Prize money awarded in the qualifiers will go onto a US Qualifiers' Order of Merit, from which a further four players will qualify to make the eight-player field of north American stars for the stage events. At the moment these places are occupied by Joseph Huffmann, Chuck Puleo, Chris Lim and Kiley Edmunds.
Well-known names such as John Part (seventh), Jeff Smith (fourteenth) and Dawson Murschell (fifteenth), are close to the top-4, but need some more good results to claim a spot in the main event.
The eight qualifiers will play at the North American Darts Championship on Thursday. One day later they compete against the eight PDC players at the US Darts Masters.
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