Dates 25–27 January 2013 City Blackpool Organisation(s) WPBSA | Venue Circus Arena Country England Total prize fund £130,000 | |
The 2013 Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out was a cue sport tournament played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker that took place between 25–27 January 2013 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England. This was the first time that Betfair sponsored the event.
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Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he lost 38–58 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.
Martin Gould won in the final 104–0 against Mark Allen.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Draw
The draw for round 1 was made on 9 November 2012 and was broadcast live by Talksport. The draw for each round including the semi-finals was random, conducted live at the venue. The shot clock was reduced from 20 to 15 seconds per shot for the first 5 minutes and from 15 to 10 seconds for the last 5 minutes. There has been only one century break in the tournament. Mark Selby compiled a 125 break against Ken Doherty in round 1. All times are UTC.