JOHN FERRELL and Stuart Holden were the two surprise qualifiers from Day Two of the Las Vegas Desert Classic VI.

Ferrell, a quarter-finalist at the 1999 World Championship, has returned to the professional circuit this year.

The left-hander from Tonbridge Wells - nicknamed "The Joker" - knocked out Ronnie Baxter early on and then saw off Sean Palfrey and Tom Wilson to earn a return to the big stage.

Holden, from Hyde in Cheshire, included Dave Ladley, Andy Jenkins and Steve Hine among his victims to earn his second appearance in a major tournament inside a month.

He was one of the 32 Punch Taverns Qualifiers for the Blue Square UK Open, defeating Kieron Leal in the first round and then losing to Nigel Birch.

Mark Dudbridge bounced back from Monday's final-game defeat to Steve Maish to book his place in the main event.

The former World Championship finalist had two whitewashes, against Paul Cohen and Alan Green, and also overcame Chris White before a 4-3 defeat of American Joseph Swick put him through.

Swick was appearing in the final game for the second successive day, having lost the decider against Mervyn King 24 hours earlier.

Tony Eccles' rapid progress up the PDC Order of Merit will continue after he qualified for his second major tournament since joining the PDC.

Eccles, who competed at the UK Open, earned at least £2,000 after matching Dudbridge in lifting himself following a final-game loss on Monday, when Steve Beaton defeated him 4-3.

His final match again went to a decider, but he was a victor this time against Adrian Gray, having previously seen off Denis Ovens 4-0 and former World Matchplay winner Larry Butler 4-1.

Alan Tabern and Andy Smith also recovered from final-game losses on Monday to progress this time around.

Tabern knocked out Michael van Gerwen 4-3 in the last 32 before whitewashing Alan Caves in his last match.

Smith, meanwhile, dropped just two legs in his successful qualifying, with Jason Clark losing 4-2 in the last 32 and Dan Zimmerman, David Fatum and Andy Callaby - in the decider - all falling to the in-form star from Warwickshire.

Holland's Vincent van der Voort backed up his run to the final of the UK Open by winning a place in the Desert Classic, ending Steve Bentley's good run with a 4-2 win in his deciding game.

Steve Smith was the day's other qualifier, winning a place in the main tournament for a second successive year.

The Dagenham thrower was a 4-2 winner over Alan Warriner-Little in his final match, having seen off Ron Peppers, Jim Williams and Mark Walsh earlier on.

Baxter, Barrie Bates and Jenkins were the highest seeded players not to make it into the main tournament, which sees the PDC's top 12 players qualify automatically.

Welshman Bates lost in the last 32 to Bentley, who had reached the same stage on Monday.

The draw for the First Round will be made at the Tournament Dinner on Tuesday evening.

Las Vegas Desert Classic - Tuesday Qualifiers
John Ferrell
Steve Smith
Tony Eccles
Mark Dudbridge
Stuart Holden
Andy Smith
Alan Tabern
Vincent van der Voort

