Snooker Shoot Out 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Tom Ford beats wonderkid Liam Graham in epic final to win £50,000 prize – updates
TOM FORD has become the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out champion after beating wonderkid Liam Graham in an mouthwatering final.
Graham was 15 seconds away from what would have been one of the most incredible wins in the history of the competition.
However, Ford pocketed the blue with moments to spare and has now earned an extra £50,000 as well as securing his first tournament ranking win.
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Yesterday's results
Afternoon session:
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 75-30 Jimmy White
- Zhou Yuelong 57-49 Andrew Pagett
- Pang Junxu 33-65 Zak Surety
- Haris Tahir 16-40 David Lilley
- Jordan Brown 0-97 Si Jiahui
- Cheung Ka Wai 14-72 Andrew Higginson
- Huang Jiahao 74-15 Hammad Miah
- Xiao Guodong 23-11 Anthony Hamilton
- Matthew Stevens 24-18 Yuan Sijun
- Daniel Womersley 1-42 Long Zehuang
- Chris Totten 33-36 Duane Jones
- Ian Burns 28-60 Ma Hailong
- Joe O’Connor 46-44 Sanderson Lam
- Haydon Pinhey 34-3 Mitchell Mann
- Noppon Saengkham 30-17 Liu Hongyu
- Ashley Carty 43-13 Kayden Brierley
Yesterday's results
Afternoon session:
- Ross Muir 0-68 Mark Allen
- Hossein Vafaei 46-34 Julien Leclercq
- Jiang Jun 7-58 Antoni Kowalski
- Lyu Haotian 65-28 Tian Pengfei
- Robert Milkins 45-42 Joe Shannon
- Louis Heathcote 65-31 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
- Jonas Luz 20-23 Paul Deaville
- David Gilbert 74-1 David Grace
- Matthew Selt 33-46 Ryan Day
- Dean Young 1-51 Florian Nuessle
- Fan Zhengyi 66-18 Wang Yuchen
- Daniel Boyes 13-80 Wu Yize
- Anthony McGill 40-7 Sophie Nix
- Aaron Hill 39-12 Joel Connolly
- Joe Perry 8-33 Gong Chenzhi
- Reanne Evans 8-79 Gary Wilson
First of many appearances?
Sophie Nix lost 40-7 to Anthony McGill yesterday in her first ever TV apperance.
The 16-year-old is the top Under-21 women's player on the planet and was one of eight amateurs invited to play in the Shoot Out.
Despite the defeat, she is rightly proud of herself, posting on Instagram: "What an experience."
Murphy in awkward exchange with Humphries
Darts star Luke Humphries was involved in an awkward exchange with snooker ace Shaun Murphy after suggesting a nine-darter is harder to achieve than a 147 maximum break.
Humphries and Murphy were among the stars competing in Paddy Power's Perfect Challenge.
Two darts stars, two snooker stars and two golf stars went head-to-head in an attempt to settle an age-old debate - what is harder, achieving a hole-in-one, scoring a 147 break, or nailing a nine-darter?
During the challenge, Humphries said: "If you give someone a set of darts, a snooker cue and a golf club, I think they would do the hole in one first, nine-darter second and 147 last. That would be harder.
"But to a professional, snooker players know all the angles."
Former world snooker champion Murphy could be heard laughing in the background before saying: "I didn't know you were a comedian. A 147 is harder than a nine-darter."
Humphries replied: "What's funny about that? Did you hear what I said though? I said when you're a professional and you know all the angles, in my opinion, you make it look easy.
"In frames to legs of darts, you have more 147s than nine-darters."
Murphy in action fresh from 147
Today, Shaun Murphy will get his Shoot Out camping underway as he takes on Sean O'Sullivan in the first round.
Yesterday, The Magician made a 147 while taking part in Paddy's Perfect Challenge.
The event was held to put an end to the long-standing debate over which is harder - a 147, nine-darter or hole-in-one.
Murphy was the only competitor that secured a maximum in his respective sport.
Later in the day, Murphy and Mark Williams swapped the table for the oche as the pair tested themselves at darts while Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen played snooker.
Credit: X / InTheMudSports Ex-world champs Robertson & Bingham in action
We've more big names in this evening's line-up.
