Day Three of the 2025 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts will see the final matches in Groups A-D take place in Wolverhampton on Monday evening, with players battling to secure qualification to the knockout stages.
The top two players from each group will progress to Round Two, with Chris Dobey, Luke Woodhouse and Ricky Evans already assured of their qualification.
2023 champion Luke Humphries will take on former World Matchplay winner Nathan Aspinall in a crucial Group A clash, with 2022 Grand Slam winner Michael Smith up against CDC Continental Cup champion Alex Spellman earlier in the evening.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Gerwyn Price will play Swiss number one Stefan Bellmont in a decisive Group D showdown, as Australian number one Damon Heta and World Youth Championship runner-up Jurjen van der Velde go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all Group B clash.
Elsewhere, Germany’s premier player Martin Schindler and PDC Asian Tour winner Alexis Toylo lock horns in Group C, with the winner assured of a place in the knockout stages.
Listed below are the current standings in Groups A-D, Monday's fixtures and permutations, as well as the tournament rules.
GROUP A
Monday Fixtures
Michael Smith v Alex Spellman
Luke Humphries v Nathan Aspinall
Alex Spellman must win 5-0 and then hope Luke Humphries wins 5-0 against Nathan Aspinall.
Michael Smith is guaranteed a place in the knockout stages if he wins 5-0 or 5-1. He will also qualify if he betters Nathan Aspinall's result.
Luke Humphries will confirm his qualification if he wins three legs against Nathan Aspinall.
For Nathan Aspinall, a 5-2 win would put him above Humphries which would therefore confirm his qualification.
Aspinall must equal or better Michael Smith's result to progress.
GROUP B
Monday Fixtures
Chris Dobey v Martin Lukeman
Damon Heta v Jurjen van der Velde
Chris Dobey has qualified. Martin Lukeman cannot qualify.
The winner of the match between Damon Heta and Jurjen van der Velde will qualify.
GROUP C
Monday Fixtures
Stephen Bunting v Luke Woodhouse
Martin Schindler v Alexis Toylo
Luke Woodhouse has qualified. Stephen Bunting cannot qualify.
The winner of the match between Martin Schindler and Alexis Toylo will qualify.
GROUP D
Monday Fixtures
James Wade v Ricky Evans
Gerwyn Price v Stefan Bellmont
Ricky Evans has qualified. James Wade cannot qualify.
The winner of the match between Gerwyn Price and Stefan Bellmont will qualify.
Tournament Rules
The first round is a round-robin stage where the 32 players are drawn into eight groups of four. Players will play three first round games.
The top eight qualified players from the PDC Order of Merit are seeded, with the remaining players split into three pools of eight for the draw.
The opening games on Saturday November 9 see the players drawn 1v4 and 2v3. The second set of matches will see the two winners from the first games meet each other, and the two losers also play each other. The third set of matches will consist of the pairings which have not previously met.
Two points are awarded for a win and no points will be awarded for a loss. Each group game is the best of nine legs, with the winner being the first player to win five legs. There will be no tie-break.
After the Group Stage has been completed, the top two players in each group will progress to the knockout phase.
Should there be a two-way Points tie in any position, then the player with the best Leg Difference will be deemed to have finished higher. If both players have the same Leg Difference, then the winner of the group match between those two players will be deemed to be the higher finisher.
In the event of a three-way Points tie, should Leg Difference be the same, then the following factors would be used to separate players, in this order:
Legs Won
Legs Won Against Throw
Tournament Average
At any point where the above sees a separation of three players to two players being equal, the winner of the group match between those two tied players will be deemed to be the highest finisher.
Should the above still not be able to separate three players, then a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out will be played between the relevant players to determine final standings following the conclusion of that session’s matches, with the highest aggregate score over nine darts being used to separate players.
The order of throw in a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out would be determined by throwing nearest the bull beforehand, with the player nearest to the bull being able to choose in which position they throw, and the remaining two players then throwing again for the bull to decide their order.
In the event a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out finishes level between two or more players, those players who have tied on the most points will continue to throw three darts each in the same order until one player scores more points than the other player(s) with their three darts.