Las Vegas Desert Classic - Tuesday Qualifier Results
First Round
John Ferrell 4-3 Stephen Panuncialman
Chris Daglish 4-1 Jalal Hermiz
Dan Olson 4-0 Geoff Daniels
Jim Widmayer 4-0 Paula Harding
Gary Blades 4-2 Andrew Bennett
Ken MacNeill 4-1 Thomas Trimmer
Scotty Burnett 4-1 Ian Critchett
Tom Wilson 4-0 Troy Pople
Andrew Davies 4-0 Justin Mulholland
Brian Jones 4-2 Daniel Sains
Joe DaVanti 4-3 Chris McTernan
Rod Hawkins 4-1 Gary Cartmel
Peter Aleman 4-3 Steve Mecrow
Ron Peppers 4-3 Paul Woolf
Jim Williams 4-3 Sam Rooney
Richard Espinosa 4-2 Martyn Turner
Tony Eccles 4-2 Brian Cathcart
Larry Butler 4-1 Scott Clifford
Dale Pinch 4-0 Kevin Burdelsky
John Quantock 4-1 Jeff Hubbard
Robert Newland 4-3 Alan Taylor
John Murray 4-2 Robbie Green
Chris White Bye (Bob Avenell)
Paul Cohen 4-0 David Kattenhorn
Mark Tiller 4-1 Bobby Peters
Isen Veljic 4-0 Danny Marineau
Geoff Wylie 4-3 Don Campos
Wil Tan Bye (Fred Boddey)
Joseph Swick 4-3 Ken Dobson
Mark Robinson Bye (Ben Koldyke)
Stephen Dolan Bye (Steve Davies)
Stuart Holden 4-1 Steve Hogan
Mark Nielson Bye (Larry McNally)
Lawrence Hewitt def Michael Kerr
John Rutherford 4-1 Stacy Bromberg
Jelle Klaasen 4-2 Keith Price
Dan Zimmerman 4-2 Bruce Graham
Ben Burton 4-2 Simon Craven
Michael Barnard 4-1 Jason Ferreira
Terry Stewart 4-3 Chad Larsen
Adrian W Lewis Bye (Alvin Martin)
Kevin McDine 4-1 Darren Latham
Paul Lim 4-2 Scott Lee
Paul Harrison Bye (Tony Allen)
Karl Hartman 4-3 Roger Jolliff
Freddy Piepenbrook 4-1 Rick Arnott
Frank Hernandez 4-2 Robert Race
John Hursey 4-0 Dave Watson
Ryan Barnette def John Blankenship
Eddie Lawrence 4-2 Ron Colvard
Chris Forsyth 4-0 Alexander Plachutin
Gregor Cruickshank 4-0 Jim Homuth
Steve Bentley 4-0 Andrew Matthews
Jim McPherson 4-2 Philip Smith
Edward Donovan 4-3 Dana Dayton
Michael Petrocelli 4-1 Jan Meijer
Robert Watson-Lang 4-0 Gordon Dixon

Second Round (Last 128)
John Ferrell 4-3 Ronnie Baxter
Chris Daglish 4-3 Alan Matthews
Dan Olson 4-0 Martin Burchell
Sean Palfrey 4-3 Jim Widmayer
Matt Clark 4-2 Gary Blades
Ken MacNeill 4-1 John Worthington
John MaGowan 4-3 Scott Burnett
Tom Wilson 4-3 Ged Harrop
Alan Warriner-Little 4-1 Andrew Davies
Brian Jones 4-2 Steve Hills
Richie Burnett 4-2 Joe DaVanti
Rod Hawkins 4-0 Thomas Dooling
Mark Walsh 4-0 Rikki Blay
Mark McGuigan 4-3 Peter Aleman
Steve Smith 4-1 Ron Peppers
Jim Williams 4-1 Anthony Eugenia
Denis Ovens 4-3 Richard Espinosa
Tony Eccles def John McGowan
Larry Butler 4-3 Jimmy Mann
Dale Pinch 4-1 Graham Warburton
John Quantock 4-1 Alex Roy
Rory Orvis 4-1 Robert Newland
Adrian Gray 4-2 Steve Musson
John Murray 4-0 Joseph Hogan
Mark Dudbridge 4-2 Chris White
Paul Cohen 4-0 Steve Souter
Alan Green 4-1 Mark Tiller
Isen Veljic 4-1 Gilbert Llanes
Dave Askew 4-1 Geoff Wylie
Paul Cook 4-0 Wil Tan
Colin Monk 4-1 David Harding
Joseph Swick 4-0 Chris Peake
Andy Jenkins 4-0 Mark Robinson
Stephen Dolan 4-0 Ben Hendon
Dave Ladley 4-3 Mark Billing
Stuart Holden 4-1 Greg Wheeler
Darren Webster 4-0 Mark Neilson
Tim Nicoll 4-0 Lawrence Hewitt
Steve Hine 4-1 John Rutherford
Jelle Klaasen def Barry Cheatham
Andy Smith 4-0 Dan Zimmerman
David Fatum 4-1 Ben Burton
Jason Clark 4-2 Michael Barnard
Paul Burke 4-3 Terry Stewart
Mick McGowan 4-0 Adrian W Lewis
Kevin McDine 4-1 Darren Latham
Andy Callaby 4-1 Paul Lim
Paul Harrison 4-0 David Uribe
Alan Tabern 4-0 Kjetil Berg
Steve Grubb 4-0 Karl Hartman
Michael van Gerwen 4-0 Lee Holden
Jon Archer 4-3 Freddy Piepenbrook
Bob Anderson 4-0 Frank Hernandez
John Hursey 4-0 Bryan Webb
Alan Caves 4-3 Denis Sains
Steve Brown 4-1 Ryan Barnette
Barrie Bates 4-0 Eddie Lawrence
Chris Forsyth 4-0 Justin Queen
Bill Davis 4-0 Gregor Cruickshank
Steve Bentley 4-1 Danny Llanes
Lionel Sams 4-2 Jim McPherson
Scott Kirchner 4-2 Edward Donovan
Vincent van der Voort 4-0 Michael Petrocelli
William Bell 4-3 Robert Watson-Lang

