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Dubbed as ‘The FA Cup of Darts’, the tournament is an open draw format that can often toss up some tasty tungsten ties. It means titans can collide early on - and often do. 

Three comfortable wins and my first 100+ average of the weekend ensured that I was in good shape to face Wayne Jones in the L32. Wayne and I go back a long way and its ironic to face him again in this arena

Who tops the shop? Divisional changes in all five divisions and who is holding the rest up?

The February issue of Darts World has traditionally been a little thin. Times have changed. This 72-page issue is as packed to the gunnels with darting news, views & information as The Circus Tavern was for World Senior Darts!

.....it’s become a lot easier. I feel far more comfortable in the major events now and playing much more consistently in them too.

“In the morning, I hit the practice board at home. Then at around 1pm, I’ll sneak an hour of snooker in down at the local club before collecting the kids from school.

"As the defending world champion, Embassy offered me a vast sum of money to go back to the BDO, as well as perform on roadshows for them. I refused."

Darts in a bubble was a huge success and the professionalism shown by all involved shows PDC darts is in a good place.

It seems unthinkable now, but the year he first reached the final of the PDC World Championship (2013) Van Gerwen was available at 200/1......