The ten-minute frame

Every Shoot-Out frame is capped at 10 minutes on the clock, win or lose. There's no extra time and no way to run it long — whoever's ahead on points when the clock hits zero takes the frame, so every shot is played against the clock as much as the opponent.

The 15-second and 10-second phases

The shot clock starts each frame at 15 seconds per shot. Once 5 minutes of frame time have elapsed, it automatically tightens to 10 seconds for the rest of the frame — SnookerFlow handles the step-down and announces it for you, no manual switch needed.

The shot-clock foul

Letting the shot clock reach zero is a time foul, handed to the opponent. Shoot-Out's minimum foul value is 5 points for every foul, not just time fouls — the referee pad always awards the larger of 5 or the value of the ball that was on.

What happens on a tie

If the score is level when the frame clock expires, Shoot-Out rules send it to a sudden-death blue-ball shootout, played out live at the table exactly as it would be under tournament rules. SnookerFlow doesn't simulate it — it prompts the referee to record who won it, then closes out the frame from there.

SnookerFlow scores all of this automatically, free.