Raymond van Barneveld retained his title with another final set tiebreaker, this time against Ronnie Baxter and in doing so became only the second man to retain the title since Eric Bristow.
The other main highlight of the event was an epic quarter-final slugfest between Martin Adams and Chris Mason which featured an incredible 29 maximums with Mason completing a fine comeback to edge home in the final set.
Results:
First Round
Les Wallace 3 V 0 Danny Cunningham
Raymond van Barneveld 3 V 0 Sean Palfrey
Marshall James 3 V 2 Peter Johnstone
Steve Duke Snr 3 V 0 Steve Beaton
Ted Hankey 3 V 1 Roger Carter
Chris Mason 3 V 1 Richie Davies
Martin Adams 3 V 1 Mike Gregory
Graham Hunt 3 V 1 Andy Jenkins
Kevin Painter 3 V 0 Robbie Widdows
Ronnie Baxter 3 V 0 Richie Burnett
Co Stompe 3 V 0 Davy Richardson
Roland Scholten 3 V 0 John Walton
Paul Williams 3 V 2 Matt Clark
Andy Fordham 3 V 2 Mervyn King
Tony Littlejohn 3 V 2 Erik Clarys
Colin Monk 3 V 2 Paul Hogan
2nd Round
Raymond van Barneveld 3 V 2 Les Wallace
Steve Duke Snr 3 V 1 Marshall James
Chris Mason 3 V 1 Ted Hankey
Martin Adams 3 V 1 Graham Hunt
Ronnie Baxter 3 V 0 Kevin Painter
Roland Scholten 3 V 2 Co Stompe
Andy Fordham 3 V 0 Paul Williams
Colin Monk 3 V 0 Tony Littlejohn
Quarter Final
Raymond van Barneveld 5 V 1 Steve Duke Snr
Chris Mason 5 V 4 Martin Adams
Ronnie Baxter 5 V 3 Roland Scholten
Andy Fordham 5 V 3 Colin Monk
Semi Final
Raymond van Barneveld 5 V 2 Chris Mason
Ronnie Baxter 5 V 1 Andy Fordham
Final
Raymond van Barneveld 6 V 5 Ronnie Baxter
Prize fund £174,000
Winners share £42,000
