New Delhi: Big snooker returned to the capital after a long lay off as RKG Masters Snooker North Zone Championship will be held at Megapool Snooker Academy in Dwarka from March 9. International stars like Rafath Habib (Railways), Sourav Kothari (ONGC), Dhruv Sitwala (ONGC), Sumit Talwar (Chandigarh), Anuj Uppal (Delhi), Dharminder Lilly (Punjab) among others are in the fray for a total prize money of Rs 22 Lakh, by far the highest in the country, being offered by Ravinder Gupta, a former vice-president of Delhi Billiards & Snooker Association.


This event, a brain child of Ravinder Gupta and Yasin Merchant (Asian Games Gold Medalist), ably assisted by Vivek Pathak of Cue Sports India and Manmeet Bhatia of Megapool Snooker Academy, is out to capture the imagination of the players, culminating at Khar Gymkhana, Mumbai.


The beauty of this tournament is that the last 32 players will get a hefty prize money of more than Rs.2 Lakh . The last four in this tournament will get a direct entry in the Mumbai event with guarantee money of Rs.25000 each.


Four top international players have been selected to take part in the finals, which includes Indian stars Pankaj Advani, Aditya Mehta, Yasin Merchant, Alok Kumar and Manan Chandra.