Evans guaranteed it with a game to spare after defeating Ritchie Edhouse 5-4 with a 99 average to make it four wins in a row.

From there, he made it maximum points by seeing off Mark Webster with a 5-1 win with a 98 average and 5/6 on the doubles.

This came after wins over Mike Warburton (5-3), Scott Mitchell (5-2) and then Andy Jenkins (5-1) to set up the winning position.

There will be 15 games a day which will be best of 9 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 .

Mike Warburton (72.89) 1-5 (80.16) Andy Jenkins
Scott Mitchell (100.19) 3-5 (90.61) Mike Warburton
Andy Jenkins (91.65) 5-0 (87.23) Scott Mitchell
David Evans (89) 5-3 (87.5) Mike Warburton
Mark Webster (95.06) 3-5 (89.12) Andy Jenkins
Ritchie Edhouse (95.94) 5-2 (93.71) Scott Mitchell
Mike Warburton (85.49) 4-5 (87.9) Mark Webster
Andy Jenkins (90.36) 4-5 (94.39) Ritchie Edhouse
Scott Mitchell (90.66) 2-5 (93) David Evans
Ritchie Edhouse (85.56) 4-5 (83.22) Mike Warburton
David Evans (105.21) 5-1 (80.75) Andy Jenkins
Mark Webster (89.35) 3-5 (92.98) Scott Mitchell
David Evans (98.65) 5-4 (95.13) Ritchie Edhouse
Mark Webster (82.73) 1-5 (97.62) David Evans
Ritchie Edhouse (83.08) 1-5 (92.81) Mark Webster