Australia's 2010 Crucible king Neil Robertson is first out - against Simon Blackwell.
Credit: PA Stuart Bingham, who lifted the world title five years later. and 2024 Crucible finalist Jak Jones will both be expected to win later on.
But Bingham vs Chinese 24-year-old He Guoqiang could be one of the pick of the matches.
This evening's schedule - from 7pm:
Neil Robertson v Simon Blackwell
Oliver Lines v Allan Taylor
Stuart Carrington v Dylan Emery
Mark Davis v Liam Davies
Iulian Boiko v Jack Lisowski
Ishpreet Singh Chadha v Amir Sarkhosh
Mark Joyce v Joshua Thomond
Ricky Walden v Robbie McGuigan
He Guoqiang v Stuart Bingham
Jamie Jones v Rory Thor
Anton Kazakov v Artemijs Zizins
Kreishh Gurbaxani v Lei Peifan
Mostafa Dorgham v Elliot Slessor
Alexander Ursenbacher v Xu Si
Joshua Cooper v Jak Jones
Ali Carter v Chris WakelinStarting with a legend, ending with a cracker?
Four-time world champion Mark Selby launches today's Shoot Out action at 1pm against 2023 women's world champ Baipat Siriaporne.
And this afternoon's session ends with what could be the match of the round.
Mark Selby is first out today vs Thailand's Baipat SiriaporneCredit: Getty The last of the 16 contests sees Shaun Murphy take on Barry Hawkins.
Murphy, aka, the Magician, won the 2005 world title - and, yesterday, Paddy's Perfect Challenge, helped by a a 147.
That was a special multi-sport event involving snooker, darts and golfs - including icons from all three sports.
And today's opponent Hawkins is also in hot form, albeit losing Sunday's UK Snooker Championship final 10-8 to World no 1 Judd Trump.
Afternoon session - 1pm:
Mark Selby v Baipat Siriaporn
Stan Moody v Riley Powell
Lewis Ullah v Steven Wardropper
Jackson Page v Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Mink Nutcharut v Liam Graham
Zhang Anda v Hatem Yassen
Sion Stuart v Martin O'Donnell
Alfie Burden v Ben Woollaston
Graeme Dott v Ben Mertens
Bai Yulu v Jamie Clarke
Vladislav Gradinari v Daniel Wells
Tom Ford v Xing Zihao
Robbie Williams v Michael Holt
Bulcsu Revesz v Farakh Ajaib
Jimmy Robertson v Liam Pullen
Barry Hawkins v Shaun MurphyCounting down (quickly) to Saturday
We've three more days of fast, full-on, fun snooker.
The Shoot Out runs until Saturday's final at Leicester's Mattioli Arena.
Defending champ Mark Allen won yesterday, with plenty of other stop stars in action.
It's live on Eurosport, plus there's streaming on discovery+.
And of course we'll continue our updates - including coverage of every match.
Dash to flash the cash!
The Snooker Shoot Out is a rapid way to a tasty jackpot.
Each match is a one-frame shoot out lasting no more than 10 minutes.
But the winner will scoop £50,000 of the overall £171,000 prize money.
