World champion Luke Humphries adopted his victory in Brighton with one other night win in Nottingham to maneuver high of the Premier League desk.
Humphries defeated Michael Smith and Peter Wright to achieve the ultimate, in which he beat Nathan Aspinall 6-3.
The 29-year-old has overtaken Michael van Gerwen on the summit, after the Dutchman misplaced a high-quality quarter-final to teenager Luke Littler.
Littler then misplaced 6-3 to fellow Englishman Aspinall in the final 4.
Neither Humphries nor Aspinall hit high gear in the ultimate, nevertheless it was the world primary who got here via to create a two-point hole on the high of the desk.
“Every level issues now,” he advised Sky Sports. “Last yr I feel 24 factors acquired you thru, nevertheless it’s actually shut. Everybody’s fairly tight and it should possibly take much more factors this yr than it did final yr to get you into these semi-final locations.
“Obviously I’d love to complete high, that will be wonderful, however ending in the highest 4 would simply be what I would like.
“I’m nonetheless studying and it is powerful since you’re enjoying the perfect gamers week in and week out.”
Littler, who like Humphries is in his Premier League debut marketing campaign, has gained six of his seven quarter-finals however has reached just one ultimate and is but to clinch a night win.
Against three-time world champion Van Gerwen, the 17-year-old averaged 114 and narrowly missed out on a nine-dart end in what proved to be the ultimate leg of his 6-2 victory.
Van Gerwen has adopted his three consecutive night wins early in the match with three successive quarter-final exits, though he confirmed near his greatest type with a mean of virtually 111.
Scot Wright gained a match for the primary time in the 2024 competitors, beating Gerwyn Price in the deciding leg of his quarter-final, however Humphries proved too sturdy in the following spherical.
Night eight of the league section will happen in Dublin on Thursday, 21 March.
