Group E: The PDC World Champion, Adrian Lewis, starts his tournament with defeat to BDO's Tony O'Shea. Lewis quickly took a 2-0 lead but the Silverback roared back to break Lewis and level the match. O'Shea then took out a ton to lead 3-2 but Lewis would end up crucially break the throw to lead 4-3 and throw for the match. Jackpot would miss two darts at the winning double, allowing O'Shea to break back and hold his throw in the deciding leg to take the glory.
Gary Anderson donned a very colourful attire for his victory over John Part. This match also went into the deciding leg and looks like the toughest group. The pair were neck and neck throughout even when Anderson missed three darts to lead 4-3. But the Scot came back from behind to win the match 5-4. Table:
Gary Anderson 2 +1
Tony O'Shea 2 +1
Adrian Lewis 0 -1
John Part 0 -1
Group F: Brendan Dolan kicked the afternoon session off with a victory over an out of sorts Paul Nicholson. The Northern Irishman stormed into a 3-0 lead before Nicholson managed to post a leg. That became 4-2 but Nicholson began suffering from a problem with a contact lens which helped Dolan carry out the 5-2 victory.
It was the same result for Andy Hamilton who took on the underdog Barrie Bates. The Welshman did level the match at 1-1 but Hamilton soon roared into 4-1 lead before finalising the game at 5-2. Table:
Brendan Dolan 2 +3
Andy Hamilton 2 +3
Barrie Bates 0 -3
Paul Nicholson 0 -3
Group G: PDC's world number four, Wes Newton, started his campaign with victory over BDO's Martin Phillips. The Warrior lead 2-0 before Phillips battled back to level the match. But they would be the only two legs Wolfie would win as Newton took full control to reel three straight legs and win 5-2.
BDO did lead this group 1-0 before Newton levelled as Wesley Harms beat Terry Jenkins. The Bull did take the opening before the pair were locked at 2-2. But the Lakeside semi-finalist continued to average around 100 to take the following three legs to also win 5-2. Table:
Wesley Harms 2 +3
Wes Newton 2 +3
Terry Jenkins 2 -3
Martin Phillips 2 -3
Group H: The BDO World Champion, Christian Kist, ran out as a comfortable victor against Wolves' own Wayne Jones. Kist would lead 2-0 before steam-rolling Jones 5-1 in devastating form.
Kist's fellow Dutchman, Raymond Van Barneveld, secured the second whitewash of the tournament over Mark Walsh. Barney instantly broke the throw with a stunning 141-checkout. From there, Barney was flawless with Walsh suffering on his doubles. Table:
Raymond Van Barneveld 2 +5
Christian Kist 2 +4
Wayne Jones 0 -4
Mark Walsh 0 -5
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