The American Straight Pool Championship starts on the 17th in Midlothian, VA (near Richmond). The total prize fund is $41,000 which is a little over $25,000 added ($325 entry).
Here is the current list of players, which looks to me like the strongest field ever for this event:
1. David Alcaide -- Spain
2. Hector del Amo Garcia -- Spain
3. Darren Appleton -- England
4. Johnny Archer -- USA
5. Radoslaw Babica -- Poland
6. Danny Barouty -- USA
7. Carlo Biado -- Philippines
8. Yu-Lung Chang -- Taiwan
9. Karen Corr -- Ireland
10. Mike Davis -- USA
11. Corey Deuel -- USA
12. Maksim Dudanets -- Russia
13. Alan Duty -- USA
14. Max Eberle -- USA
15. Niels Feijen -- Denmark
16. James Gazafi, Jr. -- USA
17. Denis Grabe -- Estonia
18. Mario He -- Austria
19. Thorsten Hohmann -- Germany
20. Kai-Lun Hsu -- Taiwan
21. Bob Hunter -- USA
22. Mika Immonen -- Finland
23. Konrad Juszczyszyn -- Poland
24. Warren Kiamco -- Philippines
25. Li-Wen Lo -- Japan
26. Bob Madenjian -- USA
27. Bob Maidhof -- USA
28. Petri Makkonen -- Finland
29. Chris Melling -- England
30. Sean Morgan -- USA
31. Rodney Morris -- USA
32. Niko Oikonomopoulos -- Greece
33. Dennis Orcollo -- Philippines
34. Albin Ouschan -- Austria
35. Alex Pagulayan -- Canada
36. Daryl Peach -- England
37. Don Polo -- USA
38. Fran Sanchez Ruiz -- Spain
39. John Schmidt -- USA
40. Jayson Shaw -- Scotland
41. Brandon Shuff -- USA
42. Jani Siekkinen -- Finland
43. Ralf Souquet -- Germany
44. Billy Thorpe -- USA
45. Lee Vann Corteza -- Philippines
46. Shawn Wilkie -- USA
47. Michael Yednak -- USA
48. Zion Zvi -- Israel
Here is the current list of players, which looks to me like the strongest field ever for this event:
1. David Alcaide -- Spain
2. Hector del Amo Garcia -- Spain
3. Darren Appleton -- England
4. Johnny Archer -- USA
5. Radoslaw Babica -- Poland
6. Danny Barouty -- USA
7. Carlo Biado -- Philippines
8. Yu-Lung Chang -- Taiwan
9. Karen Corr -- Ireland
10. Mike Davis -- USA
11. Corey Deuel -- USA
12. Maksim Dudanets -- Russia
13. Alan Duty -- USA
14. Max Eberle -- USA
15. Niels Feijen -- Denmark
16. James Gazafi, Jr. -- USA
17. Denis Grabe -- Estonia
18. Mario He -- Austria
19. Thorsten Hohmann -- Germany
20. Kai-Lun Hsu -- Taiwan
21. Bob Hunter -- USA
22. Mika Immonen -- Finland
23. Konrad Juszczyszyn -- Poland
24. Warren Kiamco -- Philippines
25. Li-Wen Lo -- Japan
26. Bob Madenjian -- USA
27. Bob Maidhof -- USA
28. Petri Makkonen -- Finland
29. Chris Melling -- England
30. Sean Morgan -- USA
31. Rodney Morris -- USA
32. Niko Oikonomopoulos -- Greece
33. Dennis Orcollo -- Philippines
34. Albin Ouschan -- Austria
35. Alex Pagulayan -- Canada
36. Daryl Peach -- England
37. Don Polo -- USA
38. Fran Sanchez Ruiz -- Spain
39. John Schmidt -- USA
40. Jayson Shaw -- Scotland
41. Brandon Shuff -- USA
42. Jani Siekkinen -- Finland
43. Ralf Souquet -- Germany
44. Billy Thorpe -- USA
45. Lee Vann Corteza -- Philippines
46. Shawn Wilkie -- USA
47. Michael Yednak -- USA
48. Zion Zvi -- Israel