Defending Champion Alex Pagulayan Headlines SML Entertainment’s $50,000

Defending Champion Alex Pagulayan Headlines SML Entertainment’s $50,000 9-Ball Open Championship at Olympic Oval April 11-15 Calgary AB -- SML Entertainment is pleased to announce that it is hosting the 2nd annual Open 9-Ball Championship at the Olympic Oval April 11-15. Total prize money is $50,000 with the winner pocketing $15,000. Alex Pagulayan, defending SML 9-ball Open Champion, 2005 US Open 9-ball Champion and 2004 9-ball World Champion is the first major player to register for the tourney.“We are very proud to be able to hold a tournament of this calibre in Calgary,” says Dean Fisher SML’s Marketing Director. “The positive feedback we received from the world’s best 9-ball players at last year’s tournament was very gratifying. This year we have increased the overall purse to $50,000 and raised the first prize money to $15,000. Based on the positive ‘buzz’ that we have been receiving in the industry, we expect to attract many of the world-class 9-ballers from Canada and the United States as well as the United Kingdom and Europe to our tournament.
Fisher added that participation is limited to 128 players during the five-day competition. He also announced that Jim Wych, an international TV billiard analyst and host is returning as SML’s Tournament Director. Mr. Wych is also a native Calgarian.Players can register through a secure online site. (www.smlentertainment.com/9ball.htm) All 9-ball games will be played on authentic Brunswick 9-foot tables at Calgary’s Olympic Oval. Fans can purchase tickets by calling SML Entertainment (403) 291-1666 or by email 9ball@smlentertainment.com Complete tournament information is available online at www.smlentertainment.comAbout SML EntertainmentCalgary-based SML Entertainment operates Canada’s largest pool leagues and hosts the country’s biggest pool tournaments. The company is recognized as western Canada’s premier supplier of entertainment products. Through its 13 offices in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Mexico, SML provides a variety of entertainment products that include pool accessories, air hockey games, foosball games, coin operated pool tables and games, arcade machines, pinball machines, jukeboxes, home pool tables, shuffle boards and games room furniture. SML is the exclusive distributor of Max Fire, the world’s first digital wall-mounted jukebox that plays encrypted music and music videos using proprietary MPE™ technology. SML is also the exclusive marketer of the legendary Brunswick line of pool tables and pool accessories in Southern Alberta and the BC interior. www.smlentertainment.comFor more information, please contact:Mr. Dean Fisher, Marketing Director, SML Entertainment, (403) 291-1666Mr. Jim Wych Tournament Director (905) 469-8376 jwych@cogeco.caMr. Neil Bousquet APR, PR, SML Entertainment, (403) 256-8834 neil@smlentertainment.comVisit InsidePOOL Magazine for the latest news from the sport of billiards and pool.

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