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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Jak Jones (WAL) 51-15 Joshua Cooper (ENG)
Jones starts to take control of the frame as time runs out.
He needs to try and stay on the table for as long as possible.
All the time he is building a bigger lead in this match.
Jak Jones (WAL) 9-0 Joshua Cooper (ENG)
Now we have the penultimate match of the evening.
Jones will come into this one as the heavy favourite.
He pots a sublime pot down the rail, leaving himself perfectly on the black.
Chance to put himself in a frame-winning position here.
Xu Si beats Alex Ursenbacher
Xu Si (CHI) 74-48 Alex Ursenbacher (SWI)
Xu gets out of a snooker only to see the cue ball go in.
It Ursenbacher the chance with the ball in hand but he cannot add enough.
A foul allows Xu back to the table to finish things off.
Xu Si (CHI) 23-29 Alex Ursenbacher (SWI)
Things seemed to be going so well for Xu.
However, a missed opportunity as the cue ball heads into the pocket for a foul.
Ursenbacher will have the ball in hand now and the chance to put himself in a frame-winning position.
Elliot Slessor beats Mostafa Dorgham
Elliot Slessor (ENG) 7-1 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY)
Wow. Slessor flukes a ball into the middle pocket and managed to followed it up with a colour.
It was enough to win this low-scoring encounter.
That has to be some sort of record.
Elliot Slessor (ENG) 0-0 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY)
We are seven minutes into this match and still a ball has yet to be potted.
The fans start singing 'shall we pot a ball for you?'
This is not one that will live in the memory.
Has there ever been a nil-nil draw here?
Elliot Slessor (ENG) 0-0 Mostafa Dorgham (EGY)
Slessor will have come into this one fancying his chances.
It has been a cagey start by both players, not wanting to take on the shot to nothing balls.
The pair are more concerned about not leaving a pot for their opponent.
Kreishh Gurbaxani beats Lei Perfan
Kreishh Gurbaxani 37-21 Lei Perfan
Gurbaxani makes a good break to put himself in a strong position.
As good as his potting has been his safety play is dreadful.
He has left Perfan a big chance to get back into this frame.
Kreishh Gurbaxani 9-0 Lei Perfan
This could be another interesting match,
Both players like a long pot and play a fast game.
Gurbaxani opens the scoring and pots a phenomenal long black.
Artemijs Zizins beats Anton Kazakov
Artemijs Zizins (LAT) 33-8 Anton Kazakov (UKR)
Zizins puts a good break together from a shot to nothing to put himself in a strong position in this one.
Trying to play a safety, he leaves a ball on but Kazakov cannot take the chance presented to him.
Still could go either way with two and a half minutes remaining.
Artemijs Zizins (LAT) 0-0 Anton Kazakov (UKR)
Two inexperienced players on the circuit take the stage now.
While they have both been successful on the amateur circuits, they have yet to transfer if to the pro tour.
Chance for one of them to book a place in the last 64 here.
Jamie Jones beats Rory Thor
Jamie Jones (WAL) 45-1 Rory Thor (PHIL)
Jones has seized upon a slight chance left to him.
The break has been difficult and he has left himself some hard pots but he battles on.
With just under three minutes left, he is in a strong position to advance here.
Jamie Jones (WAL) 0-1 Rory Thor (PHIL)
Thor pots a good red and then looks for a thin cut into the pocket.
The ball seemingly drifts and rattles in the jaw.
It almost seems like the table needs levelling.
He Guoqiang beats Stuart Bingham
Stuart Bingham (ENG) 29-39 He Guoqiang (CHI)
With just over a minute remaining, we could have an upset.
Bingham has gone to pot since missing a pink earlier.
He is on the verge of an exit here.
Stuart Bingham (ENG) 28-0 He Guoqiang (CHI)
Bingham is a player who will punish an errors for sure.
The first time he is given a glimmer in this one he immediately gets into his scoring groove.
He misses a pink to the middle as his break ends at 28.
Gerard Greene beats Robbie McGuigan
Robbie McGuigan 16-62 Gerard Greene
Gerard Greene brilliantly takes a chance of getting back into this one.
A break of 61 sees him move within touching distance of the last 64.
He should some good potting during that break.
Robbie McGuigan 16-0 Gerard Greene
Battle of the Northern Irish players in this one.
Greene gifts the first chance of the game and McGuigan looks to take full advantage.
On a break of 16, big chance to put himself in a good position in this frame.
Mark Joyce beats Joshua Thomond