2017
Snooker Shoot-Out 2017
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Watford Colosseum, Watford |
| Opening: | 23rd February 2017 |
| Endgame: | February 26, 2017
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| Winner: |
 Anthony McGill
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| Finalist: |
 Xiao Guodong
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| Highest Break: | 96 ( Graeme Dott )
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The Coral Snooker Shoot-Out 2017 is a snooker tournament the main tour of the season 2016/17 , which from 23 to 26 February 2017 at the Watford Colosseum in Watford was held. In contrast to previous years, the tournament was held for the first time as a ranking tournament - with 128 participants - so the prize money - from round two onwards - also counts in the scoring for the snooker world ranking .
Defending champion was the Finn Robin Hull , he lost in the 2nd round 18:25 to Fergal O'Brien . The winner was Anthony McGill from Scotland , for him it was the second tournament victory of his career.
Prize money
The prize money remains unchanged from the previous year.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 32,000 |
| finalist | £ 16,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 8,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 4,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 2,000 |
| Last 32 | £ 1,000 |
| Last 64 | £ 500 |
| Last 128 a | 250 pounds |
| Highest break | £ 2,000 |
| All in all | £ 146,000 |
a This money is not included in the scoring for the snooker world rankings.
The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 15,000 as no maximum break was played at the Welsh Open.
particularities
- The players all wear polo shirts of the same color in a medium blue with white lettering and white stripes on the sleeves at the front and back and black pants. Between these stripes is the player's ranking number in white. On the back is: #ClockisTicking and underneath in white capital letters the player's cash on delivery. The front of the shirt always has CORAL on the left side of the chest , while each player also has individually designed different-colored applications from sponsors.
- The referees also wear polo shirts, but in white with red stripes in the same place on the sleeves, as well as black lettering and black pants. #ClockisTicking is also written on the back and REFEREE underneath and only CORAL on the left side of the chest . They also wear their usual gloves.
- Before each frame, after the referee has set up the table, an announcer greets the audience and announces the next two players. From the 3rd round, they are accompanied by two female models to the table, and from the quarter-finals also on their arms. These models bring the players to the referee to greet them, wait briefly on the board behind the players and go back to their waiting position while the players play with their “lags” for the right to kick-off.
- In “lag”, the players try to push their game ball as close as possible to the footboard from the Baulk line . The winner can decide who will start the game. To do this, the referee places the two game balls in the middle between the green ball and the left side rail (white ball) and between the yellow ball and the right side rail (white ball with dots).
- After the player has kicked the trigger, an electronic clock begins to count down the countdown from 10 minutes and additionally for the kick, at the beginning 15 seconds - the last 5 seconds of which are indicated by beeps - and after 5 minutes - 10 seconds per kick. The rush hour counting begins when the referee has announced the previous point, with the referee waiting either until the game ball rests or he has put the respective object ball back on. The announcement: "Ten second shot clock now in operation" takes place with a saved female voice from the "Off" exactly after 5 minutes frame time and is regularly accompanied by boos from a group of spectators. The last 10 seconds of a frame are also accompanied by a stored voice and beeps, counted out loud. Often, however, the far behind player gives up the hopeless frame by handshake and congratulations to the opponent before the clock runs out.
- It is also - in contrast to other tournaments - quite common for the audience to make themselves noticeable through heckling or special color requests at the object balls. So regularly - if the chance arose in the game - a group called "yellow" and, if they were successful, accompanied them with a form of La Ola .
- The special "ball-in-hand" rule of the game is also special. in which the player receives the white ball from the referee and decides himself where on the table to place it to continue playing, whereby the peak time runs from the handover and thus puts the player under time pressure, especially in the second half of the frame.
- In contrast to the other normal errors, the shoot-out also has: Time errors in the event of a shock after the signal of the 15 or 10 second time window (4 points) or if neither the game ball nor the object ball touched a board and the object ball at the end the shock has not "fallen" (4 points). This makes the otherwise usual safety game with the smallest of cue ball movements largely impossible.
- If there is a tie after the 10 minutes have elapsed, a "sudden death blue ball shoot-out" follows. The “blue ball” hits its spot with every hit and must be sunk from there from the “D” with one push. The frame is decided when one of the players has a ball lead after an even series of attempts. The player who won the lag at the beginning of the frame can decide who starts. During this blue ball shoot-out there is no other time limit or announcement.
game schedule
The games of the first round, drawn and announced on February 1, 2017. In contrast to most snooker tournaments, each round is drawn anew in the snooker shoot-out.
1 round
The first round games took place on February 23 and 24, 2017, in 3 sessions.
- Curiosity: In game number 22, Michael Holt against Josuah Thomond, Thomond led 28 to 25 20 seconds before the end, looked briefly at the scoreboard and tried to punch another red , which failed. While the two were already shaking hands - the last second signals were sounding - the game ball fell - at the last second - into the corner pocket, whereby Holt still won the frame with 29 to 28, which he believed already lost.
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2nd round
The games of the 2nd round were played in the evening sessions on February 24th and 25th, 2017.
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3rd round
The 3rd round was scheduled for the noon session on February 26, 2017.
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Round of 16
All the games in the round of 16 and the other rounds were played on Sunday evening from 6 p.m.
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 113 |
(55) Anthony Hamilton 
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71 : 5 |
Ross Muir (57)
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| 114 |
(A) Andy Hicks
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38 : 15 |
 Michael Georgiou (71)
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| 115 |
(2) Shaun Murphy
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73 : 29 |
 Jak Jones (78)
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| 116 |
(41) Jack Lisowski
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0: 78 |
Anthony McGill (10)
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| 117 |
(42) Xiao Guodong
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68 : 9 |
 Ken Doherty (51)
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| 118 |
(103) Cao Yupeng
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14: 58 |
David Grace (37)
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| 119 |
(34) Fergal O'Brien
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1: 79 |
David Gilbert (12)
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| 120 |
(46) Li Hang
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30: 50 |
Steven Hallworth (A)
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Quarter finals
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 121 |
(42) Xiao Guodong
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23 : 14 |
David Gilbert (12)
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| 122 |
(55) Anthony Hamilton
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19: 36 |
Anthony McGill (10)
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| 123 |
(2) Shaun Murphy
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76 : 14 |
David Grace (37)
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| 124 |
(A) Andy Hicks
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24 : 17 |
Steven Hallworth (A)
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Semifinals
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 125 |
(42) Xiao Guodong
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73 : 0 |
Andy Hicks (A)
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| 126 |
(10) Anthony McGill
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64 : 41 |
Shaun Murphy (2)
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final
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 127 |
(42) Xiao Guodong
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19: 67 |
Anthony McGill (10)
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Web links
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- ↑ worldsnooker.com: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2016/17 Season. (PDF; 148 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 3, 2016, accessed on February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Coral Snooker Shoot-Out 2017. (PDF; 286 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , February 1, 2017, accessed on February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Coral Snooker Shoot-Out (2017). Snooker.org, accessed February 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Youtube video
