The groups will be drawn for the
Grand Slam of Darts on Friday evening with the field now all but confirmed with 31/32 players.
The top eight in the Order of Merit avoid each other in the group stage as they are all in Pot One. These names include Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen and defending champion, Jose de Sousa.
The other pots are qualified through ranking with Michael Smith, Rob Cross, Krzysztof Ratajski and Joe Cullen among those in Pot Two.
Go onto Pot Three include most of this afternoon's qualifiers such as Raymond van Barneveld who is alongside Mensur Suljovic and John Henderson.
In the final pot, the likes of Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock are there as well as the final player which will be likely Rusty-Jake Rodriguez who will be alongside his brother Rowby-John and fellow qualifiers from secondary tournament such as Matt Campbell, Jim Williams and Nathan Rafferty.
Pots for Grand Slam of Darts draw
Pot 1
Gerwyn Price (1)
Peter Wright (2)
Michael van Gerwen (3)
James Wade (4)
Dimitri van den Bergh (5)
Gary Anderson (6)
Jose de Sousa (7)
Jonny Clayton (8)
Pot 2
Michael Smith
Rob Cross
Krzysztof Ratajski
Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting
Mervyn King
Gabriel Clemens
Luke Humphries
Pot 3
Mensur Suljovic
Ryan Joyce
John Henderson
Boris Krcmar
Mike de Decker
Martin Schindler
Raymond van Barneveld
Bradley Brooks
Pot 4
Rowby John Rodriguez
Joe Davis
Jim Williams
Matt Campbell
Nathan Rafferty
Fallon Sherrock
Lisa Ashton
Winner PDC European Development Tour (TBC - Currently Rusty-Jake Rodriguez)