Overview

• The seven-day PDC major runs October 6–12 at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena with a 32-player draw in the tour’s only double-start event.
• Monday’s opening session features world No. 1 Luke Humphries against Nathan Aspinall, with Gary Anderson facing Raymond van Barneveld later in the night.
• Luke Littler meets Gian van Veen in Tuesday’s first round night session after conceding he rarely practises the double-start requirement.
• Defending champion Mike De Decker begins his title defence on Tuesday against two-time world champion Peter Wright.
• The event uses a set-play format (best-of-3 sets in round one up to best-of-11 in the final), offers a £600,000 purse with £120,000 to the winner, and is broadcast on Sky Sports in the UK with PDCTV and international partners including DAZN and Viaplay.