Coverage: Live on BBC TV, Red Button and website
 Anderson is the man to beat at the Lakeside
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Top seed Gary Anderson was made to battle hard for his 3-2 win over Norway's Robert Wagner in the first round of the BDO World Championships.
The match featured 10 maximums, eight coming from the Scot who has stumbled at the first-round stage five times.
Number 12 seed Simon Whitlock of Australia took 23 minutes to record a 3-0 win over Scotland's Mark Barilli.
Fellow Australian, and 16th seed, Eddy Sims, failed to join him in round two, falling 3-2 to Wales' Robert Hughes.
Players from nine countries are competing for a record prize fund of £320,000 with the winner collecting £95,000.
Competitors include Krzysztof Ratajski, the first Polish player in the event.
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606: DEBATE
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Champion Mark Webster faces Dutchman Wily van der Wiel on Sunday. The Welshman is one of four champions in the draw, along with Martin Adams, Ted Hankey and John Walton.
The 2007 winner Adams is the oldest player in the tournament at 52, although he comes to Frimley Green on the back of victory at the Winmau World Masters at the beginning of December.
In the women's event, Trina Gulliver, winner of the title seven times, is the top seed.
Her first-round opponent is debutant Lisa Ashton, who triumphed when the pair met in the final of the 2008 Zuiderduin Masters recently.
Extensive coverage of the Lakeside World Darts Championships will feature on BBC TV and the BBC Sport website.
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