by roy142857 » 07 Apr 2013 Read
The publicity from the organisers about the upcoming 4th qualifying competition now names Matthew Stevens instead of Jamie Jones, and lists Stephen Lee too ... to quote:
"The Prize money for the Qualifying round at Club Palazo, Pune is as follows Top 4 : Rs 25,000 each + Main Draw Entry, Quarter Finalists : Rs 10,000 each, Pre-Quarter Finalists : Rs 5,000 each, Top 32 : Rs 2,000 each
For the main event, we have these 16 qualifiers to be joined by Stephen Lee (UK), Anthony Mcgill (UK), Mathew Stevens (UK), who has verbally confirmed his participation and one more UK professional to be decided soon. From India, we have Pankaj Advani, Aditya Mehta, Yasin Merchant, Manan Chandra, Brijesh Damani, Alok Kumar, Vijay Nichani, and the 16 qualfiers.
The top prize for this event is Rs. 5,00,000/-, subject to taxation, and the minimum guaranteed prize money is Rs. 10,000/- to the group losers."
Rs 25,000 is about £300. Rs 5,000,000 is just under £60,000