Hossein Vafaei was the defending champion, having defeated Mark Williams 71‍–‍0 in the 2022 final.

[4] Aged 14 years and three months, Vladislav Gradinari became the youngest player to win a televised match at a ranking event when he defeated Ng On-yee in the first round.

[4][5][6] Reanne Evans became the first woman to win a match in a Snooker Shoot Out event, as well as the first woman to win a televised match at any ranking event, when she defeated Stuart Bingham in the first round.

[7][8] In the final of the event, Chris Wakelin faced Belgian teenager Julien Leclercq, who had turned professional at the beginning of the season.

Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul.