2015 Snooker Shoot-Out
The 2015 Betway Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–6 March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. This was the first time that Betway sponsored the event. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
Dominic Dale was the defending champion, but he lost 20–65 against Luca Brecel in round one.
Michael White won his first professional title by defeating Xiao Guodong 1-0 in the final.The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- 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
Draw
The draw for round one was made on 12 February 2015 and was broadcast live by Talksport. All times are UTC. There were two century breaks during the tournament. Martin Gould made a 116 break in round two, and Shaun Murphy made a 105 break in round three.Round 1
- Wednesday, 4 March – 18:00
- * Luca Brecel 65–20 Dominic Dale
- * Matthew Selt 23–69 Judd Trump
- * Rory McLeod 49–21 Nigel Bond
- * Shaun Murphy 66–6 Jamie Burnett
- * Alan McManus 18–58 Anthony Hamilton
- * Joe Swail 50–53 Barry Hawkins
- * Mark Joyce 34–46 Jamie Jones
- * Stephen Maguire 9–53 Sam Baird
- * Tom Ford 71–37 Jack Lisowski
- * Graeme Dott 77–13 Jimmy Robertson
- * Rod Lawler 75–25 Gerard Greene
- * John Higgins 0–123 Mark Williams
- * Fraser Patrick 61–52 Mark Davis
- * Joe Perry 51–30 Mike Dunn
- * Marcus Campbell 1–76 Chris Wakelin
- * Dechawat Poomjaeng 36–61 Jimmy White
- Thursday, 5 March – 12:00
- * Mark Selby 19–52 Anthony McGill
- * Ken Doherty 17–77 Alfie Burden
- * Aditya Mehta 69–54 Noppon Saengkham
- * Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0–104 Mark Allen
- * Kyren Wilson 36–27 Kurt Maflin
- * David Morris 78–0 Matthew Stevens
- * Peter Ebdon 16–10 Gary Wilson
- * Martin Gould 62–11 David Gilbert
- * Xiao Guodong 59–48 Peter Lines
- * Ali Carter 21–9 Mark King
- * Andrew Higginson 0–94 Ricky Walden
- * Jamie Cope 23–69 Ben Woollaston
- * Stuart Bingham 65–8 Fergal O'Brien
- * Michael Holt 77–0 Ryan Day
- * Robert Milkins 0–75 Michael White
- * Dave Harold 16–81 Ronnie O'Sullivan
Round 2
- Thursday, 5 March – 18:00
- * Jamie Jones 42–38 Stuart Bingham
- * Joe Perry 40–9 Luca Brecel
- * Ronnie O'Sullivan 0–55 Tom Ford
- * Martin Gould 117–0 Rory McLeod
- * Sam Baird 56–51 Ricky Walden
- * Alfie Burden 52–38 Fraser Patrick
- * Barry Hawkins 89–4 Anthony McGill
- * Michael White 40–17 Judd Trump
- Thursday, 5 March – 18:00
- * Jimmy White 1–71 Kyren Wilson
- * Graeme Dott 16–60 Rod Lawler
- * Anthony Hamilton 42–77 Shaun Murphy
- * Xiao Guodong 68–0 Mark Allen
- * Chris Wakelin 11–55 David Morris
- * Ben Woollaston 55–10 Aditya Mehta
- * Ali Carter 15–48 Michael Holt
- * Mark Williams 75–17 Peter Ebdon
Round 3
- Friday, 6 March – 14:00
- * Kyren Wilson 62–5 Barry Hawkins
- * Martin Gould 4–105 Shaun Murphy
- * Alfie Burden 88–0 Sam Baird
- * Joe Perry 24–35 Ben Woollaston
- Friday, 6 March – 14:00
- * Tom Ford 16–107 Michael White
- * Jamie Jones 50–12 Mark Williams
- * Xiao Guodong 64–8 David Morris
- * Michael Holt 83–0 Rod Lawler
Quarter-finals
- Friday, 6 March – 19:00
- * Michael White 84–8 Ben Woollaston
- * Jamie Jones 22–10 Shaun Murphy
- Friday, 6 March – 19:00
- * Kyren Wilson 71–0 Michael Holt
- * Alfie Burden 12–23 Xiao Guodong
Semi-finals
- Friday, 6 March – 19:00
- * Jamie Jones 18–19 Xiao Guodong
- * Kyren Wilson 53–76 Michael White
Final
- Friday, 6 March – 19:00
- * Xiao Guodong 48–54 Michael White
Century breaks
- 116 Martin Gould
- 105 Shaun Murphy