Ken Doherty coasted into the second round of the UK Snooker Championship with a 6-0 whitewash of Malta’s Tony Drago at the York Barbican.
The highlight of the game for the 46-year-old Dubliner was a break of 132 in the fourth frame.
1997 world champion Doherty will play England's Mark Davis, who beat Rhys Clark 6-1, in the second round
Doherty said: "It was probably the best I’ve played all season, and the way I’ve been playing it wouldn’t be hard.
"It was nice to play pretty well and score pretty heavily. I made a couple of centuries, delighted to win and play with a bit of confidence in the way I used to play."
"There's life in the old dog yet but finding that consistent form is the problem," added Doherty.
"I like it up here in York, it's a great venue and a great city. It was nice to play well, win and be in the hat for the weekend."
Northern Ireland's Joe Swail had a comfortable 6-0 win against England's Joel Walker and racked up breaks of 98, 68 and 79.
Kilkenny’s David Morris is out, however, after a 6-5 loss to Londoner Michael Georgiou.
"There's life in the old dog yet but finding that consistent form is the problem"
There was a major first-round shock when amateur Adam Duffy from Sheffield beat two-time champion Ding Junhui 6-2.
John Higgins eased second round with a 6-1 victory over Leo Fernandez, after a crowd member being treated for a seizure delayed play.
Spectators and both players initially thought the audience member had fallen asleep, before realising the situation was not so light-hearted.
A World Snooker spokesman confirmed a member of the crowd had suffered a seizure, but received treatment and made a full recovery.
The audience member was also thought to be planning to return for the evening session, by which time Higgins had long since toasted his first-round victory.
"At first I thought it was me on a plane, I can snore like that when I'm on a plane," said Higgins.
"I hope he's okay, I heard he had a bit of a seizure or something.
"I heard he was in a bit of a bad way and that it wasn't just snoring, so I hope he's okay."
Higgins hit a top break of 129 in a routine victory that tees up a clash with the winner of Tian Pengfei and Ian Burns in York.
"I've got a bit of confidence behind me from winning a couple of early-season tournaments, so I'd love to do well here," said Higgins.
"I've not really done well here at all, so I would love to have a good run."
Jamie Jones saw off Ian Glover 6-4.
Stuart Carrington edged out Liam Highfield 6-4 while Martin Gould accounted for Allan Taylor 6-2 and David Grace eased past Andrew Higginson 6-1.
"Probably the best I've played all season." @kendoherty1997 first through to the last 64 @betway #baizeofglory pic.twitter.com/vepoUtqI0H
— World Snooker (@WorldSnooker1) November 24, 2015
