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2015 Snooker Shoot Out

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Dates
  
4–6 March 2015

City
  
Blackpool

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Venue
  
Circus Arena

Country
  
England

Total prize fund
  
£130,000

The 2015 Betway Snooker Shoot-Out was a cue sport tournament played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker 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.

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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 54–48 in the final.

Prize fund

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.

    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
  • 116 Martin Gould
  • References

    2015 Snooker Shoot-Out Wikipedia