How it breaks down:
- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £20,000
- Semi-final: £8,000
- Quarter-final: £4,000
- Last 16: £2,000
- Last 32: £1,000
- Last 64: £500
- Last 128: £250
- Highest break: £5,000
Wednesday's results - evening session
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 75-30 Jimmy White
Zhou Yuelong 57-49 Andrew Pagett
Pang Junxu 33-65 Zak Surety
Haris Tahir 16-40 David Lilley
Jordan Brown 0-97 Si Jiahui
Cheung Ka Wai 14-72 Andrew Higginson
Huang Jiahao 74-15 Hammad Miah
Xiao Guodong 23-11 Anthony Hamilton
Matthew Stevens 24-18 Yuan Sijun
Daniel Womersley 1-42 Long Zehuang
Chris Totten 33-36 Duane Jones
Ian Burns 28-60 Ma Hailong
Joe O'Connor 46-44 Sanderson Lam
Haydon Pinhey 34-3 Mitchell Mann
Noppon Saengkham 30-17 Liu Hongyu
Ashley Carty 43-13 Kayden Brierley
Reanne Evans 0-1 Gary Wilson (8-79)Wednesday's Shoot Out results
Afternoon session:
Ross Muir 0-1 Mark Allen (0-68)
Hossein Vafaei 1-0 Julien Leclercq (46-34)
Jiang Jun 0-1 Antoni Kowalski (7-58)
Lyu Haotian 1-0 Tian Pengfei (65-28)
Robert Milkins 1-0 Joe Shannon (45-42)
Louis Heathcote 1-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (65-31)
Jonas Luz 0-1 Paul Deaville (20-23)
David Gilbert 1-0 David Grace (74-1)
Matthew Selt 0-1 Ryan Day (33-46)
Dean Young 0-1 Florian Nuessle (1-51)
Fan Zhengyi 1-0 Wang Yuchen (66-18)
Daniel Boyes 0-1 Wu Yize (13-80)
Anthony McGill 1-0 Sophie Nix (40-7)
Aaron Hill 1-0 Joel Connolly (39-12)
Joe Perry v Gong Chenzhi (8-33)Reanne Evans 0-1 Gary Wilson (8-79)
White blames 'schoolboy errors'
Jimmy White slated his "schoolboy errors" in his "devastating 75-30 defeat to 2019 champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
The Whirlwind was 30-19 up and looking well-placed - only to produce two unusual fouls.
Credit: Eurosport First, with a touching ball he potted the blue when trying to send the cue ball back to safety.
Then he touched the cue ball as he lined up a routine red.
You don't see that second blunder often in snooker.
And the 62-year-old was gutted afterwards, although he stressed to Eurosport he reckons he's "playing really well" and is keen to carry on.
CARTY WINS! Ashley Carty 43-13 Kayden Brierley
Late call-up Brierley concedes with 20 seconds to spare.
Carty trailed early on but was on top for most of the contest.
And that's it for tonight!
Latest: Ashley Carty 0-6 Kayden Brierley
Carty broke in this final match of the night.
His opponent has no ranking points at stake - which could take any pressure off him.
Again there's a long wait for the first pot.
But a Carty error let in Brierly to get the match up and running score-wise after two minutes.
NOPPON WINS! Noppon Saengkham 30-17 Liu Hongyu
Saengkham battled back to claim a win that was closer than it might look.
Noppon Saengkham 1-12 Liu Hongyu
Liu is off to a storming start - but bowed out of his break on 12
And it looks like we're guaranteed a match greatly contrasting from the last few low-scoring affairs.
IT'S A PINN WIN! Haydon Pinney 34-3 Michell Mann
Mann rushed back to the table with 34 seconds left and an impossible 32 points behind.
But he fluffed his second pot and conceded.
Latest: Haydon Pinney 34-2 Michell Mann
Some incredible Mann misses amid a really scrappy frame has left Pinney heading for victory.
Latest: Haydon Pinney 0-1 Michell Mann
Broad smiles from both players amid noisy late-night exchanges with the crowd.
Mann is first in - and immediately ups the banter with the crowd.
JOE STEALS IT! Joe O'Connor 46-44 Sanderson Lam
With 50 seconds left and trailing by 20 points, O'Connor had to go for it...
It came after he missed a double - and Sam then fluffed his own potting attempt to let him in.
O'Connor was ultra cool -= despite the race against the clock.
And he potted the blue to overhaul Lam - with two seconds left!
Latest: Joe O'Connor 7-0 Sanderson Lam
This could be a close one - with Sam missing a long red a minute into the still point-less match.
O'Connor then pouched his attempt.
MA WINS! Ian Burns 28-60 Hailong Ma
Ma couldn't bag the half-century he was seeking.
But he'd done enough for Burns to know it was all over.
And in the end Ma was lapping up the crowd's encouragement - before celebrating in lively fashion.
Ian Burns 44-28 Hailong Ma
Ma has overhauled Burns' early lead with a sizeable break
And the Chinese 21-year-old is perfectly placed to wrap up victory
Ian Burns 7-0 Hailong Ma
Burns is building a decent early break.
JONES WINS! Chris Totten 33-36 Duane Jones
A tight win for the Scottish 25-year-old.