Betfair Snooker Shoot Out 2013 - Draw & Rules

Here is the draw and playing rules for the third staging of the Betfair Snooker Shoot in the Tower Circus Arena, Blackpool. Will defending champion Barry Hawkins once again take home the £32,000 first prize?

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Snooker Shoot Out Draw

Here are the rules for the tournament. You may spot that the shot clock times have changed (15 seconds for first 5 minutes & 10 seconds for last 5 minutes), meaning that it will either get very fast paced and exciting, or we will see a lot of balls missed!

Snooker Shoot Out Rules

All matches up to and including the final will be one frame. All matches will be a maximum of 10 minutes in duration with a shot clock; the first 5 minutes at 15 seconds, and the remaining 5 minutes at 10 seconds. The other rules are:

• All fouls to result in opposing player having the ball in hand. Clock starts when player takes cueball.

• Players must hit a cushion or pot a ball on every shot

• Players ‘lag’ for who breaks (winner decides)

• Blue ball shoot out in event that points are tied in frame (winner of lag decides who goes first). Cueball placed in D.