Third Round (Last 64)
John Ferrell 4-2 Chris Daglish
Sean Palfrey 4-2 Dan Olson
Ken MacNeill 4-3 Matt Clark
Tom Wilson 4-3 John MaGowan
Alan Warriner-Little 4-1 Brian Jones
Richie Burnett 4-3 Rod Hawkins
Mark Walsh 4-1 Mark McGuigan
Steve Smith 4-1 Jim Williams
Tony Eccles 4-0 Denis Ovens
Larry Butler 4-0 Dale Pinch
Rory Orvis 4-3 John Quantock
Adrian Gray 4-1 John Murray
Mark Dudbridge 4-0 Paul Cohen
Alan Green 4-3 Isen Veljic
Dave Askew 4-2 Paul Cook
Joseph Swick 4-2 Colin Monk
Andy Jenkins 4-0 Stephen Dolan
Stuart Holden 4-3 Dave Ladley
Darren Webster 4-0 Tim Nicoll
Steve Hine 4-2 Jelle Klaasen
Andy Smith 4-0 David Fatum
Jason Clark v Paul Burke
Mick McGowan 4-3 Brad Wethington
Andy Callaby 4-1 Paul Harrison
Alan Tabern 4-1 Steve Grubb
Michael van Gerwen 4-0 Jon Archer
Bob Anderson 4-0 John Hursey
Alan Caves 4-3 Steve Brown
Barrie Bates 4-0 Chris Forsyth
Steve Bentley 4-0 Bill Davis
Lionel Sams 4-1 Scott Kirchner
Vincent van der Voort 4-0 William Bell

Fourth Round (Last 32)
John Ferrell 4-3 Sean Palfrey
Tom Wilson 4-3 Ken MacNeill
Alan Warriner-Little 4-2 Richie Burnett
Steve Smith 4-3 Mark Walsh
Tony Eccles 4-1 Larry Butler
Adrian Gray 4-1 Rory Orvis
Mark Dudbridge 4-0 Alan Green
Joseph Swick 4-2 Dave Askew
Stuart Holden 4-1 Andy Jenkins
Steve Hine 4-2 Darren Webster
Andy Smith 4-2 Jason Clark
Andy Callaby 4-2 Mick McGowan
Alan Tabern 4-3 Michael van Gerwen
Alan Caves 4-2 Bob Anderson
Steve Bentley 4-2 Barrie Bates
Vincent van der Voort 4-1 Lionel Sams
Losers £100

Fifth Round (Last 16)
John Ferrell 4-1 Tom Wilson
Steve Smith 4-2 Alan Warriner-Little
Tony Eccles 4-3 Adrian Gray
Mark Dudbridge 4-3 Joseph Swick
Stuart Holden 4-1 Steve Hine
Andy Smith 4-0 Andy Callaby
Alan Tabern 4-0 Alan Caves
Vincent van der Voort 4-2 Steve Bentley
Winners - Place in Las Vegas Desert Classic VI Round One
Losers £200