 However, Johns and Gregory returned to the BDO without ever competing at the PDC World Championship.They were replaced with Graeme Stoddart and Kevin Burrows and the field was brought up to 24 by adding seven players who are Larry Butler, Sean Downs, Gerald Verrier, Jerry Umberger, Jim Watkins, Dave Kelly and Steve Brown from North America and Tom Kirby of Ireland.There were 24 players involved and the tournament featured an unusual round-robin format.