U.S. Open champ Ralf Souquet; Efren "The Magician" Reyes, who was the most recent inductee to the BCA Hall of Fame; and newly crowned Champion of Champions Francisco Bustamante will be joining some of the best 9-ballers in the world in Queens for the Big Apple tournament.  The tournament is scheduled to begin today at noon and go through the weekend, with the finals o­n Sunday, August 17.

Major tournament sponsors are Benedict Min, the owner of Master Billiard, and Joel Shapiro.  This is a World Pool-Billiard Association-sanctioned event and is the third stop o­n their 2003 WPA World Tour.  It is also sanctioned by the UPA.  There will be a total of $38,250 in prize money and will pay out the top 16 places.

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