Askew claimed four wins and one defeat over the course of the day. After losing to start off his campaign against Keelan Kay, he didn't lose again.

He defeated Andy Jenkins (5-2), Boris Koltsov (5-3), Scott Mitchell (5-0) in which he hit a 107 average after 'Scotty Dog' himself 103 and 106 averages in previous games to put himself second.

Askew then finished it off with a deciding leg win over Mark Webster in which he hit a 170 checkout along the way to claim proceedings.

Mitchell ended up second with three wins and two defeats while the rest of the field were all locked on four points in one of the closest days so far.

There will be 15 games a day which will be best of 7 legs with two Pools set to be involved as usual. It begins everyday as a result at 10:30 am running till 5:00 pm and sees live action continue.

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 .

Andy Jenkins (87.78) 3-5 (97.29) Keelan Kay
Boris Koltsov (93.2) 4-5 (92.37) Andy Jenkins
Keelan Kay (78) 1-5 (96.34) Boris Koltsov
Scott Mitchell (85.83) 3-5 (89.12) Andy Jenkins
Jason Askew (92.04) 3-5 (89.65) Keelan Kay
Mark Webster (86.83) 2-5 (94.1) Boris Koltsov
Andy Jenkins (88.82) 2-5 (93.75) Jason Askew
Keelan Kay (83.11) 2-5 (83.49) Mark Webster
Boris Koltsov (101.28) 4-5 (103.06) Scott Mitchell
Mark Webster (96.07) 5-1 (90) Andy Jenkins
Scott Mitchell (97.6) 5-0 (88.29) Keelan Kay
Jason Askew (88.75) 5-3 (84.35) Boris Koltsov
Scott Mitchell (106.34) 5-1 (87.35) Mark Webster
Jason Askew (107.36) 5-0 (98.68) Scott Mitchell
Mark Webster (84.46) 4-5 (90.27) Jason Askew