The 2023 Snooker Shoot Out (officially the 2023 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) is a professional snooker tournament that is scheduled to take place from 6 to 9 December 2023 at the Swansea Arena in Swansea, England. Played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, with every match contested over a single , the tournament will be the ninth ranking event of the 2023–24 snooker season and the fifth of eight events in the 2024 European Series. Sponsored by BetVictor, the event will be broadcast by Eurosport in Europe.
Chris Wakelin is the defending champion, having defeated Julien Leclercq 119–0 in the previous final.
Tournament format
The tournament will be played using a variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw will be randomised before each round. All matches will be played over a single , each of which lasts up to 10 minutes. The event features a variable ; shots played in the first five minutes are allowed 15 seconds while the final five has a 10-second timer. All award the opponent a . Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball does not hit a on every shot, it is a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag is used to choose which player . In the event of a draw, each player receives a shot at the . This is known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who the ball with the from inside the and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing wins the match.