Snooker Shoot-Out 2018
Snooker Shoot-Out 2018
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Watford Colosseum, Watford |
| Opening: | February 8, 2018 |
| Endgame: | February 11, 2018
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| Winner: |
 Michael Georgiou
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| Finalist: |
 Graeme Dott
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| Highest Break: | 109 ( Michael Georgiou )
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The Coral Snooker Shoot-Out 2018 was a snooker world ranking tournament of the Main Tour of the 2017/18 season , which was held from February 8th to 11th, 2018 at Watford Colosseum. For the second time in a row, the tournament took place in the small town of Watford , which borders Greater London in the south-east . Last year the Scot had won Anthony McGill . He was eliminated in Round 1 against the eventual semi-finalist Mark Davis . His conqueror Graeme Dott reached the final for the second time in a row after the German Masters 2018 , which he lost as before. The winner was the Englishman Michael Georgiou , starting for Cyprus , who won in the game on the colors with the pink ball with 67:56.
Prize money
The prize money remained 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 | 250 pounds a |
| Highest break | £ 2,000 |
| All in all | £ 146,000 |
The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 10,000 .
particularities
Unlike other tournaments, the snooker shoot-out is played according to special rules . So z. For example, only one frame is played and there is a time limit per shot (15 seconds in the first five minutes of the game, 10 seconds in the second five minutes) and a maximum of 10 minutes for the entire game. The dress code also differs from that of the other tournaments and is more casual.
game schedule
The first round games were announced on January 4th. In contrast to most snooker tournaments, each round is drawn anew in the snooker shoot-out.
Before the tournament started, Wayne Brown, Kuldesh Johal , Lewis Roberts and Oliver Brown replaced Hossein Vafaei (35), Sam Craigie (68), Aditya Mehta (69) and Matthew Bolton (115) .
1 round
The first round games took place on Thursday and Friday afternoon in 3 sessions.
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kl. = without a fight
2nd round
The 2nd round took place in two parts on Friday and Saturday evening.
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* After Mark King was already 47-0 up six minutes after the start of the frame, Tian Pengfei managed to equalize in two and a half minutes with the last Red and Black to 47:47. After that, however, neither player managed to punch the yellow ball in the remaining one and a half minutes. So a decision had to be made in sudden death mode . Mark King started and, after both had missed the first ball, pocketed blue twice each until Mark King missed on his 4th attempt, Tian Pengfei then pitted and won.
3rd round
Sunday 12 noon
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Round of 16
Sunday 6 p.m.
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* Joe Perry missed the pink ball on the center pocket in the last 10 seconds and the game ended in a draw. He then won the second blue ball shoot-out of the tournament after he punched the retriggered blue ball while Mark Williams shot at him.
Quarter finals
Sunday 8 p.m.
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* Again Joe Perry missed the decision in regular time when he shot a color into the corner in the last second. In his second Blue Ball Shoot-Out in a row, he was the first to miss. However, Mark Davis converted and made it to the semi-finals.
Semifinals
Sunday 9:15 pm
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final
Sunday 9:45 p.m.
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Century Breaks
Twice players get breaks of more than 100 points, Mark Davis in round 1 and Michael Georgiou in the quarterfinals.
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Michael Georgiou : 109
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Mark Davis : 102
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- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. (PDF; 88 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 11, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Snooker Shoot Out 2018 - Competition Rules. (PDF; 105 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 19, 2017, accessed on January 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Coral Shoot Out 2018 - Draw. (PDF; 386 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 19, 2017, accessed on January 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Coral Shoot Out 2018. (PDF; 235 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , January 4, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2018 .
- ^ Coral Snooker Shoot-Out (2018). Snooker.org, accessed February 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Mark King v Tian Pengfei 田鹏飞 R2 Snooker Shoot Out 2018 on YouTube
- ↑ Centurybreaks Worls Snooker ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 11, 2018
