Mitchell began the day with a 97 average in a 5-3 win over Mark Webster - who has also been in good form as of late. He made it back-to-back wins edging past Paul Nicholson in a 5-4 win with a 99 average.

'Scotty Dog' went clear from there defeating John Brown 5-1 with a 96 average and a 140 checkout en route as he edges towards another group win.

Paul Nicholson is his nearest challenger at the moment with two wins and a defeat from his three games so sits on four points while for the likes of Andy Jenkins, Stephen Burton and John Brown, their campaigns have only just began.

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 .

Mark Webster (85.27) 3-5 (97.16) Scott Mitchell
Paul Nicholson (82.51) 5-1 (73.33) Mark Webster
Scott Mitchell (98.66) 5-4 (87.23) Paul Nicholson
Andy Jenkins (90.4) 5-3 (83.27) Mark Webster
John Brown (87.17) 1-5 (96) Scott Mitchell
Stephen Burton (84.97) 3-5 (88.32) Paul Nicholson
Mark Webster (91.65) 5-0 (81.21) John Brown
Scott Mitchell v Stephen Burton
Paul Nicholson v Andy Jenkins
Stephen Burton v Mark Webster
Andy Jenkins v Scott Mitchell
John Brown v Paul Nicholson
Andy Jenkins v Stephen Burton
John Brown v Andy Jenkins
Stephen Burton v John Brown