Wayne Jones plays for cash jackpot

Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones will be financially set for the next year if he can beat Roland Scholten in the second round of the PDC World Championships.

'The Wanderer' is first up to the oche with the Dutchman at the Alexandra Theatre in London tonight, where the winner could meet reigning world champion Adrian Lewis in the last 16 on December 30.

Lewis is next up after Jones to tackle Robert Thornton, having survived a fright to edge past Nigel Heydon in the first round last Thursday.

Jones also banked £10,000 for beating Scott MacKenzie that night and will pick up another £5,000 if he can overcome Scholten, effectively paying his tournament entry fees and costs for 2012.

That's all the incentive the widowed father-of-three needs to give it his all tonight and, with £25,000 on the line in the quarter-final, Christmas could come early for Jones and his family.

He said: "I am looking at the positives and what a wonderful Christmas it will be if I am already through.

"If I beat Roland, that's pretty much paid for my entry fees, flights and hotels for next year.

"When you look at it, it costs you pretty much £15,000 to do all that."

The Black Country favourite didn't believe Scholten would make it past Jamie Caven in the first round, but 'the Flying Dutchman' sailed through with a 3-1 win.

Jones won by the same margin but, with the higher average of the two, believes he has the edge.

He said: "I will be disappointed if I don't win, put it that way. Personally, I was expecting to play Jamie, so I am quite pleased with the draw.

"There was some lax finishing in my last game, but I was still hitting a 96 average.

"Something is going right somewhere, I have got to put it all together now.

"He's got to be on a high but, looking at his average, it's about 86 so, if I can get anywhere near what I normally get, the reality is that I should win.

"With a bit of luck, I can get up there and start hitting my doubles and, if I can do that, I should be set for the night then.

"I am confident and, if I turn up, I win. It's as simple as that."