"Rocket" Rodney Morris, who had played solidly during the entire tournament, suffered a surprising 11-8 defeat against Jones, who o­nly minutes before had squeaked out a victory over 9-ball stalwart Ralf Souquet. Jones' performance in the tournament had seemed a little lackluster up until this point, but his victories over Morris and Souquet propelled him to an 11-7 win over Filipino legend Jose Parica and won him a spot at the final table.

With 93 entrants—86 of whom actually showed up to play—the Big Apple 9-Ball Challenge paid out over $43,000 in prize money.

Results:

1st place: Johnny Archer $10,000

2nd place: Jeremy Jones $6,000

3rd place: Jose Parica $3,550

4th place: Rodney Morris $2,500

5th/6th places: Charlie Bryant, Ralf Souquet $2,000

7th/8th places: Edgar Acaba, Tony Robles $1,500

9th/12th places: Thorsten Hohmann, Mika Immonen, Santos Sambajon Jr., Brian Yi $1,250

13th/16th places: Francisco Bustamante, Danny Hewitt, Joey Korsiak, Hiroshi Takenaka $1,000

17th/24th places: Danny Basavich, Tony Crosby, Mike Davis, Thomas Engert, Danny Harriman, Steve Lillis, Alan Rolon, Charlie Williams $700

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