Snooker Shoot Out 2017: Draw, TV schedule & results

Snooker's increasingly popular Coral Shoot Out event returned from February 23-26 as 128 of the world's top players battled it out for the title at the Watford Colosseum - and also ranking points for the first time in its history.

Robin Hull was the defending champion of this unique one-frame knock-out tournament, where each match is a maximum of 10 minutes with a shot clock to keep play fast paced.

Here, you can recap the draw and results in an event which went the way of Scotland's Anthony McGill. 

Shoot Out 2017 Daily Schedule & Results

Thursday February 23
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT, ITV4)
First Round
Robin Hull bt Mei Xiwen
Akani Songsermsawad bt Duane Jones
Jack Lisowski bt Zhou Yuelong
Bradley Jones bt Sanderson Lam
Liam Highfield bt Oliver Brown
Daniel Wells bt Ian Burns
John J Astley bt Igor Figueiredo
Mark Joyce bt Joe Perry

Evening Session  (1900 GMT, ITV4)
First Round
Anthony McGill bt Oliver Lines
Jak Jones bt Craig Steadman
Michael White bt Alan McManus
Steven Hallworth bt Boonyarit Keattikun
Darryl Hill bt Kurt Maflin
Scott Donaldson bt Thor Chuan Leong
Cao Yupeng bt Marc J Davis
Michael Holt bt Joshua Thomond
David John bt Charlie Walters
Eden Sharav bt Gareth Allen
Barry Hawkins bt Hatem Yassen
Jimmy White bt Louis Heathcote
Joe Swail bt Michael Collumb
Daniel Womersley bt Michael Wild
Sam Baird bt Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Zhao Xintong bt Mark Davis
Sam Craigie bt Mike Dunn
Fang Xiongman bt Adam Stefanow
Xiao Guodong bt Rod Lawler
Fraser Patrick bt Dechawat Poomjaeng
Zhang Yong bt Josh Boileau
Dominic Dale bt Sean O'Sullivan
Andy Hicks bt Sydney Wilson
Chris Wakelin bt Tom Ford
Chen Zhe bt Itaro Santos
Hossein Ayouri bt Yan Bingtao
Jason Weston bt Matthew Selt
Graeme Dott bt Mitchell Mann  

Friday February 24
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT, ITV4)
First Round
Ken Doherty bt Aditya Mehta
Luca Brecel bt Lee Walker  
Andrew Higginson  bt Ian Preece
Rhys Clark bt Rory McLeod
Fergal O'Brien bt Ryan Day
Shaun Murphy bt Zhang Anda
Liang Wenbo bt Matthew Stevens
Alfie Burden bt Ben Woollaston
Robert Milkins bt Zak Surety
Ross Muir bt Martin O'Donnell
Stuart Carrington bt Kurt Dunham
David Gilbert bt Wang Yuchen
David Grace bt Kyren Wilson
Tian Pengfei bt Peter Lines
Jimmy Robertson bt Elliot Slessor
Allan Taylor bt Christopher Keogan
Michael Georgiou bt Jamie Cope
Ricky Walden bt Hammad Miah
Ashley Hugill bt Paul S Davison
Li Hang bt Brandon Sargeant
Anthony Hamilton bt Gary Wilson
Noppon Saengkham bt Martin Gould
Hamza Akbar bt Stuart Bingham
Mark Williams bt Jamie Jones

Evening Session (1900 GMT, ITV4)
Second Round
Shaun Murphy bt John J Astley
Alfie Burden bt Jason Weston
Liam Highfield bt David John
Ken Doherty bt Zhao Xintong
David Gilbert bt Akani Songsermsawad
Jimmy Robertson bt Rhys Clark
Mark King bt Andrew Higginson
Ross Muir bt Michael Holt
Jimmy White bt Chen Zhe
Jack Lisowski bt Chris Wakelin
Anthony McGill bt Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Sam Craigie bt Mark Joyce
Cao Yupeng bt Liang Wenbo
Daniel Wells bt Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Dominic Dale bt Hossein Vafaei Ayouri
Fergal O'Brien bt Robin Hull

Saturday February 25
Evening Session (1900 GMT, ITV4)
Second Round
Eden Sharav bt Barry Hawkins
Anthony Hamilton bt Fang Xiongman
Xiao Guodong bt Hamza Akbar
Michael Georgiou bt Ricky Walden
Zhang Yong bt Nigel Bond
Joe Swail bt Allan Taylor
Li Hang bt Graeme Dott
Ashley Hugill bt Stuart Carrington
James Cahill bt Noppon Saengkham
Steven Hallworth bt Michael White
Luca Brecel bt Scott Donaldson
Jak Jones bt Fraser Patrick
Darryl Hill bt Bradley Jones
Daniel Womersley bt Robert Milkins 
David Grace bt Tian Pengfei
Andy Hicks bt Mark Williams 

Sunday February 26
Afternoon Session (1200 GMT, ITV4)
Third Round
Andy Hicks bt Zhang Yong
Jak Jones bt Joe Swail
Ken Doherty bt James Cahill
Cao Yupeng bt Jimmy Robertson
David Grace bt Dominic Dale
Fergal O'Brien bt Liam Highfield
Anthony Hamilton bt Luca Brecel
Anthony McGill bt Mark King
Michael Georgiou bt Ashley Hugill
Xiao Guodong bt Daniel Womersley
Jack Lisowski bt Eden Sharav
Michael Georgiou bt Darryl Hill
David Gilbert bt Alfie Burden
Shaun Murphy bt Sam Craigie
Ross Muir bt Jimmy White
Steven Hallworth bt Daniel Wells

Evening Session (1800 GMT, ITV4)
Fourth Round
Anthony Hamilton bt Ross Muir
Andy Hicks bt Michael Georgiou
Shaun Murphy bt Jak Jones
Anthony McGill bt Jack Lisowski
Xiao Guodong bt Ken Doherty
David Grace bt Cao Yupeng
David Gilbert bt Fergal O'Brien
Steven Hallworth bt Li Hang

Quarter-Finals
Xiao Guodong bt David Gilbert
Anthony McGill bt Anthony Hamilton
Shaun Murphy bt David Grace
Andy Hicks bt Steven Hallworth 

Semi-Finals
Xiao Guodong bt Andy Hicks
Anthony McGill bt Shaun Murphy

Final
Anthony McGill bt Xiao Guodong
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Snooker Shoot Out Tournament Format

There are 128 players competing in the Shoot Out and the draw for each round is made at random. Each match is one frame, which can last a maximum of 10 minutes and features a shot clock of 15 seconds for the first five minutes and 10 seconds for the last five.

Snooker Shoot Out Prize Fund

Winner: £32,000
Runner-up: £16,000
Semi-final: £8,000
Quarter-final: £4,000
Last 16: £2,000
Last 32: £1,000
Last 64: £500
Highest break: £2,000
Total: £130,000

Snooker Shoot Out History

The Shoot Out, in its current format, was first held in Blackpool in 2011 when Nigel Bond came through the field to be a surprise winner, beating Robert Milkins in the final. Here is a list of past finals:
2011 - Nigel Bond 58-24 Robert Milkins
2012 - Barry Hawkins 61-23 Greame Dott
2013 - Martin Gould 104-0 Mark Allen
2014 - Dominic Dale 77-19 Stuart Bingham
2015 - Michael White 54-48 Xiao Guodong
2016 - Robin Hull  50-36 Luca Brecel

Snooker Shoot Out Betting & Odds

The snooker Shoot Out is widely regarded as a lottery from a betting point of view, with Nigel Bond, Barry Hawkins, Martin Gould, Dominic Dale, Michael White and Robin Hull winning at relatively big odds since the event began back in 2011.

You can click here to check out all the latest Sky Bet odds