The defending champion was Thepchaiya Un-Nooh from Thailand , who lost to Peter Lines in the second round of the tournament . His opponent in last year's final , the Englishman Michael Holt , was the first player to reach the final for the second time in a row. This time he won the tournament with a 64-1 win over the Chinese Zhou Yuelong . In Holt's 23rd year as a professional, it was the first title win in a fully-fledged world ranking tournament, after he had already been successful in two minor ranking tournaments.
The win also put Holt in 16th place on the one-year ranking. This made him the last player to qualify for the subsequent Players Championship .
The prize money was increased by a total of £ 25,000 compared to the previous year. The winner received an additional £ 18,000 and the finalist an additional £ 4,000. The remaining £ 3,000 increased the highest break award to £ 5,000.
The shoot-out was the third of four tournaments with the sponsor BetVictor. As part of the BetVictor European Series, he had provided a bonus of £ 150,000 for the player who won the highest prize money in the four tournaments European Masters , German Masters , Shoot-Out and Gibraltar Open .
a The “inaugural bonus” of £ 250 for first-round losers was not included in the scoring for the snooker world rankings.
game schedule
Shoot-out snooker is played according to special rules, a game lasts a maximum of 10 minutes, with each player having 15 seconds in the first half and 10 seconds in the second half to execute a shot.
The first round games were announced on February 12th. In contrast to most snooker tournaments , each round is drawn anew in the snooker shoot-out.
A number of professionals, including number 1 and 2 in the world rankings Judd Trump and Neil Robertson , paused and skipped the tournament. 11 amateurs moved up, including the German ex-professional Lukas Kleckers and, with Reanne Evans and Nutcharut Wongharuthai, two of the top 3 women.
1 round
The first round games took place on Thursday and Friday in 4 sessions.
Jak Jones : 107
