Askew won five and lost one but had three leg better leg difference than Martin Adams in second so took proceedings.
In his run today, he saw off Darryl Fitton (4-0), Keelan Kay (4-3), Scott Mitchell (4-2) and despite a defeat to Martin Adams towards the end of the day, he claimed two consecutive wins over Andy Jenkins (4-3) and Mark Webster (4-0) to end his day.
At that point, he was four points clear at the top of the table and so the 10 point marker down to the others. Adams made sure that he stayed involved with a 4-2 win over Darryl Fitton and for 'Wolfie', his chances were increased when Scott Mitchell defeated Andy Jenkins who was also in the running 4-1.
But Adams hopes were over despite winning against Andy Jenkins in his requisite tie 4-3 with a 101 and a 138 checkout en route due to leg difference so he ended the day with a 4-1 win over Mark Webster which solidified his second place position after that with Askew having already won proceedings.
There will be 21 games a day which will be best of 7 legs. Pool B will take part on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. It begins everyday as a result at 10:30 am running till 5:30 pm and sees live action continue for four more weeks than initially planned.
The scores are recorded during matches via a webcam with this then uploaded to various scoring services and bookmakers who are all showing the action. The livestream is provided by organiser MODUS .
Jason Askew (101.9) 4-0 (84.89) Darryl Fitton
Scott Mitchell (90.81) 2-4 (87.38) Keelan Kay
Keelan Kay (79.26) 3-4 (92.51) Jason Askew
Darryl Fitton (91.71) 2-4 (96.06) Scott Mitchell
Scott Mitchell (97.76) 2-4 (100.84) Jason Askew
Keelan Kay (76.77) 1-4 (80.71) Darryl Fitton
Jason Askew (87.66) 3-4 (97.58) Martin Adams
Darryl Fitton (84.1) 0-4 (92.49) Andy Jenkins
Mark Webster (97.69) 1-4 (102.45) Scott Mitchell
Martin Adams (100.28) 4-2 (91.47) Keelan Kay
Andy Jenkins (78.05) 3-4 (84.85) Jason Askew
Darryl Fitton (80.21) 3-4 (85.18) Mark Webster
Scott Mitchell (97.36) 4-3 (100.44) Martin Adams
Keelan Kay (85.5) 3-4 (86.95) Andy Jenkins
Jason Askew (93.94) 4-0 (83) Mark Webster
Martin Adams (92.01) 4-2 (89.8) Darryl Fitton
Andy Jenkins (85.46) 1-4 (97.85) Scott Mitchell
Mark Webster (87.28) 4-1 (74.93) Keelan Kay
Martin Adams (101.3) 4-3 (95.51) Andy Jenkins
Mark Webster (83.3) 1-4 (91.63) Martin Adams
Andy Jenkins (79.36) 3-4 (82.39) Mark Webster
# | Name | Played | Wins | Losses | Legs +/- | Points |
1 | Jason Askew | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
2 | Martin Adams | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
3 | Scott Mitchell | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
4 | Mark Webster | 6 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
5 | Andy Jenkins | 6 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
6 | Keelan Kay | 6 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 2 |
7 | Darryl Fitton | 6 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 2 |