ImagoThe former world number 10 registered a 4-1 win to progress into the second round of the tournament at the South West Snooker Academy.
Swail, who was relegated from the main tour following defeat to Daniel Wells in the World Championships qualifiers, next plays Ken Doherty.
World number one Mark Selby enters the fray on Friday, along with the likes of Shaun Murphy, Ricky Walden and Stephen Maguire
Round two results:
Richard Remelie 2-4 Lucky Vatnani
Callum Downing 4-1 Alex Taubman
Greg Davis 0-4 Sydney Wilson
Sam Harvey 1-4 John Astley
Jamie Gibson 0-4 Reanne Evans
Kevin Ellis 0-4 Michael Wild
Tahir Miah 0-4 Tom Maxfield
Phil O'Kane 4-0 Thomas Wealthy
Shane Castle 4-3 Hans Blanckaert
Ian Glover 4-1 Jeff Cundy
Marc Davis 2-4 Stuart Carrington
Jake Spiezick 1-4 Billy Castle
Toby Simpson 4-2 Ben Forty
Ben Harrison 4-3 Duane Jones
Martin Ball 0-4 Andrew Pagett
Lewis Frampton 0-4 Lee Page
Christopher Keogan 0-4 Gary Wilson
Anthony Harris 3-4 Saqib Nasir
Eden Sharav 4-2 Matthew Day
Craig Barber 4-3 John Sutton
Jordan Brown 4-1 Liam Monk
Dessie Sheehan 1-4 Allan Taylor
Ryan Causton 4-0 Ross Higgins
Billy Brown 0-4 Ian Brumby
Fraser Patrick 4-1 Itaro Santos
Gavin Lewis 2-4 Gareth Allen
Jak Jones 4-2 Andrew Milliard
James G Gibson 2-4 James Gillespie
Zak Surety 4-0 Steven Hallworth
Callum Lloyd 4-1 Paul Ludden
Matthew Couch 4-3 Steve Ventham
Ben Jones 1-4 Andrew Norman
Darryl Hill 4-1 Darrell Whitworth
Kacper Filipiak 1-4 Joe Swail
Sachin Plaha 1-4 Nick Jennings
Christopher Norbury 2-4 James Cahill
Elliot Slessor 4-1 Ricky Norris
Oliver Brown 3-4 Gareth Green
