Snooker Shoot Out 2025: How to watch on TNT Sports and discovery+, live stream, schedule, format with Jimmy White, Mark Allen, Zhao Xintong in field

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After the compelling drama of Triple Crown snooker with Mark Selby's win over Judd Trump in the final of the UK Championship, focus shifts to the high-octane nature of the Snooker Shoot Out. Four days of compelling action will come our way from the famous Blackpool Tower Circus. Watch and stream the 2025/26 snooker season, including the Shoot Out, live on TNT Sports and discovery+.

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After Mark Selby beat Judd Trump to get his hands on the UK Championship, focus turns to the Snooker Shoot Out.

It was dramatic stuff in York, and it will likely be drama of a slightly different nature as the players descend on Blackpool Tower Circus for the fastest event in snooker.

The event was played for one season in 1990 before being revived 21 years later under a tweaked format.

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Blackpool Tower Circus hosted the Shoot Out in 2011, and it returns for the first time since 2015 for four days of thrilling action.

With ranking points at stake and a spot in the Champion of Champions for the winner, the 128 players have plenty on the line.

Tom Ford arrives on the north-west coast as the defending champion, after beating Liam Graham in the final 12 months ago in Leicester.

When is the Snooker Shoot Out?

Play gets underway in Blackpool on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 10. The final day, which features the last 32, last 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, is on Saturday, December 13.

How to watch and stream the 2025 Shoot Out

The Snooker Shoot Out is live on TNT Sports and discovery+

Who is playing at the 2025 Snooker Shoot Out?

While star names such as Ronnie O’Sullivan, world No. 1 Trump and UK Championship winner Selby are not in the field, the event is not short on quality.

World champion Zhao Xintong will be strutting his stuff, as will 2023 Crucible king Luca Brecel.

Stan Moody made a name for himself in the Shoot Out in 2022 and will look to wow the fans again, while Jimmy White will likely have a legion of supporters on his side.

What is the format for the 2025 Snooker Shoot Out?

The format is pretty simple in Blackpool, with one table in play and it being roll-on, roll-off.

There is scope for tactical play, but get on the back foot and you could be in trouble as matches are played over one frame lasting a maximum of 10 minutes.

Sweet wrappers and mobile phones are frowned upon at most snooker events, but the Shoot Out is not like most events and the crowd are allowed - positively encouraged - to be vocal during play.

Committing a foul in snooker is never good, but it is a cardinal sin in the Shoot Out as it presents your opponent with ball in hand to allow them to play from anywhere on the table.

Players must hit a cushion, any ball counts, or pot a ball at each visit to the table or they are called for a foul.

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There is a shot clock in play, lasting 15 seconds for the first five minutes before dropping to 10 for the second half of the contest.

In the event of a tied match, a blue ball shoot-out takes place. It is fairly self-explanatory, with the blue placed on its spot and players taking it in turns, until one pots it and the other misses.