Last year’s Big Apple champion, Charlie Williams, is still in contention with his victory over Timmy Hall, but most of the remaining pool superstars have performed as expected. Francisco Bustamante, Mika Immonen, Tony Robles, Rodney Morris, and Ralf Souquet are all still in the winner’s bracket.

On the o­ne-loss side, experience seems to be prevailing. George “Ginky” San Souci defeated Jason Brown, who previously took fourth place in the 2004 NYC Open 9-Ball Championship. Grady “The Professor” Mathews prevailed against Michael Yednak, who had been defeated by Charlie Williams in the first round.

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