Humphries realizes level needs to improve: "But against the top players I always play better myself"

Luke Humphries easily qualified for the second round of the Poland Darts Masters. 'Cool Hand Luke' defeated Hungarian Nandor Major 6-0.

"I think the same thing happened to me in New York," Humphries opened a post-match interview with Online Darts. "I was really, really average in the first game and then the next day I was back to my brilliant best."

"I expect the same tomorrow whoever I play. You want to put a good performance in for the crowd but I'm happy and I'm through to the next round, where I can put that right and play better."

Humphries won the European Darts Matchplay just last weekend. "I think I'm one of the big threats to win this title. I'll have to play a lot better than that but against the top players I always play better myself."

The venue at the Torwar Arena in Warsaw was packed to capacity. "I think this sold out in 48 hours! It just shows that we're on to something massive here. I think it's only going to get bigger and better."

On Friday, delayed coverage of the first round in the UK will be on ITV4 from 9 pm to 1 am. The rest of the tournament will also be available through ITV4 on Saturday at the same time, from 9 pm to 1 am. There the quarterfinals are scheduled first, followed by the semifinals and finals.

The prize pool for this event contains a total of £60,000. However, the prize money won does not count toward the PDC Order of Merit or other money rankings.

All participants are guaranteed £1,250 in prize money. This amount could eventually rise to a sum of £20,000 in prize money for the winner.