A total of 82 cueists, local and outstation, will be participating in the 4th qualifier of the Indian Open snooker tourney at the Cricket Club of India's billiards hall from September 9 to 13.

Four players from here and 12 from the other three qualifiers (Delhi, Chennai and Indore) will join the top eight national ranked players for the final qualifying tournament to be played at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune from September 15 to 18.